Saudi e-Health Conference 2008

The conference will be held from 17 until 19 of March 2008 at the King Faisal Conference Hall (Intercontinental Hotel) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Note: all SAHI members have the right for free attendance to the conference

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What is health Informatics?  

"Health Informatics (HI) is an evolving socio-technical and scientific discipline that deals with the collection, storage, retrieval, communication and optimal use of health related data, information and knowledge. The discipline utilizes the methods and technologies of the information sciences for the purposes of problem solving and decision-making thus assuring quality healthcare in all basic and applied areas of biomedical sciences for the community it serves."

SR 4 Billion for e Health Project

The Saudi Ministry of Health announced the allocation of SR 680 Million (around USD 180 Million) this year for the e Health Project. The Ministry of Finance supported the e Health project by allocating up to SR 4 Billion (around USD 1.1 Billion)over four years in order for the Ministry of Health to execute the project expected to save between 10-15% of the annual budget of the Ministry of Health. ...read more

SAHI Collaborates with HIMSS

SAHI invited the CEO and President of HIMSS (Health Information Management System Society), Mr. H. Stephen Lieber, to Saudi Arabia in a two-day visit to observe the deployment of Health Information Technology in Saudi hospitals,and companies operating in the Healthcare IT sector....
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Speakers of Saudi e-Health Conference 2008

Conference Speakers

H. Stephen Lieber President & CEO HIMSS USA

Prof. Reinhold Haux President, IMIA Director, Medical Informatics, Universty of Braunschweig Germany

Prof. Hiroshi Takeda Vice Presedent, IMIA Director, Medical Information Sciences Dept. Osaka University Hospital, Japan

Prof. Peter Croll Director, Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA) Chair, Software Engineering Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Dr. Misha Kay Manager, Global Observatory for eHealth World Health Organization

Greg Saint James Director International Product Management Integrated Information Technology Solutions GE Healthcare, USA

Charles V Scatchard Vice President, Healthcare EMEA Oracle USA

Dr. Bryan Bergeron Director, Clinical Investigation Research Affiliate, Harvard Medical School and MIT USA

Prof. Antoine Geissbuhler Chairman, Dept. of Radiology & Medical Informatics Geneva University Hospitals Switzerland

Dr. Najeeb Alshorbaji Coordinator, Knowledge Management and Sharing EMRO World Health Organization

Dr. Mukhtar AL-Hashimi Dean, Information Technology School University College of Bahrain Bahrain

Dr. Saeed Abdullah Ben Ishak Director, Quality Management & Development Dept. Ministry of Health UAE

Dr. Daniel Z. Sands Director, Healthcare and Medical Informatics, CISCO Director, American Medical Informatics Association USA

Lukas Cudrigh Senior Technology Strategist Microsoft USA

Dr. Ramin Moghaddam President Iranian Medical Informatics Association IRAN

Miguel Cabrer eHealth Advisor, IRC Consulting Member, HIMSS EMEA Governing Council Spain

Dr. Kazem Behbehani Former Assistant Director General World Health Organization

Marc Probst Chief Information Officer Intermountain Healthcare USA

Hamad Al-Daig Chief Information Officer King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Garry Behenna Independent consultant South Africa

Ed Percy Chief Technologist Orion Health United Kingdom

Abdullah Alkraiji Vice Chairman, Computer Science Department King Fahad Security College Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Ingo Behrend, MBA Chief Executive Officer NEXUS Germany

Dr. Rafael Bengoa Professor ESADE Business School Spain

Rob Neeter MD Founder, Diagnosis4Health Medical Advisor to VitalHealth Software Netherlands

Eng. Khaldoun Hassib Ashkar Manager, Solutions Division Oger Systems-HealthCare Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Tariq Abduallah Alsheddi Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department King Fahad Security College Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Ralf Gerhard Birkemeyer Deputy Head of Cardiology Department Head of Interventional Cardiology Schwarzwald-Baar-Klinikum , Germany

Mazhar Pasha President Netripples Health Care Foundation India, Malaysia, USA, UAE

Adnan Alaqeel Project Manager King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Bulent Kunac Deputy General Manager Tepe Technology & CorTTex Turkey

Abdulrahman M. Bashaikh Assistant Professor King Saud University Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Adam Greig, MD Chairman Professional Executive Committee, Berkshire East Primary Care Trust NHS, UK

Saleh N. Al Omair Chairman National Center for Health Insurance Standards Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Walid Gomaa Sales Manager EMC Computer Systems - Middle East and North Africa UAE

Yaseen Arabi Chairman ICU, King Abdulaziz Medical City Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Ahmad Alhoraibi Lecturer, KSAU-HS Project Manager, NGHA Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mario Ibrahim, P.Eng egional Sales Manager Cerner Middle East