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WORKSHOP ON DEPENDABILITY IN HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS
EDINBURGH, 22nd-23rd MARCH 2001
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/sociology/DIRC/cfpart.html
Organised by the Dependability Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration
(DIRC) http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/research/dirc/
WORKSHOP THEME:
Society's dependence on computer-based systems continues to increase,
while the systems themselves - embracing humans, computers and
engineered systems - become ever more complex. These trends coincide
with pressure for systems to be brought to market faster and at lower
(and more predictable) cost. Achieving sufficient dependability in these
systems, and demonstrating this achievement in a rigorous and convincing
manner, is of crucial importance to the fabric of the modern Information
Society. Much scientific progress has been made in achieving high
dependability in computer hardware and software but wider systems
involving computers, people and organisations are often unsuccessful and
the cause of financial losses, or worse.
It is evident that satisfactory resolution of such problems demands
major breakthroughs in understanding the fundamental problems that arise
in attempts to build systems involving complex interactions amongst
numbers of computers and human beings. Our interest is therefore in
developing improved means of specifying, designing, assessing, deploying
and maintaining complex computer-based systems in contexts where high
dependability is crucial.
The focus of this workshop is dependability in health care systems. The
enormous growth in the use of communications and information technology
in all aspects of healthcare provision from the use of computers to
store and access patient records through to computer-assisted medical
procedures present healthcare professionals (and their clients) with a
wide range of opportunities and challenges in the delivery of
healthcare. As Information and Communication Technologies increasingly
play major roles in the provision of healthcare throughout the world -
it is clear that there is a growing need for research into the
dependability of medical informatics and health care information
management.
The call for submissions has now closed. Abstracts of the accepted
submissions can be seen at
http://www.comp.lancs.uk.uk/sociology/DIRC/Workshopabs.html.
We have reserved some places at the workshop for people who are not
presenting papers. We particularly welcome the participation of those
who are currently working in healthcare settings, including clinicians,
academics, health service personnel, but not excluding other interested
parties.
Places are limited so early registration is advised.
For further details about workshop topics, programme schedule, venue,
fees, accomodation, etc., email Rob Procter ([log in to unmask]) or Mark
Rouncefield ([log in to unmask]) or visit the workshop www site
at:
http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/sociology/DIRC/cfpart.html
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