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Region's technology experts, government leaders discuss latest healthcare IT innovations at HIMSS Health IT Leadership Summit in Oman.

HIMSS Middle East Health IT Leadership Summit, a new, executive level forum for education, collaboration and dialogue, has announced that it will introduce and showcase the best healthcare IT practices along with the region’s most advanced healthcare technology providers during a three-day run from November 15 to 17, 2009 at the Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort in Muscat, Oman. The Summit offers a distinct networking and B2B platform that leverages the excellent growth potential of the Middle East's USD 74 billion healthcare sector, which has been projected to expand by up to 16 per cent annually.

Organised under the patronage of the Ministry of Health for the Sultanate of Oman, the Summit will also gather key government officials and healthcare and technology leaders to discuss the latest innovations and strategies to advance the quality of healthcare for all citizens in the region.

The HIMSS Health IT Leadership Summit co-chairs also announced a partnership with the Saudi Association for Health Informatics. As part of this collaboration, the Health IT Leadership Summit will conduct its next Organising Committee meeting in conjunction with the Saudi eHealth Conference from April 24 to 28, 2010 in Riyadh. SAHI will also partner with the Health IT Leadership Summit to invite key members to join the inaugural HIMSS event in Oman.

Source: HIMSS

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