What Is Your Big Issue in Healthcare IT?

eHealth Week 201511 - 13 May 2015, Riga, Latvia.
A Patient, a GP and an IT Service Provider Help You Find the Answer at eHealth Week 2015. Don't miss the panel discussion where stakeholders in the health and social care ecosystem - the patient, the GP and the service provider - will get the opportunity to present the 'big issue' that they would like resolved within the area of patient care coordination. The challenge will then be put to the final stakeholder - the IT Company - to describe how technology can help resolve this problem.

Speakers:

  • Nils Kolstrup, GP, Senior Researcher and Advisor, NST, Norway
  • Petra Wilson CEO, International Diabetes Federation, Belgium
  • Andrew Fowlie Executive, Scottish Health and Social Care Service, UK
Moderator:
  • Nard Schreurs Project Manager, IKT Norge, Norway

View the full list of speakers at eHealth Week 2015

Still Wondering Why You Should Join Us at eHealth Week? Here Is Why You Should Register Now.

  • Learn from health IT best practice from across Europe that will help you to ensure better quality patient safety and care
  • Ensure that you are able to incorporate clinical leadership into IT strategies in order to accelerate adoption by frontline staff
  • Learn from case studies from across Europe that will enable you to successfully implement eHealth and mHealth solutions that achieve tangible benefits
  • Access the latest and most innovative IT solutions to improve patient care, safety and efficiency

The mHealth Summit Europe Returns as Part of eHealth Week 2015
The Summit will open eHealth Week providing international thought leadership on how we can fulfil the mHealth promise with a focus on "Energizing the mHealth Agenda in Europe". The event addresses opportunities and challenges, as well as strategies for taking mHealth from pilots to true implementation.

For further information, please visit:
http://www.ehealthweek.org

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About World of Health IT
The World Congress of Health IT Conference & Exhibition is the premier forum for the advancement of IT in healthcare in Europe. To address the needs of key stakeholders in the community of eHealth in Europe, The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition offers professional development sessions, suppliers exhibitions, exchange of best practices, networking sessions and debates and discussions concerning the issues that will shape the future of eHealth.

About HIMSS
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.

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