HealthAchieve 2010: a Student's Perspective on Canadian transformational healthcare delivery

Abstract

Here we summarize the HealthAchieve 2010 event held November 8th-10th in Toronto, Canada. HealthAchieve is considered the definitive Canadian healthcare delivery experience conference. The insights garnered among attending delegates serves to expand the existing knowledge base and promote the need for research in healthcare to address respective enterprise gap deficiencies in delivery and quality. HealthAchieve 2010, illuminated delegate awareness to decentralization trends; health promotion and wellbeing initiatives; optimal delivery approaches; chronic disease management, primary prevention, evidence-based best practices; and fundraising strategies. The conference encouraged learning, relationship building, knowledge sharing, and the strengthening of existing partnerships.