HC94 CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION - 21-23 March 1994 CONFERENCE THEME: 'IT - enabling creative solutions for healthcare', concentrating on the best of the innovative and imaginative ways in which current techniques can present information to assist in the delivery of healthcare. VENUE: Harrogate Exhibition and Conference Centre, Harrogate, West Yorkshire, UK. CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT: Mrs J Hayes, HC94 Conference Administrator, PO Box 208, Worcester, UK WR3 8YZ Tel: +44 (0)905 617532 Fax: +44 (0)905 617539 EXHIBITION ENQUIRIES: Events Dept, BJHC Limited, 45 Woodland Grove, Weybridge, Surrey, UK KT13 9EQ Tel: +44 (0)932 821723 Fax: +44 (0)932 820305 (The Conference is organised by the British Computer Society's Health Informatics Specialist Groups and the Exhibition by BJHC Limited.) COST: Full delegates - BCS members 200 + VAT; Non-BCS 234.04 + VAT Day delegates - BCS 65.53 + VAT; Non-BCS 76.60 + VAT (per day) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- SESSION HEADINGS DAY 1 1030 - 1200 Conference opening 1400 - 1530 STREAM A STREAM B STREAM C STREAM D Administration Technology in Public health Education & & management health computing & epidemiology training 1600 - 1730 (continued) Multimedia Computing in the (continued) community DAY 2 0900 - 1000 Keynote address 1030 - 1200 HISS Departmental IT in Nursing Medical reords systems 1400 - 1530 (continued) (continued) (continued) Computers in dentistry 1600 - 1730 (continued) Audit & quality Image (continued) information systems DAY 3 0900 - 1030 Purchasing & Networking & Computing in Expert systems providing EDI primary care 1100 - 1230 (continued) Lessons from (continued) Security & abroad confidentiality 1400 - 1530 Procurement Health strategies (continued) Software & databases 1600 - 1700 Closing session -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- HC94 PLENARY SESSIONS - SPEAKERS AND SUBJECTS DAY 1 1030 - 1200. OPENING SESSION Keynote addresses: 1. John Leighfield, President, BCS The place of the professional society in IT 2. John Bryant, President, EFMI IT across national boundaries 3. Professor Leslie Turnberg, President, Roy Coll of Physcns What clinicians expect from IT 4. Steven Poole, Vice president and GM/Europe, Intel Visions of the future. DAY 2 0900 - 1000 Keynote Address Baroness Julia Cumberlege, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health IT and the way forward for better patient care Day 3 1600 - 1700 CLOSING SESSION John Shaw, Director of Corporate Affairs, NHSME The NHS IM&T strategy: benefits for patients -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- INDIVIDUAL SESSION SPEAKERS and SUBJECTS (4 streams) STREAM A DAY 1 1400 - 1730 . ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT D Hancorn and K Clough Data Sciences Healthcare, Farnborough Risk management in information systems JR Ellison Internal Audit Services, Newcastle HA HEALTH ResourCe and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital Trust RF Hayes Royal Liverpool University Hospital NHS Trust, Liverpool Skill mix throughout disciplines with inbuilt quality programme HE Burch and N Southwell Resource Management, St Richard's Hospital, Chichester Setting the standard for sharing the patient record B Goldberg, G Gold, and S Swift Institute for Health Informatics, Aberystwyth Quality systems designed on the cheap A Treacher and M Hedges SCOLL, Epsom, Surrey DAY 2 1030 - 1730 STREAM A HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS Benefits realisation and re-engineering: essential tools for a successful HISS SI Dorenfest, L Charles, D Robson, and MR Cohen Sheldon I Dorenfest & Associates Ltd, Chicago, USA Downsizing to a distributed hospital system: a case study RG Royce Director of Health Intelligence & IT Services, West Wales Health Commission Getting ready for HISS M Kelly and R Earland Coopers & Lybrand, Leeds The common PAS interface: a framework for action JM Thorp and T Marley NHSME IMG HISS Central Team, St Paul's Hospital, Winchester After `big bang', more than a whimper KJ Foster Touche Ross Management Consultants, London Patient-centred information systems: a vision