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HISI Annual Conference 2014

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On behalf of the Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland, I would like to welcome you to the Society’s 19th Annual Conference and Scientific Symposium, Ireland’s premier healthcare informatics event.

The theme of this year’s conference is ‘eHealth: What it means to me?’ We chose this theme in an effort to gather all of the perspectives required to create a vision for healthcare in Ireland that embraces technology while enabling clinicians, nurses and most of all patients.

We also want to give the IT people, the analysts, researchers and informaticians their say. We want to know what the policy makers think eHealth means, what the strategists are planning and what the politi-cians hope to take from these policies.

Hopefully by bringing all these views together we can show that by developing our collaborative initiatives we can realise the potential of eHealth in health care delivery and deliver the well-being, innovation and prosperity that these partnerships bring. We have come a long way since eHealth Week in May 2013 and we welcome the journey travelled so far. We welcome new Health Ministers and Secretary Generals in both the north and south of the island of Ireland. We welcome Ireland’s first Health CIO, Richard Corbridge, who brings a wealth of experience in the area of connected health.

We welcome the Health Identifiers Act initiated by Kevin Conlon, Peter Lennon and the team at the Department of Health this year and the continuing work done in Europe on Interoperability and Skills Development. We welcome the increase in Health Service spending announced in the recent budget for both services and infrastructure and the creation of eHealth Ireland to share the message promised in the National eHealth Strategy.

We welcome the continued work of ProRec Ireland and ECHAlliance who in partnership with HISI have pushed hard to support these agendas, develop standards and lay the ground for a potential Connected Health Eco-system which supports industry, academia and health service providers whether they are based in the public or private sector.

The eHealth Ecosystem model engages with the whole range of health, well-being and social care stakeholders including government, management and service delivery, industry, academia and patients. It is committed to accelerating the adoption of eHealth solutions to problems in health and social care in the context of promoting well-being, innovation and prosperity. The time is right for us to realise the full potential of eHealth in Ireland and at HISI 2014 we come together to build new relationships which will bring us even better outcomes for patients, providers and practitioners.

The first day of the conference showcases the best in research and industry in the morning followed by Ireland’s top thought leaders in Health IT for the ‘Welcome to the ecosystem’ session. The second day provides a stage for the voice of the nurse, midwife, clinician and patient followed by a session which brings industry together to discuss the standards they must aspire to meet to build scalable, interoper-able systems that are ready to be tested in Ireland and sold in Europe, US and further afield to bring prosperity to Ireland.

On behalf of the Society I would like to thank all of our sponsors and supporters who are the real people who make HISI work. I trust you will enjoy a stimulating and informative two days. Thank you.

Ass. Prof. Mary Sharp,

PROGRAMME SUMMARY

Wednesday 19th November 2014

HISI Annual Conference 2014

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Welcome, Introductions & Rationale The purpose of this session is to examine the establishment of an Irish eHealth EcoSystem which has the potential to enable the successful implementation of the National eHealth Strategy. Mary Cleary, Deputy CEO HISI/Irish Computer Society Jim Breslin, Secretary General, Department of Health Kevin Conlon, Head of ICT, Department of Health Brian O’Connor, Chair, European Connected Health Alliance

How the Ecosystem can support Health & Prosperity in Ireland Richard Corbridge, CIO, Health Service & Chief O�cer eHealth Ireland Jennifer Condon, Divisional Manager , Software Sector & Public Procurement, Enterprise Ireland Gerry O’Dwyer, President of EHMA & CEO, South/South West Hospital Group

Round up and next steps Brian O’Connor, Chair, ECH Alliance Kevin Conlon, ICT Manager, Department of Health Mary Cleary, Deputy CEO HISI/Irish Computer Society

Ecosystem experience from International players Chair: Mark Ennis, Chairman, Invest NI Sean Donaghy, Regional Director eHealth & External Collaborations, HSC, NI Liz Mear, CEO, NWC Academic Health Science Network, England (Video presentation) Dorcas Collier, General Manager Clinical CIT, St Dympna's Hospital Margaret Curran, General Manager Corporate, CareDoc Prof. Brian Caul�eld, ARCH Lead Investigator, Director, INSIGHT, UCD

