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The Impact of Technology on Healthcare Delivery The Thought Leaders WEDNESDAY, 24 OCTOBER Thought Leader Session 32 11:30 – 12:30

The Institute's Director Dr. Rachelle Kaye and steering Committee Member Dr. Varda Shalev have been invited as keynote speakers at   Rachelle Kaye, PhD Deputy Director, Department of Planning and Finance, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Israel Dr. Kaye also serves as Quality Assurance Specialist at the World Bank Project for Developing Health Management Information System, National Health Insurance Fund in Bulgaria. She has been a consultant to the Ministry of Health in Poland, to The World Bank for the Preparation Mission for Implementation of the Mexican Health Reform, a guest lecturer at The Braun School of Public Health and a Senior Research Fellow, JDC at The Brookdale Institute.   Varda Shalev, MD Director, Department of Medical Informatics, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Israel Dr. Shalev obtained her MD from the School of Medicine, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel. She received her Family Practice Residency training at Kaplan Hospital. In 1993, shereceived a Specialty Certification in Family Medicine and an MA in Public Health Administration from Clark University. She has also held a Fellowship in Medical Informatics at the School of Medicine, Johns-Hopkins University