The following may be of interest. Making Medical Informatics Work Conference, 15th and 16th February 2001, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester www.it-p.co.uk/mmiw Contact email: [log in to unmask] Endorsed by the UK Institute for Health Informatics Sponsors: BMiS, PHCSG, Sheffield Academic Press DRAFT PROGRAMME and registration form (at 20 Jan) Thursday 15th February 0900-1000 Registration and coffee 1000 Welcome, Dr Heather Heathfield, I.T Perspectives Ltd 1005-1035 NHS Perspective 1: Dr Anthony Nowlan, Director of Stakeholder relations, NHS IA 1035-1105 Clinical Perspective: Dr Trefor Roscoe, GPs View of Information Management 1105-1135 Patient & Public perspective: Mat Jordan, NHS Direct 1135-1150 Coffee, parallel demonstrations/walk round poster session 1150-1220 Health on the Internet: Dr Jeremy Wyatt, School of Public Policy, UCL 1220-1250 Dick Whiddett, Massey University, New Zealand Cross Cultural Access Rules for Patient Information 1250-1350 Lunch, parallel demonstrations/walk round poster session, including Open Clinical-Michael Humber, ICRF 1350-1520 Parallel workshops Workshop A Clinical Governance debate "This house believes that the Bristol scandal and Dr Shipman have ensured that clinical governance will not improve patient care." Proposer: Prof Alan Gillies, University of Central Lancashire Opposer: Dr Nikki Ellis, Dept of General Practice, University of Manchester Workshop B Information for Health; north-west region showcase Led by Dr Adam Drury, Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust 1520-1540 Tea parallel demonstrations/walk round poster session 1540-1710 Parallel workshops Workshop C Capturing Clinical Information Led by Sean Brennan, Head of Healthcare Development for Northgate Information Systems Workshop D Access management of resources in the National electronic Library for Health Led by Ben Toth, Muir Gray, NeLH The workshop will discuss the need for, and role of, access management systems in digital libraries. After discussing general principles, the workshop will look at the Athens access management system, and its role in the National electronic Library for Health. The workshop will cover: The need for access management systems Available options Present position in the NHS The need to work across the Education/NHS boundary Towards a National Knowledge Service for Better Health Athens Using Athens in the NHS environment Discussion 1800-1930 Drinks reception sponsored by Sheffield Academic Press 2000 Conference Dinner (details & booking forms will sent with registrations). Friday 16th February 0930-1100 Parallel workshops Workshop E PRODIGY: Prescribing support for GPs Led by Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics at Newcastle (SCHIN ) Workshop F EFMI workshop Led by Bryan Manning 1100-1120 Coffee parallel demonstrations/walk round poster session 1120-1150 Academics Perspective: Professor Chris Taylor, UK Institute for Health Informatics (UK-IHI) 1150-1220 Roy Lilley, Independent Health analyst, writer, broadcaster 1220-1250 NHS Perspective 2: Paul Charnley, Information for Health Programme Manager, Wirral Hospitals NHS Trust, Trends in the NHS: Building an EHR as an ERDIP project 1250-1400 Lunch parallel demonstrations/walk round poster session 1400-1430 A European perspective 1: Åsa Schwieler, Carelink - Swedish Network for Communication in Healthcare Telemedicine-A Swedish View 1430-1500 A European perspective 2: Toomas Timpka, University of Linkoping, Sweden 1500-1530 A European perspective 3: Rolf Nikula, Aalborg University, Denmark Organisational & Technological Insight as important factors for successful implementation of IT 1530-1545 closing comments, speaker tbc Poster sessions: Benita Cox, Imperial College London and Nina Dawe, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust Evaluation of the impact of a PACS system on an Intensive Care Unit Christos Bountis, Oxford Medical Informatics, Dept of Clinical Biochemistry. Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals, Dave Nurse, CSW Informatics Ltd, Jonathan D S Kay, Oxford Medical Informatics, Dept of Clinical Biochemistry. Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Use of a Clinical Intranet to Link a Laboratory Handbook to the Patient Record Victor Lopes, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, Alan Grace, Integrated Dynamics Ltd, Matthew Gibbons, General dental practitioner, Wolverhampton, Stephen Cowley,General dental practitioner, Wolverhampton A Pilot Study of a Telemedicine Diagnostic Service - Preliminary Results Samina Munir and Ruth Boaden UMIST, Patient Empowerment And the Electronic Health Record Gary Nestor, Suzanne Hardy, Megan Quentin-Baxter, SCHIN, Adam Drury, Royal Salford NHS Trust, Ian Purves, Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics at Newcastle Virtual Classrooms Assessments of Virtual Learning Environments for the NHS Jocelyn Handy, School of Psychology, Massey University, Inga Hunter, Richard Whiddett, Dept of Information Systems, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand User Acceptance of Inter-Organisational Electronic Medical Records MMIW2001 Registration form ------------------------------------------------ Name: Job Title: Address: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website: Dietary requirements: Registration rates (please specify which rate) 2 day Commercial rate £230 + VAT 1 day Commercial £150 + VAT (please specify which day you will be attending) 2 day Academic/NHS £150 + VAT 1 day Academic/NHS £95 + VAT (please specify which day you will be attending) 2 day Student £80 + VAT (send proof of status) 1 day Student £60 +VAT (send proof of status, and please specify which day you will be attending) Exhibitor rates: For an exhibition stand the rates are £600 plus VAT. An alternative would be for you to include promotional material in the delegate packs, at a cost of £200. Sponsorship packages are available at a range of costs. Email for details. [log in to unmask] Chris Brand, Event Manager IT Perspectives Ltd PO Box 371 Manchester M60 2PJ www.it-p.co.uk [log in to unmask] Tel: 07711 672319