Panel Session - Growing our Ecosystem through e�ective collaboration, understanding the challanges and the opportunities

Chair: Mary Cleary, HISISpeakers: All session participants

COFFEE

HISI AGMDrinks Reception - PrintworksHISI NM AGM - Poddle Room

09:00 - 13:00

REGISTRATION

PRINTWORKS THEATRE

PRINTWORKS THEATRE

09:20 - 13:00

08:30 - 09:00

WELCOME TO THE ECOSYSTEM14:00 - 17:30

PODDLE ROOM (PR)09:20 - 13:00

COURTYARD ROOM 1 (CR1)09:20 - 13:00

COURTYARD ROOM 2 (CR2)09:20 - 10:40

11:00 - 12:00

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INDUSTRYSOLUTIONSESSIONS

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Self-Managed Care Chair: G Hurl

Strategy I Chair: Dr. R Collins

Strategy II Chair: Dr. R Collins

09:20 - 10:40

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User Requirements Chair: Dr. B Kane

Clinical UseChair: Dr. P Doran

Secondary use of DataChair: Dr. P Doran

09:20 - 10:40

11:00 - 12:00

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New Ideas Chair: Dr. P Felle

GP SystemsChair: Dr. P Felle

InfrastuctureChair: Dr. G Stephens

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WEDNESDAY 19TH NOVEMBER 2014 09:00 - 13:00 INDUSTRY SESSIONS

Welcome and President's Address – Prof. Gerry Lyons, HISI President

‘The Journey to Digital Health Care Must Be Clinically Led - The Role of the Chief Clinical Information O�cer – Dr Paul Altmann, CCIO of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust Session sponsored by Cerner

“Evidence Based Medicine as the Foundation for Health Care Reform in the United States” – Dr Dan Dragalin, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P Session sponsored by McKesson

How Mercy University Hospital Nursing Department made eRostering a Reality – Noreen O'Sullivan - Assistant Director of Nursing, Mercy University Hospital, CorkSession sponsored by Softworks

A case study - Implementing an e-clinical health record across 56 countries for Operation Smile – Terri Cosgrove, CEO Operation Smile Session sponsored by Slainte Healthcare

‘Implementing Lorenzo – A Catalyst for Transformational Change’ – Mike Meers, CIO, the Ipswich Hospitals NHS Trust (CSC) Session sponsored by CSC

‘Enterprise Clinical Repositories‘ Elmar Flamme, Strategic CIO, Klinikum Wels – Grieskirchen GmbH, Austria Session sponsored by Cisco, Hitachi Data Systems & Phybridge

‘Improving the Inpatient Journey with Technology’ Ms. Deirdre Hyland - Head of Information Management Services, Mater Hospital Session sponsored by AURA Healthcare

Exhibition Time

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Lunch

‘Turning Clinical Data into Quality Information’ – Fiona Cahill, NOCA Manager, National O�ce of Clinical Audit Session sponsored by DMF Systems

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PROGRAMME SUMMARY

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HISI Annual Conference 2014

REGISTRATION08:30 - 09:00

Thursday 20th November

HISI NM - CLINICAL INFORMATICS WORKSHOPSPRINTWORKS THEATRE

14:00 - 15:30 ANTILOPE SUMMIT - SEE NEXT PAGE

09:00 - 10:00 PRINTWORKS THEATRE HISI NM PLENARY SESSION

PARALLEL SESSIONS

09:00 - 09:05

09:05 - 10:00

Welcome and Introductions - Ass. Prof. Mary Sharp

Plenary Session - Chair: Dr. Pamela Hussey Dr. Jane Grimson, Former CEO, HIQA, Former President, HISI Philippa Ryan Withero, Deputy Chief Nursing O�cer, Department of Health Dr. Margie Kennedy ‘eHealth: A Canadian Perspective’ Claire Kinneavy , ‘Patient/Client View’

