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Welcome to the 16 July e-bulletin!
CEO and Chairman Farewell Function
We extend an invitation to Cluster members to attend the farewell function for the outgoing CEO, Andrea Pettett and Chairman, Malcolm Pollock on Thursday 30 July 09 at the Cluster offices. Click here to download an invite.
Cluster Survey
If you haven't returned your Cluster survey please send it in as soon as possible. The survey results will greatly assist the Cluster in our planning for the 09/10 activities. You can download the survey from here.
TUANZ Innovation Awards
Innovative New Zealand organisations are invited to enter the 2009 TUANZ Innovation Awards, held in association with Voco.
Entries to the prestigious annual awards, hosted in partnership with IDC New Zealand, close on Thursday, 16 July 2009
The awards recognise outstanding innovation in the telecommunications sector in New Zealand and TUANZ is pleased to welcome Voco on board as this year's premier sponsor.
Award finalists will be announced on Monday, 3 August, with the awards presented at a black-tie ceremony at the SkyCity Convention Centre on Thursday, 3 September 2009.
The 2009 TUANZ Innovation Awards feature 13 award categories, as well as the overall TUANZ Telecommunications Innovation Award, presented by Vector Communications. This award recognises the most innovative product, service or initiative overall, developed in New Zealand, and delivered electronically to New Zealanders.
The winners of three awards will be decided by public vote - Carrier of the Year, ISP of the Year and Technology Media of the Year. End users can vote for these awards online at the TUANZ website.
All other categories can also be entered online.
Invitation to Pre-RFP Briefing for the CHIC project - Singapore 16 July 2009
This is to inform you that MOHH is conducting a pre-RFP vendor briefing for the Community Hospital Integrated Care (CHIC) project. They would like to invite your organisation to participate in this briefing. CHIC aims to provide the community hospitals with a common platform for a hospital information system (HIS) comprising of an EMR.
Address and location:
RenCi Hospital,
Level 4, Training Room
(Please enter via Level 1)
71 Irrawaddy Road
Singapore 329562
Location map: Click here
Date and Time:
Thursday 16thJuly 2009 at 4:00-6:00pm
Kindly limit your parties to 2 people and RSVP by Tuesday 14thJuly 2009 to leelian.ho@mohh.com.sg OR sushil.kumar@mohh.com.sg.
For overseas vendors who are unable to attend, MOHH will provide you with slides and will be sending out notice when the RFP will be released.
National Maori Cancer Forum, 12 - 14 August 2009, Rotorua
This forum will be held from 12 - 14 August 2009 in Rotorua. The forum will provide the platform for the exposition of indigenous research, medicine, services and experiences from around the world.
Registrations are now open, and forum details are available here.
HINZ Conference and Exhibition PLAN TO BE THERE
Due to the extra demand for exhibition space and the record number of paper submissions for this years event - the conference committee have taken the decision to move HINZ 09 to the Rotorua Energy Events Centre (a short four minute walk from the original Convention Centre). This new location venue can accommodate for extra exhibition space plus 4 concurrent break out sessions for accepted submitted papers.
Early bird registration closes on 3rd August. More Details and On Line Registration
CHIK's Health-e-Nation'09 - Australia
Focused around the theme Health-e-Business: Economic & Social Imperatives of eHealth you can again expect top notch speakers from Australia and around the globe.
For CHIK's Health-e-Nation'09 Sponsorship Opportunities please click here to view the prospectus.
The Sponsorship options relate to Health-e-Nation'09 and associated events including: CHIK's Invitational Dinner (18 August 2009), the Health-e-Nation Conferences (19 August 2009), CHIK's "Getting Connected" Dinner (19 August 2009) and CHIK's CIO Workshop (20 August 2009) and may be tailored to meet your needs.
Queensland Health ICT Industry Briefing: Queensland Health, in conjunction with CHIK Services and Health-e-Nation, is pleased to provide the Australian health ICT industry with a briefing on ICT aspects of its major programs for the next 3 years. This briefing will be held in Canberra from 5-6pm on Tuesday 18th July, just prior to CHIK's Invitational Drinks & Dinner function. The briefing will be presented by senior Queensland Health staff and will outline the ICT directions, strategy and timing for the ICT infrastructure program, the e-health program and major health infrastructure projects and programs. Registration is required to assist planning and vendors are asked to limit attendance to no more than 3 people per firm. Further details are available here
To download the latest CHIK Services Newsletter click here.
HIC'09/HEN'09 Exhibition - Australia
National Convention Centre, Canberra 19 - 21 August 09
With HIC'09 earlybird bookings 7% above HIC'08 levels, this year's conference is attracting a large and influential audience.
If you want to get your message heard and your business positioned for success in this increasingly competitive market, now is the time to book your stand at the HIC'09/Health-e-Nation exhibition.
HIC 2009
Building on HIC08's theme of The Person in the Centre, Frontiers of Health Informatics will showcase the technologies and processes that are required to deliver the patient centric healthcare that was so clearly articulate. As an integral part of the program, the conference, through its panels and workshops will deliver a final position statement on the role of technology in redefining the delivery of healthcare in Australia.
Covering both the HIC'09 conference and the Health-e-Nation 09 conference, the exhibition will bring you in close contact with the full chain of Health IT decision makers and influencers. To find out more about the conferences click on the following links to go straight to the HIC'09 (www.hisa.org.au/hic09) and Health-e-Nation (www.health-e-nation.com.au) conference websites.
Conference: 4th Healthcare Without Walls: Best Care, Most Appropriate Place - Australia
Date: 28-29 October 2009
Venue: Amora Jamison Hotel Sydney, NSW Australia
There are generous discounts if you book and pay by credit card online before 14 August 2009. This is a partnership between Change Champions and NSW Health.
DATE CLAIMERS 2009-10
Outpatients - Beating the Waiting Game (registrations open)
17-18 September 2009
Cairns, Far North Queensland
Investing in The Healthcare Workforce: Aligning Strategy Leadership and the Team (call for abstracts open)
6-7 November 2009
Sydney, NSW
Global Webinar - Health Innovations Marathon ? The Patient Experience Counts (call for abstracts open)
10 November 2009
The Deteriorating Patient
18-19 March 2010
Sydney, NSW
Click here for further information.
Upcoming Diabetes Registry and Portal Services Request for Qualifications - Canada
eHealth Ontario and Infrastructure Ontario intend to release a Request for Qualifications (RFQ)in order to pre-qualify applicants to deliver a Diabetes Registry chronic disease management application and Portal services. It is anticipated the RFQ will be released in July with a response date in mid-August.
It is anticipated a subsequent Request for Proposals will follow in fall 2009.
Details will be provided in the RFQ document, which will available only through MERX at www.merx.com.
Microsoft Health Users Group Exchange - USA
2- 3 September 2009, Microsoft Corporate Campus, Redmond, Washington.
The new Microsoft HUG Exchange will exceed your expectations for information exchange, education, networking and more. Join professionals from across the healthcare IT continuum as you...
Connect with Microsoft partners, industry thought leaders and Microsoft experts
Learn how to build, deploy, secure and manage solutions using the full range of current and soon-to-be-released Microsoft products.
Register now!
40th Medica Germany - 2009
Dusseldorf, Germany, 18 - 21 November 2009
Austrade invites you to be part of Medica Germany, the world's premier and largest health and medical trade exhibition. For more information click here. |