partially realised DJ Hathaway and JM Forster Independent Consultant, Cheshire What price HISS? ML Bywater Silicon Bridge Research Ltd, Basingstoke HISS in the Wirral Hospital A Spours and P Marsh IT Department, Wirral Hospital Contextual factors influencing the `felt benefit' of HISS J Buckingham and S Scott The Bayswater Institute, London HISS: practical progress at the leading edge D Kwo and J Cruickshank Chelsea & Westminster Hospitals, London DAY 3 0900 - 1530 STREAM A PURCHASING AND PROVIDING Development of a joint information and IT function for commissioners of primary and secondary care A Haw Manchester FHSA/MPC, Manchester The benefits of practical health event linkage JA Farenden Secta Consulting, Liversedge, West Yorkshire The target-setting process: fact or fiction? N Stevens and E White Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's Special Health Authority, London Computer simulation for healthcare needs assessment J Bryan-Jones, J Roussak, and J Tansley An Teallach Ltd, Edinburgh Organisation codes: building blocks in the information strategy J McAvoy NHSME, Leeds DAY 2 1400 - 1530 STREAM A PROCUREMENT Implementing commissioner information systems M Bourner West Kent Health Agency, Kent. Poised for procurement A Hadley, D Roberts, C Shuff, G Christian, M Bowes, K Walker, and C Tinker Poole Hospital NHS Trust and CHIMPS Group The consortium approach: making IT work in a competitve NHS IM Noble East Anglian HISS Consortium -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- STREAM B DAY 1 1400 - 1530 TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH COMPUTING Enhancing medical information access with a palmtop computer JG Ard CompHealth, San Diego, USA Associative healthcare information: is there a role for hypertext? DR Nurse and PA Lewis John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford Computer facial imaging: dental usage and other possibilities M Kaye GDP, Southsea, Hants DAY 1 1600 - 1730 STREAM B MULTIMEDIA Knowledge-based image informatics system for medicine R Hanka School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge Exploring presentation styles for sex education using interactive multimedia S Easterbrook, M Franklin, N Singleton, and A Turner Mid Downs Health Authority, Haywards Heath Knowledge navigation for intensive care M Stubbs Dept of Business Information Technology, Manchester Metropolitan University DAY 2 1030 - 1530 STREAM B DEPARTMENTAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS Consultants' views on their use of a computer-based medical record system D Young Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham Diabcard: a chip-card for the treatment of patients with diabetes C Hildebrand, R Engelbrecht, E K\uuhnel, G Brenner, R Corcoy, G Eberhard, C Gapp, G Klepser, A de Leiva, M Massi-Benedetti, R Mechtler, K Piwernetz, J Sembritzki, and J Thiery GSF Research Centre, Germany Case study: a critical care information system GD Martich, JC Hazy, M Hravnak, B Dale, and KL Stein University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA Evaluation of the use of information technology in a department of respiratory medicine CA Beech, AH Evans, L Whitehurst, N Mali, SP Bradbury, D Baldwin, and CFA Pantin Dept of Respiratory Medicine, General Hospital, Stoke on Trent A neonatal information system MJ Bannon and M Ward South Warwickshire Health Care Trust Wireless data communications for the provision of local community-based maternity services K Boddy, JH Dripps, AN Lamb, and J Rolfe Edinburgh Telemedicine Group Computerisation of a wheelchair services centre PS Ganney Medical Physics Service, Princess Royal Hospital, Hull DAY 2 1600 - 1730 STREAM B AUDIT AND QUALITY CONTROL Data quality, patient classification systems, and audit: a recent study Y Drennan NHSME IMG, Manchester Use of a medical diagnostic index as a multifunctional tool: killing many birds with one stone MG Cheesman, H Tang, and I Marsland Southmead Health Services NHS Trust, Bristol Optical healthcards: comprehensive patient carried medical records JAG Beattie and JC Petrie Inverurie Health Centre, Aberdeenshire Cost-effective service GI Wanless Prescription Pricing