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The scientific committee of AHIMA World Congress Middle East Healthcare Information Summit has issued a call for abstracts for its Conference on 19 and 20 of October, 2017 being held at the Rosewood Hotel in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and organized by the AHIMA World Congress This event will shed light on exceptional HIM professionals who demonstrate excellence and innovation through their initiatives and practice to promoting and advocating for high quality research, best practices, and effective standards in health information and to actively contributing to the development and advancement of health information professionals in the Middle East.

 

Main objectives of the 2017 AHIMA World Congress are to enable participants to:

• Analyze how healthcare data is used in different departments in healthcare organizations
• Evaluate processes and procedures for acquiring healthcare data
• Examine best practices for analyzing healthcare data
• Determine how to best protect your healthcare data and information
• Explore the latest healthcare technology

The committee invites speakers to submit abstracts for presentations on the Program Themes below:
Program Themes include essential HIM interfaces within the following areas of healthcare delivery:

• Coding (regulations, guidelines, workforce, productivity)
• CDI – Clinical Documentation Improvement (Impact on quality, revenue development and recovery)  
• Informatics and Data Analytics (IT & statistics)
• Privacy and Security
• Finance (revenue cycle, budgeting and forecasting, coding)
• Clinician (CDI, training, coding)
• Information Governance (trusted data, safety and quality of care, operational efficiency and effectiveness, legal and regulatory compliance, , risk mitigation, and cost reduction)
• Manpower (HIM related staffing, credentials, continuing education, career development, coders)
• Administrative (front office)
• Patient (ROI, confidentiality, archiving, Master Patient Index (MPI)
• Health information record documentation standards and processes
• Communications between Clinicians and HIM Coders
• Storage and retention of health information
• Any other relevant topic related to the conference theme

Presentations will be selected based on: relevance, best practices, case studies and completeness of the required information submitted. Participants want real life examples of what works and practical take-away tools/solutions.     

Date(s) and venue:
Date   : 19 – 20 October, 2017
Venue: Rosewood Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Abstract Guidelines
All abstracts submitted for presentations (by 30 June, 2017) will be assessed and prospective speakers will be notified about the results by 14 July, 2017.

 

Guidelines for submissions are available on the HIM Congress website: www.menaconference.com.
Speakers are advised to keep the following guidelines in mind when planning both the abstracts and presentations:
Abstracts must contain original scientific data collected by the author(s). All reports must be based on work that has already been completed. No studies "in progress" will be accepted. The abstracts will be scored on the following criteria:

• Originality
• Concept and design
• Presentation
• Applicability
• Other characteristics

Language: All abstracts are to be written in English. The Scientific Committee reserves the right to edit abstracts for grammar and clarity.

Submission: All abstracts must be submitted via the Abstract Form which can be accessed at www.menaconference.com  this should be limited to a maximum of 250 words and should include the following:

Title of abstract
Names and contact details of author(s) {organization, city /country, email, phone numbers, fax numbers and mailing address}. Please indicate the name of the presenter/ clearly and provide the author’s biography with the abstract.
The abstract must include the following headings clearly: Purpose, Methods, Results and Conclusions.
Abstract submission will be acknowledged via email. If you do not receive an email within one week of submission or have any additional queries please contact email cheryl.cato@ahima.org, or melanie.endicott@ahima.org.

 

 

 

 

 

Important dates

• 15 June, 2017 – Deadline for submission of abstracts.
• 30 June, 2017 – Presenters will be notified of acceptance.

Important Information

• All abstracts must be prepared using the abstract submission guidelines.
• Each presenter may submit a maximum of two abstracts.
• Each abstract submission must indicate if the material was published or presented in any prior Congress or if it received any awards
• All presenters will be registered to attend the Conference if abstract is accepted and be present at the time of the Congress.
• A certificate of appreciation will be given to all the presenters to honor their presentation.
• Presenters must not use the session as a marketing opportunity for products/equipment
• Travel, accommodation and visa process will be provided to accepted abstracts, no honorariums will be offered.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR ABSTRACTS!