10:00 - 10:20 Chair – Dr. Pamela Hussey

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10:40 - 11:00

11:20 - 11:40 Chair – Phillipa Ryan Withero

13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH

11:40 - 12:00 Chair – Phillipa Ryan Withero

12:00 - 12:30

‘Private Sector View - Developing the Hospital Electronic Medical Record and achieving EMRAM Stage 6 - A Clinical Perspective’Jackie Kirrane – Clinical Informatics LeaderDr. David Niland – Doctor – clinical perspective

Public Service View

HISI NM Review

Paul Du�y, Director of IT, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust‘Enabling the mobile clinician’

Angela Drury, Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Directorate ,Department of Health, Social Services & Public Safety

Kate Cunningham, Transformational Lead, Southern Health & Social Care Trust

Michelle KearnsIT Manager,CareDoc

Dorcas CollierGeneral Manager,St Dympna’s Hospital

‘‘Caredoc collaborative approach to healthcare delivery supported by ICT’

‘‘Mapping Our Journey for eHealth: HISINM accomplishments to date‘

‘NIECR - Implementation and Nursing Impact’

‘Recording Care: Future plans, present challenge’

Paula Kavanagh, Nursing and Midwifery Development O�cer, HSE‘Nursing and Midwifery Quality Care-Metrics’Dr. Michael Carton, PhD, Quality & Pt Safety Division‘Quality Pro�les’

(10:00 - 11:00) Chair: Frank Cunningham ‘Health Skills Workshop’

This workshop will examine the widening skills gap that exists between front-line healthcare sta�, IT Teams and administrators with regard to the successful adoption eHealth solutions. It is clear that without educating all elements of the workforce it is impossible to successfully implement. The session will examine potential frameworks for skills adoption, an update on the EU/US MOU on Skills and presentations recently featured at the Boston Connected Health Symposium.

Frank CunninghamInternational Policy O�cer at European Commission DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology

Mary Cleary, Deputy CEO, ICS/ICS Skills. Dr. Jean Roberts, Former Vice President, IMIA

(10:00 - 11:00) Chair: Jim Gregg ‘Data Protection for Healthcare’

The con�dentiality of patient records forms part of the ancient Hippocratic oath, and is central to the ethical tradition of medicine and health care. This tradition of con�dentiality is in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Acts 1988 & 2003, under which personal data must be obtained for a speci�ed purpose, and must not be disclosed to any third party except in a manner compatible with that purpose. Given the immense sensitivity of health-related information, it is imperative that professionals in this sector be clear about their use of personal data. This workshop will look at the potential pitfalls for services within Health Data Protection and the potential impacts of the forthcoming Health Identi�ers. Jim Gregg, Data Protection ConsultantSarah Reade, Lead ICT Project ManagerClaire Morrissey, A & L Goodbody

(11:20 - 12:20) Chair: Prof. Gerry Lyons Managing Risk: Early Warning Scorecards

The National Early Warning Score (MEWS) and associated Education Programme - COMPASS is now in operation in the HSE. This is a signi�cant development internation-ally as Ireland is the �rst country to agree a National Early Warning Score. Patient safety and quality are central to the delivery of healthcare, and the HSE, among others, is a signatory to the 'Patient Safety First' declaration of commitment. Education.

Celine O'Connor, National Lead for Natl. Early Warning Scorecard (HSE)Margaret Gleeson, Director of Nursing, Nat. Acute Medicine Programme (HSE) David Toohey, CEO Syncrophi Systems Ltd ‘Ambulatory patient monitoring and EWS systems.’

(11:20 - 12:20) Chair: Dimitri Wall ‘Disease Registries in The Ecosystem’

The Cystic Fibrosis Registry of Ireland has been in operation since 2001. The CFRI is more than a traditional register which would document the "date of birth", the "date of diagnosis" and an "outcome". Over 300 clinical details are recorded each year for each person. These are transcribed into a sophisticated software package which is encrypted and restricted to a limited number of healthcare professionals who care for PWCF. The Registry has evolved to integrate with European registries and secondary data uses. This workshop will discuss the registry development processes and partnerships with views from the physician, the patient and the parent registry organisation. Dr. Dmitri Wall, Irish Skin FoundationGodfrey Fletcher, CEO Cystic Fibrosis Ireland & IPPOSIKatie Murphy (Cystic Fibrosis Ireland)

