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2011 Healthcare IT Standards Conference - Standards for the 21^st Century

Mr Yap Chee Yuen, Chairman for Information
Technology Standards Committee Singapore,
discussed the governance of standards in
Singapore and highlighted success stories

The inaugural Healthcare IT Standards Conference organised by MOH Holdings and supported by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) took place on 17 and 18 October 2011 at Hilton Hotel, Singapore. With a theme of "Standards for the 21st Century", the platform brought together thought leaders to actively share leading edge topics, current issues and future projections on healthcare terminologies, information models and exchange formats in the field of healthcare informatics standards. Attended by over 250 clinicians, administrators and IT leaders across the healthcare continuum, Guest-of-Honour, Mr Yap Chee Yuen, Chairman for Information Technology Standards Committee Singapore, opened the conference with a discussion on the governance of standards in Singapore.

Moderated by Dr Tai Hwee Yee, Senior Consultant at TTSH (left), the "Achieving Medication Safety" panellists had a lively discussion with the delegates

The two-day conference saw global experts from countries like UK, the United States, Canada, Sweden and Australia congregate in Singapore to share their insights on various topics ranging from medication safety and the use of Standards in healthcare IT. Amongst the prominent speakers were Professor Bryony Dean Franklin (Executive Lead Pharmacist (Research), Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust); Dr Stanley M.Huff (Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Intermountain Healthcare); Mr Dennis Giokas (Chief Technology Officer, Canada Health Infoway); Mr David Miller (IBM Distinguish Engineer, CTO Public Sector & Healthcare) together with Mr Soh Eng Kiat (Client Technical Advisor, IBM); Dr Ken Lunn (Director of Data Standards & Product, NHS Connecting for Health) and Mr Werner Van Huffel (Health & Social Services Director (APAC), Microsoft Corporation).

Dr Stanley M.Huff giving a presentation on clinical driven models to the technical workshop delegates

The programme for the first day had three panel discussions, with each session having a lively interaction between the thought-leaders and the delegates on topics such as how to make clinical driven Standards happen and the benefits of using Standards. The second day featured a series of technical workshops focussing on interoperability, SNOMED CT, as well as medication safety and Singapore Drug Dictionary. This unique arrangement attracted healthy level of participations and attendance.

Ms Colleen Brooks, Director of Standards, MOH Holdings closed the conference by reiterating the importance of Standards for the healthcare sector and that MOH Holdings will strive towards ensuring that Singapore will continue to provide Standards products that support quality patient care and national standardisation.

Please click here to read the full conference report (PDF: 423Kb).

To download the presentation slides, please click on the respective titles:

1. Opening Speech (presented by Mr Yap Chee Yuen) (599KB)

2. Medication Safety, Technology and Standardisation (presented by Professor Bryony Dean Franklin) (1MB)

3. Clinical Care Enabled by Standards in Acute Care (presented by Dr Stanley Huff) (1.4MB)

4. Standards - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Integrating the Standards for Healthcare (presented by Dr Ken Lunn) (316KB)

5. Interoperability Strategies and Trends (presented by Mr Dennis Giokas) (744KB)

6. The ROI on Adopting Standards Pragmatically (presented by Mr Werner Van Huffel) (859KB)

7. Experiences and Trends: Implementations Using Standards (presented by Mr David Miller and Mr Soh Eng Kiat) (677KB)

8. Experience and Pitfalls of Using Exchange Standards (presented by Mr Grahame Grieve) (638KB)

9. Standards in Use – Driving Model Based Requirements (presented by Mr Harshard) (859KB)

10. Medication Safety and the Singapore Drug Dictionary (presented by Professor Bryony Dean Franklin) (434KB)

11. Singapore Drug Dictionary & Medication Safety (presented by Dr Linda Bird) (1.6MB)

12. Medication Reconciliation (presented by Professor Bryony Dean Franklin) (560KB)

13. Standards for the 21st Century (presented by Ms Colleen Brooks) (409KB)

14. Clinical Driven Models (presented by Dr Rong Chen) (1.29MB)

15. Clinical Driven Models (presented by Dr Stanley Huff) (284KB)

16. Singapore Logical Information Model (presented by Dr Linda Bird) (1.7MB)

17. The Future of Healthcare Interoperability Standards (presented by Mr Grahame Grieve) (446KB)

18. Interoperability Strategies and Trends (presented by Mr Dennis Giokas) (744KB)

19. The Future of Healthcare Interoperability Standards (presented by Dr Stanley Huff) (215KB)

20. Future of Healthcare Interoperability Standards (presented by Dr Linda Bird) (1.29MB)

21. RFH: Lessons for the Future (presented by Mr Grahame Grieve) (375KB)

More Pictures

Ms Colleen Brooks, Director of Standards, Information Services Division, MOH Holdings

Professor Bryony Dean Franklin, Executive Lead Pharmacist (Research), Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

(From left) Dr Samuel Yeak, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, TTSH; Assoc Prof Low Cheng Ooi, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, CGH; Dr James Yip, Chief Medical Information Officer, NUHS; and Dr Stanley M.Huff, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Intermountain Healthcare