Integrated Care Records:
Problems and Solutions
National e-Science Centre
11 th -12 th December 2003
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Chameleon Project
• Investigate medical work and record keeping practices
• Link fieldwork to design practice
• Devise appropriate technical strategies for integration
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Dependability IRC
• Five centre (Newcastle, Edinburgh,
Lancaster, York and City), six year project
• Devise improved techniques for designing dependable computerbased systems
• Healthcare informatics is a major research area
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National e-Science Centre
• Stimulate development of e-
Science concepts
• Contribute to development of open standards in e-Science technologies
– The Grid
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Keynote Talks
• Marc Berg, Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University,
Rotterdam
• Peter Singleton, Cambridge Health
Informatics and Judge Institute of
Management, Cambridge University
• Matthew Jones, Judge Institute of
Management, Cambridge University
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• Thursday
– Integrated Care Records: Problems …
– Ethnographic studies of ICR development and use
– Systems and systems adoption
• Friday
– Delivering Integrated Care Records and services
– Integrating community and mental health services
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