Authority, Newcastle upon Tyne DAY 3 0900 - 1030 STREAM B NETWORKING AND EDI Developing a national health information network: insights from experiences in New Zealand RLB Neame and J Johnston Ministry of Health, Wellington, New Zealand Clinical EDI: squalls ahead. A review of technical issues SHC Pill IMG ME(E), Gloucestershire The electronic NHS: who will benefit? JR Keen and NMA Muris Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University, Middlesex The practical issues of implementation: a case study in Oxford Region G Palmer and J Willshere Pareto Consulting, London DAY 3 1100 - 1230 STREAM B LESSONS FROM ABROAD An integrated HIS, a reality by shared forces of hospitals AR Bakker BAZIS Foundation, The Netherlands Can telecommunications help solve America's healthcare problems? How to save $36 billion K Andrews Arthur D Little Inc, London US experiences of patient care management systems JM Forster and BR Quade Booz Allen & Hamilton, London Europe: common problems, diverse solutions SD Withers BUPA Group, London DAY 3 1400 - 1530 STREAM B HEALTH STRATEGIES General practice information management: the need for strategies at practice level JB Hepworth, EM Griffin, GA Vidgen, and S James Dept of Information & Library Studies, University of Wales Making information work for North Lakeland Healthcare A Shackman and J Williams The Consultancy Partnership, Wantage, Oxon Assessment of adult mental health needs in Walsall JC Le Maistre Commissioning Dept, Walsall Health Authority -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- STREAM C DAY 1 1400 - 1530 PUBLIC HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS Locality, community, and general practice profiling MA Shepherd Bristol & District Health Authority, Bristol The West Sussex health information resource PJ Hayward and N Singleton Mid Downs District Health Authority, Haywards Heath Software for routine record linkage in public health R Wain, D Stott, and BJ Francis Centre of Applied Statistics, Lancaster University DAY 1 1600 - 1730 STREAM C COMPUTING IN THE COMMUNITY The 'CommuniCare' patient-based community computer system GC Curwen and DW Harrison Lancaster Priority Services NHS Trust, Lancaster A relational, person-based community information system MF Smith and A Keeling Keele University, Stoke on Trent HealthCare: a program to analyse and advise on diet and exercise P Scown, L Elliott, and J Gajtkowska Business Information Technology, Manchester Metropolitan University Community clinical and general management information system: the benefits S Bullas, B Burford, and K Lowson Health Strategies, Leatherhead, Surrey DAY 2 1030 - 1530 STREAM C IT IN NURSING Use of an integrated HIS in direct patient care: a nursing view ESP Pluyter-Wenting BAZIS Foundation, The Netherlands Organisational impact of a nurse management information system ZPF Swann Royal Berkshire & Battle Hospitals NHS Trust, Reading A strategy for IT within nurse education M Hughes Avon & Gloucestershire College of Health, Bristol Ward information needs S Mitchell and B Lee United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust, Bristol Beyond the Terms Project A Casey NHS Centre for Coding & Classification, Loughborough Integrated patient-care planning a decade on DE Barnett National Audit Office, London Collaborative care planning: one hospital's approach ME McKillop Argyll & Clyde Health Board, Alexandra Hospital, Paisley DAY 2 1600 - 1730 STREAM C IMAGE INFORMATION SYSTEMS Use of fractal compression of images in conjunction with computer-aided learning software for pathology teaching SM Cunningham, TC Sharpe, PW Bishop, and J McClure Faculty of Medicine Computational Group, University of Manchester Image analysis in 3D radiotherapy planning KJ Goodson and PJ Elliott IBM UK Scientific Centre, Winchester Diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the cervix MO Beldishevski, OO Pantskhava, NG Kavelashvili, GG Khachapuridze, and ZL Brelidze Centre of Genetic Ecology, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia DAY 3 0900 - 1730 STREAM C COMPUTERS IN PRIMARY CARE Energetically doing IT? Enabling doctors intercourse: one year on M Treleaven FHS Computer Unit, Exeter