MEDINFO 2010 Congress to Harness Information Technology for Improved Global Health Care

12 - 15 September 2010, Cape Town, South Africa.
Bringing together global research and findings in the fields of health and information technology, the 13th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (MEDINFO 2010) will be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

The triennial conference, organised by the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) in collaboration this year with the South African Health Informatics Association (SAHIA), is expected to attract around 1500 health informatics professionals from across the globe.

This will be the first time the Medinfo conference is hosted in Africa, a continent where such collaborative think tanks have a pivotal role to play in boosting exposure to grassroots healthcare delivery and the underpinning health information systems supporting it.

Says Reinhold Haux, President of IMIA, "Information and communication technologies have enormous potential for improving the health and lives of individuals, especially in the developing world.

"From medical documentation, record-keeping and analysis to major health care systems and resources, the health informatics community is central in the exchange of practical experiences and expertise to find sustainable solutions to our existing global health challenges," he said.

The MEDINFO 2010 conference theme, 'Partnerships for effective e-Health Solutions: Innovative collaborations promote solutions to health challenges', places special emphasis on how new partnerships can encourage sustainable solutions to health challenges.

Haux said the theme would address a wide range of topics covering every aspect of health informatics solutions.

Global experts presenting at the conference include:

  • keynote speaker Dr Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, who is Director, Department of Knowledge Management and Sharing at the World Health Organization Headquarters (WHO/HQ) in Geneva;
  • Dr Marion J. Ball, who serves on a number of boards in the area of health information technology, including her presidency of the IMIA, board membership of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), the American Health Information Management Systems (AHIMA/FORE), and co-chairmanship of the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Board.
  • Prof Nada Lavrac, Head of the Department of Knowledge Technologies at the Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia; and Dr Ben Monga, Professor of Medical Informatics, Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 2004.
  • Dr Ben Monga, Professor of Medical Informatics, Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has encountered travel complications and a new speaker will be announced shortly in his place.

MEDINFO 2010 includes a special focus on the needs of and solutions from developing countries, in Africa and beyond. In addition, there will be a semi-plenary session looking at the effect of large scale health reform initiatives on health information systems.

For further information and registration, please visit:
http://www.medinfo2010.org

About MEDINFO
The Medinfo conference is the official conference of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA).

IMIA's goals and objectives include:

  • the promotion of informatics in health care and biomedical research,
  • the advancement of international cooperation,
  • the stimulation of research, development and education, and
  • the dissemination and exchange of information.

For more than 40 years, IMIA has supported and stimulated high-quality translational communication, research, education, and practice in biomedical and health informatics.

The MEDINFO conferences bring together scientists, researchers, informatics practitioners, vendors, consultants and suppliers in an environment of cooperation and sharing.

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