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T H E M A G A Z I N E F O R T H E U K H E A LT H I N F O R M AT I C S P R O F E S S I O N A L
‘We need to work together to strengthen Informatics Professionalism’
Whole system transformation: is the NHS ready to go digital?
Also Supporting the vision for CCIOs
E-learning for clinicians
HI apprenticeships
Events and conferences
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Welcome to the February issue of the UKCHIP magazine
I hope this year has got off to a good start for you, despite the dismal weather, and all your resolutions are still intact? In this edition we feature two articles setting out the direction and aims of UKCHIP. The first, supporting the recently released vision for Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) development, reiterates the purpose of UKCHIP as providing an open professional register bringing together health informatics specialists from all branches of the profession. The second is a plea from our new Chairman, Dr Gwyn Thomas, for all professional bodies in this field to work together for the good of the profession. As you know, UKCHIP is currently working on restructuring and redeveloping its services, to ensure it is best placed to raise standards of professionalism and protect the public. We also focus on young health informaticians, with articles on new apprenticeship schemes in England, and the latest blog post from Sophie Rogers, an apprentice with NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS). We think it is very important to support and encourage those coming in to the profession and we offer free affiliate registration to apprentices, as a first step on their professional journey. Further in this edition we have details of a free elearning course for clinicians and clinical students that already has over 12,000 users, and latest news about UKCHIP activities with the EU. As usual we have a section on development events and conferences, including HC2014, which this year is being held in Manchester. As always, do let us know if there are subjects you would like to see covered in the magazine or on the website - our contact details are on the back cover. Di Bullman UKCHIP Registrar
In this issue Page 3 UKCHIP supports the CCIO vision 4 We need to work together to take professionalism forward 5 Whole system transformation: Is the NHS ready to go digital? 6 Apprenticeships news 8 Informatics in clinical education 9 News from Europe 10 Job vacancy IHRIM Chief Executive 11 Events and conferences 14 About UKCHIP Image above courtesy of watcharakun /
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A Vision and 12 Point Plan for Chief Clinical Information Officers, to ensure the quality of NHS clinical information UKCHIP would like to express its wholehearted support for the 12 Point Plan for CCIOs. Its expressed purpose is very closely aligned to our own, long-standing vision for the enhancement of the reputation of all Health Informatics professions.
mainly because it has never had as strong a common platform and as loud a collective voice as other professions. Tribal rivalries have played a part in allowing this fragmentation to develop and persist for too long. This has to change. UKCHIP believes that the time for all professional ‗tribes‘ to work together much more closely and collaboratively in the interests of patient care is long overdue. Our new chairman, Dr Gwyn Thomas, has begun to set out the case for moving in this direction in this issue of our newsletter. We believe that every ‗tribe‘ has something important to contribute to patient care and that there are many opportunities for collaboration.
In his introduction to the plan, Dr Joe McDonald, quite rightly, highlights the ‗Three tribes (that)
struggle for the soul of every electronic patient record project, the clinicians who need a way of recording things as convenient as pen and paper, the managers who need to count activity and the IT crowd who need to deliver the technology‘ . However, there are other interested tribes too. For example, those who code the information, those who manage the record, those who oversee data quality, those involved in audit, those who use the information for decision making, researchers and academics, those who manage social care information. And of course, there are patients themselves, the most important constituents of all in this tribal soulstruggle. Health Informatics has, at times, been referred to as the ‗lost tribe‘
One in particular is to work together to promote the importance and value of a Health Informatics professional register which will help to unite all of the informatics ‗tribes‘ though a single code of ethics and suite of compatible professional standards. Professional registers are set up for the common good, with the main purpose of protecting the public through the application of professional standards and regulation of individuals who fall below them. Registration is a public expression of commitment that the profession as a whole and the individuals within it are prepared to face up to their ethical obligations
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Febr uar y 2014 to make sure that they apply their knowledge and skills in ways that, at the very least, 'do no harm'. Statutory and voluntary registers and independent regulation are firmly embedded in the values of clinical and other professions. Given the importance of information to the delivery of safe care, health informatics should be no exception. Professional registers are open for all to see, so that anyone (public or employers) can use the information when they are making decisions about whether to employ individuals, procure and use services or to complain and highlight concerns. An open professional register is an essential component in building and maintaining public trust. In the world of informatics, this has now assumed even greater importance, with recent adverse events in the NHS, the declared intent to provide widespread access to, and sharing of, patient records and the intensifying public debates about personal privacy and data security in the digital age. UKCHIP looks forward with enthusiasm to working with the CCIO Network on this important common and shared component of enhancing the reputation of all Health Informatics professionals, no matter to which tribe they feel they naturally belong.
