Informaticopia

Friday, November 19, 2004

Clinical Leaders for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT)

Clinical Leaders for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT)

A colleague has pointed out this page from the Dept of Health naming the clinical leads for the NPfIT. The nurse lead is Miss Heather Drabble.

I am unable to ascertain when this was published & wonder if the lack of fanfare about these appointments reflects the place of clinicians in the National Programme?

Thursday, November 18, 2004

Google Scholar

Google Scholar

The new "Scholar" service from Google is currently in Beta test & claims to:
"Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly
literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints,
abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use
Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic
publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and
universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web."

It's obviously still under development - but offer some potential to achieve higher quality information than is generally retrieved by a Google search.

WHO | World Report on Knowledge for Better Health

WHO | World Report on Knowledge for Better Health

This important report on ways in which we can bridge the gap between research and practice in healthcare will be highlighted at the World Ministerial Summit on Health Research in Mexico (November 16-20, 2004).

It highlights persistant health inequalities and makes recomendations for all countries in the developed and developing world and advocates methods of linking research, policy and practice more closely.

It will be interesting to see whether there is national & international action on this, backed up with appropriate resources or whether some of the vested interests which may be challenged by this report will maintain their power?

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Evening classes for electronic records?

Evening classes for electronic records?

Ehealth insider has picked up some bits from yesterdays public health white paper which other media seem to have missed including NHS Direct becoming Health Direct & evening classes in adult education about understanding your electronic patient record.

EyeforHealthcare - Practical Steps to Implementation of NPfIT

EyeforHealthcare - Practical Steps to Implementation of NPfIT

I've just spotted details of this conference, next feb, which stands out from many of the others for the range of speakers & topics & perhaps not being "controlled" by NPfIT