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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

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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.

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The EU Gateway Programme organises and funds Business Missions in high technology and design sectors for european companies to develop their business in Japan and Korea.

The Programme offers financial and logistical support, strategic preparation and a tailored search for business contacts. With support provided at every step of the way, EU companies are coached by a team of professionals in the business etiquette of these dynamic markets.

Since the beginning of this Programme, the European Commission has helped many companies reap the rewards of entry into the Japanese market. Since 1994 more than 2,500 companies from the EU Member States have participated in an EU Gateway Business Mission in order to:

• Expand market share in a cost-effective and efficient way
• Make new contacts and strengthen existing relationships
• Identify potential suppliers, subcontractors, representatives, importers and distributors
• Discover current and future trends in the Japanese and Korean markets
• Research and compare the characteristics of local and competitive products
• Get immediate feedback when introducing your products and technologies face-to-face
• Discuss challenges and trends with other industry professionals
• Raise the profile of their company with an official European Union mission

Official Publication

Middle East Hospital & Medical Review is the region's most comprehensive monthly trade publication for the Gulf and Arab World covering the heath and medical sectors in the Gulf and wider Middle East region.

Published in English, the language used by most of the decision makers in the region, MEH benefits from input from leading medical authors and specialist practitioners across the globe. The magazine is edited and published in the UK with editorial input from Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia. We are perfectly positioned both regionally and internationally to assist companies introduce their products and services into this huge market and have a variety of services we can offer to help build commercial success in the Gulf Region. www.middleeasthospital.com

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Based in Dubai Healthcare City, ExHealth offers an extensive portfolio of services that includes Healthcare Marketing, Management, Public Relations, Events and Publication. Staffed by a seasoned team of healthcare marketing, media and management professionals, our firm is in a unique position to understand the specialized needs of the healthcare sector. Accepting nothing less than complete fulfillment of its clients' marketing, media and management goals, ExHealth is committed to helping healthcare organizations transform themselves.

Asian Hospital & Healthcare Management is a bi-annual magazine from Ochre Media. It is the leading Healthcare title in print as well as digital versions serving the information needs of key executives from the world's leading Healthcare providers. AsianHHM covers important issues and trends shaping the future of the Healthcare industry across Asia and rest of the world. It offers dedicated, reliable and accurate coverage of the industry's progress and incisive analysis to help its readers make informed decisions to stay ahead of the competition.

The Care Continuum Alliance represents more than 200 organizations and individuals providing comprehensive, coordinated and integrated services that improve the quality and value of care across all states of health and care settings. Our vision: All stakeholders in the health care continuum are aligned toward optimizing the health of populations. Learn more at www.carecontinuum.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

Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) was launched in 2002 by the UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, to meet the demand for high-quality, patient-centred healthcare. Today, DHCC is home to two hospitals, over 80 outpatient medical centres and diagnostic laboratories with over 2000 licensed professionals occupying 4.1 million square feet in the heart of Dubai. DHCC combines the leading expertise of medical institutions and pre-eminent healthcare providers to deliver the A-Z of medical services. Visit: www.dhcc.ae

Employee Benefits Planner is an independent business journal published quarterly and contains reports on the business of benefit planning. It is written by health care professionals from the human resource management industry. Physicians, Attorneys, CPA's, PhD's and respected industry consultants all lend their expertise to analyzing the issues and writing articles. We are dedicated to maintaining the highest possible standards of editorial quality and integrity.

Europe Business Assembly (EBA), Oxford, Great Britain, - is an independent corporation for development and management of economic, social and humanitarian collaboration. As a non-governmental organization, EBA promotes transformation of state-of-the-art experience and economic practices, establishment of economic, educational, cultural, and scientific ties, creation of national business elites. Creation of a positive image of dynamically developing regions, companies and individuals in the European and global business community - such is the main mission of the EBA institutions and representative offices, and of its strategic partners: British business alliance, UK; the European Market Research Centre (EMRC), Belgium; the International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (ICIE), Russia; and many others. To get your business moving, get in touch. Call + 44 (0) 1865 251 122 Email info@ebaoxford.org.uk or visit www.ebaoxford.co.uk

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 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

Based in Dubai Healthcare City, ExHealth offers an extensive portfolio of services that includes Healthcare Marketing, Management, Public Relations, Events and Publication. Staffed by a seasoned team of healthcare marketing, media and management professionals, our firm is in a unique position to understand the specialized needs of the healthcare sector. Accepting nothing less than complete fulfillment of its clients' marketing, media and management goals, ExHealth is committed to helping healthcare organizations transform themselves.

