HIMSS Asia Pacific and Elsevier announced in June 2018 the call for submissions for the sixth Asia Pacific HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award 2018.
Since the creation of the award in 2013, the contest has attracted participants from 119 organizations across 30 countries with projects impacting more than 41 million patients worldwide.
The ICT at the heart of the contest
The two categories opened for submissions are:
- Outstanding ICT Achievement: this category focuses on those who have harnessed information and technology to successfully advance patient care and safety.
- Outstanding innovation ICT: this category focuses on those who have creatively exploited existing technology or developed ground-breaking new solutions, to significantly improve patient care and outcomes, and drive greater ICT adoption.
Submissions have evolved with more large-scale projects
« Since the inception of the Award, submissions have evolved with more large-scale projects, » said Simon Lin, executive director of HIMSS Asia-Pacific (source: Elsevier.com). « Last year, we also received a wider range of submissions from department-wide to enterprise and national-level. We hope this trend continues and look forward to greater participation from APAC and our host country Australia. »
In 2017, the program witnessed strong participation (18 health care organizations across APAC represented), rewarding first-time recipients:
- The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne (Australia) and Fudan University Huashan Hospital (China) won the Outstanding ICT Achievement Award ;
- Aravind Eye Hospital – Pondicherry (India), Mackay Memorial Hospital (Taiwan) and Princess Alexandra Hospital (Australia) won the Outstanding ICT Innovation Award.
Deadline for applications: August 31 2018
Judges for this year’s award are:
- Bill Le Blanc, executive director and chief information officer at SA Health (Australia);
- John Sutherland, chief information officer at Ramsay Health Care (Australia);
- John Daniels, global vice president at HIMSS Analytics (USA);
- Dr. Korpong Rookkapan, director of Paknampo Hospital (Thailand);
- Robert Nieves, vice president of health informatics (Clinical Solutions) at Elsevier (USA);
- Dr. Aamir Ali, health informatics consultant for the Ministry of Health and Prevention (United Arab Emirates).
The list of winners will be announced in November
Applications can be submitted via the event website or by email to pheung@himss.org.
Deadline for submissions is Friday, August 31, 2018.
Winners will be honored on Monday, November 5, 2018 at the HIMSS-Elsevier Awards Dinner Reception at HIMSS AsiaPac18 in Brisbane, Australia.