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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

AIM is a grouping of autonomous healthcare insurance and social protection bodies operating according to the principles of solidarity and non-profit-making orientation. Currently, AIM's membership consists of 43 national federations representing 30 countries worldwide. They provide social coverage against sickness and other social risks to more than 160 million people, either by participating directly in the management of compulsory health insurance or by offering supplementary, alternative or substitute coverage. The secretariat of AIM is situated in Brussels, Belgium.

An innovative program for senior health executives focusing on health policy issues of global importance. The program takes place in two intensive 1-week sessions in Berkeley and Barcelona. Participants will develop a project mentored by expert faculty advisors during the 6-month interim between projects. Using a mixture of case studies, seminars, workshops and an independent project, participants will learn cutting edge approaches to address health policy issues of global importance such as implications of technology changes on health care, public/private health insurance combinations, strategies for health systems change, Governance, pharmaceutical innovation, pricing, and regulation, insurance reform, etc. Selected Barcelona Speakers: Philip Musgrove, Deputy Editor for Global Health, former principal economist for Latinamerica World Bank; Naomi Chambers, President of the European Health Management Association; J. Figueres, European Observatory of Health Systems; Ron Akehurst, Dean of the Health Sciences School, Sheffield University, Bernard van den Ber, Amsterdam University; and selected faculty from University of Zurich, LSE, INSEAD, IESE Business School, and UPF.

The German Federation of Managed Care (BMC) is a pluralistic association, developing sustainable quality assured and patient-oriented concepts to optimize patient care and health care programmes. Serving as an expert forum the BMC encourages contacts between association members among themselves and with partners in the international health market and is involved in politics, public relations and knowledge-management. www.bmcev.de

CEPS ranks among the world's top ten think tanks. Founded in 1983, it is distinguished by a strong in-house research capacity, complemented by an extensive network of corporate and institutional members, partner institutes and research associates. Its work covers nine research areas - economic policy; financial markets and institutions; EU foreign, security and neighbourhood policies; justice and home affairs; energy and climate change; politics and institutions; regulatory affairs; trade and investment; and agricultural policy - which produce a regular flow of authoritative publications. Through numerous public events and membership meetings, CEPS acts as a forum for discussion among all stakeholders in the European policy process.

CEPS has been involved in several health sector and long-term care projects mostly funded by the European Commission:

• Assessing Needs of Care in European Nations (ANCIEN) (ongoing)
• Ageing, Health Status and Determinants of Health Expenditure (AHEAD)
• Research Training Network on Health, Ageing and Retirement (REVISER)
• Ageing, Health and Retirement in Europe (AGIR)
• Demographic Uncertainty and Sustainability of Social Welfare Systems (DEMWEL)
• The contribution of health to economic performance
• European Social Situation Observatory (Demography)

• Providing adequate long-term care for the elderly (PROLONG), American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
• Asthma in the EU: Towards Better Management and Regulation of a Public Health Issue, Asthma Allergy Inflammation Research (AAIR)

ChinaMedi.com is the most important window of China medical equipment, and is the leading provider of online Marketing services for importers and exporters. ChinaMedi.com is the number one destination for buyers and sellers to find medical equipment trade opportunities and promote their businesses online. ChinaMedi.com is looking forward to helping you become a part of the worldwide web and placing information about your company and its products on the internet, where prospective customers from throughout the China and world will be able to locate you.

COCIR is the voice of the European Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry. COCIR is a non-profit trade association, founded in 1959. COCIR's members play a driving role in developing the future of healthcare in Europe and worldwide. COCIR is committed to supporting its members and communicating with its partners in Europe and beyond on issues which affect the medical technology sector and the health of European citizens.

