The second Health Informatics Summit was jointly organised by IDA Singapore and MOH Holdings on the 17 and 18 July 2009, with participation from more than 200 clinicians, managers and IT leaders. The Summit was opened by Ms Yong Ying-I (Permanent Secretary - Health), Chairman (IDA Singapore and MOH Holdings), and the theme of the Summit was "Benefits Realisation and Evaluation of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) programme".

Besides sharing of our local experiences by Dr James Yip (NUHS) and Dr Wong Yue Sie (SingHealth), participants also exchanged ideas with a panel of international experts, including Dr Tom Inui (President & CEO, Regenstrief Institute), Dr Mike Bainbridge (Clinical Architect, NHS Connecting for Health), Dr Caitlin Cusack (HIT Program Manager, National Resource Centre, University of Chicago), Professor Johanna Westbrook (Professor of Health Informatics, University of Sydney) and Andrew David Hartshorn (Expert Facilitator, Benefits Realisation & Achievement International Network (BraIN) NHS Connecting for Health).

The programme and the presentation materials from the Summit can be downloaded below.

Summit Programme - Day One

1. Plenary Session - Medical Records that Guide and Teach - How Close are We After 40 Years and How Close Could We Be?
   By Dr Mike Bainbridge, Clinical Informatician (NHS Connecting for Health)
2. Panel Session - EHR Program Update
   
   
   • Dr Sarah Muttitt, CIO(MOH, MOH Holdings), Senior Director, Healthcare(IDA Singapore)
   • Dr Patrick Chia, Principal, Medical Informatics (MOH Holdings)
   • Sari McKinnon, Principal, Enterprise Architecture (MOH Holdings)
3. International Panel Session - "Closing the Gap" - Using Informatics to Improve the Quality of Care
   
   
   • Dr Thomas Inui, President & CEO (Regenstrief Inst, Inc.), Assoc. Dean for Health Care Research (Indiana University)
   • Prof Johanna Westbrook, Director, Health Informatics Research & Evaluation Unit (The University of Sydney)
   • Dr Mike Bainbridge, Clinical Informatician (NHS Connecting for Health)
   • Dr Caitlin Cusack, National Opinion Research Centre (University of Chicago)
4. Plenary Session - Evaluation of Health IT - Why, How, Challenges, Tools
   By Dr Caitlin Cusack, National Opinion Research Centre (University of Chicago)
5. Plenary Session - The Business Case for the National EHR
   By Booz & Co

Summit Programme - Day Two

1. Plenary Session - Extracting Value from Secondary Uses of Electronic Health Data
   By Dr Thomas Inui, President & CEO (Regenstrief Inst, Inc.), Assoc. Dean for Health Care Research (Indiana University)
2. Plenary Session - Quantifying the Effects of Electronic Health Record Systems in Hospitals
   By Prof Johanna Westbrook, Director, Health Informatics Research & Evaluation Unit (The University of Sydney)
3. Summaries & Findings from Day One Workshop Sessions
   
   
   • Dr Walter Lim, Practice Lead, Medical Informatics (MOH Holdings)
   • Courtyard Group (Workshop One)
   • Courtyard Group (Workshop Two)
   • Booz & Co. (Workshop Three)
   • Booz & Co. (Workshop Four)
4. Plenary Session - Fundamentals for EHR Success: Privacy & Security, Project & Risk Frameworks
   
   
   • Angie Monksfield, Principal, Portfolio Management (MOH Holdings)
   • Lim Shih Hsien, Deputy Director, Info Security (MOH Holdings)
5. Plenary Session - Challenges of the Singapore Healthcare Landscape
   By Dr Wong Yue Sie, COO (Singapore Health Services, Singapore General Hospital)
6. Plenary Session - Exploiting the Informatics Investment - Value Driven Change
   By Andrew David Hartshorne, Expert Facilitator (NHS Connecting for Health)

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