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The World of Health IT 08 Conference & Exhibition - Copenhagen
3 to 6 November 2008
Monday, 3 November Pre-Conference Symposia
  Nursing Informatics Symposium Physicians' IT Symposium EHTEL Symposium
  Organising Committe Pre-Conference meetings
17:30-19:30 Opening Reception 
 
Tuesday, 4 November
10:00-11:15 A1: K 1  Opening Keynote Session  Ms Viviane Reding
11:15-11:45 Break
  A1 A2 A3 A10 A11 A12
11:45-12:45 TL 2  Thought Leader Session  Johansson ES 3  Linking Individual and Population Data for Healthcare Quality and Safety  Hämäläinen, Rigby, Komulainen ES 4  HICT as a Strategic Catalyst: Lessons from Success in Malta  Agius-Muscat, Kumar ES 5  Health System Strengthening in Developing Countries: Experiences in ICT Implementation  Lubinski ES 6  Innovative Business Models for Exporting Health Care Best Practices  Srini DNT 7  National Strategies: Healthcare ICT in the Nordic Countries  Larsen, Nielsen
11:00-18:45 Exhibit Hall - Lunch Available for Purchase
14:45-15:15 TL 8  Integration of Acute and Primary Healthcare IT with Large-scale Deployments of Tele-health and Tele-care: The Key to Health and Wellness in the 21st Century?  Bainbridge ES 9  New European EHR Standard Put Into Practise  Freriks ES 10  The ROI of Health Information Exchange - Seeing is Believing  Schwarz, Thorsen ES 11  Open eHealth Foundation: Enabling eHealth with an Open Source Initiative  Ihls, Bergh ES 12  eHealth: From Early Promise to Sustainable Solutions: Session offered by COCIR  Maurincomme, Heidenreich, Henke, Crawford DNT 13  National Projects: Two National Initiatives from Denmark  Pedersen, Noerregard, Johansen
15:15-15:30 Break
15:30-16:30 TL 14  Real Reform in the USA: Efficiency, Effectiveness and eTransformation  Bauer ES 15  Web 2.0 as an Enabler for Citizen Empowerment in Medicine  Valverde, Munro ES 16  IHE as a Solutions Provider for eHealth Interoperability - Session offered by IHE  Bourquard, Claeys, Festen, Caumanns ES 17  Advanced Technologies for Training, Therapy, Prevention, Education, & Rehabilitation  Wiederhold, Bebehani, Riva ES 18  How to Effectively Deal with eHealth Implenemtation Barriers: Session offered by EFMI  Hazelzet, Larsen DNT 19  Welfare Technology and Prevention  Rosenqvist, Wissmann, Clemensen
16:30-16:45 Break
16:45-17:45 TL 20  GEN2PHEN: An International Effort Towards the Universal Databasing of Gene-disease Relationships  Atlan ES 21  Patient Safety through Intelligent Procedure in Medication (PSIP)  Beuscart ES 22  Summary of EHR activity around the World  Arnold, Bell ES 23  A Patient's Charter for eHealth: From Requirements to Implementation: Session offered by EHTEL  Frithiof, Dumortier ES 24  EHR in Spain: Joining Efforts to Reach the Future  Rivero DNT 25  Telemedicine in Practise  Hansen-Nord, Kraglund, Jelnes
17:45-18:45 Exhibit Hall Reception
 
Wednesday, 5 November
  A1 A2 A3 A10 A11 A12
9:30-10:30 TL 26  Progress and Perils of the Global eHealth Journey: Similarities and Differences  Protti ES 27  Trust Model for Health Websites  Boyer, Chawdhry, Gorski ES 28  EU eHealth Agenda: Session offered by the European Commission  Iakovidis, Comyn, Palmer ES 29  The Development and Use of a Clinical Terminology Server  Van Bruwaene ES 30  Lessons Learned from EMR Implementation in an Integrated Multi Hospital and Clinic Delivery System - The US Davies Award  Heichert DNT 31  Empowerment of Citizens and Patients  Bjerregaard Larsen, Elbaek Petersen, Jest, Klamer
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 TL 32  eHealth Deployment in the EU and the Role of Convincing Evidence of Benefits  Iakovidis ES 33  Nuffield Hospitals: Extending Choice, Improving Care Across Private/Public Boundaries  Cook, Nicholson ES 34  First Steps Towards Transforming Long-term Care Delivery  Moldenaers, Bywater, Conlin ES 35  Implementing Regional Personal and Electronic Health Records: Experiences from Heidelberg   Bergh, Heinze ES 36  Clinical Decision Support: Towards a Universal Standard of Care?  DeLoss DNT 37  Danish Innovation: The Future of Danish Healthcare ICT Today  Clemensen, Hautrop Lund, Brunak
11:45-12:00 Break
12:00-13:00 TL 38  Thought Leader Session: eHealth Matters: Strategies and Visions of Industry Leaders  Discussion ES 39  Internet EHR and Nationwide PACS: eHealth Projects from Estonia  Tiik, Ross, Hammerschmidt ES 40  Large-scale Deployment of Innovative Technology to Mobilize Clinical Evidence  Stein ES 41  Cross Border Certification: How Far Away? Session offered by EuroRec  De Moor, Kalra, Devlies ES 42  Speaking the Same Language: The Importance of Credentialing in HIT  Grob DNT 43  IT Quality Monitoring and Improvement  Christophersen, Osterby, Rindum
11:00-14:00 Exhibit Hall - Lunch available for purchase
14:30-15:30 A1: K 44  Keynote Address  Professor Nicholas Negroponte
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-17:00 TL 45  Thought Leader Session: Where There are No Sysadmins: Healthcare ICT in Resource-Poor Areas  Kumar ES 46  Ten Years' Experience with National IT Strategies  Bruun-Rassmensen, Bernstein, Pedersen ES 47  Two Case Studies in the Use of ICT to Improve the Exchange of Medical Information Between Clinicians and Paitents: Session offered by HINE  ES 48  Update on US Health IT Certification Experience  Leavitt ES 49  Hospital eHealth 2004 - 2014: Changing Expectations, Changing Markets?  Guillaume, Maurincomme, Moldenaers DNT 50  Cross Border Telemedicine in the Nordic Countries  Jest, Carlson, Palsson
16:30-18:00 Exhibit Hall (Exhibit Hall Hours 11:00-18:00)
 
Thursday, 6 November
  A1 A2 A3 A10 A11 A12
9:30-10:30 TL 51  Stage 6 Hospitals: The Journey and the Accomplishments  Garets, Smith ES 52  The Scottish Emergency Care Summary Programme - Enabling Integrated Care  Stroetmann, Cameron, Dobrev ES 53  Integrated Healthcare provided by ELGA, The Austrian eHealth Infrastructure System  Schanner ES 54  Integrated Solutions for Safer and More Efficient Clinical Processes in Oncology   Sini ES 55  Interoperable Personal Health Record Platform for Medical Tourism  Cabrer, Tous DNT 56  ePrescriptions in the Nordic Countries  Hämäläinen, Nohr, Forslund
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 TL 57  ICT for Health Care Strategies: Catalonia  Guanyabens ES 58  Electronic Patient Records: More Easily Accessible Information, Changing Roles for Hospitals  Kay, Harno, Bulté ES 59  Influence of ERP Success Factors in Dutch EHR Implementations  Stegwee     DNT 60  National eHealth Solutions from Estonia  Ross, Tiik
11:45-12:00 Break
12:00-13:00 A1: K 61  Closing Keynote Address   Esko Aho
13:30-16:30 European Commission Workshop