KO's e-Health team travels to conference in Vancouver to share telemedicine stories
Donna Williams, KOTM Program Manager and Penny Carpenter, K-Net's Business Manager traveled to Vancouver this week to attend the e-Health 2008: Extending the Reach conference.
This year’s conference theme, Extending the Reach provided a showcase of the progress being made in advancing the e-health agenda.
From the conference web site at http://www.e-healthconference.com/
Every jurisdiction in the country, every type of care setting, even patients in their homes, are reaping the benefits of technology-enabled solutions that are allowing for more effective, and timely provision of quality care and system Management.
e-Health 2008 provided:
- An excellent conference program filled with practical experiences and lessons
from those on the ground ‘at the coal face’ - One of the largest e-Health tradeshows in Canada
- Social event/networking opportunities
- A Canadian Interoperability Showcase
Donna also took the opportunity to travel to Nanaimo to attend the opening of the Inter Tribal Health Authority e-Health program (http://www.intertribalhealth.ca/)