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 Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2010
Global Health Information Forum
27-30 January 2010

 

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We the participants of the Global Health Information Forum 2010, convened by the Health Metrics Network, the Prince Mahidol Award Conference, the World Health Organization, the World Bank and other development partners, representing national health ministries, academic institutions, intergovernmental agencies, bilateral development agencies, private foundations, global health initiatives and civil society in developed and developing countries:
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Speakers' Presentation 


Keynote Speeches
Plenary Session 1
Health Information Systems: the case, their value, the current and future challenges

Moderator: Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet

Panelists:
1. Sally Stansfield, Executive Secretary, Health Metrics Network
2. Ariel Pablos-Mendez, Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation
3. Jeanette Vega, Viceminister Health, Chile
4. Julian Schweitzer, Acting Vice President, The World Bank

Parallel Session 1.1
Renewing policy and legislation for health information

Moderator: Sally Stansfield, Executive Secretary, HMN

Speakers:

  1. Health IT in developing countries: legal, ethical and governance priorities
    Roger Magnusson, Professor of Health Law and Governance, University of Sydney, Faculty of Law
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  2. Policy and Technology in Health Information Systems
    Eric Rasmussen, CEO, InSTEDD
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  3. Implementing, national - one patient one record integrated comprehensive system in Belize
    Michael Graven, Senior Advisor of Health Affairs, Government of Belize
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  4. Democratization of information within the health reform framework – Paraguay’s national health information system – SINAS
    Maria Graciela Gamarra de Caceres, General Director of Strategic Information of Health, Ministry of Health, Paraguay
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  5. Revisiting health information and eHealth policies and governance structuress in an increasingly complex environment
    Karl Brown, Associate Director of Applied Technology, The Rockefeller Foundation
Parallel Session 1.2
Tracking and communicating public health emergencies from the front lines

Moderator: Mark Smolinski, Director, SE Asia, Global Health, Google.org

Speakers:

  1. Improving on the past
    Ieng Vanra, IT Consultant, WHO/CDCMOH, Cambodia
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    Channe Suy, Product Manager, InSTEDD (iLAB), Cambodia
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  2. Realities of the present
    Prapas Weerapol, Mukdahan MBDS Associate Province Coordinator, Mukdahan Health Office, Thailand
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    David Aylward, Executive Director, mHealth Alliance
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  3. Visions of the future
    Ta-Chien Chan, National Taiwan University
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    John S. Brownstein, HealthMAP co-creator, Assistant Professor, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
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Parallel Session 1.3
Informing the response to chronic diseases

Moderator: Rafael Lozano, Professor, Global Health, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Speakers:

  1. Informing the response to chronic diseases: Thai National Health Examination Survey 
    Wichai Aekplakorn, Associate Professor, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
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  2. Opportunities to understand bio-socio-environmental risks to illness across the life course: the promise and perils of bio-banks
    Rajesh Kumar, Professor, PGIMER School of Public Health, India
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  3. Managing chronic disease: linking better data with better patient care. The role of electronic systems, such as electronic medical records (EMR), in managing large amounts of data more efficiently and the potential benefits in terms of more timely and accurate data for policy-makers and better patient information for health care workers, better clinical management. (Managing HIV/AIDS: Rwanda)
    Christopher Bailey, Coordinator, WHO
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Parallel Session 1.4
Generating global evidence: births, deaths and causes of death

Moderator: Armin Fidler, Lead Advisor Health Policy and Strategy, The World Bank

Speakers:

  1. Improving vital statistics: possibility or pipe dream?
    Alan Lopez, Head, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Australia
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  2. Improving coverage and completeness of vital statistics
    Joyce W. Mugo, Director, Civil Registration Department, Kenya
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  3. Tackling quality issues in vital statistics
    Sam Notzon, Special Assistant for Global Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, USA
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  4. Where civil registration systems are weak: demographic surveillance and verbal autopsy
    Peter Kim Streatfield, Matlab Bangladesh
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  5. The Sample Registration System in India
    Prasanta Mahapatra, Hon. President, Institute of Health Systems, India
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Parallel Session 1.5
Choosing and using standards for interoperable information systems

Moderator: William Hammond, Director, DCHI/DTMI

Speakers:

  1. Interoperable information systems
    William Hammond, Director, DCHI/DTMI
  2. Use of Standards in Country Systems
    Beatriz de Faria Leao, Health Standards Architect, Zilics Health Information Systems, Brazil

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    Andrew Grant, Director, Collaborative Research for Effective Diagnostics, Sherbrooke University, Canada
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  3. Applicable standards and convergence
    Jennifer Zelmer, CEO, International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO)
    Patrick Whitaker, Technical Officer, WHO
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Plenary Session 2
Stepping up to the plate: who does what to improve health information for monitoring health-related goals?

