HC'93 HEALTHCARE COMPUTING CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION -------------------------------------------- Harrogate, England, 15-17 March 1993 Sponsored by: The British Computer Society Health Informatics Specialist Groups This conference, which will be the tenth in the series, comes at a time when the health services are still evolving and a time when the spotlight has turned on patient care. Topics which have made the headlines are the patient's chart, wasteful Information Technology budgets and the need to use information to produce better management. This year's conference, whilst remembering first and foremost the patient, the "raison d'etre" of the health services, will endeavour to show what can be achieved through sensible uses of information, resources and human skills. The conference programme will contain over 90 papers, more than ever before. This has resulted in a fourth lecture stream being added to provide coverage of all the important topics. The concurrent Exhibition of hardware, software and services, provided by the Department of Health, National Health Services, government agencies, and independent suppliers, is expected to be 30 % larger than the 1992 show, proving that industry and commerce believes that there is a future for successfully managed health services. Over 4,000 people are likely to attend HC93, making it the largest health event in the UK in 1993. Administrators, doctors, nurses and technicians should learn much by attending. SESSIONS - Networking communication and EDI - Technology in health computing - Community computing - Geographic information systems - Education and training - Hospital information systems - Departmental information systems - Information technology in nursing - Computing in primary care - Imaging and PACS - Expert systems - Purchasing and contracting - Health strategies - Administration and management - Confidentiality and security - New ideas REGISTRATION Full delegates, members of BCS/HISG 220 pounds non-members of BCS/HISG 255 pounds Day delegates, members of BCS/HISG 75 pounds/day nom-members of BCS/HISG 85 pounds/day INFORMATION Conference: Mrs. J. Hayes HC'93 Conference Secretariat PO Box 208 Worcester, WR3 8YZ Tel. (905) 755051 Exhibition: BJHC Limited 45 Woodland Grove Weybridge, Surrey KT13 9EQ Tel. (932) 821723 (abstracted from the official announcement) $