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We need to work together to take professionalism forward Dr Gwyn Thomas, the new chair of UKCHIP is urging the various bodies involved in representing NHS IT and information staff to work together to strengthen informatics professionalism. Dr Thomas, who once led the NHS Information Authority and who retired as chief information officer of the Welsh Assembly Government in August, says the current ―landscape‖ of professional bodies is ―confusing‖ and more coordination is needed. Speaking to EHI, Dr Thomas said: ―I have found that as my role has changed over my career, I have been a member of a number of bodies – UKCHIP, BCS Assist (the Association of ICT Professionals in Health and Social Care), BCS Health, and Socitm (the Society of Information Technology Management, which focuses on local government). ―That is quite a confusing landscape for potential members. So I am saying we need to work together to create a platform to take professionalism forward.‖
Dr Thomas was chief executive of the NHSIA, the organisation set up to deliver the 1998 IT strategy, ‗Information for Health‘, and which was replaced by NHS Connecting for Health in 2004. While he held this role, he helped to found UKCHIP, which runs online registration and continuing professional development tools and support. Dr Thomas said that, at the time, he felt there was a need for ―registration and regulation‖ and this ―has not gone away.‖ Indeed, he argued that ―it has become more pressing‖ with the second of Robert Francis QC‘s reviews into the scandal at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, and the government‘s subsequent decisions to ask NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh and US quality expert Professor Don Berwick to investigate hospitals with high death-rates and the NHS‘ safety culture.
‘..information is as important as money – in fact, it is more important, because without information you do not know how to spend the money.’ ―One of their findings was that we need to rediscover professionalism, and that applies to health informatics as much as other professions,‖ he argued. ―This is an idea whose time has come.‖ Dr Thomas argued that if all those working in NHS IT and information joined a relevant professional body, and those organisations worked together, there would a stronger platform to make the case for strengthening informatics across the NHS.
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―This is all about getting an understanding of how important information is to an organisation. It has been the cry of informaticians over the years that trust information is as important as money – in fact, it is more important, because without information you do not know how to spend the money. ―It is also about making this an attractive career for people. Lots of us involved in it at the moment just fell into it, but we need to attract the best and the brightest – and then develop those people. ―And we need to develop the knowledge base. The foundation of any profession is its knowledge base, and we need to work with universities and others to develop that.‖ Dr Thomas argued there is ―a lot of goodwill‖ towards these ideas, but ―we need to move faster, so people can see we are making a difference.‖ In addition to his UKCHIP post, Dr Thomas has also accepted a professorship at Swansea University, where he is redesigning the masters degree in health informatics, with a focus on leadership, and become chair of Health Data Insight, a community interest information broker. This article first appeared in e-Health Insider January 2014.