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 ageing populations and modern life-styles. www.globalalliancesms.org

German Medical Journal Arabic-English - DIGITAL EDITION: Featuring the best of German medicine. The German Medical Journal keeps you up to date about the status quo of medicine and lets selected specialists from the various medical fields have their say. The Journal offers high quality and independent articles and insights in the up-to-date medical progress. German Medical Journal sets new standards and represents a brand new generation of the medical journal. The Digital Edition (eBook) provides the German Medical Journal with a worldwide boost. Through its English section the Journal reaches an interested readership throughout the whole world. The last issue of the German Medical Journal Digital Edition reached 211,371 reader accesses: as expected, a high percentage of them (54%) by readers from the Arab Gulf States. The issues of the German Medical Journal are available online as eBook and pdf Download at www.german-medical-journal.eu

German Medical Online - INTERNET PORTAL: The worldwide presence of German medicine shows what Germany has to offer. Get informed about German clinics, hospitals, MedTech, hotels and more. Anyone, anywhere in the world, looking for information about German clinics and companies, about medical treatment in Germany or medical equipment from Germany, can find detailed information in the German Medical Online Portal and immediately get in contact. Germany is only seconds away. www.german-medical-online.com

UAE's first professional healthcare networking site with over 1750+ members, including dignities from health authorities, elite healthcare professionals, healthcare journalists and global healthcare experts. www.GlobalHealthcareNetwork.com

The Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) seeks to improve the quality of health care by promoting systematic development of clinical practice guidelines and their application into practice, through supporting international collaboration. G-I-N has the world's largest international guideline library containing regularly-updated information and guidelines of the G-I-N membership. The Network organises annual conferences rotating around the globe as a forum to exchange and meet with professionals and experts in the discipline. G-I-N is an international not-for-profit association of organisations and individuals involved in the development and use of clinical practice guidelines. It is a Scottish Guarantee Company, established under Company Number SC243691 and is also a Scottish Charity, recognised under Scottish Charity Number SC034047. www.g-i-n.net

The first and only one of its kind in the region, The Gulf Health & Medical is a niche publication serving the Gulf's Health Care industry. It brings together service providers and suppliers, thereby contributing to overall industry growth and expansion. Published annually, The Gulf Health & Medical includes in-depth information on medical/health organizations and industry suppliers, expert viewpoints, industry events, medical associations and societies and more. A version dedicated to covering the UAE, The Emirates Health & Medical, will soon be available along with other localized GCC country titles. The guide's Oman version, The Oman Health & Medical, is now available.

Health Imaging Hub - Global Reach, Local Focus The website is a leading medical imaging & healthcare IT information and education portal. Health Imaging Hub is prominent for its free educational content & online university, radiology teaching files, Free PACS and other health imaging courses and global news categorized with regions. The portal also has one of the best health imaging & IT directories on the web.

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. www.hon.ch

Healthcare Engagement Strategy is a monthly e-journal read by business leaders and communicators in healthcare organizations, highlighting how emerging channels such as the Internet, social media and mobile are changing healthcare. Subscribe free of charge at engagementstrategy.tv.

HealthFirst fulfills a niche role in the UAE magazine marketplace, featuring news, articles and special features that relate specifically to health and wellbeing within the emirates. The title examines common medical conditions, assesses the latest advances in the treatment of illnesses and discusses the important issues facing the regional healthcare sector. What sets HealthFirst apart from other health-related journals is that the title comprises information from professionals in a format that has been designed to be appealing, informative and easily accessible to those with no medical knowledge or experience. It is, in essence, a layperson friendly health and lifestyle publication.

