Health Information Systems: Searching the Past – Finding a Future

The 12th Social Study of ICT workshop (SSIT12) at LSE

Wednesday 18 April 2012

Draft programme
SSIT 12 blog

The Information Systems and Innovation Group will host its twelfth annual Social Study of ICT (SSIT12) workshop on 18 April 2012.

Health Information Systems are increasingly seen as being at the centre of the delivery of high quality healthcare and as key to the modernization or transformation of healthcare organizations. The last decade has seen many countries introducing initiatives aiming to bring more ICT into the front line of healthcare as well as promoting it as a basis for reengineering the back office.  Yet one of  the biggest, most ambitious initiative of them all, England’s National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT), has been largely abandoned by a new government as they adopt a different direction for policy.  Elsewhere, in Europe and beyond, we see a mixed picture of some progress and painful or puzzling setbacks. Meanwhile in the USA an even larger national initiative is in its early stages, committed to achieving ‘meaningful use’.

For health information systems this is perhaps a moment of transition, one where money is tight and strategic ambitions are shifting.

In this one day conference we want to explore two pressing contemporary issues: 

1. what lessons, both positive and negative, can be learned from recent experiences with innovative health information systems,

2. how should we re-shape our future commitment to building health information systems, and our approaches to researching them?

The event is free, but is restricted to 130 participants. All attendees must register 13 April 2012. To secure a place please download an application form

• Form as word document for completion online and return by email
• Form as acrobat pdf document for printing and return by fax or mail

Please note that public events organised by ISIG are normally videoed and streamed from our website. If you do not wish to appear in the video please inform the camera operator before the start of the session and seat yourself where you will not be inadvertently be in the field of view of the camera. If you do not inform us of your wish not to be recorded we will presume your consent to being included in the video.

There is no charge for attending the workshop and refreshments will be provided. If you have any questions or comments, please email Fran White.

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