Final Report Summary - BIOMED (New Horizons Biomedical Informatics Observatories in Mediterranean Region)
New Horizons Biomedical Informatics Observatories in Mediterranean Region (BIOMed)
http://biomed.gbt.tfo.upm.es/
The Consortium:
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Greece (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. John Mantas, jmantas@nurs.uoa.gr)
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain (Project Manager: Prof. Enrique Gomez, egomez@gbt.tfo.upm.es)
Akdeniz University (AK), Turkey (Project Manager: Kemal Hakan Gülkesen, hgulkesen@gmail.com)
German Jordanian University (GJU), Jordan (Project Manager: Prof. Mohammad AlDaoud, mohammad.aldaoud@gju.edu.jo)
Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (ASRT), Egypt (Project Manager and Deputy Coordinator: Dr. Mohamed A.Wageih mohamed.wageih@hu.edu.eg m1_awaad2004@yahoo.com)
The purpose is to: 1) foster the national BioMedical Informatics (BMI) foundation aligning with the international medical informatics association (IMIA) in order to remodelling the national strategies; 2) structure the BMHI strategic plans in Egypt and Jordan as models for other Arab States; 3) define the requirements for new joint EU-Mediterranean BMHI projects and initiatives; and 4) encourage and support the BMHI centres of excellence in Egypt and Jordan. BIOMed will synergistically apply up-to-date European and International methodologies & standards. The pre-defined challenges were integrating multiple segregated BMHI initiatives and policies; overcoming obstructions- socio, political, economic; recommendation adaptation, assessing the current and proposed solutions; defining the national health systems real demands; identifying different European best practices. Political instability in the Middle East after the Arab Spring in 2011 added further challenges as well as improved the importance of the EU-MENA cooperation.
http://biomed.gbt.tfo.upm.es/
The Consortium:
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Greece (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. John Mantas, jmantas@nurs.uoa.gr)
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain (Project Manager: Prof. Enrique Gomez, egomez@gbt.tfo.upm.es)
Akdeniz University (AK), Turkey (Project Manager: Kemal Hakan Gülkesen, hgulkesen@gmail.com)
German Jordanian University (GJU), Jordan (Project Manager: Prof. Mohammad AlDaoud, mohammad.aldaoud@gju.edu.jo)
Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (ASRT), Egypt (Project Manager and Deputy Coordinator: Dr. Mohamed A.Wageih mohamed.wageih@hu.edu.eg m1_awaad2004@yahoo.com)
The purpose is to: 1) foster the national BioMedical Informatics (BMI) foundation aligning with the international medical informatics association (IMIA) in order to remodelling the national strategies; 2) structure the BMHI strategic plans in Egypt and Jordan as models for other Arab States; 3) define the requirements for new joint EU-Mediterranean BMHI projects and initiatives; and 4) encourage and support the BMHI centres of excellence in Egypt and Jordan. BIOMed will synergistically apply up-to-date European and International methodologies & standards. The pre-defined challenges were integrating multiple segregated BMHI initiatives and policies; overcoming obstructions- socio, political, economic; recommendation adaptation, assessing the current and proposed solutions; defining the national health systems real demands; identifying different European best practices. Political instability in the Middle East after the Arab Spring in 2011 added further challenges as well as improved the importance of the EU-MENA cooperation.