As well as communicating with EU policymakers and European Governments on economic, regulatory and technical issues related to healthcare, COCIR works with various organisations promoting harmonised standards and fair regulatory control across the world.

he Continua Health Alliance is a non-profit, open industry coalition of the finest healthcare and technology companies joining together in collaboration to improve the quality of personal healthcare. With more than 160 member companies around the world, Continua is dedicated to establishing a system of interoperable personal health solutions with the knowledge that extending those solutions into the home fosters independence, empowers individuals and provides the opportunity for truly personalized health and wellness management. www.continuaalliance.org

The Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) represents all medical doctors in the EU which is approximately 2 million physicians. It is an international, not for profit association under Belgian Law composed of the National Medical Associations of the European Union. It also unites associated members (those countries that are currently negotiating with the EU) associated organisations (specialised European medical associations) and observers. CPME aims to promote the highest standards of medical training and medical practice in order to achieve the highest quality of health care for all citizens of Europe. CPME is also concerned with the promotion of public health, the relationship between patients and doctors and the free movement of doctors within the European Union. www.cpme.be

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: [email protected] / [email protected]. Phone : +91-9323109456

HITM is a non-profit pan-European umbrella organisation for all relevant national healthcare IT associations in Europe. Believing in the fundamental importance of unifying healthcare IT managers at the European level, HITM is committed to increasing the professional authority and responsibility of healthcare IT managers and representing their interests to international institutions and associations. www.eahitm.org

HITM's Mission

• To establish common healthcare IT standards, best practices, cross-border collaboration, unifying policies and strategies
• To increase the visibility, role and importance of IT management in healthcare facilities
• To educate key policy-makers, industry players and the general public about the benefits of healthcare IT
• To promote the efficient, cost-effective use of IT

The European Association of Hospital Managers (EAHM), founded in 1970, consists of national member associations from 26 European countries, who represent about 22.000 hospital directors and executives. Since 2004 associate members are also welcomed. EAHM aims at promoting the professional competence and responsibility of hospital managers in Europe. Through its activities, EAHM fosters also the growing together of the hospital systems of the European countries as the basis for the construction of a Social Europe. Besides representing the hospital management profession and its interests in the competent European organisations and international bodies, EAHM publishes also the bi-monthly tri-lingual magazine "Hospital". Further information can be obtained on www.eahm.eu.org.

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.

The European Health Telematics Association ("EHTEL"), provides to its members a platform for information lobbying, representation, networking and co-operation in support of the implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT) in health and social care in Europe.
www.ehtel.org

Created by and for doctors, EMA is essentially a service organisation. EMA does not conflict or interfere with other existing medical associations or professional activities.

To improve the quality of healthcare and medical working conditions in the European Community, EMA primarily aims to:
* IMPROVE INFORMATION
* IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND COMPARISON
* ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION AND MOBILITY

EMA's objectives all focus on the same object: improvement of the medical profession in the European context.
* To act in order to influence Health policies according to practising doctors' priorities
* To form a forum of doctors working in the European Union's medical community
* To provide its members with information and services that facilitate their professional activity
* To contribute to the improvement of health care given to patients by helping its members keep abreast of latest development
* To influence the development of health care in Europe by defending its members' opinions

These objectives are ambitious, yet realistic.

ESQH is a voluntary society registered as a charity in the Republic of Ireland. Its full members are National Societies for Quality in Healthcare, and there are currently members in 18 countries. The Society is committed to improving the quality of healthcare through networking, learning and sharing. It is run by an Executive Board made up of elected members, is administered through a Secretariat based in Ireland, and currently operates 6 franchised Offices, each charged with a specific strategic task. ESQH has recently been a partner in two EU-funded research projects, it hosts two scientific workshops per year, and runs an interactive membership-based website: www.esqh.net.

The Global Alliance for Self-Management Support (g@sms) is a collaborative platform for on-line networking, mutual support and resource creation, by organisations and individuals, who are committed to addressing the pandemic global challenge of chronic conditions, arising from aging populations and modern life-styles. www.globalalliancesms.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.

For effective implementation of eHealth, buyers and sellers of ICT products and services require access to definitive and reliable market information on which to base critical investment decisions. HINE's mission is therefore to assist its subscribers in fostering eHealth roll-out in Europe by means of one stop access to key eHealth information (present day situation, evolutions, future needs & demands of all relevant actors) based on a yearly programme of activities.

