Registration is now open for the Southern Institute for
Health Informatics 10th Annual Conference
Thursday 9th October 2008, Leatherhead
After nine tremendously successful SIHI conferences, we are holding this
year's event in Leatherhead on Thursday 9th October and would like to
invite you to participate. The venue will be Leatherhead Food
International (LFI), conveniently close to the railway station and within
easy access of the M25.
The theme is the way that information and communication technologies
(ICT) can enhance the provision of community care services.
More and more health care is being delivered in community settings,
whether this is in local health centres, GP practices or in the patient's
home. The demands are such that information about the patient and the
services for them frequently need to be shared, up-to-date, accessible
from many locations and patient-centred.
More and more people and organisations are involved in the delivery of
that care, including GPs and their staff, community health services
provided by PCTs, outreach services provided by NHS acute organisations,
local authorities, private sector suppliers (including home monitoring
services, pharmacies, social care providers), the patients themselves,
the patients' families and friends, etc.
Increasingly there is a need to "join up" care in order to
provide the patient with the best possible service. Of course, providing
services at lower cost and with demonstrable effectiveness is always an
issue.
The keynote speakers at the conference will be:
- Sean Riddell, Managing Director, EMIS Group Ltd, on healthcare
interoperability
- Prof James Barlow, Imperial College London, on lessons for
implementation and sustainability of services
- Prof Jeremy Wyatt, Director of the Health Informatics Centre,
University of Dundee, on the evidence base
Among the other speakers will be a series of "elevator pitches"
from companies describing their services - against the clock!
Who should attend?
The conference is aimed at social care managers, service providers,
clinicians of all types, health service managers, system developers and
integrators, and patient representatives. Academics with research or
teaching interests in the above areas will also find plenty to interest
them.
Registration
The cost of early registration (bookings made before 1st September) is
only £85 (with discounts for multiple attendees from the same
organisation), which includes lunch.
Infomart
The conference also features an "Infomart". The Infomart is an
informal information marketplace area that allows vendors and researchers
a low cost method of meeting people and exchanging information.
For more details of the programme and a registration form, go to the
conference website
http://www.chmi.port.ac.uk/sihi/sihi2008/index.htm
Email enquiries to
claire.ansett@...
or phone 0845 130 8179.
Please bring this to the attention of any colleagues that may also be
interested. Apologies to anyone who receives multiple copies of this
message.
Dr Jim Briggs
Conference chairman
Conference sponsors:
Adastra
SEHTA
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