HealthManagement, Volume 13, Issue 5/2011
WP-IT Managers Kicks Off with CEO Seminars in Vienna and Vilnius
The Working Party IT-Managers (WP-ITM) has set the first steps in
bringing CEOs and IT as well as CIOs and management closer together. The
approach taken by the WP-ITM is a direct result of the reflection
process held last year within the EAHM. The first regional seminars for
CEOs in Vienna, Austria and in Vilnius, Lithuania have taken place with
great success. During these seminars, CEOs were invited to look into the
translation of the hospital strategic plan into an IT masterplan.
Before delving into the masterplan background on the topic was given to the participants from different angles. First, the problem of IT-governance in hospitals was discussed and linked with a typology of IT decision makers in hospitals. Secondly, different challenges in health informatics were presented together with different international initiatives to help the hospitals. Given this context, the seminars continued with the topic of IT-Strategy based on the mission and hospital strategy, which was further divided into system, organisational and resource strategy.
Once an IT-strategy is defined, the
ITmasterplan can be started. Attention was given to the content and how
to setup an IT-masterplan as well as its approval and implementation. In
the last core session, attention was given to the follow-up of the
implementation of the IT-masterplan for which some guidelines have been
formulated. Part of the seminar was devoted to workshops in which
participants worked together in formulating an IT-strategy and setting
up an IT-masterplan.
The seminar in Vilnius was complemented with
several cases which made the theme more alive, including topics such as
the development of hospital IT and improving efficiency of healthcare
institutions by implementing eSolutions. An exhibition in Vilnius gave
the possibility for the participants to meet the partners and to discuss
the possibilities of presented solutions.
Through these seminars the
WP-IT has reached around 100 CEOs. The discussions made clear that
hospital managers are aware of the growing role of IT in running a
hospital and that the development of IT-infrastructure must be
profitable and sustainable for the hospital so the hospital can fulfill
its mission and objectives. It was also clear that interconnections are
growing, in the hospital itself but also with other institutions and
organisations. The situation may differ from country to country but
national, local and also European authorities have a significant role in
assuring that holistic and standardised information can be exchanged in
an efficient way with the many actors healthcare in the best interest
of the patient.
The WP-ITM is now looking into organising seminars for other regions in Europe.
Note: the presentations of the seminars are available on our website: www.eahm.eu.org
These seminars were made possible by the support of following speakers:
B. Carr (Adelaide Meath Hospital, Ireland)
Dr. Carl Dujat (promedtheus AG)
Gerhard Härdter (Klinikum Stuttgart, Gemany)
Gunther
Kostka (Az Sint Lucas & Volkskliniek, Belgium)
Dr. Pierre-Michael
Meier (Entscheiderfabrik, Germany)
Jos Vanlanduyt (EAHM)
and by the following partners:
KMS, Id Information Und Dokumentation Im Gesundheitswesen, Intersystems, Meierhofer, Ser and Vamed (Seminar in Vienna)
For more information, please contact: [email protected]