Hyderabad is set play host to the third edition of International Conference on Transforming Healthcare with IT-2012 on August 31 – September 1, 2012 at the Hyderabad International Convention Center, Madhapur, Hyderabad. The Healthcare IT awards instituted by NASSCOM will be announced at the conference on ‘Transforming Healthcare with IT’. The 2nd International Congress on Patient Safety will be held on September 1-2, 2012 at the same venue.
International Conference on Transforming Healthcare with IT 2012 is expected to bring together policy makers, healthcare providers and technologists from across the globe, combining the synergies of Healthcare IT. The focus of this year’s conference will be on cloud computing in healthcare, impact of hand-held devices in delivering healthcare, analytics and mHealth. Noted speakers at the conference include over 60 national and international speakers.
The Second International Congress on Patient Safety will address critical issues in patient safety from patient safety experts across the world. The conference offers sustainable initiatives and ideas focusing on real time examples and best practices across the globe through presentations, panel discussions, patient safety awards and display of the most widely accepted patient safety tools.
The Indian healthcare industry was estimated at $40 billion in 2010, and is expected to reach $280 billion by 2020. According to Frost and Sullivan reports, spending on IT by Indian healthcare players was estimated at $244 million in 2010 and is expected to grow at 22 per cent a year over the next 10 years. For further information contact:
Background
Leading players from the healthcare and IT got together to create a platform to exchange and interact on issues related to these sectors. This resulted in the first International Conference on Transforming Healthcare with IT-2010 which was held in New Delhi. The second International Conference on Transforming Healthcare with IT- 2011 was held in April 2011 in Hyderabad. It was attended by600 delegates, 66 national and international speakers and over 40 exhibitors.
The first Patient Safety Congress was held in April 2011 and was attended by over 750 delegates, 66 speakers and 50 exhibitors. The main focus of the congress was on the four essentials of patient safety at all times – medication safety, infection control, surgical site safety and patient falls.
For more details contact:
Transforming Healthcare with IT 2012
Suresh Kochattil
Organizing Secretariat
Mob: 9849011006/ 9818109181
Email: [email protected]
Second International Congress on Patient Safety 2012
Gaurav Loria
Organizing Secretariat
Mob: 9866072433
Email: [email protected]
