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The Wall Street Journal is the leading business newspaper, providing in-depth national and international coverage of the markets, the economy, industries, politics and regulation. And because business doesn't only influence one's career, the consumer-focused Personal Journal section analyzes how the day's news affects the business of time-pressed readers' lives. Just as it has for over 110 years, The Wall Street Journal continues to publish respected and useful news, making it the most influential and trusted newspaper in the nation. www.wsj.com Strategic Partner
Founded in 1990, the Case Management Society of America (CMSA) has grown to be the leading non-profit association dedicated to the support and development of the profession of case management. It is based in Little Rock, AR, and serves more than 11,000 members, 20,000 subscribers, and 70+ chapters through educational forums, networking opportunities, legislative advocacy and establishing standards to advance the profession.
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As the world's leading business publication, FORTUNE covers the events, companies, individuals and trends that shape modern business. With perspectives both granular and global, FORTUNE brings insight and information to help today's executives better manage their companies, their careers and their investments. The depth and breadth of analysis in our storytelling gives readers a ringside seat to where power, performance and profit converge, making FORTUNE the number one choice for business executives and influential leaders around the world.www.fortune.com Rely on Drug Benefit News, a biweekly newsletter from AIS, for timely news and data on the business of pharmaceuticals and receive: practical cost-management strategies, details of PBM arrangements, regulatory updates, prescribing trends in different drug categories, and expert coverage of issues and events that have a big impact on pharmacy benefits and drug costs. Visit www.aishealth.com/Products/NewsDBN.html to learn more today!
Get inside news and tactics to help you succeed in the consumer-directed health plan and HSA markets from Inside Consumer-Directed Care. Every other week, receive strategic analysis on: plan design innovations, contract terms between vendors and employers, market strategies, and financial results. Visit www.aishealth.com/Products/NewsICD.html for your free issue. Specialty Pharmacy News is a monthly newsletter to help health plans, PBMs, providers, and employers manage costs more aggressively and deliver biotechs, injectables, and infusibles more effectively. Focusing on formulary strategies, benefit designs, and market analysis, SPN's business stories help you meet the complicated challenges of reducing costs while improving outcomes. Visit http://www.aishealth.com/Products/NewsSPN.html to learn more today!
AAHAM is the premier association for patient accounting and administrative management professionals. AAHAM offers certification, education, networking and government relations to over 2500 members and 38 chapters. AAHAM is renowned for its certification programs; the Certified Patient Account Manager (CPAM), The Certified Clinic Account Manager (CCAM), The Certified Patient Account Technician (CPAT) and The Certified Clinic Account Technician (CCAT). Visit our website at www.aaham.org or call 703/281-4043 for additional information. The American Health Quality Association is dedicated to improving the safety and effectiveness of American health care. AHQA represents the national network of Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) that work with hospitals, medical practices, long-term care facilities, home health agencies, health plans, pharmacists, and employers to encourage the spread of best clinical practices and improve systems of care. QIOs are working in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and two U.S. territories. Find your local QIO at: www.ahqa.org
Founded in 1983, the American Institute for Preventive Medicine is an award winning developer and provider of medical self-care, disease management and wellness publications, programs and online content. We work with over 11,500 corporations, unions, hospitals, MCO's, government agencies and colleges to reduce health care costs, lower absenteeism and increase productivity. www.healthylife.com The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) represents multispecialty medical groups and other organized systems of care, including some of the nation's largest, most prestigious integrated healthcare delivery systems. The members of AMGA deliver health care to 80 million patients in 43 states, including 15 million capitated lives. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, AMGA is the strategic partner for medical groups providing a comprehensive package of benefits, including political advocacy, educational and networking programs, publications, benchmarking data services, and financial and operations assistance. Please visit www.amga.org for more information. The China Health Care Science and Technology Society was formally renamed to the China Health Care Association (CHCA) in November 2003 by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the State Council. CHCA (www.healthnet.org.cn) is an administrative agency of the Chinese healthcare industry, united mainly by large and medium-sized enterprises. As an independent and executive organization in this field, CHCA upholds the rights of the enterprises and the consumers as well as safeguard their interests. With a goal of seeking the healthy growth of the industry and the advancement of science and technology, CHCA provides comprehensive