HIMSS Middle East and Elsevier, the global information analytics company specialising in science and health, are calling for submissions for the 4th Annual Middle East HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award 2018.
Since 2013, the HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award has attracted 178 submissions across 29 countries and 99 unique organisations. In total, the projects submitted have impacted over 41 million patients worldwide.
This year’s award for Outstanding ICT Achievement focuses on institutions who have harnessed information and technology to successfully advance patient care and safety. It follows the success of last year’s awards, which saw strong participation from 14 healthcare organisations across the Gulf Cooperation Counsel (GCC), recognising two first-time winners: Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, KSA (Outstanding ICT Achievement category), and Ministry of Health & Prevention, UAE (Outstanding ICT Innovation category).
First launched in the Middle East in 2015, the HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award has received 48 submissions from leading public and private organisations in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Egypt and Jordan, including 2017 finalists Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE; King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, KSA; Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, KSA; and Ain Al Khalee Hospital, UAE.
Deadline for submissions is September 17 2018. Winners will be recognised on October 10, 2018, at the HIMSS Saudi Arabia Conference and Exhibition – during the main program ceremony and at the HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award dinner on October 10 – in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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