HIMSS UAE eHealth Week 2019

Startup building user-centric health record on blockchain

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Medicalchain SVP of Operations Wael Alkhalidi said the company is using distributed ledger technology to enable patients to find all their medical data in one place.

 

What needs to happen for digital transformation to evolve

(Sponsored) Chris Brice, Hyland account manager for Europe and Middle East, talks about digital transformation trends, including data lakes and artificial intelligence, and why clinical engagement is key to effective adoption.
 

Dubai Hospital exec on 30-year journey to HIMSS Analytics EMRAM Stage 6

Fahad Ali Nasir Nasiri, Head of the Health Information Management Section at Dubai Hospital, explains how the system went from entirely paper-based in the 1980s to almost entirely paper-less today and moving toward EMRAM Stage 7.

 

AI will become effective in 2-3 years, hospital exec says

Artificial intelligence is "jumping information technology," but robots will still require human beings, according to Mahmoud Saleh El Halik, the head of Health Informatics at Latifa Women and Children's Hospital.
 

State of health IT in the Middle East? Heading toward patient-centric care

Health IT in the region is moving in the right direction but still needs improved efficiency amid rising expectations and similar or shrinking budgets, says Wolters Kluwer Channel Partner and Alliances Manager Hany Rakha.