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

HHM Global is a knowledge sharing platform for the healthcare sector representing the most advanced Healthcare industry information to allow our clients to reach both ends of the healthcare facility procurement chain. www.hhmglobal.com

ICME is a specialized management consulting firm that supports clients on strategic industries that have particular relevance to economic diversification being Healthcare, Energy & Utilities, Information Technology & Communication, Infrastructure & Real Estate and Financial Services. ICME Healthcare is one of our major areas of experience and project references. ICME offers public and private clients full service advisory and turn-key project management solutions for healthcare development projects. As ICME we have been involved in development projects and planned and designed hospitals, specialized centers and rehabilitative care facilities in the range of 400-800 beds, both regionally and globally. For more information on our services, please refer your queries to tauseef.khan@icme.com or contact + 971-2-6433320. Our website address is: www.icme.com

The International Association of CyberPsychology, Training & Rehabilitation (iACToR) is the official voice and resource for the international community using advanced technologies in prevention, therapy, training, education, and rehabilitation. iACToR's mission is to bring together top researchers, policy makers, funders, decision-makers and clinicians, pooling collective knowledge to improve the quality, affordability, and availability of existing healthcare. Ultimately, through international collaboration with the most eminent experts in the field, iACToR is working to overcome obstacles and increase access to top-quality healthcare for all citizens. By enhancing public awareness of the possibilities that technology offers, iACToR is moving towards changing and improving healthcare as it currently exists. For more information on iACToR, please visit www.iactor.ning.com.

ICMCC (International Council on Medical & Care Compunetics) is an international foundation operating as the knowledge center for medical and care compunetics (COMPUting & Networking, its EThICs and Social/societal implications), 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. ICMCC has its own proceedings series with IOSPress and a book series with Springer Verlag (Communications in Medical and Care Compunetics) and hosts on the internet the leading HIT news and science pages (articles.icmcc.org; science.icmcc.org). In 2011 ICMC will organize the first global HIT awareness conference ( ghita.icmcc.org).

The ISfTeH is the umbrella Society for National Telemedicine/eHealth societies/associations and exists to facilitate the international dissemination of knowledge and experience in Telemedicine & eHealth and to provide access to recognized experts in the field worldwide. It also counts Institutional, Corporate, Individual, Student and Nurses members. Currently more than 50 countries worldwide are already represented in ISfTeH. It is also an NGO in Official Relation with WHO.

The IUPESM represents the combined efforts of more than 40,000 medical physicists and biomedical engineers working on the physical and engineering science of medicine. The methods used by the IUPESM to achieve it's purpose include but are not limited to the following:

1. Organizing and coordinating the triennial "World Congress for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering.
2. Organizing and/or coordinating international meetings or conferences for the IUPESM constituent organizations.
3. Representing the interests of IUPESM members in the International Council for Science.
4. Collaborating with other international scientific, professional and medical organizations with common interests.
5. Establishing committees, commissions, working groups and other bodies for purposes within its mandate.
6. Publishing scientific journals, newsletters, books and electronic documents to enhance progress.
7. Disseminating, promoting and/or developing standards of practice in the fields of medical physics and biomedical engineering to enhance the quality of health care worldwide.

Launched in April 1978, Khaleej Times was the first English Newspaper to be published in the UAE. In addition to its main news section, KT offers its readers a daily Business & Sports section, as well as six times a week, the highly entertaining City Times tabloid. Wknd, the newly designed & re-launched weekly lifestyle magazine is published every Friday. The new KT reflects the young and vibrant nature of the people of the UAE and reaches out to multicultural audiences with the sole aim of becoming the record paper for the region. Being the most dramatic re-design in Khaleej Times history by Pentagram, a prestigious New York firm, the paper is very reader friendly, sharper and elegant. With font changes and a six column grid to make navigation easy, the coverage will reflect positively, the news happening regionally and internationally. www.khaleejtimes.com

medi+WORLD International (mWI) is the largest publishing house in the Middle East, and publishes the Middle East Journal of Family Medicine (MEJFM), The Middle East Journal of Age and Ageing (ME-JAA), the Middle East Journal of Nursing (ME-JN), the Middle East Journal of Internal Medicine (ME-JIM), the Middle East Journal of Business (MEJB) and the South Asia Family Medicine Journal (SAFMJ). Additionally it publishes World Family Medicine (WFM) and the New Paradigm Journal.

mWI is also an accredited provider of postgraduate medical education for both delivery by NGOs and their own philanthropic services, to provide parity and equity of access to highest quality medical education for all people of the world, and runs World CME (a postgraduate CME/CPD programme) and MMU (Multimedia Medical University,).

