Health Informatics Now

The September issue of HINOW is now out and available online at www.bcs.org/hinow or if you prefer a pdf version www.bcs.org/upload/pdf/hinow-sep07.pdf

The contents include:

Forum
*Foreword by the BCS Health Informatics Forum treasurer
*Industry news
*Getting the educational ducks all in a row
*The wider BCS educational picture for IT professionals
*Healthcare added to ECDL portfolio
*Home carers train on hand-held devices
*Southern training approach gains national accreditation
*Electronic records require nurses to upskill
*Records could support research
*Architecture sets out how services fit together
*Has common sense returned?
*Public health: private data?

Primary Health Care
*Conference to focus on patients' control of records

Association for Informatics Professionals in Health and Social Care (ASSIST)
*Meet ASSIST
*The alcoholic data model Northern Specialist Group
*Smart garments will have patients covered

If you’d like to contribute to the next issue the theme is International Connections and the deadline is 15 October. Send copy to Helen.boddy@hq.bcs.org.uk