The HINE objectives are therefore to:

• create the first comprehensive and neutral source of market information on healthcare ICT available on a consistent basis across all major European markets;
• establish a world class information service, offering subscribers unique insights into evolving European healthcare ICT market trends;
• disseminate general information on the latest market trends that will help healthcare industry leaders to improve European performance and competitiveness

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)

The aim of HealthReform.cz is to prepare in cooperation with domestic and foreign experts a blueprint for a health reform which would be based on world trends but would also respect specifics of the Czech Republic. Our activities concentrate on the following topics:

• Macroeconomic consequences of health care financing
• Potential to develop health care as a competitive advantage of the Czech Republic
• Definition of scope of obligatory health insurance
• Role of personal accounts in health care financing and their impact on consumer and provider behaviour
• Regulation of health insurance market
• Informing citizens about quality of provided health care
• Regulation of input prices and reimbursement of drugs and medical devices
• Development of human resources in health care

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 IFMBE as the only international organization covering the full range of biomedical and clinical engineering, healthcare, health technologies and management, is representing through its 58 national and international constituent societies some 130.000 professionals involved in the issues of health technologies and health care delivery, a unique pool of expertise on healthcare innovation and technology. The Federation as an NGO in official relations with the World Health Organization is closely cooperating with WHO in the areas of health technologies, specifically policy and planning, quality and safety, norms and standards, technology assessment and management, ethics, education and capacity building. Together with WHO and within the broad context of improving health service delivery and health systems performance, the Federation supports countries in the area of health technology policy, planning and management, education and capacity building. www.ifmbe.org

The International Health Foundation (IHF) is an independent, private organization that has concentrated its efforts on developing training and education activities for health care professionals. The IHF organizes FISALUD-ExpoHealth, a meeting point for healthcare professionals held annually in Madrid (Spain) every November bringing together healthcare providers and managers as well as medical and technology companies. As part of FISALUD-ExpoHealth, the International Health Forum updates the attending health care professionals and managers on the most relevant topics.

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

ISQua, the International Society for Quality in Health Care, works to provide services to guide health professionals, providers, researchers, agencies, policy-makers and consumers, to achieve excellence in healthcare delivery to all people, and to continuously improve the quality and safety of care. As a non-profit, independent organization with members in over 70 countries, ISQua offers a unique opportunity for this target audience to share expertise and knowledge via a multidisciplinary forum.

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.

The Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU) is the European association representing community pharmacists.

PGEU's members are the national associations and professional bodies of community pharmacists in 30 European countries including EU Member States, EU candidate countries and EFTA members.

Through its members, PGEU represents around 400,000 community pharmacists contributing to the health of over 500 million people throughout Europe. It is estimated that over 46 million people visit the community pharmacies in the EU member states every day. www.pgeu.eu

Picker Institute sponsors education and research in the field of patient-centered care in cooperation with educational institutions and other interested entities and individuals. The institute's goal is to foster a broader understanding of the practical and theoretical implications of patient-centered care by approaching healthcare with a focus on the concerns of patients and other healthcare consumers. www.pickerinstitute.org

The Romanian Hospital Association (RHA) was set up in March 1993 and currently includes 300 of the 460 hospitals in Romania. The RHA has been a member of the International Hospital Federation (IHF) since 1995 and has enjoyed a close cooperation with the Federation. Dr. Mircea Olteanu, President of the RHA was a member of the IHF Board of Governors between 1997 and 2003.

The RHA has also enjoyed a long-standing cooperation with HOPE, the European Hospital and Healthcare Federation. Between 1999 and 2006, Romania was an observer member of HOPE, and acquired full membership as of January 1st, 2007.

The Romanian Hospital Association was involved in many projects aiming at reforming the Romanian hospitals and increasing quality and safety of health care in hospitals, including the Hospital Accreditation programme, together with the Ministry of Health and Joint Commission International.

It has also attended numerous international events and, together with IHF and HOPE, organized several international conferences and seminars in Bucharest, such as "Primary care and hospitals, responsible for a healthy society" (5-6 november 1998) and "East meets West to improve quality and efficiency of health services" (10-12 april 2002).

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