Health Informatics (Northern) Group

Welcome to the Health Informatics (Northern) Group of the British Computer Society. The Group aims to promote the theory and practice of using IT responsibly in health care. We organise regular meetings at which guest speakers and local practitioners share their experiences of informatics within the context of health care. The catchment area for the Group is all points north of Watford and anyone with an interest in any aspect of information technology allied to health care is warmly invited to join the Group.

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LATEST NEWS - Next Meeting Wednesday, 17th March 2010 (in Leeds)

HEALTH INFORMATICS (NORTHERN)

JOINT MEETING WITH BCS West Yorkshire Branch

Speaker: Dr Gillian Braunold MB BS FRCGP  : Clinical Director, Summary Care Record & HealthSpace

Title: Summary Care Record National Roll-Out Programme.

The biggest computer project in the world! How is it going? The National Programme for IT in the NHS has been described as the biggest computer project in the world. NHS Connecting for Health is now responsible for implementing the national programme, the centrepiece of which is arguably the Summary Care Record (SCR). The SCR programme aims to set up a national health records system, national roll-out of which is well under way.

The talk will give an update on the progress of the Summary Care Record and its deployment across the country. Dr Braunold will cover the consent issues, content, planned changes and utilisation of the record, giving a live demonstration of an optimised record and some other functionality through HealthSpace.

The talk will then cover the QIPP (Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention) challenges that the SCR programme leaders believe the centrally delivered functionality helps to deliver to support the NHS

Location: Old Broadcasting House (http://www.ntileeds.co.uk/old-broadcasting-house), Leeds, 148 Woodhouse Lane LS2 9EN (click here for map)
Refreshments from 17:45, Talk 18:30

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