The 11th Annual HealthWorld Conference—“Reviewing and Revising the Memorandum - Impacts on Healthcare”—took place on Tuesday September 11, 2012 at the Athens Hilton Hotel, and was marked by great success and unprecedented participation by all stakeholders in the health sector of Greece.
Speakers and delegates expressed their deep concerns regarding today’s health care sector environment and they focused on the necessity for a national health strategy and an effective and sustainable healthcare system which at the same time is easily accessed by patients.
More than 350 distinguished guests, representatives of Health Agencies, Regional Health Administrations, Patient Associations, Hospital Governors, MPs, and representatives of the business community attended the high-level speeches and detailed presentations of the distinguished speakers from Greece and abroad.
We thank our distinguished speakers from Greece and abroad who have honored us with their presence, and we are confident that their detailed presentations and fruitful discussions will contribute to draft concrete proposals and form synergies that will lead to upgraded healthcare services in Greece.
Major Sponsor of the Conference was ABBOTT LABORATORIES Hellas, Supporters: AMGEN HELLAS PHARMACEUTICALS, BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB, GLAXOSMITHKLINE, JOHNSON & JOHNSON HELLAS MEDICAL PRODUCTS, PFIZER HELLAS, PHARMASERVE-LILLY and SANOFI AVENTIS, Contributors: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC HELLAS, GILEAD SCIENCES HELLAS, JANSSEN-CILAG PHARMACEUTICAL, MERCK, MSD and NOVARTIS HELLAS and communication sponsors: business partners, iatronet, kerdos and SBC TV.
Program
Program in English
PRESS RELEASE, September 12, 2012
HEALTHWORLD 2012 CONFERENCE – SPEECHES
ELIAS SPIRTOUNIAS, Executive Director, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
YANOS GRAMATIDIS, President, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
ΑNDREAS LYKOURENTZOS, Minister, Ministry of Health
ANDREAS XANTHOS, Member of Parliament-Head of Parliamentary Control Committee for Health, SYRIZA
Message from IOANNIS STOURNARAS, Minister, Ministry of Finance
KONSTANTINOS FROUZIS, President, Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (SFEE)
JOHN KYRIOPOULOS, Dean, Professor and Director of the Department of Health Economics, National School of Public Health
SESSION I - NATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES PROVISION (EOPYY) - THE NECESSITY OF SYNTHESIS OR RECONSTRUCTION
Moderator: NIKOS FELEKIS, Journalist, Matrix24.gr
HEALTHCARE SECTOR FUNDING - IOANNIS MICHELOGIANNAKIS, Vice-President, Standing Committee on Economic Affairs, House of Parliament - Member of Parliament, Democratic Left
THE EFFICIENCY OF SOCIAL SERVICES - KYRIAKOS SOULIOTIS, Vice President, National Organisation for Healthcare Services Provision (EOPYY)
COST CONTAINMENT POLICIES: THE EXPERIENCE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES - PANOS KANAVOS, Reader in International Health Policy, Department of Social Policy & Deputy Director, LSE Health, London School of Economics
SESSION ΙΙ - PHARMACEUTICAL & BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Moderator: Natassa N. Spagadorou, Journalist, Kerdos
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE TASK FORCE IN ACHIEVING MEMORANDUM healthcare targets - AURELIE VANDEPUTTE, Administrator, European Commission, Task Force for Greece-Athens
PHARMACEUTICAL POLICY UNDER MEMORANDUM FRAMEWORK: THE GREEK REALITY - PASCAL APOSTOLIDES, President, Pharmaceutical Companies Committee, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
PHARMACEUTICAL POLICY UNDER MEMORANDUM FRAMEWORK: THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION - THOMAS CUENI, Secretary General, Interpharma, Switzerland, Advisor to the Director General of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT OF BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACEUTICALS - YANNIS TOUNTAS,Professor of Medicine, University of Athens, President, National Organization for Medicines (EOF)
THE CONTRIBUTION OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - THEODORE LIAKOPOULOS, Medical Devices & Diagnostics Companies Committee, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
SESSION ΙΙΙ - HEALTHCARE SERVICES REFORM
Moderator:ELENA FYNTANIDOU, Journalist, To Vima
PRICING & REIMBURSEMENT POLICIES FOR HEALTHCARE SUPPLIERS - KOSTAS ATHANASAKIS, Researcher, National School for Public Health
HUMAN RESOURCES IN HEALTHCARE SECTOR: KEY ISSUES - IOANNIS BOLETIS, Medical Services Director, General Hospital of Athens “LAIKO”
PRIVATE SECTOR PROSPECTS IN THE NEW ERA - VASSILIS BARDIS, Chief Operating Officer, Athens Medical Group
MONITORING & CONTROLLING HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURE: THE INTERNATIONAL & GREEK EXPERIENCES – VASSILIS FRAGOULAKIS, Scientific Associate, Health Services Organization & Management, National School of Public Health
CONFERENCE CONCLUSIONS
JOHN KYRIOPOULOS, Dean, Professor and Director of the Department of Health Economics, National School of Public Health
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