Whole system transformation: is the NHS ready to go digital? Ensuring consistent, widespread adoption of technological innovation across the NHS will be no mean feat, says Mik Horswell. There is a well-publicised and strong government commitment to the idea of using data collected for one purpose such as care provision, for other related purposes, like research and management of resources. Equally, there is a desire to explore every possible way of changing government processes, so that they can be undertaken using digital technology and the Department of Health is apparently at the top of the list to achieve this status. For the NHS, there is a target to make as many processes as possible paperless. Speaking to the think tank Policy Exchange in January this year, Jeremy Hunt said ―by April 2018 digital information will be fully available across NHS and social care services, barring individual optouts.‖ There have also been further commitments, directed mainly to Primary Care and the GPs‘ systems, including ensuring that patients have online access to their GP records and that referrals from GP to specialist services are paperless by 2015. It is obvious that the 21st century will continue to see an explosion in the use of digital technology, systems and approaches to organise, manage and operate more and more of our interactions
with business, commerce, government and with each other, whether we feel comfortable with this or not. By implication this means it is vital that those systems, especially when our lives can be intimately affected by them, must be trustworthy to the user. They must also be used consistently across whatever process adopts them. For example, allowing some GP practices to use paperbased referrals whilst the majority are using an electronic process makes this virtually unmanageable for the receiving organisations. Hence the need to manage the whole system, ensuring digitisation is adopted in a widespread and consistent fashion. This theme was picked up in an article on the BBC News website , under the title ―Electronic prescribing ‗patchy‘ in NHS hospitals.‖ This referenced a survey of 101 hospitals in England, which indicated that although 69% used some form of electronic prescribing, there was wide variation in the systems used. Electronic prescribing is also a rapidly expanding feature of primary care, with over 1200 GP practices and 10,000 pharmacies using the service, but this is less than 20% of the potential user base. It seems the technology is there to support many aspects of a digital society, but the pressure point for the NHS is surely around resources and prioritisation of investment in technology against the more obvious demands of good quality, hands-on care for patients. The Department of Health has made additional funds available specifically for PAGE: 5
Febr uar y 2014 investment in technology, with around £500m to be allocated in a process requiring matched funding from the bidding NHS organisations. Whilst welcome, these funds need to be allocated swiftly if the successful bidders are to initiate and implement projects within what is left of the financial year. Another question that remains unanswered is; how to ensure consistent adoption of new digital processes across a set of organisations so diverse as those collectively known as ‗the NHS‘? With the closure of the previous (and often maligned) national approach to IT adoption for the NHS, it is far more difficult to see how this question might be answered, particularly given the current preference for local decision making within a shared approach to adopting standards and using integration technologies. How this might gain prominence when set against other legitimate aims for patient care will be reliant on the development of some excellent business cases, demonstrating return on investment and improved pathways through care for those patients. Mik Horswell is UKCHIP’s Director of Stakeholder Management This article first appeared in Transforming Technology in Health and Social Care http:// techinhealthandsocialcare.co.uk
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New apprenticeships strengthen the health informatics profession The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) is pleased to report that following the development and launch of the Level 3 Diploma in Health Informatics, the Health Informatics Apprenticeship Framework has also been further enhanced and now covers both intermediate and advanced levels . In addition, the apprenticeship framework has also been approved for funding by the Skills Funding Agency. This means that colleges and training providers can access funding to cover the cost of the training. The qualifications were developed in partnership between the Developing Informatics Skills and Capability (DISC) team within HSCIC, NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS), Skills for Health, and awarding bodies in England and Wales. Supported by the HSCIC, the Skills for Health Academy North West, Health Education England North West, the City of Liverpool College and local NHS employers worked collaboratively to launch the first cohort of health informatics apprentices - in September 2013. As part of the scheme, the apprentices will undertake the Level 2 Extended Certificate in Health Informatics qualification which underpins the intermediate apprenticeship framework.
