3 May 2007
The National Healthcare Group (NHG) is proud to be the sponsor of the IT Physicians' Symposium that will be held at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) on 15 May.
The Symposium is part of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) AsiaPac07 Conference and Exhibition. The HIMSS Conference is a major health informatics event in the United States and this is the first time it will be held in Asia Pacific. Singapore under the auspices of the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the InfoComms Development Authority (IDA) is proud to be the host country.
Minister for Health Mr Khaw Boon Wan will also be the Guest of Honor at the Opening Ceremony on 15 May at the Singapore Raffles City Convention Centre. NHG is an official supporting organisation and its Chief Information Officer Mr Linus Tham is on the event Organising Committee.
Close to 1,000 leading experts will convene at the event to address critical market issues and trends in healthcare and technology. Beside the main programme, there are three Symposiums - the Leadership Symposium, the Physicians' IT Symposium and the Nursing Symposium.
Physician's Symposium: Driving IT for Patient Care (sponsored by NHG)
The Physicians' IT Symposium will address IT as a foundation for innovation, expansion of care delivery, and integration. This dynamic symposium will focus on clinical data and clinical systems and how they can be used to ensure improved decision making, care processes and overall workflow.
Date: 15 May 2007
Venue: Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
Programme Outline
| 10.30am |
Registration and coffee/tea |
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| 11.00am |
Hospital tour |
| noon |
Lunch with welcome and opening comments |
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- A/Prof Philip Choo, Chairman, Medical Board, Tan Tock Seng Hospital |
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Physician's role in IT: From IT acquisition to clinical decision-making; physicians as drivers |
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- Dr CP Wong, Chairman, Hong Kong Society of Medical Informatics, & Chairman, Clinical Informatics Programme Executive Group, Hospital Authority of Hong Kong |
| 1.00pm |
IT: Connecting the Continuum of Care |
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- Dr Siang Hiong Goh, Consultant, Changi General Hospital |
| 2.00pm |
Coffee break |
| 2.15pm |
Integrating Access to Information Throughout the Organisation |
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- Dr Samuel Yeak, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Tan Tock Seng Hospital |
| 3.00pm |
Opportunities for Quality Improvement in the Organised General Practice |
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- Dr Harry Pert, GP, Ranolf Medical Centre, Rotorua, New Zealand |
| 3.45pm |
Coffee break |
| 4.00pm |
Panel Discussion: IT and its Impact on Patient Care |
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- Panelists: Dr Chai Chua, CEO, Hutt Valley DHB, New Zealand; Dr Supathira Rasiah, Dy Director, Telehealth Division Department of Health, Malaysia; Dr Samuel Yeak, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Tan Tock Seng Hospital; Dr Goh Siang Hiong, Consultant, Changi General Hospital; Dr Ahmad Taufik Jamil, Physician, Hospital Universiti of Kebangsaan |
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- Facilitator: Dr Yun Sik Kwak, Visiting Professor of Medical Informatics, Kyungpool National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea |
For more information or to register, please visit HIMSS AsiaPac07 website at www.himssasiapac.org or click here.
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