The Healthcare Information and Management System (HIMSS) and STM publisher Elsevier have launched the HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award in Europe. The award recognises outstanding achievements in the usage of information and technology to successfully advance patient care and safety. Nominations for the category on ‘Outstanding ICT Achievement Award’ are now open to all public and private healthcare providers based in Europe.
The Award will be launched in November at the 2016 World of Health IT Conference (WoHIT) in Barcelona, which will gather top European healthcare stakeholders to address best practices, practical solutions and cutting edge developments in the e-Health ecosystem.
Established in 2013, the award has recognized over 60 projects from 57 hospitals across 11 countries from the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions, and has been extended to Europe to further highlight global innovations in healthcare.
All nominations will be reviewed by a diverse panel of judges comprising leading Chief Information Officers (CIO) and healthcare providers from different regions. They are: John Rayner, Regional Director for Europe and Latin America from HIMSS Analytics; Dr Peter Edelstein, Chief Medical Officer of Elsevier Clinical Solutions in the United States; Elena Sini from Humanitas Hospital in Italy; Giovanni Delgrossi, CIO at Vimercate Hospital in Italy; Philippe Kolh, CIO at the CHU in Liege, Belgium; Vicent Moncho Mas, CIO of Hospital de Denia in Spain, and Seamus Mac Suibhne, CCIO at eHealth Ireland, amongst others.
Interested applicants can submit their case study online at http://www.worldofhealthit.org/ehome/199702/special-events/#elsevier or email HIMSS (kmancha@himss.org) to enquire. The submission deadline is 20 October.
The HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Awards ceremony will take place on November 20, in Barcelona.
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