Moderator: Tim Evans, ADG for Information, Evidence and Research, WHO

Panelists:

  1. Frank Nyonator, Director, Policy, Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Ghana Health Service
  2. Ties Boerma, Director, WHO
  3. Daniel Low-Beer, Unit Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
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  4. Sania Nishtar, President & CEO, Heartfile Organization
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Parallel Session 2.1
Tracking country health systems performance

Moderator: Daniel Low-Beer, Unit Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria

Speakers:

  1. Pakstan: Heartfile's framework for health systems performance assessment
    Sania Nishtar, President & CEO, Heartfile Organization
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  2. South Africa: monitoring health system performance at subnational level
    Candy Day, Technical Specialist, Health Systems Trust
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  3. Zambia: strengthening the analysis for annual health sector reviews through district assessments
    Christopher Simoonga, Deputy Director for Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry of Health, Zambia
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  4. Thailand: institutionalization of monitoring of health and health systems performance
    Phusit Prakongsai, Senior Researcher/Medical Doctor, International Health Policy Program (IHPP), Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
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  5. Georgia: Health systems research to improve performance
    Tea Collins, Senior Health Systems Specialist, Global Forum for Health Research
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Parallel Session 2.2
Financial and human resources for HIS

Moderator: Keizo Takemi, Research Fellow; Professor, Japan Center for International Exchange; Tokai University

Speakers:

  1. Human resources capacity for Health Information Systems in Developing Countries
    William Hersh, Chair, Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University
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  2. eHealth Capacity Development in Africa
    Maurice Mars, Professor and Head of Department of Telehealth, University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
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  3. eHealth Capacity Building for Rural Health Workers - Lessons from the Trenches
    Alvin Marcelo, Director, National Telehealth Center, University of Philippines Manila
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  4. HIS as a pre-requisite for health system strengthening efforts
    Brad Herbert, President and CEO, Herbert and Associate
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  5. Strengthening Sierra Leone's National HIS - Collaborative Approach
    Magnus Gborie, Director, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone
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  6. National Health Accounts and HIS
    Charu Garg, Senior Health Economist, The World Bank
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Parallel Session 2.3
Universal access to health and health services: Essential information to track progress and support management. From measuring inputs to measuring impact?

Moderator: Adam Wagstaff, Research Manager, The World Bank

Speakers:

  1. Universal Access and Equity: Framing the Monitoring and Policy Feedback
    Adam Wagstaff, Research Manager, The World Bank
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  2. Catastrophic impact of out-of-pocket payments for health care in Asia - evidence through the 1990s and 2000s
    J. Rachel Lu, Professor and Associate Dean, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
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  3. Experiences of using health insurance claims database to support purchasing decisions - Estonian case
    Hannes Danilov, Chairman of Management Board, Estonian Health Insurance Fund
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  4. Monitoring effectiveness of universal coverage in Thailand
    Supon Limwattananon, Associate Professor, Khon Kaen University
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  5. The Mexican Electronic Clinical Record Project
    Giota Panopoulou, Advisor to the Financing Director, Institute of Social Security, Mexico
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Parallel Session 2.4
Public stewardship of private providers: the role of health information systems

Co-Chairs:

  • Frank Rijsberman, Director Program, Google
  • David de Ferranti, President, Results for Development

Panelists:

  1. Fola Laoye, Chief Executive Officer, Hygeia-Nigeria
  2. Richard Coker, Professor of Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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  3. Phal Des, Director, IT Center, Royal University of Phnom Penh
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  4. Krishnamurthy (Gopi) Gopalakrishnan, President, World Health Partners
Plenary Session 3
Enhancing global health security: information systems as the foundation of effective pandemic preparedness and response

Moderator: Miriam Were, GHWA Board Member and Chairperson, National AIDS Control Council, Kenya
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Panelists:

