On the 25th anniversary of its founding on the 19th November, 1986, the Brazilian Society of Healthcare Information Technology attracted a large number of participants to its event in Brazil, including prestigious scientists, professionals and IT industry representatives.
The president of the SBIS, Claudio Giuliano, was given the honor of opening the bi-annual congress which this year celebrated its largest-ever attendance: “We’re victims of our own success,” he joked on noting that the tutorials, which featured presentations and debates on important topics, took place in full lecture halls.
Renato Sabbatini, the President of the Congress, announced 3 major projects which the SBIS embarked upon this year and plans to consolidate in 2012:
1. Certification of electronic health record systems, a program being implemented in association with the Federal Council of Medicine in Brazil.
2. The professionalization project for Healthcare Information Technology, Protics, aimed at training professionals to specialize in this area, inspired by models such as HIMMS, AMIA and the IMIA.
3. The beginning of a transition project for SBIS activity, as it was created as a purely academic association and is currently seeking to become a professional association as well, thus extending its reach.
Subjects Addressed at the Congress
Tutorials held included How to implement an Electronic Patient Clinical Record System by Lincoln de Asiss Moura, the president elect of the IMIA; How to implement a Telehealth program, by Cleinaldo Costa, Josiane Machiavelli and Lagdala Nocaes, from Núcleo Telessaude de Amazonia and Nutes UFPE respectively; Mobile Health: concepts and applications, by Aabel Magalhaes (SBIS); How to prepare for SBIS Professional Certification by Renato Sabbatini; Managing IT and Usability: key features of a successful Electronic Clinical History, by Umberto Tachinardi and Eneida Mendonca, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA; Terminology Standards for Healthcare Information Technology in Brazil, by Daiane Maciel (Spa Saúde), Deborah Castilho (SMS-SP) and Jussara Rotzsch (ABNT-CEEIS); Introduction to Healthcare Components and Applications by Guilherme Hummel (eHealth Summit); Digital Certification for Electronic Healthcare Records (RES): how can it be implemented? by Gustavo Kiatake from e-Val.
Other important subjects addressed were new business models based on Cloud Computing, by Claudio Giuliano, and practical experiences such as that of the UPA Imbiribeira during its implementation of technology created by the company MV, by Cristiana Melo, and the Cerner Electronic Clinical History, by its American representative Roy Simpson, from the Cerner Corporation.
Also making special appearances were Shelagh Malony, from Canada Health Infoway and, by teleconference, the important international figures Edward Shorliffe from AMIA USA, Denis Protti from the University of Victoria, Canada, and Otto Rienhoff, from the University of Tuebing, Germany.
The event in photos:
Claudio Giuliano Alves Da Costa, President of SBIS
Renato Marcos Endrizzi Sabbatini, SBIS member and president of the eSaúde & PEP 2011 Congress
Josiane Lemos Machiavelli (Nutes – UFPE), Magdala de Araújo Novaes (Nutes – UPFE) Vice-President of SBIS and Cleinaldo de Almeida Costa, SBIS member and Coordinator of Núcleo de Telessaúde by Amazonia Telesalud.
Luis Gustavo Gasparini Kiatake, Director of e-Val Tecnologia
Umberto Tachinardi, Director of Biomedical Information Technology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison
Eneida A. Mendonca, University of Wisconsin
SBIS Members: Abel Magalhaes, Secretary, Magdala Novaes, Vice President, Claudio Giuliano, President, Marco Antonio Gutierrez, Treasurer and Renato Sabbatini, Director of Education.
Cleber Zarate, Software Engineer, and Miriam Poves, Marketing and PR Manager Cerner.
Fabiola Finardi, Sales Representative at the e-Val stand
Congress goers during the coffee break
Marketing representatives at the Certisign stand
Abel Magalhaes, cardiologist, clinical doctor and SBIS member, during his speech on Mobile Health
Royal Palm Resort
The free cyber area available to congress goers
The Intersystems stand
The Kubbo stand
