Contents o Current research o Theoretical foundations of health informatics o Use of digitized medical records o Clinical handovers o Interoperability o Other Slide 1 of 7
Theoretical foundations of health informatics o PhD literature review survey fresh review o Systematic review of HI theory o Collaboration with: o Professor Jeremy Wyatt, University of Warwick o Dr Andrew Georgiou, University of NSW, Australia o Dr Sue Whetton, University of Tasmania, Australia o Preliminary paper accepted for MIE 2011 Slide 2 of 7
Theoretical foundations of health informatics Slide 3 of 5
Use of digitized medical records o Evaluate impact on operational services o Measuring outpatient consultation time and time spent searching for information o Two NHS Trusts funding data collection o Pre-post and pre-post with control group o Approved by Trust R&D offices and NHS Ethics Committee o Data analysis about to commence Slide 4 of 7
Clinical handovers o One of WHO Top 5 clinical safety improvements o Literature review published in Clinical Governance o Grant application plan in progress for feasibility study o Intervention = Salisbury IT system + comms training o Actual/potential collaborators: o SHSSW o Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust o University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust o Others in the pipeline Slide 5 of 7
Interoperability o Member of HL7 UK Board, chair o HL7 v3 is international standard for healthcare interoperability o Criticized for its complexity, implementation cost o Co-authored paper on message simplification o Accepted for MIE 2011 o Further paper in preparation for J Biomed Inf Slide 6 of 7
Other o Programme Committee chair for SIHI 2011 o Dell sponsorship secured again o Prof Matthew Swindells (formerly CIO for Health, now Chair of BCS Health) confirmed as keynote o Proposals welcomed! Slide 7 of 7