Medical Technology Business Europe (MTB Europe) is an online magazine reporting on developments in the market place and the research lab in medical technologies, from the wide range of medical devices - covering areas such as diagnostics, imaging, laboratory systems, patient monitoring, surgery, prosthetics and IT - to the rapidly developing fields of biotechnology and nanotechnology. It also covers general health issues and trends that show where healthcare demands are both pulling, and need, technology developments. Market reports give detailed analyses of opportunities for business. Visit www.mtbeurope.info to keep up to date with the complex world of medical technology.

The Medical Tourism Association™ (Global Healthcare Association) is the first and only international non-profit trade association for the medical tourism and global healthcare industry made up of the top international hospitals, healthcare providers, medical travel facilitators, insurance companies, and other affiliated companies and members with the common goal of promoting the highest level of quality of healthcare to patients in a global environment. Our Association (Global Healthcare Association) promotes the interests of its healthcare provider and medical tourism facilitator members. The Medical Tourism Association™ (Global Healthcare Association) has three tenets: Transparency in Quality and Pricing, Communication and Education.

The Medical Tourism Magazine provides a comprehensive and cost effective way to reach buyers of healthcare and those involved in the Medical Tourism Industry. With the largest readership in the world in both its print edition and online edition, Medical Tourism Magazine is the only magazine dedicated to bringing those involved or interested in the industry the most cutting edge information.

The circulation of the Medical Tourism Magazine on average for its printed version ranges over 90 countries around the world in all 5 regions. The magazine's readership is over 120,000 per year; its printed distribution goes to International Hospitals, International Health Insurance Carriers in the Middle East, US, UK and Canada, healthcare providers throughout the world, the travel industry, directly to potential medical tourism patients considering going overseas for surgery, and anyone interested in the industry. The magazine also is distributed to a majority of the health plans which administer Self Funded Employer health plans in the U.S. The Medical Tourism Magazine is launched at www.MedicalTourismMag.com

MIDDLE EAST HEALTH is the leading independent English-language medical magazine for the Middle East and Levant. It is published in Dubai every two months and distributed to senior healthcare professionals and decision-makers in 12 countries in the Middle East and Levant. It has a distribution of 15,000 copies and a total readership of more than 65,000. Now in its 30th year, Middle East Health is highly respected and well established in the regional medical industry. Regular reader feedback says Middle East Health is relevant, topical, interesting and useful. Advertiser feedback confirms Middle East Health as the best vehicle to showcase their products to decision-makers in the healthcare industry right across the region - that's to the right people in all the right places. More information is available on the website: www.MiddleEastHealthMag.com

The Middle East Journal of Family Medicine (MEJFM) is a peer reviewed family medicine journal focusing on the Middle East region, and the World. The MEJFM is issued monthly and averages half a million readers per issue. Content focuses on real problems affecting people of the region as well as inter-country collaboration and research. It also attracts readers and papers from around the world. It is supported by the MEPCRN - Middle East Primary Care Research Network. The MEJFM is incorporated into the wider WFM (World Family Medicine Journal) www.mejfm.com

The aim of the Middle-East Academy for Medicine of Ageing: To stimulate the development of services to meet the health related problems in increasing number of older people in the Middle- East Area. To improve knowledge and skills of professionals, physicians, nurses and health care officers, in health related problems in older people, starting with a special interest in community care in the Middle-East area. To harmonise the attitudes and goals of future opinion leaders in approaching the health related problems of older people in the Middle East area. To establish a network among physicians, nurses and health care officers, responsible for the health care of older people and those responsible for medical and nurse students instruction, as well as general physicians caring for aged people. To stimulate scientific interest in the health related problems in older people. www.meama.com

