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Key stakeholders from Sweden and the U.S. Come Together to Discuss 'Sustainable, Affordable and Safe Health Care' at the House of Sweden
Posted by Susanna at 9:38 AM, May 6, 2010 (Comments)
Category: Events
A SEMINAR TITLED, "Sustainable, Affordable and Safe Health Care" and organized by the Embassy of Sweden, Swecare Foundation, Nashville Healthcare Council, the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, and other partners will be held Thursday, May 20, 2010, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the House of Sweden, 2900 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Lunch will be served.
EXPERTS AND stakeholders from Sweden and the United States will discuss how everything from architecture, medical equipment, treatment management and IT can be used to achieve sustainable, affordable and safe health care worldwide.
Among the speakers at the seminar will be:
Jonas Hafström, Ambassador of Sweden to the United States; Karin Lind-Mörnesten, Managing Director of Swecare Foundation; Jeff Goldsmith, President of Health Futures, Inc.; Johan Calltorp, Professor at the Nordic School of Public Health; Johanna Adami, Head of the Health Division for the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation System; Jim Jirjis, Chief Medical Information Officer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Trevor Gunn, Director of international relations, Medtronics, Inc.; Andrew Quirk, Senior Vice President of Healthcare Center of Excellence, Skanska USA Building, Inc.; Daniel A. Buehler, Vice President for Facilities Management and Construction, AmSurg Corp.; James Jorgensen, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Clarian Health; Susanna Svahn,Director of Uppsala Care, Uppsala University Hospital; Robert Saltman, Emory University/European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; Lars Gatenback, Chairman, Swecare Foundation; and T.R. Reid, Health Care journalist.
THE SEMINAR IS a part of the "Health & Care" Spring Program being presented at the House of Sweden in Washington, D.C., from March 25 through June 6.
THE PUBLIC is invited to attend. Please RSVP at: RSVP-hos@foreign.ministry.se.
FOR MORE information, visit: www.swedenabroad.com/washington or http://www.swecare.se/default.asp.
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