STM publisher Elsevier and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) will extend the HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award from Asia Pacific to the Middle East and Europe. The award, inaugurated in 2013, recognises outstanding achievements in the implementation and usage of health information and technology. To further highlight global innovations, Elsevier and HIMSS are broadening the award globally to include Middle East and Europe starting with HIMSS UAE (United Arab Emirates) eHealth Week in December 2015.
The award promotes Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) adoption through sharing information and lessons learned in areas such as implementation strategies, financial return on investments and value of the systems to improve patient care and outcomes.
The impressive submissions coming from the region at the HIMSS AsiaPac15 this year, have demonstrated the increasing recognition of the awards as the platform for choice by many leading organisations. Award recipients included KK Women's and Children's Hospital (Singapore), National University Hospital (Singapore), Aarogyasri Healthcare Trust (India), St. Stephen's Hospital, Uniting Care Health (Australia) and Shanghai Children's Medical Center (China).
Past recipients include Peking University People's Hospital (China), Shanghai East Hospital (China), Prince of Wales Hospital (Hong Kong), Tseung Kwan O Hospital (Hong Kong), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise (India), Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (Korea), Changi General Hospital (Singapore), National Cancer Centre (Singapore) and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (Singapore). The recipients were recognised for health IT excellence, from improving medication supply processes to creating new systems and processes to enhance accessibility of information, all of which ultimately are aimed at improving patient safety and quality of care.
Award nominations for HIMSS Middle East UAE eHealth Week have already begun (https://www.uaeehealthweek.org), and application is open to all public and private healthcare organisations based in the Middle East.
Award recipients will be announced and honoured at HIMSS AsiaPac Digital Healthcare Week (6-10 September, 2015), HIMSS UAE eHealth Week (7-10 December, 2015) and eHealth Week in Amsterdam (6-8 June, 2016).
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