Don Copeman

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on Copeman is an accomplished executive who has spent 25 years building businesses in the health care and information technology fields. He has been the CEO of 5 healthcare companies and a senior executive at some of the world’s leading information technology firms. He was the architect of one of the world’s first micro-computer based hospital information systems in the 1980’s and helped establish one of Canada’s first private ambulatory surgical centres in 1997. As a consultant and supplier to the public hospital system, Mr. Copeman has been a keen observer of the Canadian healthcare system for over two and a half decades.

Motivated by his own family’s experience, Don developed a deep commitment to help improve the Canadian healthcare system through private innovation and has spent the last several years creating new delivery models for primary healthcare. The Copeman Healthcare Centre, established in Vancouver two years ago, is a private facility with a mixed funding model that delivers general family care with a very strong focus on preventive health. His company plans to establish multiple centres across Canada over the next 5 years. In addition to new clinical and administrative protocols for primary healthcare, his company has also developed technologies for on-line health records, personalized education and patient self-management.

Don is a active supporter of the United Nation’s Millennium Project to end extreme poverty and is actively organizing sustainable community development and healthcare infrastructure projects in association with the Copeman Healthcare Centre.

Don Copeman was born in Quebec City, grew up in eastern Canada and currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is a graduate of Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario) and the father of four young children.

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