Programme at a glance

	Day 1 - 13 April 2014
08:30	Registration and Coffee
09:00 - 09:45	Ministerial Visit to the Exhibition Floor (By invitation only)
09:45 - 16:00	Exhibition Hall Opens
09:45 - 10:00	Session Transition
	Hilton Hall B
10:00 - 10:05	Qur'an Kareem and Opening Ceremony
10:05 - 10:10	PL1: Welcome to Jeddah Dr. Sami BA-DAWOOD, Director General of the Jeddah Directorate of Health Affairs in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
10:10 - 10:15	Saudi eHealth Transaction Program (Rabet) movie
10:15 - 10:35	PL2: Vision for eHealth Integration HE Abdullah-Abdul Aziz M. AL RABEEAH, MD, FRCS, Minister of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
10:35 - 10:40	Launching the Projects of Saudi eHealth Transaction Program ( Rabet )
10:40 - 11:40	PL3: Round Table Discussion: Integrating for a National Health Record Dr. Mohammed bin Hamza KOSHAIM, Vice Minister of Health for Planning and Development, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz AL-SAYEGH, Secretary General of the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties Dr. Yacoub bin Yousef al MAZROU - Secretary-General of the Council of Health Services Richard ALVAREZ, CEO, Canada Health Infoway, Canada
11:40 - 12:00	PL4: Saudi eHealth Transactions Program (Rabet) Dr. Abdullah A. AL WEHAIBI, Advisor to the Minister & General Supervisor of ICT, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
12:00 - 12:25	Coffee Break on Exhibition Floor
	Leadership Track Hilton Hall B	Implementation Track & Industry Solution Sessions Hilton Hall D	Industry Solution Sessions Industry Programme Theatre
12:25 - 13:10	LD1: Leadership Secrets that Engage Clinicians and Create Winning Healthcare Organizations Claire MCCARTHY, MA, FHIMSS Principal, Change Gang, LLC, USA and Dave GARETS, FHIMSS Principal, Change Gang, LLC, USA	IT1: Mobility Tool: iKFMC Dr. Khalid AL ODHAIBI, MBA, PhD, Chief Information Officer, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia With the evolvement of the 3rd Platform and the rise of mobile technologies; iKFMC mobility tool was designed to serve our patients, employees, the public, and vendors of King Fahad Medical City (KFMC). The technology provides each user with an easy, fast, and secures access to the data they need anywhere at anytime.	IS1: Strategic Interoperability: Connecting Healthcare within Hospitals, Regions, and Nations Joe DESANTIS, Vice President, HealthShare Platforms at InterSystems, This session will describe the key principles of strategic healthcare interoperability and discuss its application at both the local and nation-wide level.
13:10 - 13:20	Session Transition
13:20 - 14:05	LD2: HIS Implementation Strategies in the Ministry of Health Eng. Mansour Al- SWAIDAN, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudia Arabia Summarizing the strategies and plans to implement HIS systems in MOH hospitals including the challenges and difficulties to reach to the ultimate objective of the unified medical record number in Saudi	IS2: Industry Solution Session Cliff BLEUSTEIN,, M.D., M.B.A., Managing Director and Global Head of Healthcare Consulting Discussion on how build future-ready IT platforms, unlock information, empower caregivers and unleash innovation can radically redefine the way healthcare is delivered for decades to come.	IS3: Electronic Healthcare Record - So what's next? Craig RHODES,, Oracle Health Sciences Principal Healthcare Consultant, This sessions will discuss how we can measure the outcomes of our patients no matter which care setting they have visited and then how can we personalise the care of these patients based their clinical and genomic data.
14:00 - 15:00	Reserved MEHFEx lunch in ballroom
14:00 - 16:00	Lunch and Networking Reception on the Exhibition Floor
14:15 - 15:00		IS4: Population Health Bill HOWARD, VP of Solution Architecture at Caradigm, Dr. Mahir AL-HILALI, MBChB, MBA, FRCPath, Clinical Solutions Executive at GE/Caradigm and Consultant Haematologist at Mediclinic City Hospital, Dubai This presentation will demonstrate Caradigm solutions which support 4 key capabilities to deliver effective population health management - data control, healthcare analytics, care coordination and management and wellness & patient management	IS5: Towards a Global Health Information System Jorge GUIMARAES, Founder and Chairman of ALERT Life Sciences Computing This presentation will introduce an ever changing universal product enriched by contributions from around the world that resulted on a clinical system with only one code development line characterized by its capacity to be locally configured in each country and addess the important global healthcare challenges
15:15 - 16:00		IS6: Electronic Health Information Management in line with the JCI standards at KFMC Dr. Khalid AL ODHAIBI, MBA, PhD. Executive Director of Health Informatics and Information Technology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Realizing that better attention to medical information and a digital approach will lead to better patient service and higher standards, the management of King Fahad Medical City made a strategic decision to shift into completely electronic medical records in line with the JCIA standards.	IS7: Transforming delivery and consumption of healthcare services with Digital Health, Baldur JOHNSEN, MEMA Healthcare Industry Principal, Enterprise Services, Hewlett-Packard and Afsar AKAL, Regional Healthcare Enterprise Solution Sales Manager Middle East Turkey Africa, Intel Corp With Digital Hospitals, Big Data and Real-time analytics, Integrated Care, Mobility and Cloud computing the Information Technology industry can bring more value to health care services than ever before. Find out how healthcare organizations can leverage HP services and solutions on to execute an eHealth transformation strategy.
