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Last Update: 29 Dec 2011
| Health Information Management in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2011-12-04 |
| HIM and Clinical Coding Revolution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia!
My first experience with the International Federation of Health Information Management Associations (IFHIMA) formerly known as the International Federation for Health Records Organizations (IFHRO) was back in 2009 in “Down Under” Australia. It was during the IFHRO SEAR & the Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA) conference that I presented our country’s (Saudi Arabia) HIS update along with other Health Information Managers (HIMs) from international countries. Attending HIM, Clinical Coding, e-health and Health Informatics events is one of my professional development commitments as a HIM. Conferences, symposiums, workshops, and seminars allow for mixing with different professional HIMs and healthcare specialists whom we can learn from or exchange experiences with. |
| Supporting the Saudi e-health initiative: the Master of Health Informatics programme at KSAU-HS 2011-12-04 |
| ABSTRACT The health sector in Saudi Arabia has made significant progress in recent decades with some hospitals receiving international recognition. However, this has not been accompanied by advancements in the field of health informatics, which are necessary for hospitals to achieve certain objectives such as enhancing the quality of health care and reducing the time and cost of health care delivery. In this paper we describe the status of e-health in Saudi Arabia, along with some of the national e-health initiatives such the establishment of a new Master of Health Informatics degree programme and the Saudi Association for Health Informatics. A proposal for an e-health plan in Saudi Arabia is also discussed. |
| Saudi Arabian e-health to learn from others' mistakes 2011-12-04 |
| In order for Saudi Arabia’s e-healthcare plans to succeed, there is a need to understand where other nations have failed. So says Mohammed Alyemeni, Advisor to the Minister of Health and General Supervisor of ICT, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. |
