Sunday, July 10, 2016

eHealth Forum: Catalyst for Reform – Enabler for Growth


The eHealth Forum will be held in Athens, Greece on the 25th and 26th of October, 2016 at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre.

The eHealth Forum becomes the annual meeting point for Greece, the South East Mediterranean and the Middle East, to reach and network with key stakeholders. The eHealth Forum invites policy makers, industry leaders, medical professionals, health care providers, tech innovators, researchers, investors, pharma, telecommunications companies, patient advocacy groups and major health IT players to connect and pursue the role of ehealth as a catalyst of reform and enabler of economic growth.

The rapidly growing eHealth sector estimated to dominate all areas of industry by 2020 presents a unique opportunity for collaboration, financial and scientific growth and social reform. Within this expanding market further developing information technologies and applications in digital health is essential to promote the reform of the healthcare system and therefore act as a catalyst for these imperative changes. The process of reforming healthcare is, in and of itself, an enabler for economic growth in various sectors: research, industry, information and telecommunications technologies. The eHealth Forum presents “hot” topics high on the “digital agenda” in Europe and the surrounding region, while providing the channel to present and disseminate information on scientific and technological advancements in healthcare.

Themes 
1. eHealth Framework
2. eHealth in practice today
3. Clinical management of chronic illness
4. Patient at the centre: Health Applications
5. Data-aware medical devices
6. Big Data
7. Cyber-security
8. Behavioural Change


Source

http://www.ehealthforum.org/

Saturday, July 09, 2016

IHE Pharmacy Educational Webinar 2016

IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) annually presents a series of free educational webinars from June through September.
The series will help your organization learn about IHE; engage in IHE development and testing activities; and, leverage IHE solutions to develop and implement interoperable health IT systems.

Pharmacy webinar Learning Objectives:
  • Understand PHARM vision, mission and strategic goals.
  • Understand PHARM domain’s liaison and collaboration with HL7 and ISO.
  • Overview of existing PHARM profiles and Community and Hospital Pharmacy, including Community Medication Prescription and Dispense, Hospital Medication Workflow, Medication Treatment Plan
  • Overview of other PHARM domain activities, including Supply Chain and FHIR
  • Understand how PHARM work benefits the pharmacists.
  • How to get involved in PHARM committee work.
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