Wednesday 26 August 2009

14.00 – 15.30

Parallel sessions 1: Health IT strategies and national health information systems

Chair: Prof Jorn Braa, University of Oslo, Norway

Speakers:

·        Toward an integrated e-health infrastructure in India, John Lewis, HISP India.

·        Realizing a lasting jump in performance through e-health: Lessons from successful work in progress in Tanzania, Dr. Nic Moens, Director of Institues of International Communication and Development, Netherland.

·        The Health Metrics Network, and the case of Health Information Strengthening in Sierra Leone, Johan Saebo, WHO, Norway.

·        Developing a Management Information System of HIV/AIDS therapy using ARV in Vietnam, Prof. Nguyen Hoang Phuong, Director, CHIT, MOH Vietnam, (co-authored: MSc. Ho Vinh Thang, BSc.Dinh Hong Ngoc, MSc. Phan Tuan Anh et. al. (CHIT, MOH of Vietnam) and Dr. Nguyen Thanh Long, Msc. Le Thi Huong, Msc. Do Thi Nhan et. al. (Dept. VAAC, MOH of VN))

Wednesday 26 August 2009

16.00 – 17.30

Parallel sessions 2: Software and systems development for health information systems in developing countries

Chair: Prof. Richard Scott, University of Calgary, Canada

Speakers:

·        Building a health data repository for developing countries based on a globally developed OSS: the case of DHIS2 in Vietnam, Dr Le Trung, HISP Vietnam

·        Low Cost, Low Power Technology for Telemedicine: a workaround solution for ICT in poor insfrastructure settings, Lee Thorn. JH Foundation, USA.

·        Medical record systems for lifetime patient care in family medicine: challenges and prospects, Dr. Pham Le An, Vietnam

Thursday 27 August 2009

14.00 – 15.30

Parallel sessions 3: Global network collaboration for HISs development

Chair: Prof. Nguyen Hoang Phuong, Center for Health Information Technology, MOH of Vietnam

Speakers:

·        Struggling for a better health information systems in developing countries: the role of North South South network, Prof. Sundeep Sahay, University of Oslo – HISP India

·        “Smarter Healthcare: Diagnosis for a smarter planet”, Farhana Nakhooda, IBM Growth Markets unit

·        Building and deploying an Community Health Information Tracking System (CHITS) for developing countries: experiences and lessons from the collaboration network of IOSN (International Open Source Network Asean+3), Dr. Alex Gavio, coordinator, National Telehealthm, IOSN, Phillipines.

·        Developing a case-based reasoning system for tele-consultation of hypertension management at community-level, Prof. Do Doan Loi, National Heart Institute of MOH of Vietnam
Authors: Prof. Dang Van Chuyet (the State Project KC.01.05/06-10, Hanoi University of Technology),Prof. Nguyen Hoang Phuong, B.Eng. Le Huu Nghi, BSc. Dinh Thi Mai Phuong el.al. (CHIT, MOH of Vietnam), Prof. Do Doan Loi, Msc. Nguyen Ngoc Quang, Msc. Nguyen Tuan Hai (Vietnam National Heart Institute of MOH of Vietnam).

Thursday 27 August 2009

16.00 – 17.30

Parallel sessions 4: Capacity building - education and research for health IT

Chair: Prof Sundeep Sahay, University of Oslo, Norway

Speakers:

·        Capacity building in Health Informatics for developing countries through Masters and PhD program: the case of HISP, Jorn Braa, University of Oslo, Norway.

·        eHealth/Telemedicine Sustainability in Developing Countries: Issues for policy development, Dr Adesina Iluyemi, University of Portsmouth, UK

·        Trials, Tribulations, and Successes of Networked eHealth Research in Asia – PANACeA as a Vanguard Example, Prof. Richard Scott, University of Calgary, Canada

·        HISP implementation and scale up in India: Strategy and Experience - Prof. Sundeep Sahay, University of Oslo – HISP India

Summary: Information system scale up is one of the major issues and concerns of researchers and project implementers. The case of HISP India gives fascinating experience in scale up the implementation of DHIS2 from one initial district to country wide in such a vast population state (India)

