Middle East Healthcare Community Reunites in Saudi Arabia to Reimagine Health at HIMSS22 Middle East

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The Middle East’s digital health transformation will be at the top of mind for healthcare and IT leaders at the 2022 HIMSS Middle East Health Conference & Exhibition in mid-November.

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society will convene health professionals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 19 to 21 November 2022 for world-class education and networking. Registration is open.

The event is held under the patronage of H.E. Mr Fahad Al-Jalajel, Minister of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Chairman, Saudi Health Council; and the Ministry of Health, the Saudi Health Council, the Saudi Commission of Health Specialties, and the National Health Information Center.

HIMSS22 Middle East will help accomplish the goals of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 Health Sector Transformation Programme, which aims to restructure the health sector to be a comprehensive, effective and integrated health system for the health of the population.

Educational programming is in four tracks:

• Digital Health: Transformation in Action
• Integration Through Data and Technology
• Digital Health: Impacts and Benefits
• Innovating Person-Centred Care

Preconference offerings include workshops on insight into the structural changes from Saudi Arabia’s healthcare transformation, and a progress update on the roll out of the National Platform for Healthcare Information Exchange Services (nphis). The latter will include discussion on the challenges to implementing insurance and clinical services.