3 - 4 April 2014, Nice, France.European IT and Healthcare leaders will descend on Nice to discuss how IT can improve the safety and quality of care for patients. Presenters from Europe and beyond will share successful and innovative eHealth solutions that make it possible for patients and providers to access healthcare everywhere.
What's New?
The Continuity of Care Framework
WoHIT 2014 will open with a plenary of European government, hospital and industry leaders who will share their vision on how they are re-inventing healthcare delivery, by supporting the establishment of a Continuity of Care framework. The goal will be to create an international model to evaluate the maturity of healthcare delivery outside of acute care settings.
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WoHIT is opening up the upcoming conference programme to public feedback. Submit a topic, suggest a speaker today and comment on a session at the WoHIT Conference forums at http://wohit14.freeforums.org Conference staff and program advisory committee members will interact online to select the leading proposals. Jeremy Bonfini, HIMSS EVP International noted that "Our online platform gives us access to a wide range of knowledge from the European eHealth Community, which will enable us to establish a conference program that is cutting edge and delivers educational content to European eHealth professionals who need to be successful in making healthcare available everywhere."
Big Data: Predictive Analytics for Healthcare
Big Data is the new buzz word and speakers at WoHIT 2014 will address how big data in healthcare can be used to see the future of a patient's progress from symptoms to cure. Analytical systems harnessing the power of stored health data compared against volumes of medical research give patients and clinicians the tools they need to speed a patient's recovery or avoid potential complications well before they occur. Global leaders and leading healthcare organizations will demonstrate how they are using big data to support their decisions leading to better outcomes for patients everywhere.
Mobile Health for Clinicians and Patients
Market research suggests that Europe could save €100 billion by 2017 to fully realize the benefits of mHealth and remote monitoring. But how are healthcare leaders adopting mobile solutions in their countries? Leading healthcare institutions will showcase how patient portals have been deployed to enable patient access to appointments, laboratory test results and secure communications with clinicians. Clinicians will also showcase how mobile technologies are enabling them to care for more patients in more places.
Innovative Technologies meet Change Management
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), Barcoding, Clinical Decision support all offer transformative options for healthcare systems if used correctly. Speakers at WoHIT 2014 will describe how they were able to implement these new systems, please the hospital staff and obtain financial and clinical savings as a result.
Christina Roosen, Executive Director of HIMSS Europe, has high hopes for WoHIT 2014. "It is truly exciting to help facilitate the betterment of healthcare through IT in Europe, which is crucial in these times of economic uncertainty and demographic change. We are delighted by the warm welcome from our host in France and look forward to a successful event in the wonderful city of Nice."
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HIMSS is a cause-based, not-for-profit organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Founded 52 years ago, HIMSS and its related organizations are headquartered in Chicago with additional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. HIMSS represents nearly 50,000 individual members, of which more than two thirds work in healthcare provider, governmental and not-for-profit organizations. HIMSS also includes over 570 corporate members and more than 225 not-for-profit partner organizations that share our mission of transforming healthcare through the effective use of information technology and management systems. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare practices and public policy through its content expertise, professional development, research initiatives, and media vehicles designed to promote information and management systems’ contributions to improving the quality, safety, access, and cost-effectiveness of patient care.