11:00 - 11:20

Book Launch: An Introduction to Nursing Informatics 4th Edition by Hannah K, Hussey P. Kennedy M, and Ball M

COFFEE

Dr. Pamela Hussey, HISI Committee Member

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THURSDAY 20TH NOVEMBER 2014 14:00 - 15:30 ANTILOPE SUMMIT

Welcome - Introduction to Antilope - Roger Walhouse

‘The Value of Standards’ Chrissie Keane, National Standards Authority of Ireland

Panel SessionChrissie Keane, National Standards Authority of IrelandJos Devlies, Treasurer, EuroRecPeter Connolly, National Integrated Service Framework Lead, HSE

‘Labeling and Certi�cation in Europe’Jos Devlies, Treasurer, EuroRec

Conference Close

‘Ireland’s path to standards based interoperability’ Peter Connolly, National Integrated Service Framework Lead, HSE

Find out how you can participate & contribute to future standards by contacting: Chrissie Keane

NSAI Standards | E chrissie.keane@nsai.ie | www.nsai.ie

Health Informatics Standards Committee [HISC]

Do you know what Standards apply toMedical Device Software, e-Health Networks or Health Identi�ers?

NSAI’s HISC monitors the work of the international standards bodies, CEN and ISO. HISC brings the emerging standards to Irish stakeholders and facilitates their participationand contribution to future standards in:

• EHR Architecture & Information Models• Nursing & Health Terminology• Medical Device Software

• Network Management & Interoperability• E-Pharmacy

CourtyardRoom 1

CourtyardRoom 2

PoddleRoom

09:20 - 10:40

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Title: GP SystemsChair: P Felle

Can the Adoption of E-Referral Systems Improve Work�ow Processes in Primary Care Teams in Ireland?- Mary O Regan, RGN, RM, H Dip PHN, MSc HI

11:00 - 11:20

Development of an electronic platform for an international register of Clinical Prediction Rules relevant to primary care - A. Zarabzadeh, R. McDonnell, D Corrigan, R Galvin, S Smith, T Fahey

11:20 - 11:40

Clinical Decision Support in GPIT Certi�ed Practice Management SystemsFayz Alshehri

11:40 - 12:00

Title: Infrastructure Chair: G Stephens

Radio-Frequency Identi�cation Technology for Patient Tracking and Identi�cation improves Patient Safety and Operating Room e�ciency - Maria del Mar Rodriguez

12:00 - 12:20

What have risk management, clinical information systems & networked point-of-care devices got in common? – Lucy Kielty

Using ANSI/AAMI/IEC 80001-1 to inform the planning for a Clinical Information System upgrade – P Byrne, L Kielty, F Hegarty.

Title: New IdeasChair: P Felle

Touch-free Image Interaction in Surgery - Nikola Nesterov

9:20 - 9:40

Analytics for Radiology – A Software Tool for Monitoring and Predicting Throughput Performance - Stephen Jones

9:40 - 10:00

DOCIT Interactive Electronic Physician Task List: Safer and More E�ective Communication in the Hospital Setting - C. Malone, D. Mulqueen, T. Nolan

10:20 - 10:40

Title: Strategy Chair: R Collins

International review on the Use of information for the regulation of health and social care.- O’Carroll T. & Foley B

11:00 - 11:20

International approaches towards integration of national health and social care data collections.- Weir L., Murphy N., and Foley B.

11:20 - 11:40

Toward supporting community healthcare in Ireland: a cloud-based proposition - Sarah Jordan

11:40 - 12:00

Title: Strategy II Chair: R Collins

National Health Models and the Adoption of E-Health and E-Prescribing in Primary Care – New Evidence from Europe- James Brennan

12:00 - 12:20

A Utopian world with a safe and secure health system- David Meehan

12:20 - 12:40

Improving Capacity Building and Training of Rural Health Workforce using e-Learning: A Case of India. - D Chawla

12:40 - 13:00

Title: Self-Managed CareChair: G Hurl

Warfarin Monitoring – “Test and Txt”! Patient Self-Testing and Texting in the home - Feargal McGroarty