·        An effort to build an electronic pa system for health data repository in Vietnam: the HISP case, Dr Le Trung, HISP Vietnam

Summary: Initialed in Vietnam on 2003, HISP in Vietnam has been struggling to build an health data repository to support decision making process. The system is now running in 2 provinces HCMC and Cantho. Lessons on how to use ICT to  build information use culture in health care sector will be discussed

·        Struggling to build  electronic child health record system in Ho Chi Minh city using the flexible approach, Thanh Ngoc Nguyen, University of Oslo, HISP Vietnam

Summary: Given poor capacity and infrastructure in developing countries, an effort to build a flexible electronic patient record system targeted to mother and child health has been developed and implemented in HCMC since 2007. Experience and lessons draw upon the case will be discussed. 

·        A flexible EMR (Eletronic Medical Record) for developing countries: the case from OpenMRS, Paul Biondich, OpenMRS Foundation

Summary: Present a history of OpenMRS and educate the audience as to how OpenMRS can help establish patient level record systems through our open source codebase and our growing international community.

·        Developing a Management System for HIV/AIDS using ARV drugs, Dept. VAAI and CHIT, MOH of Vietnam.  Prof. Nguyen Hoang Phuong, CHIT, MOH Vietnam.

Summary: Present a Management System for HIV/AIDS using ARV drugs. We implemented a pilot system at the TuLiem District medical center. At present, according to the Vietnam infrastructure, the system includes two options: online and offline.

·        Integrating HIS in developing countries: a case of India, John Lewis, HISP India.

Summary: This presentation discusses efforts in building an integrated HIS based on OSS by linking up community based electronic records, hospital information, and aggregation information system.

·        Care2x: the case from large scale open source EMR system. Care2x representative

Summary: This presentation discusses the development of one of the most famous OSS for hospital information system Care2x which is now adopted in more than 100 countries.

·        OSS for medical laboratory: a case of American lab OSS project OpenELIS, project representative

Summary: This presentation gives introduction of IOSN Southeast Asia+3, a network of collaboration and sharing expertise, experience in ICT through the use of free and open source software, especially in health care sector.

·        Collaboration network for Southeast Asia health informatics development, Dr Francis Sarmiento, Manager of Center for Southeast Asia, International Open Source Network.

Summary: This presentation gives introduction of IOSN Southeast Asia+3, a network of collaboration and sharing expertise, experience in ICT through the use of free and open source software, especially in health care sector.

·        E-learning and ICT for family medicine and health education, Dr Pham Le An, Chief of Center for family medicine training, HCMC University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Summary: Family medicine is well popular in developed countries. Building a effective network of family doctor could help to solve the chronic problem in providing health care services such as overload hospital, burden work to health staff. This presentation discusses the approach how to utilize ICT infrastructure in the effort to build successfully that network. The case from family medicine doctor network in HCMC.

·        Capacity building on OSS for health care: an network based approach, a speaker invited from IOSN Southeast Asian+3

Summary: Everybody has an consensus of benefits of using OSS software. Given poor infrastructure and capacity in developing countries, this target could be hard to achieve. A long-term strategy in building capacity on OSS is vital for such successful in adaptation OSS. 

·        eHealth/Telemedicine Sustainability in Developing Countries: Issues for policy development, Dr Adesina Iluyemi, University of London

Summary: The aim is to draw attention to health problems in developing countries (DCs) and how eHealth/Telemedicine, the use of ICTs for enabling and supporting healthcare services and delivery either locally or at a distant can contribute in tackling this challenge.  Specifically, the aim is to draw the attention of policy makers, managers, health professionals, investors, donors, NGOs, and the industry to the values of eHealth/ Telemedicine hold for DC’s socio-economic development.

·        A case based reasoning system for teleconsultation for treatment of primary hypertension. CHIT, MOH and Vietnam Heart Institute of MOH of Vietnam. Prof. Nguyen Hoang Phuong.

Summary: The aim is to develop a support system for teleconsultation for treatment of primary hypertension which assisted to medical professionals in country side and remote area in Vietnam. The knowledge of the system are real patient records of the past cases selected by the medical doctors of the Vietnam heart institute.