Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, April 24th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Middle East has been witnessing a boom in healthcare investments and this will continue to grow in the years to come. According to a report of Frost & Sullivan, healthcare spend in the region in 2011 was estimated to be USD 46.12 billion and is estimated to reach USD 133.19 billion by 2018.

Middle East Healthcare Informatics Summit (MEHIS) 2014 will engage local and regional stakeholders to highlight the region’s best practices in the Healthcare ICT sector. The summit will bridge the gap between policy makers, healthcare providers and solution providers with the objective of achieving top-line growth through innovative IT technologies that will further enhance the technological environment in the healthcare industry.

MCI Middle East is pleased to announce that the premiere association of health information management professionals worldwide, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), will be working alongside as a knowledge partner for MEHIS 2014. The summit will be held in Dubai from 26 to 28 October 2014 and will mark the first strategic presence of AHIMA in the region.

AHIMA is the world’s leading resource for health information management (HIM) education and accreditation, professional credentialing, standards-setting, policy-making and issue advocacy. Serving more than 71,000 members worldwide, AHIMA ensures the availability of up-to-date information that can be used to facilitate real-time healthcare delivery and critical health-related decision making for multiple purposes across diverse organizations, settings, and disciplines.

According to Lynne Thomas Gordon, Chief Executive Officer, AHIMA, “AHIMA is excited to be a knowledge partner for the Middle East Healthcare Informatics Summit in 2014. As information technology spreads globally, there is a critical need to provide a trained workforce that can govern, analyze, and apply data effectively to improve patient care and protect patient privacy. The GCC area in particular is developing rapidly and will need skilled workers who will be there for the long term to set standards for the profession, with applications locally and worldwide.”

Ajay Bhojwani, Managing Director, MCI Middle East commented on the AHIMA support, “We are glad to have AHMA’s support as a knowledge partner and with its vast knowledge base and experience in healthcare informatics will raise the current practiced standards, facilitate in devising a world-class IT strategy to drive healthcare transformation and make the middle-east a global voice in the Healthcare ICT sector. We truly believe this summit will not only bring industry stakeholders, key players from the private sector together but also discuss some ground breaking best practices and provide a platform for some hands on learning for all participants”.

For more information please visit. www.mehisummit.com

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MCI Middle East
Muhammed Aamir, Marketing Manager
+971 (4) 311 6300
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