Deadline: 17 September 2018

HIMSS Middle East and Elsevier, the global information analytics company specializing in science and health, have announced the call for submissions for the 4th Annual Middle East HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award 2018.

“The HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award is a showcase for best practices in health and informatics. The award demonstrates how rapidly transformational information and technology solutions are entering in to common use in the Middle East. The award is excited to start receiving submissions,” said Sean Roberts, Vice President for HIMSS EMEA.

Award Category

Outstanding ICT Achievement Award

• To recognize outstanding achievement in harnessing ICT to provide significant improvement to patient care and safety.
• The ICT solution adopted may not be new but it has been effectively used by the awarded hospitals to significantly improve patient care and outcome and/or address major challenges faced by the hospitals.
• Other limiting factors like the hospital financial background, the niche community that the hospital is serving, the long-standing problem that the target population is facing et cetera will also be taken into consideration.

Eligibility Criteria

This Award is open to all healthcare providers based in the Middle East.

Judging Criteria

The following criteria will be considered in assessment.

• Provides improvement to patient care and safety
• Provide evidence of local problems being addressed and intended improvement made
• Level of detail in problem intervention’s SOP structure
• Level of ease in replicating problem intervention
• Indication of main factors that contributed to the choice of the specific intervention
• Level of details in describing the actual course of the intervention
• Measurable Outcome/Value tied with intended benefits

How to Apply

Applicants should submit their completed form at the address given on the website.

For more information, please visit HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award.