FOREIGN SPEAKERS

Professor Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA is internationally recognised as a leading scholar in the areas of healthcare IT and KM. She has published over 100 scholarly articles, 8 books and an encyclopaedia.

Professor Stefan Kirn, Univ. Hohenheim, Germany,   heads the Hohenheim Research Center "Innovation & Service Industry". He is specialized in IT-systems for enterprises, logistics, value chains, and particularly interested in IT systems for healthcare institutions. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in international journals, and on international conferences.

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

THURSDAY 2nd April (Juhlasali, 1st floor)
 9:00 -   9:30    Coffee and registration
 9:30 - 10:00    Professor Reima Suomi Turku School of Economics: eHealth research in Finland - an overview
10:00 - 11:00     Professor Nilmini Wickramasinghe: US health care system and the need for reform lessons for us all
11:00 - 12:00    Professor Stefan Kirn: The German Healthcare Telematics Initiative: 1998 - 2009, and beyond
12:00 - 13:00    Lunch
13:00 - 13:30    Doctoral student Ari Vikström Turku School of Economics: Well aimed medication in temporal and spatial space
13:30 - 14:00     Hanna Tuohimaa, Corporate Foresight Group - CoFi, Åbo Akademi University: Alternative Futures of Proactive Tools for a Citizen's Own Wellbeing
14:00 - 14:30    Researcher Svein Bergum; Eastern Norway Research Institute: The multiple dimensions of distance and management of non-independent teleworkers
14:30 - 15:00    Coffee break
15:00 - 16:30    KatRi workshop
15:00 - 15:30    Development Manager Hannele Hyppönen,  Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare: The national evaluation project KatRi - an introduction
15:30 - 16:00    Lecturer Reetta Raitoharju, Turku School of Economics: Evaluating the financial aspects of KatRi
16:00 - 16:30    Organizational implementation assessment in KatRi – Professor Eija Karsten Åbo Akademi
19:00 -    Join us for evening program! Tables booked at 19.00, Restaurant Boat Svarte Rudolf in the River Aurajoki, Itäinen Rantakatu.

FRIDAY 3rd April (Juhlasali, 1st floor)
 9:00 - 10:00    Professor Nilmini Wickramasinghe: Network centric health care
10:00 - 10:30     Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00    Professor Reima Suomi: Network externalities - value added available even in health care information systems
11:00 - 12:00    Professor Stefan Kirn: The Teleradiology-Program of Baden-Württemberg: Approach, Implementation, and First Empirical Findings
12:00 - 13:00    Lunch
13:00 - 13:30    Docent Eija Karsten, Åbo Akademi University: Technology-dependent work practices in intensive care
13:30 - 14:00    Professor Maija-Leena Huotari, University of Oulu: Health Information Practice and its Impact - an Overview of a Research Project
14:00 - 14:30    Coffee Break
14:30 - 15:00    Research Professor Pekka Ruotsalainen,  Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare: Trusted use of personal health and wellness information in the future information space -requirements for information models and infrastructures
15:00 - 15:30    Doctoral Student Antto Seppälä, University of Tampere: Trusted eHealth and eWelfare space - PHR models and concepts
15:30 - 16:00    Doctoral student Eeva Heiro, Turku School of Economics: Management of Medication Information – Healthcare professionals’ point of view

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