16:00	End of Day 1
	*Additional Events - separate registration required*
	Hilton Hall Suite 4
15:00 - 17:00	Middle East Healthcare Finance Executives Workshop (MEHFEx)
	Hilton Hall Suite 2
15:00 - 17:00	CPHIMS Overview and Preparation Course Part 1 of 2 The CPHIMS Overview and Preparation Course is designed for healthcare IT professionals preparing to take the CPHIMS Exam. It is also designed to be a great review of healthcare IT practice for those who are transitioning from another area, returning to the specialty, or who are new to the specialty. The course provides a review of the content categories provided in the CPHIMS Content Outline.

	Day 2 - 14 April 2014
08:30	Registration and Networking
	Hilton Hall B
09:00 - 09:15	Welcome and Introduction: Dr. Mohammed ALYEMENI, PhD, Deputy Minister for Planning & Health Economics, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
09:15 - 10:00	PL5: Building Change into Successful National HIT Programs Richard ALVAREZ, CEO, Canada Health Infoway, Canada This session will first define the many aspects of change management and organizational goal setting in. The various considerations for success will be highlighted based on over 10 years of experience in Canada. Various emerging business and clinical requirements for digital health, along with emerging technologies, will be discussed. These elevate the need to establish clear objectives and goals to ensure success with the interoperability agenda.
08:30 - 15:30	Exhibition Hall Opens
10:00 - 10:15	Session Transition
	Leadership Track Hilton Hall B	Implementation Track Hilton Hall D	Industry Programme Sessions Industry Programme Theatre
10:15 - 11:00	LD3: Defining the Financial and Clinical Benefits of IT Implementation John HOYT, EVP, HIMSS Analytics, USA While many hospitals around the world are working diligently to implement EMRs, too few have documented a true return on investment through clinical improvements and efficiencies with before and/or after studies. This presentation will present several ROI examples from a literature search, plus there will be an explanation of how Stage 6 and Stage 7 hospitals on the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model have measured benefits from their EMR deployments. Using key performance indicators for core quality metrics, many Stage 6 and Stage 7 hospitals have shown solid returns in improved quality of care and patient safety. This presentation will detail where these benefits were realized and the specific clinical measures used. C-Suite executives who are planning to implement or in the midst of implementing systems will gain the benefit from those who have implemented and designed a benefits realization methodology	IT2: The Saudi eHealth Interoperability Framework and Policies - Update and Direction Dr. Ahmed BALKHAIR, Director of the National eHealth Strategy and Change Management Office, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia This session provides an update on the National Saudi eHealth Program and describes the eHealth Specifications and Policies developed thus far in the program.	IS8: Industry Programme Session
11:15 - 11:30	Session Transition
11:30 - 12:15	LD4: Mobile Health for Clinical and Consumer: How to implement mobile technologies for patients and clinicians that can be implemented anywhere and deliver real benefits everywhere, Abdulkarim ALMUHANNA, M.D CPHIMS, Consultant Medical Informatics, CIS Project Executive, KFSHRC, Riyadh- Saudi Arabia	IS9: How Can Innovative Health and Care Ecosystems Improve Patient Outcomes? Deirdre STEWART, Director at Cerner Middle East Switch to Four if You Want More - hear about the quadrants Cerner believes need to be employed to comprise a more outcome-focused approach to the patient experience. From smart facility design to community care, the quadrant principles can be applied, integrating the health and care experience across a population's lifetime.	IS10: The Future of Imaging James JAY, Global Vice President, Imaging IT Solutions, Agfa HealthCare With the widespread digitalization of healthcare, the role of imaging will grow exponentially. New ways to capture and share visual healthcare information will help streamline diagnosis and treatment. In this presentation, we will talk about the challenges of bringing all this information together.
12:15 - 12:25	Session Transition
	Hilton Hall B
12:25 - 13:25	PL6: Evidenced Based Medicine: Can Healthcare IT Inform Better Care Decisions and Create Better Outcomes? Dr. Simon de LUSIGNAN, Professor of Primary Care and Clinical Informatics, Head of Department of Health Care Management and Policy, Surrey, England
13:30 - 14:15	Lunch and Exhibition Special Networking Event		IS11: Successful Implementation of Speech Recognition in Saudi Arabia - One Users Journey, Dr Turki Gasim, Medical Informatics Director, King Fahd University Hospital, University of Dammam
13:30 - 15:30
15:30	Conference Concludes
	*Additional Events - separate registration required*
	Hilton Hall Suite 2
14:30 - 17:00	CPHIMS Overview and Preparation Course Part 2 of 2 (Additional fee required)