Second Health Innovation Forum 2009: eHealth, soon a reality in Belgium?

This event is intended exclusively for health care organizations and service providers on the subject of technology and innovation for the health sector.

The assessments that can be made of the sector's initiatives, as well as their future will be discussed.

The day's program will start with a conference on the topic of "eHealth, soon a reality in Belgium?", where various leading experts in the sector will discuss their point of view and their vision.

Six parallel workshops will also take place, presenting the best practices in Belgium and abroad. Each workshop will be led by several speakers from the sector as well as from the world of technology and will relate to one of the following themes:

• Videoconferencing, a solution for multidisciplinary patient follow-up.
• Medical archiving, a practical summary of the
  rules to follow.
• Telemedecine, a coming reality. What barriers need to be taken down?
• Telephony in hospitals, what technology should be chosen for tomorrow? 
• Wireless networks, several applications for hospitals.
• A network for health, an unavoidable reality.

Further information about the programme of the conference can be found here.

The event is expected to host about 200 participants. Registration is free for organizations, institutions and other people working in the healthcare sector. A fee of €125 will be asked for other participants. The number of available places is limited. Priority will be given to people of the sector. Registration can be performed online.

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