Discover how Patient Reported Measurements (PRMs) can enhance healthcare equity by prioritising patient voices and driving data-informed improvements.
The Journal Club embodies a dynamic fusion of intimate dialogue and transformative progress within the domains of healthcare and technology.
Rooted in the essence of historical scientific gatherings, this event rekindles the spirit of inquiry and collaboration that drove innovation forward. It’s an exclusive platform, designed for limited participants, where each voice finds resonance and every idea is nurtured.
Join us to explore their impact on South Africa’s healthcare system and be the change with Insight.
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The Journal Club
Date and time
Thur, 10 October 2024
12:30 – 20:00 SAST
Meet our expert team of facilitators and panelists.
Dr Tebogo Phaleng | Facilitator
Tebogo is the Head of Insight Health Solutions. He is a Medical Doctor with over 23 years of strategic and technical experience from various clinical, executive, advisory and fiduciary roles within the health sector.
Tebogo is passionate about industry-level interventions that drive access to affordable, high quality healthcare on a sustainable basis. To this end, Tebogo has served in a number of industry-level roles, including Strategy Advisor to the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF), Director of the Health Funders Association (HFA), and as a member of the Council for Medical Schemes’ (CMS) Advisory Committee on Fraud, Waste and Abuse (FWA), Business Unity South Africa’s (BUSA) Health Task Team and the Global Health Strategy Officers Community at the World Economic Forum.
Dr. Gary Kantor | Quality Improvement Consultant, Insight
Dr Gareth (Gary) Kantor trained and worked in Canada and the USA before returning to SA in 2005. He is an anaesthesiologist with diverse areas of interest including quality improvement and patient safety, health data and electronic health records, patient-reported outcomes, health technology assessment, preoperative care, genomics and precision medicine. Gary is an Improvement Advisor and Faculty, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Boston, MA, USA, honorary lecturer at UCT, and Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Jacqui Stuart | CEO of COHSASA
Ms Jacqui Stewart is the Chief Executive Officer of COHSASA. She was appointed in April 2016. She has been involved in a wide variety of activities for COHSASA including operations, marketing, facilitation, training and client liaison. Ms Stewart joined COHSASA as the Chief Operations Manager in 2005 from the National Health Service (NHS) University in England where she was the Interim Director of the Leadership, Management and Improvement School. Prior to that she was the Director of Career Development and Succession Planning at the NHS Modernisation Agency, Leadership Centre. She has worked across a number of areas in the English NHS, including as director primary care development in East Kent Health Authority. Ms Stewart completed her general nurse training in Cape Town and has a Master’s degree in Professional Studies in Health from Middlesex University.
Dr. Rajesh Patel | Head: Health System Strengthening, BHF
Dr. Rajesh Patel is the Head of Health Systems Strengthening at the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF). He plays a significant role in shaping healthcare policies and systems in South Africa. Dr. Patel has a wealth of experience in the health sector with specialisations in health systems strengthening, population health, and reimbursement models in healthcare practices.
Patient Advocate TBC
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