Some 2000 members of the healthcare delivery community from 64 countries gathered in Vienna 22-25 October 2007 for the second edition of The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition. The main organisers of this event include the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the European Commission (EC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). This year's event provided a timely platform for stakeholders be they end users, providers, buyers, policy makers, and IT professionals to bring life to previous R&D and dialogues.
The centrally recurring themes from speakers addressed the supplementary strategies and processes needed to ensure optimized implementation of HIT strategies in healthcare systems. These particularly included organisational change strategies and IT solutions.
Conference highlights included keynote addresses from Dr Fatma Abdula Chief Strategy Officer Dubai Healthcare City who spoke poignantly about the challenges faced in the implementation of a full ehealth system for Dubai. Richard Granger and Richard Alvarez provided the closing keynote addresses whilst elsewhere in the conference, Ilias Iakovidis from the European Commission's DG Information Society, implored audiences, to stop talking and take action.
The exhibition floor featured 50 top companies from around the region ranging from Oracle Healthcare, Maccabi, Agfa Healthcare, Intersystems and Clinical Solutions as sponsors to a number of the key trade and professional associations partnering with the event.
Media Resources
- Press releases, background information and selected images at GoDirect channel on HealthTech Wire www.healthtechwire.com/whit.html
- Video podcasts from the event at www.worldofhealthit.org/vodcasting/index.html
- All images from the event at www.eup-images.com
- Conference roster of attendees at www.worldofhealthit.org/attendee_roster.asp
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About The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition
The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition has been developed for leaders and experts in health IT from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). It has been designed for and by the healthcare IT community in the EMEA region: technology users, buyers, vendors, providers or healthcare regulators. Addressing the perspectives of clinicians, directors and other healthcare professionals, The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition offers educational sessions, vendor exhibitions, best practice exchange networking sessions and other professional development opportunities.
The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition Organising Committee is jointly organised by the EC (European Commission), HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society), EUROREC (European Institute for Health Records), COCIR (European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry), EHTEL (European Health Telematics Association), HINE (Health Information Network Europe), CPME (Standing Committee of European Doctors), EHMA (European Health Management Association), and HOPE (European Hospital and Healthcare Federation).