View interviews with health care industry key leaders
who attended the previous Middle East Congress.
Duke's Victor Dzau talks innovation and health careAs CEO of the Duke University Health System, Victor Dzau, MD, focuses much of his efforts on connecting health care delivery to innovation. Duke serves as an incubator and developer of many leading-edge innovations that can impact the global health care market. In this interview at the World Health Care Congress Middle East in Abu Dhabi, Dr. Dzau discusses the role of innovation in health care.
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Interviews and highlights from the 2011 eventWhy should you attend The World Health Care Congress Middle East in 2012? Take a look at this compilation video from last year's conference. |
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Lord Ara Darzi discusses innovation in health careAt the 2nd Annual World Health Care Congress Middle East, Lord Ara Darzi, Chairman of Surgery at Imperial College London and the Institute for Global Health Innovation, discusses the current appetite for health innovation due to the many challenges facing the health care system. |
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Using evidence to make better health care decisionsAt the 2nd Annual World Health Care Congress Middle East in Abu Dhabi, Fadi El Jardali, Associate Professor, American University of Beirut, discusses improving the use of evidence when making decisions about care. |
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Establishing Turkey as a medical travel destinationAt the 2nd Annual World Health Care Congress Middle East in Abu Dhabi, Sevgi Sabanci, health tourism coordinator for Turkey, discusses the growth of her country as a destination for medical travel and the challenges it faces in a competitive global market. |
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Making a good hospital greatAt the 2nd Annual World Health Care Congress Middle East in Abu Dhabi, Julie Moore, CEO of University Hospital Birmingham in the UK discusses what is needed to make a good hospital great. |
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The challenges staffing Abu Dhabi with a quality health care work forceAt the 2nd Annual World Health Care Congress Middle East, Carl Stanifer, CEO, Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), discusses how health care staffing is one of the most significant challenges in Abu Dhabi and the UAE. Only a small portion of doctors, nurses and other health care workers are indigenous to the country, so SEHA and similar organizations are constantly seeking qualified workers from other countries. While staffing remains a challenge, Stanifer said SEHA has made great strides in implementing an Electronic Medical Record system that digitizes virtually all patient data and has improved ease of care. |
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Predicting the future of health careAt the 2nd Annual World Health Care Congress Middle East, in Abu Dhabi Jeff Goldsmith, president of Health Futures, Inc., discusses how he takes a long-term view of health care and which innovations, including mobile health, could have the most significant impact on the future delivery of care. |
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Booz Allen Hamilton brings health care knowledge transfer to forefrontAt the 2nd Annual World Health Care Congress Middle East in Abu Dhabi, Dr. Kevin Vigilante, Senior Vice President at global consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, discusses knowledge transfer in health care and the keys to effectively developing a consulting program for governments across the globe. Dr. Vigilante says that part of Booz strength is its ability not only to advise, but to help implement as well. | |
A monitoring system to reduce medication errors in Gulf regionAt the 2nd Annual World Health Care Congress Middle East in Abu Dhabi, Dr. Gregory Dorn, President & CEO, First DataBank, discusses how medication errors affect patient outcomes and how First DataBank's monitoring system can better alert providers to deliver the proper medication to patients. Dr. Dorn says there is significant opportunity to make a different for patients in the Gulf region. | |
A Singapore health care system prepares for the futureAt the 2nd Annual World Health Care Congress Middle East, Prof. Tan Ser Kiat, Group CEO, Singapore Health Services, discusses the challenges facing the health care system he oversees, including recruiting and retaining high-quality medical professionals. | |
Promoting Turkey's health care system to the Gulf regionAt the 2nd Annual World Health Care Congress Middle East, Ahmet Cargi Karamisir, Director Business Istanbul Business Development Services, discusses how the Turkish health care system is being promoted to the Gulf Cooperation Council (United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman). | |
Microsoft aims to improve health care delivery through softwareDr. Mark Parrish, director, Health Solutions Group, Microsoft, discusses how good software can help to make a significant difference to business and clinical outcomes in health care. | |
Axios aims to expand health care access in low and middle income countriesDr. Anne Reeler, CTO and Dr. Joseph Saba, CEO, Axios International, discuss the many challenges of providing quality health care to a global market, including the Middle East. Among the many issues is providing health care for patients who cannot afford care, but are not poor enough to qualify for financial assistance or charity. Axios works to improve health care access to populations in low and middle-income countries. | |
Johns Hopkins Medicine and knowledge transferSteven Thompson, CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine International, discusses knowledge transfer, the practice of taking information from one organization and sharing it with others around the world. Mr. Thompson also discusses some of the innovations being developed at Johns Hopkins Medicine, including those that address chronic diseases, such as diabetes and hypertension. | |
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Providing health information to Abu Dhabi with the entertaining "Green Apple" TV showDr. Jamal Muhammad Al Kaabi, Director, Customer Care and Corporate Communication Division, Health Authority - Abu Dhabi (HAAD), discusses his role as host of the "Green Apple" TV show, which fused information with entertainment to provide health care knowledge to the Abu Dhabi population. Dr. Al Kaabi hosted the program. |
Thomson Reuters mines data to help Abu Dhabi hospitals improve patient careWilliam Marder, PhD, Senior Vice President at Thomson Reuters talks about the use of health care information to improve quality of care over time. Thomson Reuters has worked with the Abu Dhabi government to aggregate health insurance claims to develop quality measures for each of the hospitals. | |
Improving children's health through proper nutritionDenice Cora-Bramble, M.D., Executive Vice President, Children's National Medical Center, discusses the role of schools in improving healthy lifestyles in children. | |
Addressing chronic disease in childrenPeter Kim, M.D., Vice President, Co-Lead Investigator, Systems Biology Initiative at the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation in Washington, D.C., discusses initiatives underway to address chronic diseases in children. | |
George Kurdahi at the World Health Care Congress Middle East (Arabic)Television celebrity George Kurdahi discusses his participation in the 2011 World Health Care Congress Middle East. (This interview is spoken in Arabic) | |
Riz Khan of Al Jazeera discusses health care in the Middle EastRiz Khan, TV host for Al Jazeera International, discusses the 2011 Congress and the many advances within health care in Middle East regions as well as the challenges it faces. Mr. Khan served as a moderator for several sessions at the event. | |
Armenia looks to transform its health care systemArman Khachaturyan, CEO, National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia (www.cf.am), discusses how Armenia is working to shape its public policy agenda in order to transform its health care system. |