MMU has been set up to provide Governments, Ministries of Health and health departments and education authorities, with access to highest standard medical education at greatly reduced costs due to the combination of multimedia and distance education. MMU therefore provides the opportunity to bring countries and doctors up to modern medical standards at reduced costs and shorter timeframes. MMU already provides full national medical education services and works with key education and government stakeholders. While MMU offers traditional medical courses via distance education - thus alleviating costs of travel and accommodation - it also provides strategic medical education and intensive medical education to overcome global shortages of trained medical personnel. All programs are authored by top medical academics in their field, mainly from developed nations and reviewed for doctors and patients in developing nations. Costs to participating practitioners are greatly reduced due to strategic delivery methods, while maintaining and promoting highest global standards.

The New Paradigm Journal is a unique concept focusing on the wider issues of human health and well-being and ion focus that includes holistic medicine and effective cost medicine. t promotes wellness and looks at diverse aspects of human health such as mind-body medicine and spirituality and medicine. www.NewParadigmJournal.com

Novasans is the most comprehensive guide to medical tourism. We focus on a unique concept of a fully interactive website, created so that you can compare and contact medical, health and wellness providers from all over the world. Novasans provides extensive treatment, destination and pricing guides, and the possibility to network with others that have previous experiences of healthcare abroad. Novasans is constantly updated with the latest information concerning the medical tourism industry and researches within the medical and healthcare field to provide you with the most unbiased and equitable guide available. With our help you can make an informed, secure and affordable choice that is just right for you. www.novasans.com

Oasis Hospital in Al Ain, UAE was the first healthcare facility in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and has been serving the people of the region for over 50 years. Providing Urgent Care, Men's Health, Internal and General Medicine, Radiology, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Ophthalmology and ENT services the hospital is continuing to expand and will move into a new state-of-the-art facility in 2012.

Skipr is the leading cross medial communication platform for decision makers in Dutch healthcare. Skipr's aim is to meet the information and communication needs of healthcare leaders. Skipr meets these needs by the website www.skipr.nl, the e-mail letters Skipr daily and Skipr weekly (with news and weblogs), online communities on specific topics (www.moedigleiderschap.skipr.nl), web-tv and public television programs, a monthly magazine, books and a business network, including high level events and round tables with healthcare leaders. Skipr is published by Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, the leading publishing house in Dutch healthcare, part off the worldwide company Springer Science + Business Media.

The South Asia Journal of Family Medicine has just been launched to provide a wider focus on the needs of the South Asia region and is the Journal of the South Asia Primary Care Research Network (SAPCRN). www.safmj.com

Texas Telehealth Technologies is a medical information technology company which seeks to provide information technology to the medical and scientific community. The Texas Telehealth team brings together the collected knowledge of international experts in the areas of health systems organization and management, information technology, clinical care, epidemiology, telemedicine, telehealth, health promotion and health services policy. It facilitates live interactive surgical training, primary care medicine, specialist consultations, second opinions, continuing medical education, postgraduate education, nursing training, pharmacy training, instruction in using digital medical devices, and visiting physicians. We are also committed to the research and promotion of telehealth in Africa. Our recent event, Africa Telehealth Conference 2010, organized in Cairo, Egypt brought together a network of health professionals, institutions and academics from North America, Asia, Europe and Africa. You can read more about this and other projects at our website www.texastelehealthtech.com. Texas Telehealth Technologies is a Limited Liability Company based in Plano Texas, USA.

Ventures Healthcare (VHC) is a specialized Healthcare Consultancy and Project Management firm based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) with more than 100 years of combined healthcare experience. VHC staff have a proven staff track record of strong commitment to meeting Client's needs and satisfaction with a strong knowledge of local market including suppliers and service providers. VHC Comprehensive Services include Health Program and Project Management, Medical Equipment Planning and Procurement Services, Health Informatics Planning and Project Management, Health Planning and Consultancy Service. For more details, please visit www.ventures-healthcare.com.

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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Strategic Insights on the Future of the Health Insurance Industry www.corporateresearchgroup.com/MarketTrends

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The WHCC Affordable Health Innovations Site seeks and promotes health care innovations that can reduce the cost of quality care. Visit the site to learn how the share your innovation.