services including laws and criterions, product research and development, market management, industry self-regulation and standardization etc. and strives to become the authoritative institution of the industry worthy of the public trust. Our mission is to provide comprehensive services for the members of CHCA; to enhance self-regulating, coordinate, supervise and uphold the legal rights of its members; and help the government strengthen administration of the industry. The Continua Health Alliance is a collaborative industry organization dedicated to bringing together standards and diverse technology to create new health and wellness solutions. The Continua Health Alliance envisions a market place of interoperable devices that enable better care, empower consumers and connect healthcare providers to their patients. Focused on three key categories: fitness, chronic disease management, and aging independently; the Continua Health Alliance promotes better management of health and wellness at every stage of life. Visit us online at www.continuaalliance.org The Council for Affordable Health Insurance (CAHI) is a research and advocacy association of insurers, actuaries, physicians, agents and others which was founded in 1992 as a new voice to advocate market-oriented solutions for the health insurance industry. CAHI members believe that only by embracing principled, free market health care solutions that emphasize choice, competition and consumer control will we ensure quality health care at an affordable price for all Americans. If you believe that too, then we need you to join with us in the fight for affordable health insurance. Contact us at 703-836-6200 or mail@cahi.org to find out how. Published 10 times per year by 1105 Government Information Group, Defense Systems provides the most comprehensive, integrated coverage of defense information technology, C4ISR and net-centric warfare. It is the magazine of NCW and the knowledge technologies that enable it. From enterprise systems to tactical IT, from satellites and geospatial to networks, sensors and combat communications, Defense Systems has a truly net-centric focus. Every issue serves the information needs of 32,000 senior IT professionals across the armed forces, defense and intelligence agencies. www.DefenseSystems.com DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance convenes all stakeholders providing services along the continuum of care for population health improvement, including health and wellness promotion, disease management and care coordination. Through advocacy, research and promotion of best practices, DMAA advances population-based strategies to improve care quality and outcomes and reduce preventable costs for individuals with and at risk of chronic conditions. DMAA represents more than 200 corporate and individual stakeholders, including wellness, disease and care management organizations, pharmaceutical manufacturers and benefit managers, health information technology innovators, biotechnology innovators, employers, physicians, nurses and other health care professionals, and researchers and academicians. Learn more at www.dmaa.org. ‘Disease Management Association of India' DMAI is a not-for-profit organization. It is a national association of Caregivers and other stake holders in healthcare. The goal of DMAI is to educate, promote and increase the practice of chronic care (Disease Management) management amongst the healthcare providers across the continuum of care. DMAI has representation from hospitals, Pharmaceutical companies , retail pharmacy chains, Insurance companies, doctors & paramedics. DMAI is head quarted in Bangalore and is currently headed by an eminent international healthcare expert and speaker Rajendra Pratap Gupta. Website: www.dmai.co.in. Contact Details: mail@dmai.co.in / rajendra.india@gmail.com. Phone : +91-9323109456
Drug Benefit Trends, published by Cliggott Publishing Group, a division of CMP Medica, is a monthly journal that reaches more than 28,000 drug benefit decision makers, primarily medical directors and pharmacy directors of managed care organizations, who control or direct the pharmacy service, administer the drug benefit, and have an impact on formulary decisions. The circulation also includes major employers and PBMs. Drug Benefit Trends presents research findings and other information and analyses to guide readers in making best possible decisions affecting patient health using the tools of managed care. Articles are peer-reviewed for accuracy, objectivity, and sound methodology. Regular features include “Trend of the Month,” a graphic and descriptive analysis of a major trend affecting the drug benefit, and regular columns authored by well regarded managed care experts on drug benefit management, specialty pharmacy, and behavioral health issues. Drug Benefit Trends also publishes a variety of issue-oriented single-sponsored supplements and multi-sponsored supplements focusing on specific disease categories.
The European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) was conceived at a meeting, assisted by the Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organisation (WHO), in Copenhagen in September 1976. The representatives of national Health / Medical Informatics societies from ten European countries signed a declaration of intent stating: "The Federation shall be constituted as a nonprofit organisation concerned with the theory and practice of Information Science and Technology within Health and Health Science in a European context. We declare that the ten delegates here today from the ten national societies shall constitute the preliminary Council of the Federation which thus hereby exists." Copenhagen, 11 September 1976.
