Patient Engagement – An interactive medium for patients and life sciences organizations to improve health outcomes

Patients have the most power to create change in their own health and wellness. The secret is how to unlock that power and in turn create the change that can increase adherence, boost well-being, and cut health care costs as a result of more educated patients and their participation in clinical studies that is useful for the patient, pharmaceutical companies as well as for all our future well-being.

By attending this webinar you will learn:

•     How Organizations can develop an interactive medium for patient engagement?
•     How to respond effectively to patient queries about new drugs?
•     How to enable patients to share information with Pharmaceutical companies securely and with confidence?
•     How to promote clinical trial information to recruit and report on patient outcomes?
•     How to enable Clinical Trial Investigators and Coordinators connect with patients effectively?

Your hosts for this event:

Anand Gaddum, serves as the Director of Healthcare Practice at iLink Systems, Inc since January 2008 with over 13 years of healthcare industry experience. Mr. Gaddum has overall responsibility for the strategy and business development, including sales and marketing, of the healthcare practice of iLink Systems.iLink Systems is a Gold Level Microsoft partner and Microsoft’s Healthcare Partner of FY 09. Mr. Gaddum’s specialty includes applying Lean & Six Sigma to healthcare institutions and has been a change agent to improve care delivery. He brings both technical and healthcare industry experience. Prior to joining iLink, he worked at Group Health in implementing Lean while managing the claims system. He also has experience in sales and marketing of medical devices as well as in teaching. Mr. Gaddum is a Certified Professional from HIMSS and holds an Executive Master degree in Health Administration from the University of Washington.

Les Jordan, Industry Technology Strategist, Life Sciences at Microsoft Corporation. As the Industry Technology Strategist, serving in the capacity of CTO for Microsoft’s life sciences team, Les Jordan provides architectural, technical, and industry specific guidance to internal product teams, partner companies and Microsoft’s largest pharmaceutical and health products enterprise customers. Les also holds the position of Director of the BioIT Alliance; a group of organizations working together to realize the potential of personalized medicine. He brings over 15 years of industry experience setting technical direction and strategy.

About iLink Systems

Founded in 2002, iLink Systems, Inc. is an ISO and CMMI certified global software solutions provider, Microsoft Gold Level Partner,Preferred Vendor,Winner of Microsoft 2011 Mobility Partner of the Year & 2009 HealthCare Partner of the year Awards. iLink integrates software systems and develops custom applications, components, and frameworks on the Microsoft platform for IT departments, application services providers and independent software vendors. iLink solutions are used in a broad range of industries and functions, including healthcare, telecom, government, education, and life sciences. iLink’s expertise also includes mobile and embedded systems, business intelligence, portals and collaboration, and user experience design. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, iLink has offices in Bellevue, WA, Fairfax, VA, Atlanta, GA, Los Angeles, CA,CA – Bay Area,London,UK, Chennai,India And Trichy, India.

Schedule:

Date :10th November 2011
Time : 09.00 AM – 10.00 AM PST

Who should attend:

The webinar is intended for life sciences organizations – pharmaceutical or biotech companies, CROs, patient recruitment companies and medical device manufacturers, and staff typically in positions such as:

• Clinical Operations
• Clinical Trial Managers
• Chief Medical Officers
• Patient Recruitment Managers
• Regulatory Affairs Managers
• Other staff involved in clinical trials or translations