Education
The HIMSS MiddleEast09 education program begins with a full day symposium focusing on increasing presence of health insurance programs in the Gulf Region and how information technology links insurance programs with healthcare organisations. The one-day event will provide insight into regional/national insurance trends, integration between payer and provider, coding requirements, and specific national insurance projects lessons learned.
The second and third days of the conference will concentrate on the theme, "Healthcare IT and Management Excellence" with more than 30 education sessions - offered in three tracks: IT, Healthcare and Health IT Management and Clinical IT. The sessions are presented in a case study/best practices format through the practical use and application of health IT. Topics of regional interest include interoperability, health IT standards, project management, electronic medical records, data repositories, clinical information systems, business information systems, patient safety and much more.
Education Sessions
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K 18: Keynote Address click to read more
Time: 08:30
| Presented by: | ||
| Dr Saadi TaherExecutive Director of Medical ServicesSaudi National Guard Health Affairs, Central RegionKingdom of Saudi Arabia | ||
Track: Healthcare & Health IT Management
ES 19: How can Medical Staff Aid in Selecting the Electronic Medical Record for their Organization click to read more
Time: 10:00
During selection of EMR, it is essential for medical staff to help analyze the selection of EMR to suit their workflow. Thus, selection process will be more of a "clinical" selection rather than a "business" selection.
Learning Objectives:
Discuss the objectives of selection of EMR
Identify requirements according to organization workflow
Examine medical staff opinion and how that aids in selection of the EMR
Discuss selection method and decision making for the selection
| Presented by: | ||
| Sally KamelDDS (Doctor of Dental Surgery)Clinical Application AnalystAdvanced Technology Company (ATC)Kuwait | ||
Learning Objectives:
Discuss the objectives of selection of EMR
Identify requirements according to organization workflow
Examine medical staff opinion and how that aids in selection of the EMR
Discuss selection method and decision making for the selection
Track: Healthcare & Health IT Management
ES 20: Information Technology: An Enabler for Quality Management click to read more
Time: 10:00
Hear about the experiences of a large Canadian Critical Care Department using the power of information technology to enable quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
Learning Objectives:
Appreciate the role of IT in quality management
Understand the major quality concerns and how IT is helping
List the major components of a departmental information management framework
Learn from the lessons learnt during one decade of information management
| Presented by: | ||
| Reza ShahporiBSc, RTR, PMPInformation Technology ManagerCalgary Health Region, Department of Critical Care MedicineCanada | ||
Learning Objectives:
Appreciate the role of IT in quality management
Understand the major quality concerns and how IT is helping
List the major components of a departmental information management framework
Learn from the lessons learnt during one decade of information management
Track: IT Applications
ES 21: Leaving Nothing to Chance: Selecting the University Hospital Clinical System click to read more
Time: 10:00
Changing the standard of healthcare in the Middle East means changing how we make big IS decisions. This case study deals with the new challenges of: localizing vendors and products, chasing project scope, synthesizing clinical evaluators, and evolving procurement and processes.
Learning Objectives:
Perform requirements analysis when stakeholders and vendors are spread across several continents
Build a temporary hospital with a team of subject matter expert evaluators
Evaluate vendors across a wide gap in local experience
Localize a product suite for a new environment and patient population
Build and use new tools to select and negotiate quickly and effectively
| Presented by: | ||
| Matthew MuellerHead of Professional Services & TechnologyE3 CorporationUnited Arab Emirates | ||
Learning Objectives:
Perform requirements analysis when stakeholders and vendors are spread across several continents
Build a temporary hospital with a team of subject matter expert evaluators
Evaluate vendors across a wide gap in local experience
Localize a product suite for a new environment and patient population
Build and use new tools to select and negotiate quickly and effectively
Track: Clinical IT
ES 22: New Techniques and Technologies in Serving Patients: A Paperless/Filmless Environment click to read more
Time: 10:00
Learn how one hospital saved millions using new technologies and innovative ideas while achieving their objectives in serving patients and healthcare providers with high quality and cost-saving services.