Brigid Marray-Kilgallen, Cadet Coordinator at the academy said: ―It is always a challenge starting off a new programme but I am so pleased with our first cohort of health informatics cadets. They have received plaudits from their placements and given useful insights into the real world of health informatics. Because of their experience, these cadets are on the pathway to the right behaviours and values for the future NHS.‖ The apprentices are employed by the National Skills Academy Health‘s Apprenticeship Training Agency and are supported by academy staff throughout their apprenticeship. After completion of their six week college-based induction, this first group of apprentices moved into work placements late last year. The apprentices now spend one day in college and four days a week in their placements within the information management departments of over 12 NHS organisations across Cheshire and Merseyside including Liverpool Women‘s Hospital, Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group and Informatics Merseyside, amongst others. Ryan Lomax, Project Manager at Informatics Merseyside said: ―Working with the cadet programme gives us an exciting opportunity to be involved in the development of young people and the future of the NHS. It gives the cadets the chance to develop the knowledge and experience that will make them more employable and allows them to develop skills that will prove valuable to any NHS organisation.‖
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Jackie Smith, Informatics Development Manager at HSCIC, said ―Part of our organisation‘s strategy is to develop a UK informatics skills base in health and social care to support the wider economy, so we‘re really excited to see this now coming into fruition in the North West. By providing professional education and training resources, we can drive forward the informatics capability agenda as it gathers momentum throughout the country. It is expected the apprentices in the North West will be the first of many, as the demand for informatics specialists grows amongst NHS organisations.‖ If your organisation is considering taking on health informatics apprentices, you may find it useful to take a look at the National Skills Academy web site. They offer a membership scheme to employers which can support your organisation with recruitment, identification of funding and practical support with setting up and maintaining apprenticeships. For more information about health informatics, apprenticeships and the supportive resources available, or to just talk about what is happening in your area, please contact the national team disc.team@hscic.gov.uk.
Sophie’s Blog Hello all The first blog of 2014, how time flies! Since I wrote to you last I‘ve definitely been keeping busy, I handed in my first OU assignment which went very well and was definitely a learning curve; I‘m really pleased with the results! I‘m well into my second assignment with the Open University, this particular assignment allows me to pick a topic of interest in my role on the IT helpdesk and create a research proposal on it, which will be fab in terms of getting more accustomed to my role, as I‘m still relevantly new in comparison to my colleagues.
I have also completed my year long apprenticeship Level 2 NVQ in Telecoms and Web Professionals, at long last; this qualification covered various topics such as: ICT Systems and Principles Professional Competence for IT and Telecoms Professionals
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Employee Rights and Responsibilities Essential Skills Wales (Number, Communication & ICT)
I am also hoping to start on the same qualification at a higher level very soon too! I visited projects office in Bocam Park also; this really gave me a fantastic overview on just how large informatics is in the NHS is and how much hard work and organisation is put into creating the clinical and non clinical systems used everyday within NHS Wales as a whole.
Sophie Rogers is an IT apprentice with NHS Wales Informatics Service. She is blogging on her experiences as a new informatics professional and you can see her previous blogs on the UKCHIP website at www.ukchip.org.
Jackie Smith and Diane Bullman from UKCHIP delivered a workshop on professionalism to the Cadets. Sara Braidwood also joined the session offering careers advice and guidance from the Finance and Informatics Skills Development team. For further information about this programme contact Judith Jones, Cadet Lead or Brigid MarrayKilgallen Cadet Coordinator, on 01514825678
The first group of Health Informatics Cadet Apprentices along with (from left) Jackie Smith, Diane Bullman, Sara Braidwood and r(ight)with Brigid Marray-Kilgallen and Jacqui Griffith Evans. PAGE: 7
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Embedding Informatics in Clinical Education: free e-learning course for clinical students It‘s widely accepted that all clinicians rely on high quality information to provide high quality care, and that most of that now comes through IT systems. So it is essential that students are taught about this whilst at university or during their training. Many students might be surprised that healthcare may not as advanced in its use of information technology as they‘re used to in their personal lives, but they need to understand that how they use informatics at home is different from how they need to use it at work. The Embedding Informatics in Clinical Education programme (eICE) was set up to engage with and support clinical educators, to enable them to add informatics to their courses. Many tutors, who already had an interest in informatics, greeted the ideas warmly but others found it more difficult or didn‘t see the need. In 2011, eICE developed a set of elearning modules that would help to address this curriculum, cover the information governance needs of students going out onto placement, and make it easier for tutors without specialist knowledge in this area, to include informatics in their courses.
