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World of Health IT 2008 continues to raise the bar with over 50 educational sessions attuned to the needs of key European stakeholders. This year’s conference will highlight four core topic areas which demonstrate how eHealth has become a leading industry for the European economy.
Education Sessions
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Track: Organisational Readiness for Transformation in Healthcare
TL 51: Stage 6 Hospitals: The Journey and the Accomplishments click to read more
Time: 09:30
Location: Hall A1
HIMSS Analytics created the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) to provide a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of electronic medical record (EMR) systems for acute care delivery environments. Approximately 26.5 percent of American hospitals have achieved EMRAM levels of Stage 3 or higher, but only 1.0 percent of hospitals have achieved Stage 6 capabilities. Stage 6 hospitals have achieved a significant advancement in their IT capabilities that positions them to successfully address many of the upcoming industry transformations, including pay for performance, consumer-focused care, and healthcare reform initiatives. In this presentation, Dave Garets, President and CEO of HIMSS Analytics, will explain EMRAM and discuss not only lessons learned from six healthcare organizations that have attained Stage 6, but also what it took them to get there and what benefits they have realized as a result. Thomas W Smith, Vice President and CIO of NorthShore University HealthSystem (NUH) will then discuss Stage 6 adoption in practice at UNH.
Location: Hall A1
| Presented by: | ||
| Mr Dave GaretsPresident & CEOHIMSS AnalyticsExecutive Vice PresidentHIMSSUSA | Mr Thomas W SmithChief Information OfficerNorthShore University HealthSystemUSA | |
Track: eHealth as a Key Enabler in Integrated Healthcare and Citizen Empowerment
ES 52: The Scottish Emergency Care Summary Programme - Enabling Integrated Care click to read more
Time: 09:30
Location: Hall A2
The Scottish Emergency Care Summary programme is a real-life example of how the integrated deployment of electronic health records is improving the safety and quality of patient care for all patients across different health care providers in Scotland. This session will discuss the Emergency Care summary programme and its use in Scotland.
Location: Hall A2
| Presented by: | ||
| Karl StroetmannPhD, MBASenior Research Associateempirica Communication and Technology ResearchGermany | Jonathan CameronECS Programme ManagerNational Health Services ScotlandUnited Kingdom | Alexander DobrevBA (Oxon)Consultantempirica Communication and Technology ResearchGermany |
Track: Organisational Readiness for Transformation in Healthcare
ES 53: Integrated Healthcare provided by ELGA, The Austrian eHealth Infrastructure System click to read more
Time: 09:30
Location: Hall A3
ELGA is the national programme for an Electronic Health Record in Austria. The IHE-based architecture consists of the components Masterpatientindex, Healthserviceprovider-Index, Document-Registry, Authorization- and Loggingsystem and Portal. The Core applications Discharge Summary, e-Radiologyreport, e-Laboratoryreport and e-Medication will be operated. This session will demonstrate why a nationwide EHR is the only way to provide truly integrated care throughout an entire country.
Location: Hall A3
| Presented by: | ||
| Alexander SchannerMDProgramme Manager Arge ELGAAustria | ||
Track: Innovation and eHealth
ES 54: Integrated Solutions for Safer and More Efficient Clinical Processes in Oncology click to read more
Time: 09:30
Location: Auditorium 10 (A10)
Applying a coherent approach to technological and organizational evolution, the Italian National Cancer Institute in Milan is moving towards advanced applications in many clinical areas including: blood transfusions, tissue bank operations, management of surgical instruments, and general patient identification. There is also a signigicant focus on RFID and all applications will be discussed in this sessions.
Location: Auditorium 10 (A10)
| Presented by: | ||
| Elena SiniMScCIOFondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei TumoriItaly | ||
Track: Organisational Readiness for Transformation in Healthcare
ES 55: Interoperable Personal Health Record Platform for Medical Tourism click to read more
Time: 09:30
Location: Auditorium 11 (A11)
This session will present results of the EU founded research project, FEDER. The project has evaluated the different medical tourism business cases in a European framework (citizens without barriers) and has implemented a multilingual, interoperable PHR solution to allow the interchange of basic medical records between different countries.