Learning Objectives:
Examine new paperless technologies in serving patients
Learn how funds were saved by incorporating innovative ideas while still achieving organisation objectives
Discuss options of paperless and filmless technologies
| Presented by: | ||
| Jumah Farhan AlAnaziAFCHSE, MHA, EMHAAssociate Executive Director, Patient Affairs AdministrationKing Fahad Medical CityKingdom of Saudi Arabia | ||
Learning Objectives:
Examine new paperless technologies in serving patients
Learn how funds were saved by incorporating innovative ideas while still achieving organisation objectives
Discuss options of paperless and filmless technologies
Track: IT Applications
ES 23: Building an ROI-Driven Model to Achieve a Sustainable Security Model click to read more
Time: 11:15
Buiding on experience in commercial and US federal healthcare, a model for integrating security tools, disciplines, and methodologies is presented.
| Presented by: | ||
| Bill OldhamMBAChairman & Chief Executive OfficerEvolvent Technologies, IncUSA | ||
Track: Healthcare & Health IT Management
ES 24: Gaining a Competitive Edge through Effective IT Strategy - Driving the Vision of a Digital Hospital click to read more
Time: 11:15
Effective planning and execution of an IT strategy has helped ASM to gain a competitive edge and become one of the leading healthcare providers in the region. A real time case study highlighting the path to achieving a world class digital hospital will be presented.
Learning Objectives:
Set a comprehensive IT strategy
Discover lessons learned in IT strategy execution
Discuss the importance of developing strategic partnerships in IT vs. traditional vendor relationships
Examine how to maximize IT investment through measuring effectiveness
| Presented by: | ||
| Burak UzkanBS, MBACIOAnadolu Medical Center (ASM Hospital)Turkey | ||
Learning Objectives:
Set a comprehensive IT strategy
Discover lessons learned in IT strategy execution
Discuss the importance of developing strategic partnerships in IT vs. traditional vendor relationships
Examine how to maximize IT investment through measuring effectiveness
Track: IT Applications
ES 25: Roadmap to Shared Imaging click to read more
Time: 11:15
With progressing advancements in Clinical Imaging and promising future,
a new arena of possibilities in the field of diagnostics, clinical
trials and care delivery is near the horizon. However this also demands
better understanding and planning from clinical data owners and IT
facilitators about current options and challenges right from capturing
to retention to exchange of clinical imaging data.
Learning Objectives:
Challenges and Issues in retention and exchange of Clinical Imaging Data.
Introduction to innovative methodologies to Imaging data management and Vendor Neutrality.
Snapshot of future of Clinical Imaging and impact on current Imaging management systems.
| Presented by: | ||
| Dharmendra Sushilkumar GhaiHIS Project Manager, ClinicalHamad Medical CorporationQatar | ||
Learning Objectives:
Challenges and Issues in retention and exchange of Clinical Imaging Data.
Introduction to innovative methodologies to Imaging data management and Vendor Neutrality.
Snapshot of future of Clinical Imaging and impact on current Imaging management systems.
Track: IT Applications
ES 26: Transformation into the Information Age: eHealth Initiatives Deployed click to read more
Time: 11:15
Cleveland Clinic is deploying several e-health initiatives including patient access to information, on-line consultation and long-term care monitoring, all under a new clinical information technology-based division known as e-Cleveland Clinic. Learn about the transformation process at Cleveland Clinic and its long and short term implications for medical practice.
