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HIMSS Middle East EMRAM Awards Ceremony &
Leadership Summit Executive Reception Sponsor
HIMSS Middle East EMRAM Award Ceremony Sponsor
HIMSS Middle East 11 Post Show Report
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Programme at a Glance
| Day 1 (Sunday, 20 May 2012) | ||||
| HIT Management | Leadership Summit | Industry Solution Sessions | ICD-10 CM / PCS | |
| 08:00 | Registration and Coffee | |||
| 08:30 - 16:30 | Exhibition Opens | |||
| Grand Ballroom 3 | ||||
| 09:00 - 09:15 |
PL1: Opening Welcome Patient safety and the role of IT in transforming healthcare in Abu Dhabi to serve all in the Emirate Speaker: H.E. Eng. Zaid Daoud Al Siksek, Chief Executive Officer, Health Authority - Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| 09:15 - 09:20 | Session Transition | |||
| Grand Ballroom 3 | ||||
| 09:20 - 10:00 |
PL2: Vision for a National Health Framework for the UAE Speaker: Mr. Khalid Majid Ahmad Lootah, Assistant Undersecretary for Support Services Sector, Ministry of Health, UAE |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
PL3: The Strategic Direction and Plans for the Saudi National Healthcare System and eHealth Programme Speaker: Mohammed R Al Yemeni, PhD, Deputy Minister for Planning & Health Economics, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 | HIMSS Middle East EMRAM Awards Ceremony | |||
| 10:45 - 10:55 | Session Transition | |||
| Grand Ballroom 3 | Grand Ballroom 2 | Vendura Room 3 | ||
| 10:55 - 11:40 |
HIT1: The NHS Private Cloud Infrastructure Project Speaker: Dr. Zafar Chaudry, CIO Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust, UK |
IS1: Standardizing Care Through Clinical Decision Support and Evidence Based Order Sets Speakers: Dr. Mark Koppel, MD, Medical Director, Wolters Kluwer Health and Dr. Rashid S. Niaz, Medical Staff Consultant, Sidara Medical & Research Center |
IC1: Basic Overview of ICD-10 CM & ICD-10 PCS; What They are How They Differ From the Present Code Sets, the Advantages and Disadvantages Speaker: Michelea Peech, CCS, CCS-P AHIMA-approved ICD 10 CM/PCS Trainer |
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| 11:40 - 11:50 | Session Transition | |||
| Grand Ballroom 3 | Grand Ballroom 1 | Grand Ballroom 2 | Vendura Room 3 | |
| 11:50 - 12:35 |
HIT2: CPOE Is Not Enough - Medication Process Improvement Speakers: Ahmed Yehia Bekheet, Corporate Clinical Applications, Analyst, SEHA, UAE and Donna McCormick, Corporate Clinical Applications Director, SEHA, UAE |
LS2: Clinical Benefits of Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Based Networks in Cardiology Moderator: Abdul Rahman Al Tauqi, Director General of Information Technology, Ministry of Health, Oman and Speaker: Marcel R. van der Linde, Cardiologist, M.D., Nij Smellinghe Hospital Drachten, The Netherlands |
IS2: Benefits of Active CDS in Medicines Management Speaker: Michael Reagin, CE, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi |
Time: 11:50 - 13:15 IC2: Introduction to ICD-10 CM and PCS: A Finance and Coders Review Speakers: Shawn Van Doren RN, BSN, CCS, AHIMA Approved ICD-10 CM/PCS and Trainer: Sabrina Yousfi RHIA, CCS, AHIMA Approved ICD-10 CM/PCS Trainer |
| 12:35 - 12:45 | Session Transition | |||
| Grand Ballroom 3 | Grand Ballroom 1 | Grand Ballroom 2 | ||
| 12:45 - 13:15 |
HIT3: Crowd Sourcing Applications Development for Health Speaker: Bryan Lord, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
LS3: Using HIT to Fight Pandemic Outbreaks on a Massive Scale, Health Electronic Surveillance Network (HESN) and Electronic Health Records Integration Speakers: Russell Gann, Surveillance Coordinator and Project Manager, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dr. Abdullah Al-Zahranim, HESN Change Management Stream Leader, Ministry of Health, Eng Abdullah Al-Rabiah, HESN Technical Stream Leader, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
IS3:RFID and RTLS: Enhancing the Patient Experience and Operational Efficiency in the GCC Speakers: Antti Korhonen, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ekahau Inc. and Hugh Haskell-Thomas, Executive Director, Azimuth |
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| 13:15 - 14:15 | Lunch at Exhibition Area | |||
| Grand Ballroom 3 | Grand Ballroom 1 | Grand Ballroom 2 | Vendura Room 3 | |
| 14:15 - 15:00 |
HIT4: New Hospital Construction from an IT Perspective Speakers: Michael Reagin, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE and Dr. Mohaymen Abdelghany, Saudi German Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
LS4: IT Governance: The Role of the CIO, CMIO and Organizational Quality Improvement Speaker: Robert Pickton, Chief Information Officer, SEHA, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
Time: 14:15 - 16:00 IC3: ICD-CM/PCS Workshop Speakers: Shawn Van Doren RN, BSN, CCS, AHIMA Approved ICD-10 CM/PCS and Trainer: Sabrina Yousfi RHIA, CCS, AHIMA Approved ICD-10 CM/PCS Trainer |
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| 15:00 - 15:15 | Session Transition | |||
| Grand Ballroom 3 | Grand Ballroom 1 | Grand Ballroom 2 | ||
| 15:15 - 16:00 |
