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Tutorial/Training Workshop 5: Organizational and Managerial Aspects of Health IT - Mobilizing Health Information

Duration: Half-Day
9:00 pm. - 12:30 pm., 9th July (Wednesday)

Instructors:
Dr. Henrique MG Martins
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidade Beira Interiorenior, Belgium
Internal Medicine Registrar
Serviço Medicina I, Hospital Fernando Fonseca, Lisbo

Registration Fee:
Conference Participant - SGD$90
Non-Conference Participant - SGD$150

Registration:
To register for the workshops/tutorial, please download the WORKSHOP registration form, and fill the required information and fax to the conference secretariat at (65) 63567471.

Participants can still register and make payment onsite at the workshop, using cash or credit card. For assistance or any problems with registration, please kindly contact the conference secretariat.

IEEE HEALTHCOM 2008 Conference Secretariat:
Integrated Meeting Specialist
Tel: +65 6356 4727 / +65 6356 7545
Fax: +65 6356 7471
Email: healthcom@inmeet.com.sg
Mail: Block 998 Toa Payoh North, #07-18/19 Singapore 318993

NB: The online registration was closed on 23rd June due to logistic purposes.

A number of studies in health informatics have highlighted the crucial role of social aspects surrounding health IT implementation and development in organizations. While many have focused on desktop-based infrastructures, the advent of wireless and mobile computing poses new challenges to those in health organizations wishing to get the best out of these new technologies. Possibly the biggest challenge is on how to integrate Mobile Information and Communication technology (MICT) into existing Clinical/Hospital information systems. 

This workshop aims to explore general aspects of organizational behaviour as well as leadership both strategic and team-focused that can help decision-makers (CIOs, IT managers, clinical heads of department) to foster health IT development in their organizations. The styles and modes of leadership as well as strategies for decision making and persuasion are very important elements of IT development in busy healthcare settings. As an exercise level it will focus on emerging aspects that result from looking more specifically at mobile computing and mobilizing health information use and access.

Aims of workshop:

1. Discuss aspects of leadership and organizational behaviour that relate with fostering health IT projects in organizations.
2. Use an example: “Organizational use of Mobile computing/mobilizing health information” as a way to train participants to reflect on their organizational approach to health IT.
3. Transfer knowledge and lessons learnt from the exercise to broader health IT organizational challenges, namely those featuring as conference themes.
Workshop/Special session/Tutorial outline: (topics covered)
Section I – Strategy in health IT and Mobile health IT
– Briefing on aspects of leadership and organizational behaviour that relate with fostering health IT projects in organizations
– MICT in clinical settings, strategies organizations can assume. Examples of different existing arrangements of MICT in health organizations
– Discussion: why use mobile IT in health organizations, challenges and opportunities.

Section II – Exercise “Organizational use of Mobile computing/mobilizing health information”
- In pairs or alone, some participants would work on projects identifying the current view and strategy of mobile computing usage in their organizations, the majority would work on projects detailing views or concrete examples/pilots where strategic use of Mobile IT would be useful for:
1. Geriatrics and Eldercare at the house
2. e-Health & Telemedicine linking worlds
3. Epidemic & Pandemic Control and Management
4. Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy

Section III – Project presentation and discussion
- Discussion would try to distil ways in which mobile computing/mobile health information links to many of the aspects of this year’s conference themes, while at the same time focus on how to move forward in each organization with the view to foster a pro-active attitude regarding the incorporation of mobile technology tailored to local needs.