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SUMMARY:Saved by SMS? - Speaker to be confirmed
DTSTART:20100225T193000Z
DTEND:20100225T210000Z
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CONTACT:Tara Finegan
DESCRIPTION:*TTH Cambridge Panel Event*\n\n*Location map on http://www.pha
 r.cam.ac.uk/department/dept_location.html*\n\n*FREE ENTRY\; REFRESHMENTS P
 ROVIDED*\n\nHealthcare worldwide is a system in crisis. In the developed w
 orld impersonal patient-doctor relationships are breaking down as people t
 urn to the internet for self diagnosis. In the developing world there is o
 ften no access to doctors at all.\n\nBringing healthcare and patients into
  the digital information age may be the future. From tracking malaria drug
 s in the developing world by SMS\, sharing information about disease outbr
 eaks via social networking sites\, to empowering patients and doctors to s
 hare diagnosis and treatment ideas\, significant changes to the digital an
 d social infrastructure of the global healthcare system could revolutionis
 e the way we look after own health\, and other peoples'.\n\nJoin our panel
 lists for a lively and informative debate about the key challenges\, innov
 ations and consequences of digitising healthcare.\n\nPanel Chair: Dr Richa
 rd Barnett\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science\, University 
 of Cambridge\n\nPanel:\n\nDr Matthew Jones\, Judge Business School\, Unive
 rsity of Cambridge \nInformation systems in healthcare\n\nDr Dianne Sulliv
 an\, Scientific Adviser - Mobile Healthcare\, Vodafone Group Research & De
 velopment \nImpact of digitization of healthcare on development\, SMS FOR 
 LIFE project\n\nMr John Hall Director\, Deloitte Group \nCare pathway anal
 ytics linked to QIPP (quality\, innovation\, productivity & prevention)\n\
 n_This event is sponsored by Deloitte LLP._
LOCATION:Pharmacology Lecture Theatre\, Tennis Court Road
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