HIMSS Middle East UAE eHealth Week 2017
 

12 November
UAE eHEALTH WEEK DAY 1 @ DUBAI

Mohammed Bin Rashid University

 
Sunday 12/11/2017
08:00 - 09:00Registration and Coffee
08:00 - 08:45HIMSS EMRAM Stage 6/7 Hospitals Networking Breakfast (By invitation only)
09:00 - 09:05Welcome Addresses [More Info]
His Excellency Humaid Mohammed Obaid Al Qatami, Chairman of the Board and Director-General, Dubai Health Authority, UAE (Invited)
Harold "Hal" Wolf III, President and CEO, HIMSS
09:05 - 09:15HIMSS Awards Presentation
09:15 - 09:45HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Awards
09:45 - 10:15Dedicated Exhibition Hall Time
HIMSS Conference @ UAE eHealth Week
10:15 - 11:00Vision and Value of Health Information Exchange [More Info]
Ali Juma AlAjme, Information Technology Department Director, Ministry of Health & Prevention, UAE
Dr. Mohammed Al Redha, Director of The Executive Office for Organizational Transformation, Dubai Health Authority, UAE
Ali Mohamed Al Ali, Director of Information Technology, Health Authority Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Ahmed Balkhair, Chief Information Officer, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Key points for each 6 minute presentation 
• Vision and healthcare challenges to be addressed 
• eHealth/HIE Programs underway
• What value will be achieved from HIE/eHealth?

11:00 - 11:05Session Transition
11:05 - 11:50The Tipping Point for EMR Adoption in the GCC [More Info]
Dr. Osama El-Hassan, Head of eHealth, Dubai Health Authority, UAE
Qasim Abu Hantash, EMR Program Director, Dubai Health Authority, UAE
Ahmed Aljneibi, Acting Group Chief Information Officer, Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, SEHA, UAE
Ali Abi Raad, Client Relations Director, Intersystems, Middle East
Michael Schelper, General Manager, UAE & Kuwait, Chief Operating Officer, Middle East & Africa, Cerner

Key points for each 6 minute presentation:
• Vision and motivations for accelerated EMR Adoption 
• EMR Adoption Projects underway 
• What value will be achieved from EMR and what is next

11:50 - 11:55Session Transition
11:55 - 12:40UAE Private Sector CEOs Roundtable: Health Information Exchange in the Private Sector [More Info]
Peter Makowski, Chief Executive Officer, American Hospital Dubai, UAE
David J. Hadley, Chief Executive Officer, Mediclinic Middle East, UAE
Dr. Reem Osman, Chief Executive Officer, Saudi German Hospital Dubai, UAE

Moderator: Dr. Mohammed Al Redha, Director of The Executive Office for Organizational Transformation, Dubai Health Authority, UAE
12:40 - 13:45Networking LunchGCC Healthcare CIO Community Launch under the HIMSS-CHIME International Initiative [More Info]
Dr. Jan-Eric Slot MB, MSc, MBA, CHCIO, Chief Information Officer, Bernhoven Hospital, Germany
Cherie Pardue, Chief Information Officer, American Hospital Dubai, UAE

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Room Location: Lecture Hall 5, Level 1
 
13:45 - 14:15An Age Of Evolutionary Disruption [More Info]
Michael Schelper, General Manager, UAE & Kuwait, Chief Operating Officer, Middle East & Africa, Cerner

We have experienced profound disruptions of entire industries in the recent past as well as the rising power of consumers and artificial intelligence. It's not a question whether the healthcare industry will get disrupted, but rather when and how drastically. What can we do to shape the future and guide the industry in the right direction?

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(Greater) Happiness in Healthcare IT from Start to Finish [More Info]

CIOs and Physicians of Mediclinic and American Hospital Dubai will walk through their successes in integrating stakeholders in selecting electronic medical records and addressing the on-going clinical needs and engagement.  
  
14:15 - 14:45Mediclinic's Experience in Engaging Clinicians in the EHR Selection Process [More Info]
Donna Lunn, Chief Information Officer, Mediclinic Middle East, UAE
Dr. Rahul Goyal, Physician Clinical Informatics Lead, Mediclinic Middle East, UAE
14:45 - 15:15Ongoing Clinical Engagement and Productivity at American Hospital Dubai [More Info]
Dr. Aaron Han, Chief of Pathology, American Hospital Dubai, UAE
Cherie Pardue, Chief Information Officer, American Hospital Dubai, UAE
15:15 - 15:45Strategies for Digital Health in the Artificial Intelligence Era [More Info]
Dorothy Whittick, Certified Executive Consultant in IBM Global Business Services Healthcare, Member of the IBM Industry Academy, Canada

Strategies for Digital Health in the Artificial Intelligence Era is an exploration of trends, strategic frameworks, accelerators and challenges for Digital Health and the use of Artificial Intelligence Services. The frameworks are based on Digital Health strategy consulting engagements with leading health systems.
 
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13 November
UAE eHEALTH WEEK DAY 2 @ DUBAI

Mohammed Bin Rashid University

 
Monday 13/11/2017
08:00 - 08:45Innovators' Networking Breakfast (By invitation only) [More Info]

Blockchain and artificial intelligence in healthcare.
 
08:30 - 09:00Registration and Coffee
09:00 - 09:15Welcome UAE - Clinical Pathways [More Info]
Dr. Bassam Mahboub, Care Model Innovation Lead, Dubai Health Authority, UAE
09:15 - 09:30Emirati Genome Project [More Info]
Dr. Noor Almehiri, Project Manager, Hospitals Department, Ministry of Health & Prevention, UAE
09:30 - 10:00Improving Clinical Communications and Workflows [More Info]
Dr. Sean Spina, Clinical Coordinator of Pharmacy, Island Health, Canada

Dr. Sean Spina, Clinical Coordinator of Pharmacy at Island Health in Canada, will discuss his team’s award-winning research that proves a secure, integrated smartphone app improved clinical communication and workflows. Study findings also show how implementing a smartphone solution into clinical practice improved physician response times, increased efficiency, and transformed care team coordination. Use of the smartphone technology also resulted in physicians reporting a significant reduction in interruptions during patient care.

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10:00 - 10:30Dedicated Exhibition Hall Time
HIMSS Conference - AuditoriumGenoME Summit - Case Method Hall
10:30 - 11:10AI Technologies for Health [More Info]
Josep Carbo de Cala, Director, Global Business Development & Partner, Mediktor, Spain
Dr. Stefan Buttigieg MD, Chief Marketing Officer, Infermedica, Poland
Moderator: Matthew Holt, Co-Chairman, Health 2.0
 
10:30 - 11:05 A Nation-Wide Transactional Genomics Framework to Enable Precision Medicine In the UAE [More Info]
Oscar Flores, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Made of Genes, Spain
11:10 - 11:40Driving Data with PaCE Real Time Dashboards [More Info]
Dr. Aamir Ali, Health Information Manager, Ministry of Health & Prevention, UAE
11:05 - 11:40 Mutational Spectrum of Autism Spectrum Disorders [More Info]
Dr. Mohammed Uddin, Assistant Professor, Human Genetics, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU), UAE
11:40 - 11:50Session Transition
11:50 - 12:30From Candy Crush to Healthcare - Lessons Learned from Consumers [More Info]
Anna Sort, CEO, Co-founder and Engagement Design Expert, Play Benefit, Spain
Manel Sort, General Manager, King Black Barcelona, Spain

Video games are known to be great at creating engagement, and this is definitely something that can be applied to healthcare. They create an interesting dialogue on the science of video games and how to extrapolate to create engagement and bring it into healthcare, creating epic wins in life.

Join siblings Manel and Anna Sort as they talk about their two brothers: video games and health games.
 
  
12:30 - 14:00Networking LunchWomen in Health IT: The Launch of the HIMSS Women in Health IT Community [More Info]
Laila AlJasmi, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Health Beyond Borders, UAE
Amani Al Jasmi, IT Director, Dubai Health Authority, UAE
Lina Shadid, IBM Public & Healthcare Leader, Middle East and Africa , IBM

HIMSS is committed to advancing the careers of high-performing professionals. Join us in addressing the need for more community, resources and recognition of women who have made a difference. Engage with your peers and take the next step to further your career while connecting with and empowering women in health IT.

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Location: Lecture Hall 5, Level 1
 
 
 

14:00 - 14:40Blockchain for Health [More Info]
Christopher S. Day, Business Advisor, RapidQube Digital Solutions (RapidQube) Pvt Ltd, USA
Mohanraj Polur Balu, Chief Digital Strategist, RapidQube Digital Solutions (RapidQube) Pvt Ltd, India
John Bass, CEO, Hashed Health, USA
Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director, Hyperledger Project, Linux Foundation, USA
Moderator: Matthew Holt, Co-Chairman, Health 2.0
 

14 November
UAE eHEALTH WEEK DAY 3 @ ABU DHABI

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

 
Tuesday 14/11/2017
09:00 - 09:30Registration and Coffee
09:30 - 09:45Welcome Address [More Info]
Ali Mohamed Al Ali, Director of Information Technology, Health Authority Abu Dhabi, UAE
09:45 - 11:00Revised Criteria for EMRAM in 2018 [More Info]
John Daniels, Global Vice President, HIMSS Analytics, USA