Background:
As the largest of its kind in the Middle East, and after the huge success witnessed on previous four eHealth Conferences thatwere held in the previous years, the Saudi Association for Health Informatics (
SAHI) would like to announce its fifth e-Health conference (
http://saudiehealth.org/) which will take place in Riyadh – Saudi Arabia, the largest and fastest growing healthcare market in the Middle East.
The conference will be held 18-20 November 2014 from 0800 – 1700.
The conference aims to bring together CIOs, practitioners and researchers interested in the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to healthcare and medicine.
Various experiences and new research in the eHealth transformation and decision making improvement will be discussed in the conference. Also, the conference is an opportunity for healthcare IT market leaders to share their latest research and case studies and also present the latest technologies in the conference associated exhibition.
Objectives:
This conference would provide an opportunity to discuss and learn from distinguished speakers, encourage knowledge sharing and foster new relationships and networking opportunities.
Some of the objectives of the conference include:
- To share national and international experiences in eHealth transformation.
- To highlight the vital role of social media in wellness awareness.
- To illustrate the importance of Telemedicine and explore its infrastructure and its implementation challenges.
- To define the current challenges associated with big data in healthcare and how to move from data-rich to decision-smart context.
- To present the latest developments and innovations in mHealth.
- To introduce the role of ICT in developing some assistive healthcare technologies that are used by disabled people and for monitoring treatment.
- To recognize informatics educational approaches that will assist in the reform of healthcare.
Target Audience:
- HIMS professionals
- e-Health executives
- Physicians
- Educators
- Consultants
- Technicians
- Bio-medical engineers
- IT Managers
- CIOs
- CTOs
- CEOs
Scope: Health informatics and applied health informatics.
CME Hours: The conference will be accredited with CME Hours by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (
SCHS).
Call for Abstracts:
Deadline of submission is Thursday, 20th October 2014
For more information, you may contact:
- Symposia/Conferences Division
- Deanship of Postgraduate Education, KSAU-HS - Riyadh
- Tel. No. +966-11-4291058 / 42 91062
- Fax No. +966-11-4291079
- Email: accaff1_symposia@ngha.med.sa
- PTC Coordinator (For workshops)
Agenda
Topics:
- e-Health Experience
- Social Media
- Telemedicine
- Big Data
- Health Informatics Education
- Assistive Healthcare Technologies
- mHealth