Team Members


Dr. Josep M. Picas
President of the European Association of Healthcare IT Managers
president@hitm.eu
Hospital de St. Pau in Barcelona, Spain
Chief Information Officer

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He began his career in 1974 as a medical doctor, was appointed Director of the Hospital de l’Esperança in 1979, Director of the Barcelona Town Council Primary Health Care Services in the C.Q. Peracamps in 1984, Medical Director of Municipal Institute of Health Care Services from 1985 to 2004. General Manager of the Primary Care of Barcelona City at the Catalan Institute of Health from 2004 to 2007. CIO of Hospital del Mar in Barcelona a position he held until his current appointment in 2008. In addition, he is an Associate Professor at a number of institutions, including the Barcelona Nurses University School Sta. Madrona, the Barcelona Business School, and the Barcelona University. He has worked actively on the development of disease management programs, computerised information health systems and medical documentation and participates on numerous Boards and Steering Committees.


Miroslav Madjaric, B.Sc.E.E, Ph.D.
Vice-President of the European Association of Healthcare IT Managers
vp@hitm.eu
University Hospital Center Zagreb
Chief Information Officer

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Graduated Electrical Engineering Faculty - Computer Science (University of Zagreb, Croatia). He started as computer operator and programmer, afterwards system analyst and finally managing IT department in University Hospital Center Zagreb (KBC-Zagreb), the biggest hospital organization in Croatia. In year 1990 he joined the biggest hospital organization in Europe - Krankenanstaltenges.m.b.H in Graz, Austria, contributing substantially the implementation of Hospital Information System (HIS). From 2002 he lead the IT department of the biggest Croatian company INA, d.d. (Oil & Gas) and finally in 2008 he joined again KBC-Zagreb on the position of VP & CIO. He published more than 80 professional and scientific papers mostly related to health IT, as well took part in major IT-related conferences in Croatia and abroad. Focus of his professional interests is IT leadership management in hospitals, project management and innovation.


Christian Marolt
Secretary General and Editor-in-Chief
c.m@hitm.eu
European Association of Healthcare IT Managers
Responsible for the General Secretariat

Specialty areas:
Advances in healthcare IT, modern non-profit communications, association collaboration and membership service


Aleksandra Kolodziejska
Association and membership management
office@hitm.eu
European Association of Healthcare IT Managers
Project manager

Specialty areas:
Association management, client service and project development


Estrella Hidalgo Espina
Audiovisual Communications Director
video@mindbyte.eu
Mindbyte Communications
Responsible for Audiovisual Communications & Client Services

Specialty areas:
Digital Video Production, Editing, Post-processing and Commercial Account Services


European Association of Healthcare IT Managers
General Secretariat
office@hitm.eu
Contact address:
28/7, rue de la Loi B-1040 Brussels Belgium Tel: +32/2/286 8501 Fax: +32/2/286 8508

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The General Secretariat takes care of all membership issues for the Association