Location: Auditorium 11 (A11)
| Presented by: | ||
| Miguel CabrereHealth AdvisorIRC ConsultingSpain | Xisco TousE-Health, E-Business and E-Government Area CoordinatorIBIT FoundationSpain | |
Track: Innovation and eHealth
Danish & Nordic Track 56: ePrescriptions in the Nordic Countries click to read more
Time: 09:30
Location: Auditorium 12 (A12)
This session will address three topics realted to ePrescribing in the Nordic countries including: the status of the ePrescribing in the Nordic countries and future plans, legal aspects on cross-border eHealth, and steps for successful planning of ePrescribing implementation in the Nordic countries.
Location: Auditorium 12 (A12)
| Presented by: | ||
| Paivi HämäläinenHead of SectionSTAKES-National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and HealthFinland | Leif Erik NohrLegal AdviserNST - NorwayNorway | Daniel ForslundHead of SectionMinistry of Health and Social AffairsSweden |
Track: eHealth as a Key Enabler in Integrated Healthcare and Citizen Empowerment
TL 57: ICT for Healthcare Strategies: Catalonia click to read more
Time: 10:45
Location: Hall A1
The aim of this sessions is introduce the Strategic Plans on IS and ICT developed by the Catalonian government health care department including: goals, strategies and actions for the incoming years regarding the use of ICT in health care environment in Catalonia. Catalonia is an autonomous community within Spain and has full powers regarding citizens' health care. Catalonia's health department has developed a National Health Care System that grants assistance to every citizen no matter the service requested by different providers.
Location: Hall A1
| Presented by: | ||
| Dr Joan GuanyabensMDSecretary of Strategy and CoordinationDepartment of Health, CataloniaSpain | ||
Track: eHealth as a Key Enabler in Integrated Healthcare and Citizen Empowerment
ES 58: Electronic Patient Records: More Easily Accessible Information, Changing Roles for Hospitals click to read more
Time: 10:45
Location: Hall A2
This session will present to distinct electronic patient record implementation cases from England and Finland and will discuss how implementation improved access to information and transformed the role of the hospital in relationship to its patient.
Location: Hall A2
| Presented by: | ||
| Jonathan KayProfessor of Health Informatics - Consultant Chemical PathologistOxford Radcliffe Hospitals/ City University LondonUnited Kingdom | Kari HarnoMD, PhDPhysicianHelsinki University Central HospitalFinland | Steven BultéConsultantDeloitteBelgium |
Track: Organisational Readiness for Transformation in Healthcare
ES 59: The Influence of ERP Sucess Factors in Dutch EHR Implementations click to read more
Time: 10:45
Location: Hall A3
Research was carried out in six Dutch hospitals on the premise that successful ERP system models could apply equally well to EHR implementation. The study differentiated between second and third generation EHR systems and found that the ERP success factors only apply to third generation implementations. Study findings will be presented in this session.
Location: Hall A3
| Presented by: | ||
| Robert StegweePhDProfessor of eHealth Architecture and StandardsUniversity of TwenteNetherlands | Arne FreriksMScSoftware Implementation ConsultantAlert Life Sciences ComputingNetherlands | |
Track: Innovation and eHealth
Danish & Nordic Track 60: National eHealth Solutions from Estonia click to read more
Time: 10:45
Location: Auditorium 12 (A12)
This session will address two topics around the eHealth outlook in the Baltic countries including: experiences from Estonia realted to patient access to personal health data using an ID card and presentation of the ePatient project, Estonia's national eHealth solution.
Location: Auditorium 12 (A12)
| Presented by: | ||
| Peeter RossMDDirector of Research and DevelopmentEast Tallinn Center HospitalEstonia | Madis TiikMDCEOE-TervisEstonia | |
Plenary 61: Closing Plenary Address click to read more
Time: 12:00
Location: Hall A1
Location: Hall A1
| Presented by: | ||
| Esko AhoFormer Prime MinisterFinlandExecutive Vice President, Corporate Relations and ResponsibilityNokia CorporationFinland | ||
