HIMSS Asiapac Conference 2009 - Health IT in Asia

Happening from 24-27 Feb 2009 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, HIMSS AsiaPac09 is organised by theHealthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), a not-for-profit and non-governmental, international healthcare membership organisation.

HIMSS AsiaPac09 promises to be a place for intensive knowledge exchange where the best minds gather, and a platform for unlimited networking opportunities as leaders from healthcare, government and IT converge.

Discounts for all AMBIS members and biomedical informatics students! Just quote "AMBIS" in your registration form. Register with Ms Wendy Tan - email wtan@himss.org

Featured Speakers

	Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr. Haji Mohd. Ismail Bin Merican Director-General, Ministry of Health, Malaysia Read More >>		Enrico Coiera   Director, Centre for Health Informatics, University of New South Wales Read More >>
	William Edward Hammond PhD  Chair, Health Level Seven Read More >>		John J Nance JD John Nance and Associates Read More >>

Who Should Attend?

This event is designed for YOU!

The exhibition and conference is designed by and for healthcare professionals involved in the everyday application, management and advancement of healthcare IT. Meet the movers and shakers of the industry at this premier event:

• Clinicians, doctors, nursing and allied health professionals
• CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, healthcare administrators, directors and managers
• Ministry officials of national governments
• Health authority representatives and policy-makers
• IT systems and services professionals
• Informatics specialists
• R&D and project managers
• Academicians and students
• Consultants, vendors and professional services firms

More details here: http://www.himssasiapac.org/index.aspx

Strategic Healthcare Marketing & Management '09

Conference & Workshop Details:

12-14 jan 2009
Sheraton Towers, Singapore

More information here

AMBIS Annual Lecture Slides by Prof Jack Li

AMBIS Annual Lecture 2008:
"Building a National Infrastructure for the Future of e-Health"

AMBIS has the privilege of inviting Professor Jack Li, President of the Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics (APAMI) to give our AMBIS Annual Lecture this year.

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HL7 Workshop (9 Jul 2008)

Workshop Outline

1. Introduction to

• HL7 & HL7 Version 3
  
• HL7 EHR-S Functional Model
• HL7 PHR-S Functional Model
• HL7 Clinical Document Architecture
• HL7 Continuity of Care Document

2. HL7 for Decision Makers

3. HL7 for Project Managers

4. Intermediate HL7 (Version 3)

Registration Information

Cost:

$180 (HealthCom Conference Participant)

$300 (Non-Conference Participant)

AMBIS members have an additional 20% discount!

Location:

Biopolis, Matrix Building

30 Biopolis Street

Singapore 138671

Registration URL:

http://www.healthcom2008.org/t4.html

AMBIS Annual Lecture & Annual General Meeting (8 Jul 2008)

AMBIS has the privilege of inviting Professor Jack Li, President of the Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics (APAMI) to give our AMBIS Annual Lecture this year.

AMBIS Annual Lecture:
"Building a National Infrastructure for the Future of e-Health"

We will also be holding our Annual General Meeting following the Lecture.

Date: 8th July 2008 (Tue)
Time: 6:45pm-9:30pm
Venue: NUS Guild House @ Kent Ridge Park

Members: free
Non-Members: $15 (students), $30 (individuals)

Do mark down this date & RSVP to mailambis@gmail.com.

HL7 Singapore Launch (27 Jun 2008)

Invitation to the

Health Level Seven (Singapore)

Launch Event

June 27, 2008 | MOH Auditorium

New technologies are being introduced in hospitals and other healthcare organizations at an ever-increasing rate. Many of these innovations have the potential to interact synergistically if they can be integrated effectively. The need for interoperability between health IT systems has attracted great attention particularly in the recent years as we move closer to the dream of patient-centric care that spans the healthcare continuum.

Standards facilitate information exchange and are a critical foundation to enable interoperability of health IT solutions. HL7 plays a pivotal role as it specifies a number of standards, guidelines and methodologies by which various health IT systems can interact with one another. These standards and guidelines enable information to be shared and processed in a uniform and consistent manner. In addition, HL7 as an organization provides a mature place in which users, purchasers and suppliers can build consensus on health IT systems interoperability and the means to achieve standardisation.

You are invited to the official launch of the HL7 Singapore affiliate on June 27, 2008 at the MOH Auditorium (Level 2, College of Medicine Building). The launch agenda and registration instructions are as follows:

8:30am Registration
9:00am Address by Chairman, HL7 Singapore
9:10am Towards a National Interoperable EHR
by Dr Sarah Christine Muttitt, CIO (MOH Holdings)
9:40am Health Level 7: Building Towards A Global Future
by Dr Charles Jaffe, CEO (HL7 Inc)
10:10am Launch of HL7 Singapore
10:20am Break / Membership Recruitment
10:45am HL7 Global Standards: Demystified!

by Mr Gora Datta, Chairman & CEO (Cal2Cal & HL7 Ambassador)
12:30pm End

This Launch Event is open to all clinicians, healthcare & IT professionals who are involved in planning & driving healthcare IT initiatives. If interested, please register by using this form or emailing events@hl7.org.sg by the 24th June 2008.

For more information, please refer to the HL7 Singapore website.

