All Roads Lead to Rome for Europe's Leaders in Health IT

HIMSS Europe 6 - 7 October 2014, Rome, Italy (HIMSS Europe CIO Summit)
7 - 8 October 2014, Rome, Italy (The European Telemedicine Conference)
This year, Italy will be the country hosting the two events taking place in the autumn: the HIMSS Europe CIO Summit and the European Telemedicine Conference (ETC). Join the events this fall in the beautiful city of Rome to network and engage with Europe's high level decision makers and peers.

European Telemedicine Conference
The inaugural European Telemedicine Conference in Scotland brought together over 430 delegates. The second European Telemedicine Conference (ETC) 2014 will combine the efforts of several leading European Healthcare Organisations into one powerful event.

Beatrice Lorenzin, Italian Minister of Health, will be presenting keynote address on continuity of care at the second ETC in Rome.

The conference will collaborate with prominent healthcare delivery organisations, governmental leaders, clinicians, researchers and university faculties to address and discuss key topics.

European Telemedicine Conference 2014 Key Topics

  • Integrated Care: ICT Supporting Processes and Workflows
  • Telemedicine: Overcoming Ethical, Legal and Security Challenges
  • Tele-psychiatry

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HIMSS Europe CIO Summit
For the 5th time, leading European IT Directors and Senior Healthcare IT Executives gather together during the two-day, exclusive event to recognize the best use and adoption practices for healthcare IT in Europe.

The 2013 HIMSS Europe CIO Summit in Madrid, Spain, welcomed over 300 delegates including 136 C-suite delegates from across Europe, representing an overall 76% increase from 2012.

HIMSS Europe CIO Summit 2014 Key Topics

  • The Challenge of Coordinating EMR
  • Patient Involvement in EMR: A Good Thing or a Bad Thing?
  • Safety on the Use of IT - Can there be "Side Effects" to Using "the Wrong IT"?

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About HIMSS
HIMSS is a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information technology (IT). HIMSS leads efforts to optimize health engagements and care outcomes using information technology.

HIMSS is a part of HIMSS WorldWide, a cause-based, global enterprise producing health IT thought leadership, education, events, market research and media services around the world. Founded in 1961, HIMSS WorldWide encompasses more than 52,000 individuals, of which more than two-thirds work in healthcare provider, governmental and not-for-profit organizations across the globe, plus over 600 corporations and 250 not-for-profit partner organizations, that share this cause. HIMSS WorldWide, headquartered in Chicago, serves the global health IT community with additional offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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