InterSystems HIMSS Breakfast Seminar:

Practical Approaches for Connecting Healthcare

Around the world, governments are looking to information technology to provide a “connected” healthcare environment to improve quality of care and efficiency while decreasing healthcare costs. The number of Electronic Health Record (EHR) initiatives within hospitals and across regions is growing rapidly.

InterSystems’ Global Managing Director for Healthcare, Kerry Stratton, will highlight key initiatives taking place around the world. Katharina Redford will showcase an innovative project from Australia that has transformed care delivery. Dr James Kong, a surgeon who led the Hong Kong Hospital Authority team in developing the eSARS electronic database, will highlight the importance of connecting healthcare and practical approaches for success.

When:
Thursday 22nd May
7:15am – 8:30am

Where:
Concord Room I, 8/F
The Renaissance Harbour View Hotel
1 Harbour View Road,
Wanchai
Hong Kong
The Renaissance Hotel is directly adjacent to the Hong Kong Convention Centre

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Speakers: Dr James Kong, Director, Asia Healthcare International Ltd., Specialist Surgeon, Central Medical Practice Hong Kong
	Dr James H. B. Kong is a practicing surgeon who has played a long term leadership role in advancing the development and use of IT systems in the clinical setting. He played a major role in leading the Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HKHA) team in the development of the eSARS electronic database that facilitated the management of the 2003 SARS outbreak. After completing a stint as the Head of Health Informatics at the HKHA, Dr. Kong is currently involved in hospital management and informatics projects across the ASEAN region.
Katharina Redford, Patient Systems, South West Alliance of Rural Health (SWARH)
	Katharina Redford is a frequent speaker at international healthcare conferences, highlighting SWARH’s innovative use of technology to drive improved care. SWARH is an alliance of public health agencies in Victoria, Australia spanning 60,000 square kilometres. EHR facilitated through broadband is enabling the alliance to shift care to the community setting while providing rural residents with leading-edge care.
Kerry Stratton, Global Managing Director for Healthcare, InterSystems
	Kerry Stratton has more than three decades of experience in delivering technology solutions to healthcare organisations worldwide. Since joining InterSystems in 2005, Stratton has worked with over 35 governments and regional healthcare organisations on their e-health strategies -- including the UK, Denmark, Norway, South Africa, the Czech Republic and the USA. He is a frequent keynote speaker on the issue of regional and national EHR strategies.

 

To view slides that were presented on the day please click here.

For further information please contact us at anz.query@intersystems.com or call us on
+61 2 8243 0300.