Richard Visser DC PhD CEO Vera Health Group Former Minister of - TopicsExpress

Richard Visser DC PhD CEO Vera Health Group Former Minister of Health & Sport ArubaHealth, Wellness and Fitness Current Verahealthgoup, Pan American Center for Obesity PACO Previous Government of Aruba Education University of Medicine in Havana, Cuba Recommendations 1 person has recommended Richard Websites Childhood Obesity / Health Company Website 500+ connections Join LinkedIn & access Richards full profile. Its free! As a LinkedIn member, youll join 300 million other professionals who are sharing connections, ideas, and opportunities. See who you know in common Get introduced Contact Richard directly View Richards Full Profile Background Summary Redefining Healthcare systems through the Virtual Hospital Platforms - creating unprecedented accessibility and continuously improving the quality of care Experience Founder and CEO Verahealthgoup January 2014 – Present (1 year 1 month)amsterdam nl Transforming the World of Healthcare, VHGs cloud-based Virtual Medical platform makes it possible for patients, healthcare professionals, medical specialists and Hospitals to collaborate seamlessly and securely collect and share clinical data from patient medical records, lab results, imaging and in-home biometric devices for real-time risk assessments, to predict, diagnose, treat, monitor, and even prevent. The revolution will go live late summer 2014. President PACO Foundation Pan American Center for Obesity PACO November 2013 – Present (1 year 3 months)aruba PACO conferences and workshops are now in their fourth year, with partners such as PAHO, WHO, PAHEF, IOC, CARPHA, IASO, FAO, McGill, and the World Bank to name few, with more than 34 Countries of the Americas and experts from around the globe including the private sector, and together we are fighting the war on NCDs and eliminating Childhood Obesity Starting in 2014 PACO will help countries chart a course towards Health and Wellbeing, provide capacity building, and guide Nations through their shift We have taken on the challenge to eliminate Childhood Obesity Minister of Health and Sport Government of Aruba October 2009 – October 2013 (4 years 1 month)aruba Created IBiSA Institute for the screening and prevention of NCDs and Obesity Universal Care System is updated and now uses e-Medicine, electronic patient files, etc. Public Health dept. released our first Health Monitor helping us to determine the direction of care Re-organization of our Sport Federations in Finance, Sports Development and creating our Top Sport Privatized Rehabilitation for Addicts, streamlined, financed, trained and Automated (IT) our NGOs Collaborating with Baptist Health Intl. and creating a centers of excellence in Oncology / Diabetis / Urgent Care and Medical Tourism at our IMSAN facility Created our Hospital Master Plan and started construction of our state of the art New Facilities Phase 1, 2 and 3 to be delivered in 2016 a 252 Million Florin project through SOGA Aruba has taken a leadership role in the Americas through PACO in changing and empowering the fight against Childhood Obesity together with strong partners like WHO, PAHO, PAHEF, IOC, etc Since 2009 the Mass movement for Health has seen a 3 fold increase in our population through awareness, health promotion, Ciclovias, our first Health Bus, the introduction of Exercise is Medicine with our primary care physicians and insurance co. AZV and many more projects, including a strong participation of the private sector in getting Aruba fit - change has become visible, we have started moving from vision to reality. Volunteer Experience & Causes