Use of the e-learning programme has taken off sharply, and it now has over 12,500 registered users and 67 organisations set up to register their students or members. The majority of organisations are universities offering clinical undergraduate courses, but there are also professional bodies, NHS organisations and interested individuals. Kay Coleman, Arc Systems Manager and the organisational administrator for Teeside University Faculty of Nursing, says of eICE, ‗We have a high volume of student users on the system and we can easily track and monitor their progress. ..the bulk upload facility has meant we can set up user accounts for new intakes as soon as they have enrolled which has further enhanced the student experience.‘ Last September, when the current academic year started, many students retook the course as a refresher, and over 6000 new students were signed up. The eICE website receives 8000 hits a month and 50% of these are return visitors. In August 2013, the team published mobile app versions of the e-learning for android and iphone, so the e-learning can now be carried out anywhere, without an internet connection, which is great for a quick bit of learning on the bus or between lectures. The course is managed by the Developing Informatics Skills and Capability (DISC) team at the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). It is available at no cost as it is part of the DISC team‘s wider programme to develop informatics knowledge and skills across all sections of the health and care workforce. The DISC team regularly review and develop the system. Kay
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commented on this, saying ‗As the administrator for the system I have found it has improved in ease of access over the course of our engagement, with the eICE technical team keen to seek feedback from users and adapt the system and reporting facilities accordingly.‘ The team plan to expand the service offered by eICE and are considering the development of new modules, webinars to support tutors, administrators and students, and further updating of the current modules. Patrick Dodge, Programme Manager on the eICE Team, says, ―We have lots of exciting plans for the future. We would love to expand the resources to make them of use to all health and social care staff, not just clinical professionals.‖ The eICE e-learning course is accredited by UKCHIP EQAS and learners who complete the course are eligible for free affiliate or level 1 registration with UKCHIP. For more details see the eICE website at www.eiceresources.org or email the eICE team on eice@hscic.gov.uk.
Accreditation of Clinical Research Staff UKCHIP is currently working with the EuroRec Institute and contributing to a major research project as part of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) funded by the European Commission. The IMI EHR4CR project, which runs over 4 years (2011-2014) and involves 33 academic and industrial partners, aims to provide adaptable, scalable solutions (tools and services) for reusing data from Electronic Health Record systems for Clinical Research. Until recently, the EHR4CR project stream has been dealing with the certification of software and
accreditation of research centres, but was not addressing the Febr uar y 2014 professionalism of the research staff producing the clinical research data efficiency, workforce effectiveness and working in research facilities. and professionalism, all of which The accreditation of clinical research have an impact on and potential centres is already recognised to be contribution to the Innovative important for research governance Medicines Initiative (IMI). and for information governance which will be increasingly important As a consortium partner, UKCHIP is when clinical research systems are providing a basis for recognising the connected with EHR systems, competences, particularly in health through EHR4CR. It is therefore informatics, of those working on essential for the acceptable and development and research, in terms trustworthy re-use of EHR data and of behavioural guidance through a for the governance of clinical Code of Conduct, as well as of competence for research itself, that research staff are standards assessment, job evaluation and also professionally accredited. human resource management. The The value of personal accreditation project is due to be completed by the through registration can be end of 2014. expressed in terms of five perspectives; patient safety, public Paul Lawton, UKCHIP Secretary confidence, health systems