FierceHealthcare is a free, easy to read, daily email newsletter that covers healthcare industry developments and news for senior industry executives.
FierceHealthIT is a free, easy to read, weekly email newsletter that covers healthcare IT news with a special focus on CPOE, EMR adoption, HIPAA compliance, and healthcare technology products.
For over 25 years, Health Affairs has been providing business and healthcare executives, government leaders, researchers, students and academia with insightful, thought-provoking analysis on health policy. Written by authorities in the field, Health Affairs publishes only original, peer-reviewed papers, giving readers the most up-to-date, in-depth understanding of healthcare industry trends. Ranked as one of the top cited journals in health policy and health sciences. Published bimonthly, with weekly online-only articles -- individual and institutional subscriptions offered - visit www.healthaffairs.org.
Health Information Network Europe (HINE - www.hineurope.com) is a new style of market information service. HINE research services provide practical market information to the IT industry and helps shape how eHealth is dealt with in Europe.
No other publication knows HIPAA and patient data issues better than Health Information Privacy/Security Alert. With more than a decade of coverage under its belt, this concise monthly provides healthcare executives with the information they need to adapt to the shifting health data landscape. This "must read" newsletter" goes well beyond HIPAA, providing timely coverage of the broad range of state and federal confidentiality issues, including EHR systems, access to government data and employee relations. And its free HIPAA Enforcement Statistics Service is a requirement for anyone in the field. For a free trial subscription, send an email to dmelamed@hipalert.com
Health On the Net Foundation is the leading organization promoting and guiding the deployment of useful and reliable online medical and health information, and its appropriate and efficient use. Created in 1995, HON is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, accredited to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. (Read more about HON) Get a fast, reliable overview of healthcare M&A;, IPOs, venture capital and private placements news and trends with Healthcare Corporate Finance News. In just 20 minutes a month you can stay completely abreast of every important health care company transaction in biotech, hospitals, medical devices, managed care and more. You get objective research to help you identify trends, make projections, stay ahead of the latest dealmaking, compare and contrast what's happening in your segment of the business, and much more. A one-year subscription includes 12 monthly issues plus 12 mid-month e-lerts to the latest venture capital deals. Visit www.hcfnews.com. The Healthcare Council of the National Capital Area Inc. is an organization of Providers of Care consisting of hospitals and allied health care facilities located in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC. The purpose of the Council is to provide for members "strategic and business advantages" that no single institution or system can efficiently or economically develop alone. Council activities are implemented through a structure consisting of the Chairmen of the Boards and the Chief Executive Officers. Specific divisions have been formed to carry on the ever changing tasks at hand. These divisions develop information and improve performance using cooperative networking, meetings, surveys, group discussion and analysis and continuing education programs. Visit us at www.healthcare-council.org Healthcare Finance News is the business newspaper for healthcare financial managers. Our award-winning editorial staff provides comprehensive coverage of the unprecedented financial challenges faced by healthcare providers and payers in light of skyrocketing healthcare costs and an aging population. As the costs of providing the world's best healthcare system rise, Healthcare Finance News chronicles the tools, techniques and strategies used to address the industry's pressing financial imperatives. Subscribers can also opt-in to our weekly e-newsletter, HealthcareFinanceNewsweek and find daily news on our website at HealthcareFinanceNews.com. Healthcare Informatics is the only publication focused solely on servicing the acute-care C-suite IT leaders. It covers best practices for system selection, contract negotiation, implementation and integration, as well as strategic management issues, such as governance, staffing, budgeting and change management. To ensure consistent coverage of important issues, Healthcare Informatics and its Web site are divided into six areas of content - clinical, financial, administrative, wireless, imaging, and policy. For more information, visit www.healthcare-informatics.com.
