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>From: 	Rebecca L Jones[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: 	02 September 1998 19:41
>To: 	[log in to unmask]
>Subject: 	Launch and Introductory Workshop for the North of Englan
>
>I have been asked to distribute the following message from Prof Chris Taylor.
> My apologies if you 
>have already received this information from another source.  If you would
>like to 
>attend the meeting please return the slip by FRIDAY 4TH SEPT.  
>For more information about the workshop please contact Angela Castledine or
>myself
>Thank you
>Rebecca Jones
>
>Tel (0161) 275 5063  
>Email [log in to unmask]
>------------------------------------------------
>Message begins
>
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>To celebrate the official launch of the North of England Institute for Health
>Informatics (NoEIHI) on
>9th September, a one day workshop has been put together by the partners in
>the NoEIHI.
>The aim is to share views on current issues in Health Informatics and
>identify areas for
>potential collaboration. 
>
>Anyone from your organisation who is interested in Health Informatics is
>invited, but if the meeting is oversubscribed numbers will have to be
>restricted to people from the partner organisations involved in NoEIHI.  
>
>The launch workshop is a satellite meeting alongside an R&D conference at
>Hope Hospital at
>which Frank Dobson will be speaking about current issues in the NHS.  As part
>of his visit
>to Hope he is launching the website of the NoE IHI.  I shall be in touch
>shortly with
>information about its URL.  I have also been invited to speak at the R&D
>Conference to an
>invited audience of senior individuals for the NHS, industry, local
>government and academia.
> I plan to outline the makeup and objectives of the NoE IHI and its role in
>the UK
>Institute.  This will be an ideal opportunity to further raise the profile of
>this exciting
>initiative.   Delegates at our launch workshop will be able to hear Frank
>Dobson and myself
>speak, via video link, at a satellite venue on the Hope Hospital site. 
>
>Detailed below is a programme for the day and booking information.  I hope
>you can come to
>the meeting and look forward to seeing you on the 9th September.   
>
>
>Best Wishes
>
>Professor Chris Taylor
>Chairman 
>North of England Institute for Health Informatics
>
>
>Launch of the North of England Institute for Health Informatics 
>- Issues and Opportunities 
>
>Wednesday 9th September 1998
>
>Venue:	Clinical Sciences Seminar Room
>	Block B, 2nd Floor
>	Clinical Sciences Building
>Hope Hospital, Salford:   
>
>Cost:	£6.00 (Lunch included)
>
>TIMETABLE
>
>10.30	Coffee
>
>10.50	Welcome from Prof. Chris Taylor
>Chairman 
>North of England Institute for Health Informatics
>
>11.00	The Impact of Primary Care
>		Mike Bainbridge
>		University of Nottingham
>
>11.20	NHS Direct - issues arising
>		Cath Allen
>		Newcastle City Health NHS Trust
>
>11.40	The needs of community trusts (title to be confirmed)
>		Simon Aldridge
>		Mancunian Community Trust 
>
>12.00	The changing role of clinical systems 
>		Colin Gunner 
>		Bull Information Systems
>
>12.20	Clinical Terminology and the electronic patient record.  
>		 Charlie Stuart-Buttle
>		NHS Centre for Coding and Classification, Loughborough
>	
>12.40	Creating the Infrastructure to Support Collaborative Working in the NHS
>		Neil Dick 
>		IBM Healthcare Client Manager.
>
>1.0	Buffet Lunch
>	Towards the end of lunch delegates will need to make their way to the Frank
>Rifkin Lecture Theatre (Postgraduate Centre)
>
>2.00	Frank Dobson MP 
>	Health Secretary
>	speaking on current issues in the health service
>	Launching the website of the North of England Institute for Health
>Informatics
>	(part of R&D Conference)
>
>2.30	walk from Frank Rifkin lecture theatre to Clinical Sciences Building
>
>2.45	Potential and Pitfalls of Telemedicine
>		Jean Roberts
>		First Consulting Group
>
>3.05	Decision Support in Clinical Systems - Prodigy
>		Dr Ian Purves, 
>		University of Newcastle 
>
>3.30	walk to Frank Rifkin Lecture Theatre
>	in Postgraduate Centre
>
>3.45	Informatics: A Virtual Institute for Health Informatics
>		Professor Chris Taylor, 
>		Chairman, Foresight Informatics Working Party
>		(part of R&D Conference)
>
>4.00	Meeting Ends
>
>
>BOOKING INFORMATION
>If you would like to attend this meeting, please send a cheque for £6.00 made
>payable to 'The University of Manchester' which covers the cost of
>refreshments.
>
>Please complete the following information and return to Angela Castledine,
>Department of Medical Biophysics, The University of Manchester, Stopford
>Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT
>Tel 0161 275 5130  Fax 0161 275 5145  Email [log in to unmask]
>
>Do you require a map of Hope Hospital?	Yes/No
>Details of how to find the venue will be sent shortly.
>
>If you are a speaker, what audio visual facilities do you require?	
>
>Do you have any special dietary requirements?	
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>PLEASE RETURN THE COUPON  BY FRIDAY 4TH SEPT
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>THANK YOU
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