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Board meeting agenda

    • Tuesday 7 December 2021
    • Time: 13.00 Central European Time
    • Location: ZOOM

    • Attendees

    • Chair of the WAEH:
      • Cathy Kowalewski, Wilmer Eye Institute – Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA
    • Martin Kuper, Moorfields Eye Hospital, United Kingdom
    • Nelson, Kellogg Eye Center, USA
    • Charity Wai, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore
    • Brendon Gardner, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Australia
    • Rodrigo Hasegawa, Hoftalon Eye Hospital, Brasil
    • Dato Kulasegaran, Tun Hussein On National Eye Hospital, Malaysia
    • Igor Schillevoort, The Rotterdam Eye Hospital, The Netherlands
    • Anne Odergren, St. Erik Eye Hospital, Stockholm
    • Abdulaziz AlRajhi, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyaad
    • Li Li, Aier Eye Hospital Group, China
    • Wim Oosterom – external WAEH advisor to the board
    • Maaike van Zuilen, WAEH

    Agenda

    Agenda itemByContent
    1. Welcome
    Cathy Kowalewski
    2. WAEH Annual Meeting
    Maaike van Zuilen

    3. Member acquisition
    Maaike van Zuilen
    • Incoming applications:
      • Lusaka Eye Hospital – Africa – Sponsored member
      • Techlaser – Brasil – 56 eyehospitals

    4. Finances
    Wim Oosterom
    5. WAEH Projects
    Maaike van Zuilen
    • Medical Outcomes
      • Melbourne started with Keratoconus
      • The Rotterdam Eye Hospital will start with VR in January 2022
        • Topic: Primary Retinal Detachment
        • Looking for experts in Primary Retinal Detachment to join this team

    6. Update action points
    Maaike van Zuilen
    • Start Communities of Practice:
        • 1. Designing Eye Hospitals – have met in June, July, September 2021
          • Eyehospitals participating
            • Moorfields
            • UCSF
            • Chicago
          • Next steps – check with people that are interested in Design

        • 2. Medical Outcomes – when project is ready, lead by the leads of the project?
          • 2.a Keratoconus – review Medical Outcome Indicator set – every 6 months
          • 2.b. Primary Retinal Detachment  – review Medical Outcome Indicator set – every 6 months

        • 3. Global Communications – Brainstorm meeting November 25 – will meet every three months

        • 4. Nursing – Proposal sent to people from the WAEH network that expressed interest in the development of nurses
      • Individual requests from members:
        • Rotterdam Eye Hospital: connect with people that focus on EMR / Research
        • Melbourne: connect with people
        • Chili: meet up in the Netherlands
      • Webinars:
        • Proposal MVZ to the board: organize from now on bi-monthly
        • Topics of interest of the WAEH network
        • Maybe online trainings like Design thinking, Instructional Design, other interesting and inspiring workshops

      • Knowledge hub
        • All intro’s of the eyehospitals are updated – please connect Maaike to your communications department – also for the Global Communications group!
        • New topics have been made

      • Newsletter – sent monthly or more often depended on the need

      • Socials: published weekly via twitter / Instagram and linkedin
      7. To be reviewed
      8. Dates 2022
      • Proposal Board meeting dates of the board meetings in 2022
        • February: 13.00 CET/7am EST – Feb 2, Feb 8, and Feb 24
        • May:  14.00 CET/8am EST – May 4, May 10, May 16
        • June: 14.00 CET/8am EST – June 8, June 20, June 30
        • Dec:  14.00 CET/8am EST – Dec 7, Dec 12, Dec 20