MEDIA / BLOGGER ADVISORY
WHAT CROWDSOURCING CAN DO FOR HEALTH INNOVATION
Saint Elizabeth
Health Care hosts symposium featuring
Crowdsourcing
pioneers Jeff Howe and Rahaf Harfoush
Mark your calendar for Tuesday, October 16
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm ●
Reception follows
Crowdsourcing for Health Innovation
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| Crowd Sourcing Expert Rahaf Harfoush |
This important ground-breaking event,
hosted by health care innovator Saint Elizabeth, brings together senior leaders
and influencers inside and outside health care, including business, government,
entrepreneurs and citizens with the aim of creating a groundswell of citizen
participation for health innovation and – ultimately – better health care
experiences. Learn how
crowdsourcing is enabling momentous change; how politicians, business and
citizens are mobilizing groups en masse, and how
the new digital dialogue can be used to stimulate more rapid health innovation.
When: Tuesday,
October 16
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Where: Sony
Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front Street East, Toronto
Why: Interviews
available with:
Shirlee
Sharkey
President &CEO, Saint
Elizabeth
Jeff
Howe, Author, Professor and Journalist
Credited
with the term "crowdsourcing", author of the bestselling book of the
same name which has been
translated into 11 languages.
Rahaf
Harfoush, Digital Innovation and
Foresight Strategist
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| Jeff Howe |
About Saint Elizabeth
Saint Elizabeth has been a trusted name in
Canadian health care for more than a century and is a leader in responding to
client, family and system needs. An award-winning not-for-profit and charitable
organization, Saint Elizabeth is known for its track record of social
innovation and breakthrough clinical practices. Our team of more than 6,500
nurses, rehab therapists, personal support workers and crisis intervention
staff deliver nearly five million health care visits annually. Today Saint
Elizabeth is operating as a social enterprise – part service provider, part capacity
builder, part funder and part co-creator – working closely with an alliance of
partners to make the world a better place, well beyond health carehttp://www.saintelizabeth.com/
Issued by/for further information:
Stephen Weir & Associates
Stephen Weir Office: 416-489-5868 Mobile: 416-801-3101 Email: stephen@stephenweir.com
Linda Crane Office:
905-257-6033 Mobile:
416-727-0112 Email: cranepr@cogeco.ca