Connected Health White Paper Launch Reference paper summarising the various definitions of Connected Health. ECHAlliance establishes EU Projects Team A project team to support bids for EU 2020 funding Health & Wellness @ MWC2014 24-26 Feb '14, Barcelona ECHAlliance International Network of Connected Health Permanent Ecosystems Ecosystems in Finland, Greece, New York, Spain and the UK are working on a range of priorities including the development of eHealth strategies, understanding pre-commercial procurement models and optimising medicines through the use of technology. eHealth Solution EU SME Competition 2014 Competition open to reward best EU SME eHealth solution Deadline for registration ends on February 6th and the final will take place on 2nd April 2014 in Nice, France. For more information about any items see www.echalliance.com UKCHIP is a member organisation of ECH Alliance PAGE: 9
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Job Vacancy Chief Executive of IHRIM (Institute of Health Records and Information Management UK)
Due to the retirement of the current Chief Executive, IHRIM is looking to appoint a highly motivated successor to take up post on 1st April 2014. The hours are 15 per week worked predominantly between the hours of nine to five, Monday to Friday, but the post holder is expected to attend weekend meetings of the IHRIM Board at least twice per annum and also to participate in evening conference calls once a month. Experience and a broad knowledge of health informatics are essential. The post holder must be astute, act in a professional manner and be able to communicate at a senior level with personnel in the NHS and healthcare in general, and at the Department of Health. Applicants need not be a member of the Institute but would be expected to become a member if appointed to the post. The Job Description for the post is available on the IHRIM web site www.ihrim.co.uk Salary: £14,000 per annum Annual leave: 25 days per annum pro rata Informal enquiries may be made to the current CEO, Isabel Chevis FHRIM at ceo.ihrim@zen.co.uk or by telephone on 01767 220650. Applicants should submit their curriculum vitae to the National Chairman, Kim Bellis FHRIM, 44 Moresk Close, Truro, Cornwall TR1 1DL. This should be accompanied by a supporting statement and a document outlining the applicant‘s vision for IHRIM over the following five years. Closing date for applications is Friday 28th February 2014
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Events and Conferences
For over 30 years, the Healthcare Computing conference and exhibition has delivered thought leadership; informing and educating its audience on the how the latest innovations in technology support the increasing demands within healthcare.
The most extensive IT healthcare conference in the calendar, HC2014 will address all the current healthcare reforms with a number of themes referring to the call for paperless NHS by 2018. Clinical Leaders take the stage at HC2014 to discuss this question, and many others, demonstrating even more than we have in previous years how fundamental Health Informatics is to becoming to the day-to-day business of health and social care services across the UK. The conference is supported by an extensive exhibition of key suppliers of IT healthcare
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solutions including McKesson, Allscripts, Intersystems and TPP. Once again this annual conference and exhibition (presented by the BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, in partnership with HIMSS) will be at the leading edge of exploring issues relating to the use and application of Information and Information Technology in health and social care. HC2014 is on 19-20 March at Manchester Central and is free to attend – to register visit www.hc2014.bcs.org.
Febr uar y 2014 This stream on 20th March at HC2014 is designed to inform, motivate and offer practical ideas to delegates around:
Priorities:
It is clear that informatics capacity and capability across health, care and support is critical to the successful implementation of national and local policy and strategy. The risk to safety and to service outcomes posed by poor informatics practice has emerged as one of key aspects of quality.
Professionalism:
Informatics professionals are an important staff group who deserve to be recognised and valued for their contribution to business of
Developing Informatics Workforce Capability and Professionalism at HC2014 health, care and support. Although informatics specialists generally do not have hands-on contact with patients and service users, they do affect person‘s care and outcomes indirectly through their professional activities. Therefore, professionalisation of informatics specialists is critical to ensuring safe and effective delivery of technology-enabled, evidencebased, person-centred care and improved decision making.
