Patients Redefining the Future of Health Care in Canada Summit (previously the Drug Pricing Policy Summit) Nov 30, Dec 3, 8, 10th

[A Former User]

You can register for the 5th Annual Patients Redefining the Future of Health Care in Canada Summit (previously the Drug Pricing Policy Summit), being held virtually this year. (I've attended in the past. It's been interesting in spots. Louise Binder is a veteran active patient!)

This annual patient education and action planning Summit is a joint project between Save Your Skin Foundation and the Canadian Psoriasis Network. This year, Value-Based Healthcare Canada (an initiative of the Conference Board of Canada) joins as the co-host of our session on value-based health care.

Ongoing barriers and systemic issues experienced by patients in Canada have become starkly clear in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. This virtual Summit will share information on the state of health and health care for different populations and how COVID-19 has impacted population health as well as specific policy issues facing Indigenous communities, older adults, populations living with mental health issues, and people experiencing income insecurity. The audience will include members of the patient and caregiver community from all disability and disease areas as well as other health care stakeholders.

In addition, the Summit will update attendees on the progress of value-based health care (VBHC) projects in Canada. The Summit will continue to focus on shifting toward a value-based approach to health care in Canada that improves value to patients, particularly as we move toward ongoing mitigation and eventual recovery from the pandemic.

Please register now at this link: https://pheedloop.com/patients/site/home/

Summit Agenda

This virtual Summit will take place for a couple of hours per day across four days, November 30th, December 3rd, December 8th and , for patients, patient groups and caregivers only December 10th. As with previous years, each session will end with facilitated breakout sessions to analyze what has been learned. Patient and caregiver participants will have their own breakout sessions while observer participants (non-patient or caregiver participants) will have dedicated breakout discussions. As mentioned above, the last session on December 10 will be open only to patient and caregiver participants.

There is no cost to this event.

Pre-Summit webinar

There will also be a pre-Summit webinar hosted by Louise Binder on November 24th at noon EST to describe the principles of value-based health care and the social determinants of health followed by questions and answers. The link for the webinar is:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2211614174177027600

[A Former User]

Hi Annette, thanks for posting.
Im not sure if I like the fact patients are not invited to attend other than on December 10th and then are separated into patient only break out groups. I know these can be beneficial to reduce anxiety and make a safe environment for patients to voice opinions. But, there should be choice for those of us who have years of experience in systems level advisory and quality improvements and have no problem voicing our concerns to professionals. I have many more years experience volunteering as a lived experience advisor than I did previously in my career a civil engineer technologist. As I look back, although I was formally educated in engineering, I consider that I worked in Human / Health (mental health and addictions) Services and the Social Determinants of Health. A lost educational opportunity for knowledge or experience is an insult to the concept of Patient Partnerships. If it wasn’t for the generosity and support of Health care agencies and non profit organizations in my area I would not be where I am today.

[A Former User]

I tried to register, but "registrations are closed". I will try contacting by e-mail.