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HIMSS Europe6 - 7 October 2014, Rome, Italy (HIMSS Europe CIO Summit).
7 - 8 October 2014, Rome, Italy (The European Telemedicine Conference).
HIMSS Europe has announced that the Italian Presidency of the Council of the EU will co-locate the 'Conference on eHealth' with the European Telemedicine Conference. The Conference will focus on the national guidelines adopted in Italy for a comparison with other countries. Particular attention will be paid to ethical, legal, security and transferability of best practices in Telemedicine beyond national and regional boundaries.

Key themes:

  • Continuity of Care and eHealth
  • The Electronic Health Record Guidelines and the Point of View of the Regions
  • Telemedicine: Overcoming the Ethical, Legal and Security Challenges
  • Transferability: Examples of Good Telemedicine Practices across National and Regional Boundaries
  • Electronic Prescriptions of Medicines: a Comparison between Italy and other International Experiences
  • Training of Healthcare Workers

Take a sneak preview of some of the speakers and topics confirmed so far.

HIMSS Europe CIO Summit

Key Topics:

  • Closed Loop Medication: Best practice examples
    Rosa Llopis Penadés, CIO, Hospital La Fe, Spain
    Raphael Jaffrezic, CIO, Galway Clinic, Ireland
  • Patient Involvement in EMR: A Good Thing or a Bad Thing?
    Jan Vesseur, Chief Inspector for Patient Safety, Health IT and International Affairs, Health Care Inspectorate, Netherlands
    Sarina Cheng, Director, Health Records, MyChart & Patient Registration Department, Information & Telecommunications, Canada
  • Measuring the Benefits of Health IT Systems
    Juan Luís Cruz, CIO, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Spain
    Dr. Hadas Lewy, Director of International R&D Center, Maccabi Health Services Research Institute, Israel

For further information, please visit:
http://www.hitciosummit.eu

The European Telemedicine Conference

Key Topics:

  • From Strategy to Implementation: The Journey from Pilot to Practice
    John Matheson, Director of Finance, Technology and Pharma, Scottish Government, UK
    Line Helen Linstad, Head of Department Prevention and Self-management, Norwegian Center for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, Norway
    Hervé Le Guyader, Programme Manager, Regional Council Aquitaine, France
    Moderated by George Crooks, Medical Director, UK, NHS 24, UK
  • Integrated Care: How can ICT support processes and workflows?
    Mariano Corso, Scientific Director of Observatory on Digital Innovation in Healthcare, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
    Ravi Ramani, Assistant Proferssor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, USA
  • Tele-psychiatry: A giant leap for mankind Panel Discussion
    Morten Borgen, Advisor/ Project Manager, Norwegian Center for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, Norway
    Kim Mathiasen, Project leader, msc.psych., Centre for Telepsychiatry, Region of Southern Denmark
    Jordi Ibanez-Nolla, Medical Director, Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Spain
    Ellen Frank, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA

For further information, please visit:
http://www.telemedicineconference.eu

About HIMSS
HIMSS Europe is part of HIMSS, 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 IT. Founded in 1961, HIMSS 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, headquartered in Chicago, serves the global health IT community with additional offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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