| 08.00 |
Breakfast Briefing (By Invitation Only) Hosted By SAP |
| 08.30 |
Registration and Refreshments |
| 08.55 |
Opening Remarks from the Chairman
Shiraaz Joosub, Senior Architect Healthcare Solutions, E3 Corporation – UAE |
| EHR CODING, CONNECTIVITY, INTEROPERABILITY AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES |
| 09.00 |
Outlining the Role and Impact of EHR Technology In Supporting an Entire E-Health Strategy
- Building the infrastructure backbone to support a world-class EHR
- What does a future state architecture for an IDN look like?
- The minimum data set (MDS) and HIE standards to a successful EHR implementation
- Joint investment and alignment of an overall health sector to ensure a successful e-health strategy implementation
- Challenges faced by various entities in mutualising risk and investment in a common system
Dr. Mohammad Al Redha, Director of Health Data & Information Analysis Department, Dubai Health Authority, UAE |
| 09.30 |
Solution Providers Panel
Best of Breed – EHR Systems – What does this really mean?
- Components of a “best of breed” EHR systems
- Why and what would you need to invest to implement a successful EHR?
- How interoperable is a EHR system
Moderator:
Ahmad Al Horaibi, Lecturer, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia
Panellists:
Nigel Beejay, Chair Health Information Management, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, UAE
Shiraaz Joosub, Senior Architect Healthcare Solutions, E3 Corporation, UAE
Greg White, VP & Managing Director Middle East & Africa, Cerner, UAE
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| 10.00 |
Value-Driven EHR Data – Steps To Be Followed To Avoid EHR Project Failure: Bridging the Gap Between Patient Clinical Activity and the Actual Cost of Care
Lesson learned from major EHR project failure in the GCC
- Emphasizing the importance of adequate project planning and execution as the EHR projects implementation process gets underway
- Properly selecting your vendor to acquire a system or components that fit the existing technological structure of your facility
- System testing, training, pre-live and go-live activities to encourage buy-in and ensure your EHR will serve your clinical activity
- Selecting the right KPIs to efficiently measure your EHR performance and necessary link to your clinical costs to avoid system misuse and implementation project failure
Bakheet Al Dosari, Associate Professor & Chair of Health Informatics Department, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia
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| 10.30 |
Morning Refreshments and Networking Opportunities
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| 10.50 |
Panel Discussion
Interoperable EHR – What Does this Actually Mean and Is It Possible To Reach?
- Common healthcare IT standards: The pre-requisites to make EHR systems interoperable
- Are EHR system providers following the same standards and how does it impact the objective of healthcare outcome optimisation?
- Building the bridges to ensure seamless health information exchange between multiple healthcare technology solutions?
- Challenges of EHR interoperability: How to develop a national EHR strategy that incorporates PPP, public and private sector involvement
Presenter:
Dr. Abdullah Alkraiji, Assistant Professor, Department of IT & Telecommunication, King Fahd Security College, Saudi Arabia
Panellists:
Ahmad Alhoraibi, Lecturer, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia
Zakiuddin Ahmed, CEO, eHealth Services, Pakistan
June Beaumont, Corporate HIM Manager & Clinical Affairs, SEHA, UAE
Deborah K. Green, EVP Operations and COO, AHIMA – American Health Information Management Association, USA
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| 11.30 |
Case study
RIS, PACS, PMP and EHR: Technical Requirements and Beneficial Outcomes of a Linked Application Network
- Mastering HL7 and other communications protocols to secure exchange, transfer and accessibility of patient related information in all medical applications
- Medical data archiving: File conversion and software support systems that develop a fully integrated “all-in-one” electronic patient record
- Addressing the challenges of EHR and PACS connectivity to facilitate integration and information accessibility
Ahmad Yahya, Acting CIO, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, UAE
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| 12.10 |
EHR Coding and Standardisation of Certification Process
- Efficiency vs. precision: Can patients’ personal clinical information be standardised and coded without affecting the accuracy of physicians’ examinations?
- Establishing a common medical language for all the stakeholders using the same EHR platform
- Healthcare facilities and TPAs: Defining the right codes and adapting your EHR to speed-up processes and facilitate operations
- EHR certification and implementation: Choosing the right system among the plethora of certifications and incompatible solutions offered by vendors
Jeffrey Bird, Medical Records Director, American Hospital Dubai, UAE
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| 12.40 |
Intel Presentation
Mark Blatt, Worldwide Medical Director, Intel Corporation, USA |
| 13.00 |
Lunch and Networking |
| 14.00 |
Investigating How EHR Systems Can Better Adapt and Integrate Innovative Technology
- Leveraging the increasing use of smartphones and tablets to facilitate the flow of information and delivery of EHR data
- Safely introducing collaborative tool sets that allow physicians to contribute to documents by adding their ideas and diagnoses in a few clicks
- Delivering cost-savings for both the patient and the healthcare provider through the use of remote healthcare for chronic conditions
- Can an EHR system be developed on the same easy-to-use and instinctive model as a generic smartphone application?
Shiraaz Joosub, Senior Architect Healthcare Solutions, E3 Corporation, UAE
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| 14.30 |
Mobile Health and Cloud Based Medical Records
- Back-up, data extraction and analysis: How safe is the cloud for storage and privacy?
- Accessing information anytime, anywhere: The advantages of mobile and cloud-based EHRs
- Utilising user-friendly devices and high speed connections to access, review and update records as well as document patient encounters
- Investigating how mobile healthcare can deliver more efficient and accurate healthcare thanks to shortened process and live updates
Yaseen Hayajneh, COO, University Hospital Sharjah, UAE
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| 15.10 |
Closing Remarks from the Chairman
Shiraaz Joosub, Senior Architect Healthcare Solutions, E3 Corporation, UAE |
| 15.15 |
Shuttle Service to Arab Health Exhibition |