Putting information systems into practice JL Harris, T Greene, and SR Palmer East Riding Health Authority, Hull A new model for capturing the electronic medical record: a pragmatic solution NK Jones Marsden Road Health Centre, Tyne and Wear Health-data collection from general practice: a changing world KJ Allan MIQUEST, Northumberland FHSA The York EDI project LJ Fogarty Priory Medical Group, York The invasion of the desktop into general practice FM Sullivan and ED Mitchell Department of General Practice, Glasgow University Computerised drug prescribing for inpatients at Wirral Hospital NHS Trust RS Lenfestey and DK Hughes Wirral Hospital, Upton GPs' use of paper and computerised protocols: do the computer suppliers provide what is required? AJ Young and KBJ Beswick DECSI, Oxford RHA Bridging the gap between users and suppliers in primary healthcare computing MA Pitt and S Kay SAPPHIRE, Medical Informatics Group, Manchester SAPPHIRE II tomorrow? S Kay, A McWilliams, R Redman, P Bradley, A Daniels, A Gallagher, M Pitt, and I Wright BCS PHCSG Standards Working Party, SAPPHIRE, Worcester -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - STREAM D DAY 1 1400 - 1730 EDUCATION AND TRAINING The first decade of undergraduate teaching of health informatics at the University of Victoria DJ Protti University of Victoria, BC, Canada Training: finding a way through the web M Pavlakis North Shore Hospital, NSW, Australia Core trainers: a new approach to IT training SEM James, M Standley, and L Guest Whittington Hospital NHS Trust, London Nurses' attitudes to computer systems PJ Stapleton Awsworth, Nottinghamshire A data-standards learning centre C Richards and CJ Davies Oxford RHA, Headington DAY 2 1030 - 1200 STREAM D MEDICAL RECORDS Clinical coding and HISS CA Makin and P Charnley Wirral Hospital NHS Trust, Wirral Version 3 of the Read codes: a new framework for the terms MJ O'Neil NHS Centre for Coding & Classification, Loughborough DIAMOND: a computerised system for district-wide diabetes care PG Kopelman, AJ Sanderson, and JC Michell Newham General Hospital, London A clinical repository system in a community hospital RG Hogg Superior Consultant Company Inc, Michigan, USA DAY 2 1400 - 1730 STREAM D COMPUTING IN DENTISTRY Computing in the General Dental Services: a view from the DPB RMP Nicholson The Dental Practice Board, Eastbourne Applications of computers in dentistry: where are we at? AMJ Lynn General Dental Practitioner, Andover, Hants Computer support for clinical decision making in dentistry CD Stephens, JH Simms Williams, and N Mackin University Dental School, Bristol CAL for general dental practitioners: an evaluation of the current scene KA Eaton Department of Health, London The introduction of CAL to general dental practitioners E Hill and DC Craig Computer Consultant, Carshalton, Surrey The development of CAL for general dental practitioners using Toolbook N Meredith Dental School, Bristol DAY 3 0900 - 1030 STREAM D EXPERT SYSTEMS AND DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEMS Linking an electronic textbook to expert systems in haematology LW Diamond and DT Nguyen The SELHA waiting-list model DA Shaw and H Hunter DAY 3 1100 - 1230 STREAM D DATA SECURITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY Confidentiality of information in the new NHS environment RD Turner Liability for electronic medical information systems GM Hayes The electronic transfer of clinical records: suggested rules to control access and confidentiality AR Griew, BS Darley, and KS McLoughlin Linking hospital and university LANs: an extreme security risk VP Lane and VA Dickinson DAY 3 1400 - 1530 STREAM D SOFTWARE, DATABASE SYSTEMS, AND APPLICATION TOOLS Expressing health data enquiries DC Markwell Clinical Information Consultancy, Reading EIS and GIS: a simple, low-cost approach SM Sutton, MF Smith, and R Turner North Staffordshire HA MUMPS: 60's technology or open system for the ^90s? JE Mabbott and DJ Brown Micronetics Consulting, Wokingham, Berks -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- POSTER PRESENTATIONS Healthcare messaging: flexible methods and new tools PS Athwall IMGME(E), Birmingham Optical mark reading: evaluation in two medical information systems MJ Bannon, G Berry, and MF Smith Cape Road Clinic, Warwick Benefits realisation: the missing link? RJ Barber West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust, Bury St Edmunds A software guide to assessing the functional ability of disabled athletes RA Beresford, RJ Crowe, and B Owen-Smith University of Portsmouth, Southsea Computer technology of synthetic diagnostics of psychogenic diseases Z Brelidze, Z Samadashvili, N Nabakhteveli, and V Jojua Scientific-Production Centre of Genetic Ecology, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia Integrating the knowledge base M Carmel South West Thames Regional Library Service, Guildford The impact of international networks on medicine DE Clark, SW Kan, C Ashcroft, TC Sharpe, VF Hillier, and D Baxter Manchester University, Manchester Information systems for business managers within a community trust setting L Cox, M Rigby, and S Robins Queens Gate House, Birmingham Harnessing clinician and manager information requirements A Currie and L de Silva Hammersmith Hospital, London Information technology training for health professionals: a baptism of fire? S Dyson and M Hart De Montfort University, Leicester Drug injectors, needle exchange programs, and computers: an unlikely scenario? L Gruer, J Cameron, and K Farrow Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow Intellectual terminal for geneticists I Gabashvili, Z Brleidze, and G Khachapuridze Scientific Industrial Centre of Genetic Ecology, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia Strategies of risk: the dream of integration P Howlett Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth A new approach to EDI and electronic communications in the NHS BE James Prompt Computing, Sheffield Mediating between EDI trading partners WS Jamieson AA Pharmaceuticals, Runcorn The Good European Health Record: the clinical specification D Kalra, L Southgate, S Heard, and Si\kan Griffith St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London A CAL database tutorial S Kinn and K Audish Department of Postgraduate Medical Education, Glasgow University Putting the human resources framework into practice D Millen Yorkshire Services Organisation, Harrogate Training in medical informatics: findings from UK survey J Murphy, R Curtis, and S Green St Bartholomew's Medical College, London Information technology is the basis of efficient, cost-effective supply-chain management R Olds Cambridge Online Systems Limited, Cambridge NHSCCC drug dictionary and database S Peck NHS Centre for Coding and Classification , Loughborough Evaluating a national resource management and HIS project: the lessons learned and the action taken VJ Peel, M Booth, and J Morgan Health Services Management Unit, Manchester Compositional models of medical concepts: the GALEN project AL Rector, WA Nowlan, T Rush, and S Todd Medical Informatics Group, University of Manchetser Evaluating the use of blood transfusion services by gynaecologists in a district general hospital JB Robins, R Walker, GS Anthony, and DL Ellis Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock Management information for community nursing care S Rogers and A Barr Oxford Health Services Consultancy, Aylesbury Hard and soft benefits: training through a graphical user interface S Rundell CHC (UK) Ltd, London The Northern Regional Authority Acute Capacity Model: a software-based option PA Ryder and W Kirkup c/o Northern Regional Health Authority, Newcastle upon Tyne The clinical and social knowledge base resource centre A Savill University of Wales, Aberystwyth Scalpel-fax: a universal customisable manual and computer-based learning tool for surgical training and quality control PJ Trigwell and MH Edwards Friarage Hospital, Northallerton Help for EDI! M Turner and A Daniels Oxford IM&T Consulting, Oxford Implementing EDI in healthcare: the BUPA experience Datahealth Limited, London Design and development of an executive information system for a district health authority D White and P Newton Sheffield Business School, Sheffield ________________________________________ Neill Jones njones@eurosig.demon.co.uk compuserve 10014,3362