4th Annual Healthcare Expansion Middle East Congress tackles healthcare industry issues
The first day of the fourth edition of the Healthcare Expansion Middle East Congress hosted by naseba, a leading business information company specialized in organizing high profile conferences and events, ended productively for the participants in Abu Dhabi yesterday.
During the key note presentations industry peers and esteemed professionals shared competent opinion and experienced case studies with colleagues and future associates. Dr. Finn Goldner, Director Corporate Performance and Operations Manager Health Insurance Regulations, Health Authority Abu Dhabi presented to the attendees the aspects of attracting private and public investment in sector development. He focused on the importance of investing in healthcare due to the increasing health spending as well as the changing disease patterns demanding modification within the healthcare system. Dr Goldner also highlighted those aspects are connected to several new trends for healthcare investments, such as the need for innovations to drive efficiencies. Standards need to be created for healthcare professionals to be able to communicate in order to leverage development opportunities in the sector.
An interesting perspective of the patient care was presented by John Downes of TRO Jung Brannen. In his presentation he dwelled on the “Patient Centered Care”, meaning providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values, and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions. The concept accepted and adopted in the company, is defined by many medical institutes and organizations such as the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM). According to them, patient centered care puts responsibility for important aspects of self-care and monitoring in patients’ hands — along with the tools and support they need to carry out that responsibility. It also ensures that transitions between providers, departments, and health care settings are respectful, coordinated, and efficient.
Dr. Derick Pasternak MD, MBA, FACPE, Managing Director, JCI Middle East presented the planning and development of infrastructure that serves patient safety and quality of care. Some of major factors taken into account when building healthcare facilities, for example, are interior design to allow flexibility, lighting to avoid distractions and prevent from errors in the medication process, noise control to eliminate overhead paging and to isolate patients from disturbing sounds, ‘green’ principles in the construction, and decentralized nursing stations to better observation over patients.
Conference sessions also featured other topics and industry experts such as:
· Changing Face of Healthcare IT: Achieving Healthcare Excellence through Implementation of new IT Solutions and Effective IT Management
by Arthur van Dongen, Director Enterprise Imaging Informatics, Philips
· Improving healthcare delivery through real physician education
by Dawn Metcalf, Partner, Accelerated Medical Learning (AML)
· Medical records at risk
by Ali Pabrai, CEO, ecfirst, USA
The congress continues today with the following program:
· Panel Discussion: A big Debate on Medical Tourism - Opportunities & Challenges
Dr Prem Jagyasi, Chairperson & Moderator
Dr. Uwe Klein, CEO, Health Care Strategy Int. GmbH, Germany
Dr. Mehmet G. Hijarci, Executive Director, Dubai Medical Suites
· Envisioning the future of healthcare - creating a fully integrated private healthcare infrastructure
by Dr. Ayesha Mohammed Abdullah, Senior Vice President, Dubai Health Care City (DHCC)
· Impact of the Compulsory Insurance Scheme on the hospital operations: Is reform in Healthcare System Needed? by Dr. Kassem Alom, Managing Director, Al Noor Hospital
· Medical tourism: Creating effective strategies to attract medical tourists and capitalize on this growingglobal trend
Dr. Prem Jagyasi, MD & CEO, ExHealth. Chief Strategic Officer, Medical Tourism Association, USA
· Impact of the Compulsory Insurance Scheme on the hospital operations: Is reform in Healthcare System Needed?
Dr. Kassem Alom, Managing Director, Al Noor Hospital
· “Wellness and Body-Mind Integration” Relationship between Body Energy and Thoughts Relationship between the Mind and Stress How thinking alters the bio chemistry of the body Mind and Breath - How are they linked? Preparing the body for healing and wellness.
C.N. Srikrishna, Programme Director, SEHAT
Participants at the Healthcare Expansion Middle East Congress include 150 Chairmen, CEOs, COOs, heads of investment relations, head of purchasing representing health authorities, ministries of health, hospitals, wellness centers and laboratories from UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and other Middle East countries.
For more information, visit www.healthcareexpansion.com