9:20 - 9:40

Mobile sensor substitution: a technique towards autonomicambient assisted living - Brady G, Sterritt R, Wilkie F

9:40 - 10:00

Remote Monitoring Systems for Self-Managing Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review - H Mushcab, G Kernohan, S Martin

10:20 - 10:40

Interface Design for COPD Self-management by means of activity tracking devices - Richard Eibrand

10:00 - 10:20

Title: User Requirements Chair: B Kane

A survey of Irish Dermatologists’ experience with and requirements of Electronic Health Records - Wall D, Hackett C., Kane B, Ahmad K, Ramsay B

9:20 - 9:40

Process redesign of referral triage in a physiotherapy outpatients setting - M Byrne

9:40 - 10:00

Use of Screencasting software to facilitate engagement with stake holders to de�ne system require-ments – K Power, P Hussey, K Irving

10:20 - 10:40

Towards a leaner and greener study leave application process - M Byrne

10:00 - 10:20

Title: Clinical UseChair: P Doran

Can technology such as a mobile dashboard Meeting meet the requirements of a melanoma multidisciplinary team meeting?- Wall D, Lawson R, Hyland D, Hovenden D

11:00 - 11:20

Towards Paperless Documentation for Speech and Language Therapy - Deirdre Gilchriest

11:20 - 11:40

A novel method to avoid sub-optimal prescribing in Irish Nursing Homes - Patrick Lehane 

11:40 - 12:00

Title: Secondary use of DataChair: P Doran

Clinical Information System: Secondary Use of Data - Zieta O’Hagan 

12:00 - 12:20

Secondary use of data as a method to improve Data Quality in a theatre setting – Ann Keane

12:20 - 12:40

12:20 - 12:40

Power and Subjectivity in Evidence-Based Practice- S Murnane

12:40 - 13:00

12:40 - 13:00

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COFFEE 10:40 - 11:00

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Dr. Rita Collins University College, DublinDr. Peter Doran University College, DublinDr. Patrick Felle University College, DublinMr. Declan Fitzgerald DMF Systems, DublinMr. Gerard Hurl Former Chairman, HISI Dr. Pamela Hussey Dublin City University, DublinDr. Bridget Kane Trinity College, DublinDr. Kieran Murphy Irish College of General PractitionersMr. Chris Nolan Director, Institute of Healthcare InformaticsProf. Mary Sharp Trinity College, Dublin

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Research Bursaries will be presented at the Conference on Thursday 20th November. Each year the Society awards two research bursaries of €2,000 each in order to enable individuals to study an area of Healthcare Informatics. Submissions are received from a wide range of Informatics students at Bachelor, Higher Diploma/Post Graduate Diploma, Masters and PhD level. The winners of the 2014 bursaries will be announced at the plenary.

2012 Bursary WinnersKerry Louise Skillen, University of Ulster, JordanstownGuanitta Brady, University of Ulster, Jordanstown

The Best Paper Award is also presented on Thursday 20th November. The award for the conference’s best paper is kindly sponsored by IMS Maxims and will be announced after the close of the parallel sessions on Thursdayafternoon.

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Richard Corbridge, CIO, Department of Health/HSEMr Corbridge, who has been given responsibility to implement the National eHealth Strategy launched last November will be among a strong line-up of speakers. Mr Corbridge was formerly Chief Information Officer & Senior Information Risk Owner, National Coordinating Centre, NIHR Clinical Research Network. We at HISI are delighted to welcome Richard to Irish Health Informatics and to see the HSE appoint someone with such a strong analytical background and a proven track record for better health outcomes through IT.

Kevin Conlon, Head of ICT, Department of Health

Kevin is Principal Officer in the Department of Health with more than 25 year’s experience in ICT in health. Kevin responsibilities also include eHealth policy at a national level. Kevin was responsible for planning and organising the EU Presidency eHealth 2013 week events and planning the Health Identifiers Bill. He is a member of the civil service CIO Council and his current responsibilities include driving the implementation of the eHealth Strategy and the setting up of eHealth Ireland.

