Monthly archives: March 2014


I am involved in staff education and training for my healthcare enterprise. Can we make use of your courseware?

Question I am involved in staff education and training for my healthcare enterprise.  Can we make use of your courseware?   Answer Yes, you can. These courses give you the opportunity to: Involve large numbers staff in a programme for the better understanding of health information, management, IG and risks, […]


Funded nursing informatics PhD studentship

Deadline: 31 March 2014 Institution: University of Salford – Manchester – United Kingdom Available to: United Kingdom and European Union citizens with a first or upper second class Honours degree and/or Masters Degree   A funded PhD studentship is on offer at the University of Salford in Informatics/eHealth (Effective information management […]


OpenClinical

has been created to:

  • Promote decision support, clinical workflow and other knowledge management technologies in patient care and clinical research;
  • Disseminate methods and tools for building healthcare knowledge applications that comply with the highest quality, safety and ethical standards;
  • Build a community of individuals, organisations and commercial companies who believe in the value of knowledge management, and who wish to contribute to the definition and adoption of open technical standards for medical applications.

The OpenClinical Web site is aimed in particular at healthcare professionals and managers, medical informaticians and computer scientists and industry.  A “one-stop shop” for anyone interested in learning about and tracking developments on advanced knowledge management technologies for healthcare such as point-of-care decision support systems, “intelligent” guidelines and clinical workflow.

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http://www.vitalis.nu/en/ – Sweden – 8-10 April 2014 – Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre, Gothenburg

Vitalis has a unique integrated concept combining a strong conference programme with a big exhibition where players from the eHealth sector present their products and services. Knowledge building, networking and important discussion regarding the future of health care and how visions can be transformed into reality.

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http://worldofhealthit.org/2014/ – France – 2-4 April 2014 – Nice Acropolis

Addressing the perspectives of clinicians, directors and other healthcare professionals, The World of Health ICT Conference & Exhibition offers:
• Educational sessions
• Vendor exhibitions
• Best practice exchange
• IHE Interoperability Showcase
• Networking sessions
• Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits

WoHIT14 will focus on shaping and developing the use, implementation, and evolution of eHealth – a pillar of the new European marketplace.

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www.hisa.org.au/page/atc2014Program – Australia – 19-20 March 2014 – Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

The conference will focus on seven main topics models of shared care, mHealth, the Australian Telehealth Strategy, rural and remote telehealth, telehealthcare – community care, aged care and care in the home, the transforming role of telehealth and how connectivity has transformed the delivery of healthcare.

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Is there any computer programming in the course?

Question I am a programmer. Will this course be all about stuff I already know?   Answer Almost certainly not.  Informatics is all about information governance and management, not about IT or computer programming – although of course it relies on both those skill sets to create the management infrastructures. […]


Seeing a [blank] lesson page? – How to view lessons on iPads and iPhones or add flash to your browser

If you see a picture like this when you start a lesson, don’t panic… it’s because we still use flash to display some of our course lessons. Shortly, our new ‘mobile enabled’ website will be launched but until then, users of non-flash enabled browsers will need to install a flash player and owners […]