Health information technology (Health IT) allows comprehensive management of medical information and its secure exchange between health care consumers and providers. Broad use of health IT will improve health care quality; prevent medical errors; reduce health care costs; increase administrative efficiencies; decrease paperwork; and expand access to affordable care. The integration of IT at the policy level will not only bring about improvement in individual patient care, but it will also bring many public health benefits including early detection of infectious disease outbreaks around the country and improved tracking of chronic disease management.
Outcomes
- Knowledge Sharing
- Charting out a broad plan on how developing countries could integrate integration in their National Health Policy
- Recommendations for policy makers
|
|
Speakers
|
Dr. Hj. Mohd Nasir B. Mohd Ashraf
Secretary General, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
|
Gabe Rijpma Director, Health and Human Services Industry, Microsoft Asia Pacific
|
|
Michael Clark
IDRC, Canada
|
 Frank Lievens
Board Member, International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth
|
|
