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Conference News |Dubai |
Staff Reporter | Friday, February 1, 2008
Arab Health Achievement Awards announces winners
for 2008
(Dubai Health & News)
The Arab Health Achievement and Innovation Awards were announced as part
of the Arab Health 2008 exhibition held this week in Dubai.
The awards recognise the outstanding achievement of individuals,
hospitals, departments, teams and organisations that have contributed to
the growth and development of the Arab health industry.
They were made on Wednesday night (30 January 2008) at a gala dinner at
the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai, attended by more than 500 of the
world's leading health professionals. The evening was sponsored by Dubai
Healthcare City, Herman Miller and Microsoft Corporation.
Nominations were judged by a panel of industry professionals - Dr Joel
Nobel, Founder and President Emeritus, Emergency Care Research
Institute; and Dr Andrew Nashashibi, Fellow of the American Academy of
Continuing Medical Education.
The winners were:
Specialist Achievement - Imaging and Diagnostics - NMC
Specialty Hospital, Dubai, for an integrated radiology information and
image management system.
Specialist Achievement - Surgery - Tawam Hospital, Al Ain,
for advances in cardiovascular intervention therapy.
Specialist Achievement Award - Laboratory - American
Hospital, Dubai, for the Department of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine.
Specialist Achievement - Quality Healthcare Improvement
Initiative - Tawam Hospital, for a contractors partnership programme.
Special Achievement - Emergency Medical Services - the
leadership team of InterHealth Canada at the Rashid Hospital Trauma
Centre, Dubai.
Special Achievement - Information Technology - Dubai
Healthcare City for a healthcare information reporting and analysis
system.
Hospital Education/Training - Saudi German Hospitals Group for
initiating an evidence-based medicine project.
Infection Control Initiative - Tehran Heart Centre, Tehran
University of Medical Sciences, Infection Control Committee.
Arab Health is organised by IIR Middle East and supported by the United
Arab Emirates Ministry of Health, the Dubai Health Authority and the
Health Authority Abu Dhabi.
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Winners of the Arab Health Achievement and Innovation Awards
2008.
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