Bioinformatics Workshop on R/BioConductor for Microarray Analysis (13 Jun 2008)

Microarray analysis is a very common activity in any modern life science research laboratory. However, the ability to analyse the data professionally is critical. Many bioinformatics/statistical software packages are commonly used. One popular package is the R/BioConductor suite. The Association of Medical and BioInformatics Singapore (AMBIS) in collaboration with the Bioinformatics Centre, and Dept of Biochemistry, NUS, with the Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet) is pleased to announce a "Bioinformatics Workshop on R/BioConductor for Microarray Analysis" scheduled for 13 June 2008 to be held at LS Lab8, Level 4, Block MD7 at the Dept of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore.

You are cordially invited to participate in this hands-on workshop on R/BioConductor.

DATE: Fri 13 June 2008

TIME: 9am - 5.30pm

VENUE: Level 4 LS Lab 8, Block MD7, Department of Biochemistry, 
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

COST:

• FREE TO ALL AMBIS MEMBERS (Association of Medical and Bio Informatics Singapore) If you wish to join, please see AMBIS Membership page
• FOR NON-MEMBERS:
$30 for students (to cover refreshments)
$60 for non-students
(includes 1 year membership to AMBIS
and 1 year membership to APBioNet plus AMBIS certificate of participation signed by AMBIS President)

HANDS-ON:

Please bring your laptop with you with power cable. Minimum requirements 1 Gbyte RAM PC with DVD reader. LiveCD will be issued. Alternatively, you can install on your Windows operating system VMPlayer and download a vmk file which will we customise for you.

Training material:

They will be placed online in advance. If you need hardcopy, please inform us.

Registration:

Please sign up on the online registration page at http://trg.apbionet.org/trg/r/register.shtml 
Please pay at the registration desk on the date of registration. Please make all cheques payable to "Association of Medical and Bio Informatics Singapore" or pay cash and obtain a receipt.

HIMSS AsiaPac08 Conference & Exhibition (20-23 May 2008)

20-23 May 2008
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
http://www.himssasiapac.org/

AMBIS members are entitled to 15% off the Member Early Bird Rate!

Pls refer to the AMBIS email sent out to all members for details. If you have any queries, pls email to mailambis@gmail.com.

Semantic Web for Health Care and Life Sciences Workshop (21-25 Apr 2008)

SEMANTIC WEB FOR HEALTH CARE AND LIFE SCIENCES WORKSHOP
held in conjunction with
The 17th International World Wide Web Conference
April 21-25, 2008
Beijing, China

Biomedical researchers need to be able to ask questions that span many heterogeneous data sources in order to make well-informed decisions. For this to be achieved, data about drugs, patients, diseases, genes, proteins, and pathways must be effectively integrated. Yet the integration of disparate biomedical data continues to be a challenge to achieve.

Many organizations are now exploring the use of Semantic Web technologies in the hope of easing the effort of data integration. The benefits promised by the Semantic Web include aggregation of heterogeneous data using explicit semantics, simplified annotation and sharing of findings, the expression of rich and well-defined models for data aggregation and search, easier reuse of data in unanticipated ways, and the application of logic to infer additional insights.

W3C has established the Semantic Web for Health Care and Life Sciences (HCLSIG) Interest Group to help organizations in their adoption of the Semantic Web. The HCLSIG is chartered to develop and support the use of Semantic Web technologies to improve collaboration, research and development, and innovation adoption in the domains of Health Care and Life Sciences. As a part of realizing this vision, we are organizing a workshop on the Semantic Web for Health Care and Life Sciences in conjunction with WWW2008.

Audience:
The workshop encourages participation from industry and academia with an emphasis on the practical aspects of applying Semantic Web technologies to the challenges of Health Care and the Life Sciences. We encourage participation from Pharmaceutical and Biotech Companies, Health Care Organizations, Universities and Research Institutes, IT Vendors, and
Government Agencies.

Topics of Interest:
- Semantic integration
- Knowledge representation and reasoning
- Semantic Web applications
- Semantic Web Services
- Querying RDF/OWL
- Query mediation and translation
- Semantic mashups

Submissions:
Authors are invited to submit papers in any of the areas listed above at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hcls2008

Papers should follow the general format of refereed papers for WWW2008 as described at: http://www2008.org/submissions/index.html

Important Dates:
Paper submission: Extended until February 1, 2008
Notification of acceptance: February 22, 2008
Final version of accepted papers for inclusion on conference CD: February 29, 2008
Final version of accepted papers: March 21, 2008
Date of workshop: April 22, 2008

Global Healthcare Transformation Congress (7-8 Apr 2008)

As health care continues to evolve, rising to the formidable and immediate challenge of creating both short- and long-term strategies depended largely on a workforce that is led by effective management and equipped with the latest know-how in various departments in a healthcare setting. Global Healthcare Transformation Congress brings you the best in professional development offerings, opportunities to network with and learn from peers in the field, and the latest healthcare information to enhance your career and your organization.

Join us at Global Healthcare Transformation Congress to ensure your organization’s competitive edge and stay ahead of the curve. Equip yourself with tools to respond proactively to the rapidly changing health care environment!

Key Speakers:

• Senior Executive, Asian Hospital & Medical Center
• CIO, FORTIS HEALTHCARE
• Chief Operating Officer, Hospital Pantai Indah
• Managing Director, Joint Commission International
  

Key Topics:

• Healthcare's Response to Globalization: A International Perspective
• Leadership and Innovation: Reimagine, Reinvent and Redesign
• The Marriage of Quality and Financial Health: Moving From Theory to Impact
• Ten Critical Growth Strategies Healthcare Executives Must Know
• Strategic Positioning for Peak Performance Under Healthcare Reform: Facts vs. Fads

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