  1. Guenel Rodier, Director of International Health Regulations, WHO
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  2. Bounlay Phommasack, Deputy Director, Ministry of Health, Lao PDR
  3. Richard Cash, Senior Lecturer on International Health, Harvard School of Public Health and former Prince Mahidol Awardee
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Parallel Session 3.1
Improving transparency through collaboration across sectors

Moderator: Richard Manning, Chairman of the HMN Board

Panelists:

  1. Mohamed-El-Heyba BERROU, Manager of the PARIS21 Secretariat, OECD
  2. Jasap NAGARI-POPOITAI, Advisor, PSRMU, Department of Prime Minister & National Executive Council, Papua New Guinea
  3. Alan Lopez, Head, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Australia
  4. Ivo Njosa, Coordinator Health Information Systems; Health, Nutrition and Population Human Development Network, The World Bank
Parallel Session 3.2
Exploring the frontiers of health information in a petabyte age

Moderator: Renata Bushko, Director, Future of Health Technology Institute icon Download (50.24 kB)

Speakers:

  1. Petabyte-age in Health - 2020
    Gabe Rijpmpa, Director of Health and Human Services Industry, Microsoft Corporation
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  2. 2020 Scenarios of Frontiers of Health Information Technology : Personal Status Monitoring
    James DelloStritto, Principal Researcher, R&D, Blue Highway LLC
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  3. A vision for enhancing public health and addressing health inequalities through Information and Communications Technologies (ICT's)
    M. Chris Gibbons, Associate Director, Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute
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  4. Strategies for Positive Outcomes: Can Information Technology Make a Difference in Health in Africa
    Julia Royall, Chief, International Programs, U.S. National Library of Medicine/National Institute of Health
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  5. Social Ramifications of Petabyte Age  through Evoluation of mHealth
    Mridul Chowdhury, CEO, Click Diagnostics Inc.
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Parallel Session 3.3
Measuring the un-measurable: death, disease, health and happiness

Moderator: Laragh Gollogly, Managing Editor, Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Speakers:

  1. Measuring Health: Disease perspective
    Tim Evans, ADG for Information, Evidence and Research, WHO
  2. Measurement of health: Well-being perspective
    Ronald Colman, Executive Director, Genuine Progress Index for Atlantic Canada (GPI Atlantic)
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  3. Measuring the Immeasurable: Bhutan's Experiment with Measuring Gross National Happiness
    Dorji Penjore, Deputy Director, Centre for Bhutan Studies, Bhutan
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  4. Country Perspective: Thailand
    Apirak Kosayodhin, Advisor to Prime Minister of Thailand
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Parallel Session 3.4
Harmonizing multiple health information systems through effective system analysis and design

Moderator: David Ross, Executive Director, Public Health Informatics Institute

Speakers:

  1. Introduction
    David Ross, Executive Director, Public Health Informatics Institute
  2. Presentations of developing country eHealth and public health information systems infrastructure focusing on the need
    Richard Gakuba, National e-Health Coordinator, Ministry of Health, Rwanda
  3. Examples of developed country implementations focusing on design and architectural elements
    Michael Bainbridge, Principal Consultant, ASE Ltd
    Ron Parker, Group Director, EHRS Architecture, Canada Health InfoWay
    Ngai-Tseung Cheung, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Hong Kong Hospital Authority
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  4. Methods for improving design
    • Systematic and rational design: David Lubinski, Program Director, PATH
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    • Current initiatives in developing countries - Feedback from Technical Briefing: Chris Seebregts, Senior Manager, eHealth Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council, South Africa
Parallel Session 3.5
Managing complex data in health crises: challenges for national health information systems

Moderator: Mike St. Louis, Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

Speakers:

  1. Health Information in Heart of the Storm: Novel H1N1 in Mexico, 2009
    Juan Eugenio Hernandez Avila, Director, Information Center for Decisions in Public Health, National Institute of Public Health
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  2. Situation Awareness – what can Health Learn from Other Sectors
    Mica Endsley, President, SA Technologies
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  3. Early Warning and Response System, EWARS, a critical component of health information system in complex emergencies situation
    Augusto Pinto, Medical Epidemiologist, WHO, Thailand
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  4. Spatially Enabled Decision Support Systems: Enabling Better Humanitarian Coordination
    Keith Doyle, Senior Information Officer, iMMAP
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  5. Strategic Information Flow for Health Emergencies and Response, Ethiopia
    Tsehaynesh Messele, Director General of EHNRI, Federal Ministry of Health, Ethiopia
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