Models and Tools: The
ways we develop informatics workforce capacity, capability and composition will be crucial in how we prepare for future challenges that face us as a society across health, public health & social care
and support landscapes. Approaches and tools we have can help individuals, teams, organisations and the whole health and care communities embrace new ways of working and thinking now to respond to ‗big picture‘ challenges of tomorrow. Key Speakers in this workstream will include: Dr Gwyn Thomas, Chair of UKCHIP Dr Mark Davies, Director of Clinical and Public Assurance, HSCIC Wendy Dearing, Chair of BCS ASSIST Dr Glen Mason, Department of Health
After a successful 2013 of Health Insights one day regional conferences, Citadel Events has launched the Spring/Summer 2014 series starting on 30th April in Leeds. The events will focus on how the Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards Technology Fund is progressing and also explore how care providers have worked with suppliers to secure funding in order to support integrated care. NHS England will deliver an update on the current initiatives providing on-going support to health and social care organisations, including the Open Source Programme. There are over 20 speakers already confirmed including Roy Lilley, Tim Kelsey, Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP, Rob Webster and Anne Cooper not to mention a number of NHS Trust Executives who will present on the benefits to clinicians and patients in relation to the innovative use of IT at their Trusts. Spaces are limited and free to attend for health and social care professionals, to register a place visit: www.healthinsights.co.uk
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20% discount for UKCHIP registrants
Healthcare Conferences UK hold a number of healthcare informatics conferences for those working in or with an interest in healthcare IT and developing electronic systems to support quality, efficiency and the secure management of electronic records in the drive to deliver a paperless NHS by 2018. All courses provide up-to-date information on policy and practice and include details of the latest hardware and software solutions available to help you and your organisation get the most out of technology in order to meet ever increasing demand. A 20% discount is available to UKCHIP contacts by quoting ref: hcuk20UKCHIP when booking. (*Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Full T&Cs available upon request.)
Delivering a Paperless NHS
Developing and implementing a Clinical Portal
Tuesday 11 February 2014, London A Clinical portal is an electronic window that allows clinicians to view defined information about individual patients in a ‗virtual‘ electronic patient record drawn from information held in different clinical systems. This conference focuses on implementing and developing clinical portals within clinical services, organisations and across organisations as a key tool in integrating systems and delivering the government recommendation of a paperless NHS by 2018. For further information and to book visit http:// www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/developing-andimplementing-clinical-portal-nhs or email gemma@hcuk.org.uk Follow the conference on Twitter #clinicalportal
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Delivering a Paperless NHS
Electronic Patient Records
Tuesday 11 March 2014, London Through case studies of experienced implementers and national updates including an opening from Dr Masood Nazir Clinical Informatics Advisor NHS England, this conference focuses on implementing and developing electronic patient records to deliver the government recommendation of a paperless NHS by 2018. For further information and to book visit http:// www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/ electronic-patient-records-epr-nhspaperless or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk. Follow the conference on Twitter #NHSEPR
Electronic health records and IT in the NHS: implementing the ten year technology strategy Tuesday, 1st April 2014 www.westminsterforumprojects .co.uk/forums/event.php? eid=702 Guests of Honour: Beverley Bryant, Director of Strategic Systems and Technology, NHS England Karen Thomson, Strategic Information Governance Lead, NHS England This event is CPD certified
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UKCHIP is the regulatory body for health informatics professionals, established to promote professionalism maintain high standards in health informatics. We are a non-profit making independent organisation.
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Contact us: Mik Horswell marketing@ukchip.net Di Bullman registrar@ukchip.net Tel: 0113 397 4384 Helen Davies admin@ukchip.net Tel: 0844 870 7902 Write to us at: P.O. Box 66 Usk NP15 9AJ Registered in England & Wales, No. 4771281
We publish an online register of health informatics professionals who meet our clearly defined standards of competence and agree to work to a professional code of conduct. Registration is open to anyone currently working in health informatics regardless of sector. This includes; the NHS, the private health care sector, commercial suppliers to the NHS, academic institutions, social enterprise organisations or the voluntary sector.
View and search the online public register of accredited health informatics professionals
www.ukchip.org
Are you a team or department manager? Do your team deserve recognition as the experienced professionals they are? How can you demonstrate to other professions, departments and organisations that you are a specialist team who always work to high standards? How can you encourage and support team members‘ continuing professional development? Why not support all your eligible team members to register with UKCHIP? We can provide help and guidance tailored to your organisation. Please contact Di Bullman registrar@ukchip or telephone 0113 3974384 to discuss this.
We have a logo for registrants to use on their email signatures or personal website, and a free lapel badge. If you would like a badge or copy of the logo please email admin@ukchip.net
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