Published in partnership with HIMSS, Healthcare IT News reports on events that affect those working in the healthcare information technology industry. Our more than 50,000 readers include IT professionals employed in physician practices, hospitals, integrated delivery networks and payer organizations, as well as members of the C-suite in those entities. Ranked #1 by hospital CIOs two years in a row (PERQ/HCI study 2005, 2006), Healthcare IT News offers timely, relevant news on new technologies; on IT strategies and tactics; on statutory and regulatory issues decided in Washington, D.C. (as well as state policies); and on news about their colleagues and competitors. www.healthcareitnews.com HealthLeaders Media is the premier publisher of information resources for senior healthcare executives, reaching more than 100,000 healthcare decision-makers nationwide every month. In addition to our flagship monthly journal, HealthLeaders magazine, we distribute relevant industry information, practical advice, case study solutions, and innovative strategies through newsletters, e-mail publications, live events, and state-specific healthcare business news services. For more information, please visit www.healthleadersmedia.com Hospitals & Health Networks is published by Health Forum, an American Hospital Association company. It is the leading industry management journal, according to a national tracking survey of 3,800 health care executives. H&HN; enjoys high readership among the senior executives in the 4,600-plus AHA member hospitals and health systems, and in the thousands of provider and payer organizations that collaborate with them. www.hhnmag.com
The International Council on Medical & Care Compunetics, ICMCC, founded in 2004, is an international foundation aiming at being the knowledge centre for medical and care COMPUting & Networking, its EThICs and Social/societal implications (compunetics), making information on medicine and care available to patients using compunetics as well as distributing information on the use of compunetics in medicine and care to patients and professionals. Visit us at www.icmcc.org. The International Disease Management Alliance [IDMA] is a not-for-profit association whose mission is to facilitate the global exchange of experience in the enhancement of programs for chronic disease management and prevention. IDMA currently reaches chronic disease professionals in over 81 countries with its weekly e-newsletter and has delegates in 21 countries. Through its educational programs and resource services the IDMA supports global disease management and wellness initiative and facilitates the evolution and expansion of disease management in the United States. Its founder and Executive Director, Warren E. Todd is the past president and Executive Director of the Disease Management Association of America. More information on IDMA can be obtained at www.DMAlliance.org
The International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE) is a non-profit organization fostering the creation and innovation, dissemination and application of medical, clinical and biological engineering knowledge and the management of technology for improved health and quality of life. Its activities include participation in the formulation of public policy and the dissemination of information through publications and forums.
The International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine is a non-profit organization fostering the creation, dissemination and application of biomedical physics & engineering knowledge in medicine, the management of technology for improved health and quality of life and to represent the professional interests and views of engineers and physical scientists in the health-care community. Its activities include participation in the formulation of public policy and the dissemination of information through publications and forums. www.iupesm.org The Journal of Medical Device Regulation is intended to educate, provide professional guidance, develop core competence of regulatory professionals, and promote debate on fundamental and topical matters within the medical device industry. In addition to publishing review and discussion articles by opinion leaders from the device community, it summarizes the international news headlines and provides useful reference information. www.globalregulatorypress.com The Leapfrog Group is an initiative driven by organizations that buy health care who are working to initiate breakthrough improvements in the safety, quality and affordability of healthcare for Americans. It is a member supported effort aimed at mobilizing employer purchasing power to alert America's health industry that big leaps in health care safety, quality and customer value will be recognized and rewarded. For more information visit: www.leapfroggroup.org The Managed Care Information Center (MCIC) gathers, compiles, analyzes, studies and distributes business information on the managed care industry. The MCIC delivers this strategic business information to its clients via executive newsletters, yearbooks, leading industry databases and directories, management reports, and client research studies. The information is available in print, on CD-ROM and via the Internet at www.themcic.com. The mission of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, prematurity and infant mortality. The organization has created "Fourteen Standards for Workplaces that Support Maternal & Infant Health" to promote the well-being of employees before, during and after pregnancy. The standards focus on areas of education, environment, physical health, insurance coverage and scheduling flexibility. In addition, the March of Dimes has created a no-cost program (Healthy Babies, Healthy Business) to support education in the workplace. The program provides content on preconception and prenatal health that complements existing wellness programs in the workplace. For more information, go to www.marchofdimes.com For more than 25 years, Med Ad News has provided the busy pharmaceutical executive with need-to-know business information. Each issue delivers broad coverage and penetrating analysis of issues, events, trends, and strategies shaping the pharmaceutical industry. Published monthly, Med Ad News provides exclusive content examining historical trends pertaining to and current events affecting the sales and marketing of medicines and the companies that manufacture them. To learn more about Med Ad News and other products from Canon Communications Pharmaceutical Media Group visit www.pharmalive.com or call 215-944-9800. Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA) is the leading trade association solely focused on representing Medicaid health plans. MHPA is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization formed in 1993 and incorporated in 1995. The Association provides advocacy, research, analysis, and organized forums that support the development of effective policy solutions to promote and enhance the delivery of quality healthcare. Visit us online at www.mhpa.org. Physicians belonging to medical societies traditionally met on Tuesday evenings to discuss current health care issues. Our research indicates that more than 90 percent of all medical societies met at this time - a time during the week that most physicians were free. Over the last two decades, however, physician practices have changed dramatically. Medical society meetings on Tuesdays, as well as their monthly magazines and bulletins, have become less frequent and in many instances have disappeared. Medical Tuesday brings the latest private practice issues to a network of physicians and health care professionals on alternate Tuesdays via electronic mail. To learn more, go to www.MedicalTuesday.net where you too may subscribe. Medicare Patient Management (MPM) is the first and only journal focused on enhanced care for Medicare beneficiaries. As Medicare evolves, the focus shifts from an acute care, volume-based paper system to an integrated digital system of enhanced preventive care. Quality of care issues become more important and directly impacts pay for performance. MPM offers practical approaches to enhancing care of Medicare beneficiaries by offering: tools for the implementation of evidence based medicine, helping providers improve clinical outcomes, evidence based prescribing models, insight on integrating information systems. http://www.MedicarePatientManagement.com
The Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH) is one of the nation's leading coalitions of private and public employers. MBGH's 85+ members provide coverage for over 2 million lives, spending more than $2.3 billion on health care benefits on an annual basis. MBGH offers employers a variety of health benefit educational seminars, networking opportunities, quality and community initiatives, demonstration projects and group purchasing programs. Through these programs, MBGH helps employers and their employees obtain more value from their health care benefit dollars and improve the health status of the community. For more information, contact Cheryl Larson at 312-372-9090 or clarson@mbgh.org and visit our website at www.mbgh.org www.mbgh.org . Mobihealthnews chronicles the mobile revolution within the healthcare sector and tracks the rise of electronic health records-two trends that are shaping the future of how healthcare is delivered to the patient on-the-go, at home and at their place of care. We believe that both EHRs and mobile technology are already beginning to markedly change the business of healthcare, and our publications aim to define innovation and sustainable business models for mHealth and EHR providers. Of course, these aren't future technologies: wireless data networks, biosensors, connected medical devices, feature-rich mobile phones and the mHealth services and applications these technologies enable are all in the market today, saving hospitals money and providing better care for patients.
Modern Healthcare is the industry's only healthcare business news weekly, providing healthcare executives the most reliable, up-to-date and comprehensive business news and information. We also provide news online at www.modernhealthcare.com and via our daily e-newsletter, the Daily Dose. With this three-tiered approach, our award-winning editorial staff delivers information that enables healthcare leaders to take constructive action and improve performance. The National Association of Local Health Boards (NALBOH) was formed in 1992 to provide a national voice for the concerns of local boards of health and to assist local boards of health in obtaining the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to protect and promote public health in their communities. It is the mission of NALBOH to prepare and strengthen boards of health, empowering them to promote and protect the health of their communities through education, training, and technical assistance. Visit NALBOH online at www.nalboh.org. The National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) has a membership of nearly 60 employer-led coalitions across the United States, representing over 10,000 employers and approximately 34 million employees and their dependents. These business coalitions are composed of mostly mid- and large-sized employers in both the private and public sectors in a particular city, county, or region. NBCH member coalitions are committed to Community Health Reform, including an improvement in the value of health care provided through employer-sponsored health plans and to the entire community. Learn more at www.nbch.org. Found in 1987, OPEN MINDS is the premier industry research and management consulting firm for the behavioral health and social service field. It is our mission to provide behavioral health and social service payers and service providers, and the vendors that serve them, with the market and management knowledge needed to improve their organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Services include consultation, technical assistance, workforce development, executive education, and subscription information services. For more information, visit www.openminds.com. Pacific Business Group on Health is one of the nation's top business coalitions focused on health care. Our 50 large purchaser members spend billions of dollars annually to provide health care coverage to more than 3 million employees, retirees and dependents. PBGH is a respected voice in the state and national dialogue on how to improve the quality and effectiveness of health care while moderating costs. Partnering with the state's leading health plans, provider organizations, consumer groups and other stakeholders, PBGH works on many fronts to promote value-based purchasing in health care. www.pbgh.org
The future home care delivery model includes in-home health monitoring applications, innovative geriatric care monitoring tools, and ubiquitous e-health services, all integrated with care providers' informatics infrastructure to provide a high quality continuum of care at a lower cost.
