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Healthcare computing at the University of Portsmouth

Healthcare computing at the University of Portsmouth. Dr Jim Briggs http://www.disco.port.ac.uk/hcc Last updated: 24th November 2004. Permanent staff: Jim Briggs Tineke Fitch Roger Beresford & Gordon Early Brett Stevens* & Carl Adams* Administrative staff

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Healthcare computing at the University of Portsmouth

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  1. Healthcare computing at the University of Portsmouth Dr Jim Briggs http://www.disco.port.ac.uk/hcc Last updated: 24th November 2004

  2. Permanent staff: Jim Briggs Tineke Fitch Roger Beresford & Gordon Early Brett Stevens* & Carl Adams* Administrative staff Angela Muscat (TEIS administrator) Technical staff Many at various times Most recently Daniel Yang Fixed-term staff Dave Prytherch (seconded from PHT) Dick Curry Past: Jeff Sirl, Stephanie Williams Research students Past: Tineke & Bernie Garrett Penny Ross Jason Oakley (pt) Suzanne Stokes * Emily Bennett * * shared with other groups Group members

  3. Telemedicine and e-health Information Service Clinical outcomes Cancer care data ICT research initiative Imaging ISABEL evaluation Smart cards Mobile healthcare SIHI Teaching Activities

  4. Telemedicine and e-health Information Service (TEIS) • Formerly National Database of Telemedicine • Was funded by NHS Information Authority (until March 2004) • Once again, need to find new funding

  5. Spin-offs from TEIS • Resource centre for NeLH • e-health • Collaborate with: • UK e-health Association • Royal Society of Medicine Telemedicine Forum • Institute of Healthcare Management/ASSIST • Confederation of E-health Websites (CEW, pronounced "queue") • Sponsored DTI-funded mission to South Korea, March 2001

  6. Adverse clinical outcomes • Can useful predictive information be gleaned from already existing data? • Project funded by local NHS R&D fund + University funds • Developed a new technique for comparing surgical performance; extending it to General Medicine • Paper accepted by BritJSurgery; one in pipeline; front page of The Observer

  7. Cancer care data • Since 1998, trusts need to report data on cancer patients • National Service Frameworks • 150 items of data per patient • 500,000 data items pa in Portsmouth alone • Usability issues • Penny Ross working on it • Funding from charity

  8. ICT initiative • Department of Health’s Information and Communication Technologies Research Initiative • Supporting management of the research programme • Website and mailing list

  9. Other projects • Imaging (Jason Oakley) • Digital phantom for evaluating quality in radiographical systems and procedures • ISABEL evaluation (Jim and Tineke Fitch) • Paediatric decision-support tool • Evaluate use and users • Smart cards (Roger Beresford and Jim) • Mobile healthcare (Carl Adams and Tineke)

  10. Southern Institute for Health Informatics

  11. SIHI • Local and national organisations • 6 conferences since July 1998 • Last one on 1st October 2004 • Next one next September (probably) • Part of UK IHI • Academic Forum (part of the NHS National Information Partnership Board)

  12. Teaching activities • Wrapping up • MSc in Healthcare Information Systems • MSc in Healthcare Information Management • Final year option on health informatics (Tineke) • New MSc in e-Health?

  13. http://www.disco.port.ac.uk/hcc

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