Program at a Glance

Pre-conference Keynote Talks (10/27 AM 9-12)

Master of Ceremony: Sophia Parker

• Enrico Coiera (Australia): Harnessing the bibliome: which would discuss the area of evidence-based decision making, the growth in the clinical and scientific literature, and the design of effective systems to identify relevant information from search to support decision making. (Chaired by Reinhold Haux)
• Blackford Middleton (USA):The Value of HealthCare Information Technology and
  Interoperability in the USA. (Chaired by Yu-Chuan (Jack) Li )
• Michele Kang (USA): NHIN prototype rollout and RHIO (Chaired by CY Kao)

Tutorials with Book Signing (10/27 PM 1-3)

Chair: Chien-Yeh Hsu
Master of Ceremony: Sophia Parker

1. Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine (3rd ed., May 2006)
   -- Edward H. Shortliffe (USA)
2. Dedicated Programs in Health and Biomedical Informatics: Approaches, Examples, and Graduates’ Job Perspectives. (Book signing: IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics.)
   -- Reinhold Haux (German)
   -- Abstract

Workshop (Forum) on Medical Informatics Standards (10/27 PM 3-5)

• Topic: Global Vocabulary vs. Local Healthcare Cultures
• co-organized by IMIA WG16 (chaired by Michio Kimura) and APAMI WG1 (chaired by Yun Sik Kwak)
• Presenters:
  • Chien Tsai Liu (TW)
  • Yu-Chuan (Jack) Li (TW)
  • Wansa Paoin (TH)
  • Shinsuke Fujita (JP)
  • C.P.Wong (HK)
  • Yun Sik Kwak (KR)
• Workshop Abstract

APAMI Working Group Meetings (10/27 PM 5-6:30)(WG members and opened for all)

• WG2 - Developing Countries
• WG3 - Decision Support
• WG4 - Nursing Informatics

Agenda:

• WG progress reports
• Activity planning
• others

Plenary Talks (10/28 AM 9-12)

Chair: Ken N. Kuo (Director, Center for Health Policy Research and Development, National Health Research Institutes)

• Yun Sik Kwak (Korea): Global Health Informatics Standards for Patient Safety
• Vimla Patel (USA): Cognition and Informatics: Knowing, Thinking and Doing. (This talk will have implications for patient safety)
• C P Wong (HK): Territory-wide Sharing of Digital Images in the Hong Kong Hospital Authority.

APAMI GAM (10/28 PM 12-1:10)(Closed meeting)

 Agenda:

• President progress report
• WG reports
• Decision on next APAMI MIC 2009 host
• Others

Parallel Paper Sessions (I) (10/28 PM 1:10-3:00)

Chairs:

• Room A: Yang Zhong, Yuan-Chii Lee
• Room B: Der-Ming Liou, Chien-Yeh Hsu
• Room C: P. Pete Chong, Reinhold Haux
• Room D: Da-Dan Tang, Yuen-Chueh Hwang

Paper Presentaion Timetable

Asia-Pacific Region Reports (I) (10/28 PM 1:10-3:00)

Chairs: Enrico Coiera, Edward Shortliffe

• Michio Kimura: EHR in Japan, -Recent Government Activities
• Walter T.L. Lim, MBBS: Development of Medical Informatics in Singapore -- Keeping Pace with Healthcare Challenges.
• Datin Dr.S.Selvaraju: Health Information Management: Malaysian Experience
• Baoluo Li: HIS Application status and trend in China
• Yu-Chuan (Jack) Li: Medical Informatics development in Taiwan
• Norio Kimura: eHealth trends in Pacific Islands 2006.

Asia-Pacific Region Reports (II) (10/28 PM 3:10-5:00)

Chairs: Yun Sik Kwak, K C Lun

• Young Moon Chae: U-Health Approach to the National Health Information Systems in Korea.
• Yoon Kim: National Health Information Network Development in Korea.
• Alvin B. Marcelo: Health Informatics in the Philippines.
• Wansa Paoin: Thai Medical Informatics Association and medical informatics activity in Thailand.
• CP Wong: Recent Development of Health Informatics in Hong Kong

Parallel Paper Sessions (II) (10/28 PM 3:10-4:30)

Chairs:

• Room A: I-Jen Chiang, Jin-Shin Lai
• Room B: Shien-Young Chang, Blackford Middleton
• Room C: Chien-Yeh Hsu, Vimla Patel
• Room D: Ronlon Tsai, Ching-shyang Hwang

Paper Presentaion Timetable

Poster Presentation** (10/28 PM 4:30-6:30 )

• A special Poster session for all APAMI2006 & MIST2006 posters. Poster authors may present their posters during this period.

**Posters should be posted on the designated boards prior to the Poster Session. All posters will display till the closing of APAMI2006.

Gala Dinner (10/28 PM 6:30-9:00 )

• Venue: 84th Floor of Taipei 101 building.
• Dress Code: Business Casual
• Food: Western style buffet
• Traditional Taiwanese programs and performance available on site

Parallel Paper Sessions (III) (10/29 AM 9:00-10:30)

Chairs:

• Room A: Polun Chang, Enrico Coiera
• Room B: Heng-Shuen Chen, CP Wong

Paper Presentaion Timetable

Panel Discussion (10/29 AM 10:40-12:10)

Plenary Talks (10/29 PM 1-3)

Chair: Yang Zhong

• Hiroshi Tanaka (Japan): Future challenges in Medical Informatics ∼Ubiquitous Healthcare IT and Omics-based Medicine
• Bao-Luo Li (China): The Basic Data Set Standard for Hospital Information; Development framework and product.
• Kwok Chan Lun (Singapore): Novel digital ring fence system for containment of acute infectious disease outbreaks

Conference Closing (10/29 PM 3-4)

Awards:
-APAMI2006 Best Paper Contest
-MIST2006 Best Application Paper Contest
-Student Travel Fund
-APAMI2006 Lottery Drawing

Site Visit/City Tour (10/30 AM8 - PM5:00)

• Pick-up: AM8:20 at Grand Hyatt Hotel Lobby
• AM9-12 Site Visit: Wan-Fang Hospital
• PM12-1: Lunch
• PM1:30-5:00 City Tour: National Palace Museums