Partnership for Prevention is a nonprofit, membership organization that works on the leading edge of health promotion and disease prevention, developing and disseminating insights that reveal the most effective prevention policies and investments. Partnership analyzes critical health issues and provides decision-makers with innovative and feasible options for addressing them. www.prevent.org Pharma and Healthcare Insight provides subscribers with analysis, forecasts and company profiles on a country-by-country basis, covering the key trends impacting on global pharma and healthcare markets. The service includes online access to the very latest analysis and data, a searchable archive, and PDF access to the monthly regional Insight reports. Click our logo for a free trial or visit our website at www.pharmaceuticalsinsight.com.
PharmaVOICE is the executive forum that allows business leaders to engage in a candid dialogue on the myriad challenges and trends impacting the life-sciences industry. PharmaVOICE reaches more than 17,000 U.S.-based executives who influence business strategies and affect change. Published monthly, PharmaVOICE provides readers with insightful and thought-provoking commentary in a multiple-perspective format through its forums, topics, and articles that cover a range of issues from molecule through market. To Raise Your VOICE, contact feedback@pharmavoice.com. The Smart Card Alliance is a not-for-profit, multi-industry association working to stimulate the understanding, adoption, use and widespread application of smart card technology. Through specific projects such as education programs, market research, advocacy, industry relations and open forums, the Alliance keeps its members connected to industry leaders and innovative thought. The Alliance is the single industry voice for smart cards, leading industry discussion on the impact and value of smart cards in the U.S. and Latin America. For more information please visit www.smartcardalliance.org. Strategic Healthcare Marketing & Management Conference & Workshop: 12 - 14 January 2009, Sheraton Towers, Singapore -- This power-packed conference gives you the opportunity to learn how the best honchos and industry experts tackled the same challenges you are now facing. Gain advice from ParkwayHealth, Apollo Hospitals Group, Sunway Medical Centre, Fly For Free Health, Columbia Asia Healthcare, MedicaView International, and InterMed Global to arm yourself with the knowledge of how to successfully emerge as an eminent healthcare organization across the local shores and how to prolifically grow in foreign markets. The pre-conference workshop will teach you skills on how to develop brand loyalty as part of your strategic investment in retaining your patients and maximizing your organization life-time profitability. For more details, please visit www.conferences.com.sg/conf-hcm.htm or contact Ms Lorraine Tiang at lorraine@conferences.com.sg or +65 6372 2201. TeleHealth World is the new magazine serving the rapidly expanding fields of telehealth, telemedicine, and connected healthcare. It is a comprehensive news and analysis resource for healthcare providers and technology providers who are leading today's revolution in remotely monitored and administered healthcare, medical treatment and fitness/wellness enhancement. To learn more and to subscribe visit: www.telehealthworld.com E-TQM COLLEGE, through its e-School of Health and Environmental Studies, is organizing its 1st annual event, "e-Health: The Virtual Dimensions of Health and Environnement", in April 8 & 9, 2009, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, under the high patronage of His Excellency Dr. Humaid Al Qattami, Minister of Health. The conference, the first of its kind in the United Arab Emirates, focuses on three streams related to the understanding, conception and implementation of e-Health: Empower, Enrich, Expand. The conference provides networking opportunities bringing together representatives from Ministry of Health, Education, and Environment, Senior healthcare executives, Faculty, Researchers, Health care industry leaders to discuss and address the challenges to the dynamics of innovations and challenges in e-Health and provide a platform to assess the changes in the healthcare models and the paradigm shifts to ensure better quality of life. Visit us online at ehealth.etqm.ae
Founded in 1944, the World Bank's mission is to fight poverty and help the poor in developing countries by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity, and forging partnerships in the public and private sectors. It is the largest source of development assistance, providing about US $20 billion in assistance for the 4.7 billion poor who live in the Bank's 100 client countries, bringing a mix of finance and ideas to developing countries. The Bank is the largest source external finance for development assistance in the health sector. Annual lending to the Health, Nutrition and Population sector ranges from US $1-2 billion, with a total portfolio valuation between US $12-15 billion. www.worldbank.org |
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