Health care call centers among global innovations to be featured at World Health Care Middle East Innovation Summit in Abu Dhabi

HMRI, a non-profit group, provides quality medical information, advice and counseling around-the-clock to the 80 million people of Andhra Pradesh, India in English, Telugu and Hindi. During a single day this October, HMRI fielded more than 42,000 calls seeking medical advice.

"HMRI aims at strengthening the rural healthcare delivery system by leveraging the synergies of corporate social responsibility, political will and state-of-the-art technology," said Balaji Utla, PhD, CEO of HMRI 104. "We are creating an ICT-based healthcare infrastructure that is mammoth, comprehensive and penetrating."

Dr. Utla will present on program's progress and benefits during the World Health Care Middle East Innovation Summit at conference. Innovators from United States, India, Pakistan, China, Saudi Arabia, Malta and Qatar will also be in attendance to present on:

• Health Insurance, Investment and Financing
• Health Care Delivery
• Health Care Education and Training
• Health Care Research
• Health Care Call Centers

Featured innovators include:

-­ Zaid Al Siksek, Chief Executive Officer, Health Authority - Abu Dhabi, UAE
-­ Dr. Zakiuddin Ahmed, National Coordinator of E-Health, Ministry of Health, Pakistan
-­ Philipp Vetter, PhD, Head of Strategy, Health Authority-Abu Dhabi, UAE
-­ Michael Bitzer, MD, Chief Executive Officer, DAMAN National Health Insurance Company, United Arab Emirates
­- Tsung-Mei Cheng, Executive Editor, International Forum, Princeton University; Adviser, China Health Economics Institute, United States
-­ Dr. Finn Göldner, PhD, Director of Health System Financing, Health Authority - Abu Dhabi, UAE
­- N. Krishna Reddy, MD, Chief Executive Officer, Care Group of Hospitals, United States
­- Dr. Preetha Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospital Group, India
­- Carl V. Stanifer, Chief Executive Officer, Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, UAE
­- Mervat Abdelhak, PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA, Department Chair and Associate Professor, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences University of Pittsburgh, United States
­- Bakheet M. Aldosari, PhD (HIM), Assistant Professor & Chairman, Department of Health Informatics, College of Public Health & Health Informatics, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia
­- Naomi Fried, PhD, Chief Innovation Officer, Children's Hospital, United States
­- Sultan Turki Al Sedairy, PhD, Executive Director, Research Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Saudi Arabia
­- Javaid I. Sheikh, MD, Dean, Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar.