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ZIMAM Webinar: IPS Summit across the Globe

Picture advertising the Zimam webinar with the title International Patient Summary: Cross-Border Health Data Exchange Use Cases across the Globe

On 30 April 2025, ZIMAM hosted an compelling webinar on implementations of the IPS across the globe. It included a detailed overview of the Hajj pilot, conducted in collaboration with WHO:

  • Dr Amar Ahmed Hijazi from Saudi Arabia
  • Dr Mahesh Appannan from Malaysia
  • Suryastri Boni from Indonesia
  • Dr Carl Leitner from WHO

In addition, two more countries provided an overview of their IPS implementation efforts:

  • Allana Cameron from Canada
  • Ryan Mavin from Australia

From the standards development community, creating and supporting the IPS, contributions came from:

  • Dan Vreeman, HL7 International, current chair of the Joint Initiative Council (JIC) for Global Health Informatics Standardization
  • Dr Alexander Berler, IHE Catalyst
  • Dr Robert Stegwee, CEN/TC 251 Health Informatics, current chair of the JIC IPS Coordination Committee

The webinar was hosted and moderated by:

  • Dr Osama Elhassan, chair of ZIMAM

ZIMAM is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to International Digital Health Workforce Development.

The webinar lasts for 2 hours, but it is well worth it. View it here .