HIT5: Rapid Electronic Credentialing of Clinical Staff Speakers: Dr. Ramadan Ibrahim Mohd, Director, Health Regulation Department, Dubai Health Authority, UAE and Khawla Sultan Lootah, IT Assistant Director, Head of Corporate Application Section, IT Department - HQ, Dubai Health Authority, UAE |
LS5: The Major Projects and Implementation of the Saudi National Health IT Program Speaker: Dr. Abdullah bin Ahmed AL Wahaibi, Advisor to the Minister of Health and Supervisor of ICT, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
IS4: Build the Foundation for a Digital Hospital Nick Wilcox, Subject Matter Expert, Jordan & UAE |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 | Tea break at Exhibition Area | |||
| 16:30 | Exhibition Ends | |||
| Grand Ballroom 3 | ||||
| 16:30 - 17:15 |
PL4: Mobile Health: Actual Benefits or just Hype? The Real Story on Return on Investment in Clinical Settings Speaker: Dr. Nipit Piravej, Chief Corporate Officer, Bangkok Chain Hospital PCL, Thailand |
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| 17:30 - 19:30 | CPHIMS Review Course for Exam Preparation Trainer: Mazen ABU-ALI, MBA, CPHIMS, MCSE, Health Informatics Manager, Ventures Healthcare, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| 18:00 - 19:30 | Leadership Summit Executive Reception Hosted by SEHA (by Invitation Only) | |||
| Day 2 (Monday, 21 May 2012) | |||
| HIT Management | Industry Solution Sessions | RFID Workshops | |
| 08:00 | Registration and Coffee | ||
| 08:00 - 14:00 | Exhibition opens | ||
| Grand Ballroom 3 | |||
| 08:30 - 09:30 |
PL5: Roundtable :The Future of Health Insurance in the GCC and IT Moderator: Dr. Philipp Vetter, Director of Strategy, Health Authority Abu Dhabi, UAE Speakers: Dr Haidar Saeed Habib Al Yousuf, Director, Health Funding, Dubai Health Authority, UAE and Eng. Ahmed M Aldammas, Director Information Technology, Council of Cooperative Health Insurance, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
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| 09:30 - 09:45 | Session Transition | ||
| Grand Ballroom 3 | Grand Ballroom 2 | Vendura Room 3 | |
| 09:45 - 10:30 |
HIT6: Transforming RCM in Abu Dhabi - a Provider's perspective Speaker: Mr. Ross Gardiner, Corporate Program Manager, Business Applications, Information and Technology Services, SEHA, UAE |
IS5: Next Generation Healthcare IT: Agile, Aligned and Connected Speaker: Steven Fanning, Supply Chain Strategy Director, Lawson Healthcare |
RFID 1: Overview of Saudi National Program to Implement RFID in over 140 Maternity Hospital Speakers: Dr Abdulrahman AlBawardi , Clinical Department Director, Ministry of Health, Eng Hashim Abubaker, PMO Assistant Director, Ministry of Health, Eng Ibrahim Ammar, RFID Project Manager, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Tea break at Exhibition Area | ||
| Grand Ballroom 3 | Grand Ballroom 2 | Vendura Room 3 | |
| 11:30 - 12:15 |
HIT7: 1st Presentation - Managing Healthcare Supply Chain from Sourcing to Patient Billing Speaker: Hamad Al-Daig, Chief Information Officer, Information Technology Affairs, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2nd Presentation - Healthcare Supply Chain Operations in the Region Speaker: Mohammed A Al Ayoubi, Senior Director, Supply Chain Management, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhab |
IS6: Digital Hospitals and Integrated Care Speaker: Arve-Olav Solumsmo, International Health Care ICT Consultant |
RFID2: RTLS Vendor Selection and Implementation in Healthcare Speaker: Jeffrey Butts, CIO, Al Rahba Hospital, UAE |
| 12:15 - 13:15 | Lunch at Exhibition Area | ||
| Grand Ballroom 3 | Grand Ballroom 2 | Vendura Room 3 | |
| 13:15 - 14:00 |
HIT8: CDM Implemented - Now What? Speaker: Mr.Zubair Al-Ansari, Manager, Corporate CDM Medical and Clinical Affairs, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
IS7: Improving Clinical and Financial Outcomes by Improving your Clinical Documentation Speaker: Ann L. Webster, RHIA, CCS, HIM Specialist and Chair of Revenue Cycle Committee at Tawam Hospital |
RFID3: The Reality and The Potential: A Case Study from King Hamad University Hospital, Bahrain Speaker: Major Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, IT Director of King Hamad University Hospital, Bahrain |
| 14:00 | Exhibition Ends | ||
| Grand Ballroom 3 | |||
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
HIT9: eClaims Implementations that Engage Stakeholders and Lead to Sustainable Healthcare Delivery Systems Speaker: Dr Haidar Saeed Habib Al Yousuf, Director, Health Funding, Dubai Health Authority, UAE |
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| 14:30 - 15:30 |
PL6: Closing Keynote: Full Assessment of Clinical and Financial Return on Investment Speakers: John P. Hoyt, Executive Vice President, Organizational Services, HIMSS Analytics USA, and Dave Garets, General Manager and Executive Director, The Advisory Board Company, USA |
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| Vendura Room 3 | |||
| 15:30 - 20:00 | CPHIMS Review Course for Exam Preparation Trainer: Mazen ABU-ALI, MBA, CPHIMS, MCSE Health Informatics Manager, Ventures Healthcare, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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