Learning Objectives:
Learn obstacles faced during deployment of an eHealth system
Discuss how an eHealth system will improve patient care
Evaluate the positive and negative impact of an eHealth system
| Presented by: | ||
| C. Martin HarrisMD, MBA, FHIMSSChief Information Officer, Chairman of the Information Technology DivisonCleveland ClinicUnited States | ||
Learning Objectives:
Learn obstacles faced during deployment of an eHealth system
Discuss how an eHealth system will improve patient care
Evaluate the positive and negative impact of an eHealth system
Track: Clinical IT
ES 27: Transparency in Healthcare Technology; A Clinical Informaticist & Strategist Approach click to read more
Time: 13:30
Imagine an HCIT environment where clinical data barriers no longer impeded collaboration, where data elements are managed, unified in language, and shared, no matter your clinical discipline or specialty.
Learning Objectives:
Learn how to leverage what HCIT solutions I have today
Discuss how interoperability and integration via standards can allow unification of data elements
Share unified data into existing EHR or newly invested EHR solutions using practical HCIT logic
Learn to manage unified data to aggregate, analyze and mine
Achieve healthcare data transparency on a regional or national level
| Presented by: | ||
| Rex OsbornDirector Strategic Marketing (Global Healthcare)Fuji Medical SystemsUnited States | ||
Learning Objectives:
Learn how to leverage what HCIT solutions I have today
Discuss how interoperability and integration via standards can allow unification of data elements
Share unified data into existing EHR or newly invested EHR solutions using practical HCIT logic
Learn to manage unified data to aggregate, analyze and mine
Achieve healthcare data transparency on a regional or national level
Track: Healthcare & Health IT Management
ES 28: Sharing ERP Implementation Experiences at KFSH&RC click to read more
Time: 13:30
Challenges faced during and after the implementation of an ERP system will be presented. Costly missteps will be shared so that CIOs and IT Managers can learn to efficiently and effectively implement an ERP system.
Learning Objectives:
Discuss ERP business challenges and benefits
Examine the critical success factors in implementing an ERP system
Discuss lessons learned
| Presented by: | ||
| Hamad Al-DaigBS, MBAChief Information OffierKing Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research CentreKingdom of Saudi Arabia | ||
Learning Objectives:
Discuss ERP business challenges and benefits
Examine the critical success factors in implementing an ERP system
Discuss lessons learned
Track: IT Applications
ES 29: From Vision to Reality - A Digital Hospital in Less than a Year click to read more
Time: 13:30
Drawing from the lessons learned from almost two decades of US healthcare experience and using a recent real life example of creating a digital hospital, the presenter will provide a roadmap for creating a digital hospital.
| Presented by: | ||
| Sanjay ShahB Engg, MBA, CMPEVice President and Chief Information OfficerCabell Huntington Hospital United States | ||
Track: Healthcare & Health IT Management
ES 30: From Health Data to Health Intelligence in Supporting Policy Change click to read more
Time: 13:30
This session explores the experiences and limitations of data handling in delivering policy change. Building intelligence by improving information analysis is proposed instead, which would also improve health systems governance.
Learning Objectives:
Understand progress in intelligence building starting from "packages of information" that involve data gathering and information analysis
Engage in current debates on the use of stakeholder-specific evidence to inform health policy reforms
Exploring how to develop and use health intelligence to deliver policy change
Discuss a methodology by which health information systems will be able to measure inputs, outputs, processes and outcomes at the service of targeted health policy interventions
| Presented by: | ||
| Antonio DuranMD & MScInternational Consultant/Health Policy AdviserIndra T'cnicas de SaludSpain | ||
Learning Objectives:
Understand progress in intelligence building starting from "packages of information" that involve data gathering and information analysis
Engage in current debates on the use of stakeholder-specific evidence to inform health policy reforms
Exploring how to develop and use health intelligence to deliver policy change
Discuss a methodology by which health information systems will be able to measure inputs, outputs, processes and outcomes at the service of targeted health policy interventions
K 31: Keynote Address click to read more
Time: 15:00
| Presented by: | ||
| Ms Jay SriniChief Innovation OfficerUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Health PlanUnited States | Mr Edgar L MounibMBA, MPHGlobal Healthcare ExecutiveIBM Institute for Business ValueUnited States | |
