Healthcare computing at the University of Portsmouth Dr Jim Briggs Last updated: 12 th September 2012

Mission The organisations that form the National Health Service plus the ones that provide social care form a multi-billion pound business sector that impacts on the lives of every single person in the UK. Consequently, any developments in technology that can make the work of these organisations more efficient are to be encouraged. Our broad aim is to bring our information systems and computer science expertise to bear to make easier some of the day-to-day jobs involved in healthcare delivery and administration. To achieve this we: –establish and maintain links with healthcare and social care professionals to keep abreast of their problems and needs; –conduct research to investigate new solutions to relevant problems; –provide consultancy services to organisations and individuals in the health and social care sector that wish to adopt information, communication and sensing technologies. 2

Main areas of interest Computing –Telemedicine/telecare/telehealth/e-health/digital wellbeing –Clinical outcome modelling –Health informatics in developing countries –Socio-technical aspects of health informatics Engineering –Telecare technology/digital wellbeing Creative Technologies –Applications of CT to healthcare 3

Southern Institute for Health Informatics (SIHI) conferences 13 conferences since July 1998 Last one on 5th September

Accomplishments Establishing track record nationally Getting known internationally (e.g. JADE and outcomes) Approaching critical mass Covering more than one area Publishing a significant number of papers Challenges Keeping grant income rolling in Sustaining critical mass Deepening areas Are we publishing "significant" papers? Getting more involved in our "communities" University review of research centres 5