HIMSS and TicSalut collaborate on training

Monday 30th June 2008

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the TicSalut Foundation (TicSalut) based in Barcelona have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) o collaborate on the development of education and training in Catalonia. 

Joan Cornet, Executive President of TicSalut said: “We are pleased to work with HIMSS to develop healthcare IT education and training solutions that work for us in Catalonia.

“We have ambitious plans to employ IT to improve the delivery of healthcare, and HIMSS has the instruments and know-how to help us bring the necessary training in our language to the 70,000 professionals in our healthcare sector.

The purposes of the MoU are to:

• Exchange knowledge, information and experience between both parties in their fields
• Cooperate in building initiatives in the healthcare sector in places of mutual interest
• Cooperate in conducting scientific and specialised workshops, symposia, training and seminars
• Cooperate in executing projects of common interest
• Develop other related services as agreed

Stephen Lieber, HIMSS president/CEO said: “HIMSS welcomes the opportunity to work with the TicSalut Foundation to help further the adoption of health information technology in Catalonia.

“Through the MoU, our organisations will work together to develop and implement professional education for IT professionals and clinical IT users in Catalonia."

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