Gerry O’Dwyer, President, European Health Managers Association &CEO, South/South West Hospital Group

Gerry O'Dwyer is the first Irish person to be elected to the position of President of the European Association of Hospital Managers. Mr O'Dwyer, from Kinsale in Co Cork, is the Chief Executive Officer of the South/South West Hospital group. He is a former Chief Executive of Our Lady's Chil-dren's Hospital Crumlin and was also Hospital Network Manager for the HSE South. The European Association of Hospital Managers has members is 28 countries.

Mary Cleary, Deputy CEO, Irish Computer Society

Deputy Chief Executive of ICS/ICS Skills with responsibility for certification programme development, quality, sales and implementation as well as the Annual IT Training Conference. ICS Skills’ principal certified programme is ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence) and it has been undertaken by 500,000 people in Ireland and 11 million worldwide

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Brian O’Connor, Chair, ECHAlliance

Brian O’Connor was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and has developed his career as a consultant, manager and/or investor in both private and public companies. Brian has worked in the UK, the US and lived in Hong Kong for eleven years. He has gained vast experience as a company director in a variety of industries and professions, and has raised signifi-cant sums for companies through both private equity structures and stock exchange listings.

Elmar Flamme, Strategic CIO, Klinikum Wels – Grieskirchen GmbH, Austria

After spending 15 years in emergency units he has held the post of CIO at two German Hospitals, where he was responsible for delivery projects such as HIS development and the Electronic Healthcare Card for Ger-many, working with major healthcare stakeholders across the country. Elmar’s current role is as strategic CIO for Klinikum Wels Grieskirchen, the biggest convent Hospital in Austria. As strategic CIO, Elmar was responsi-ble for selecting the Hitachi Clinical Repository as a strategic component for an Enterprise Wide administrative and clinical information archive.

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FEATURED SPEAKERS

Chrissie Keane, Standards O�cer, NSAI

Chrissie has responsibility for organising Irish interest in over 40 different subject areas, including General Healthcare devices, Electrical Medical Devices and Health Informatics. Previously with NSAI, Notified Body, Chrissie was a lead assessor for thirteen years following thirteen years in management of Quality and Regulatory Affairs in both Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industries.

Dr. Jane Grimson, Professor of Health Informatics, Trinity College

Professor Jane Grimson is a computer engineering graduate from the University of Dublin, Trinity College, and holds a Masters and Doctorate in Computer Science from the Universities of Toronto and Edinburgh, respectively. She returned to Trinity College as a lecturer in Computer Science in 1980, is a former Dean of Engineering and of Research, and served as Vice-Provost from 2001-2005. She is a Past-President of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland, the Irish Academy of Engineering, the Irish Computer Society, and the Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland and former CEO of HIQA.

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Dr. Margie Kennedy, Canadian Standards Association

Dr. Margie Kennedy is a seasoned clinician and certified health informatics expert, sought nationally and internationally for her expertise in health care, terminology and health information standards, governance, and facilitation to support nursing and health care. Margie has an extensive background in regional and national consultations to engage diverse groups supporting development of priorities and approaches to success-fully achieve goals.

Michelle Kearns, IT Manager, CareDoc

Michelle is the IT Manager of the Caredoc service and has worked withCaredoc since 2004. Michelle has a background in information andcommunications technology and in 2008 completed an MSc in healthinformatics. Throughout her time in Caredoc Michelle has beeninstrumental in developing the Caredoc eHealth ecosystem and usingtechnology to support the expanding Caredoc services. Michelle is anintegral part of the team that has developed links and integrated theCaredoc award winning ICT platform with healthcare services throughoutIreland.

Claire Kinneavy, Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient

Claire has Rheumatoid Arthritis for 32 years. She joined Arthritis Ireland and got involved in local voluntary work in 1987, having retired from Home Economics teaching a year earlier. She participated in the Stanford Self Management Programme in 1994 and found it so beneficial that she trained as a Self Management Leader and began co delivering the programme in 1996 in County Kildare. Since then she has enjoyed delivering the programme twice a year in several different locations.

Paul Duffy, Director if IT, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Paul Duffy has over 25 years experience in the design and delivery of IT solutions in healthcare. He is Co Director for IT and Telecommunications in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. In his previous roles he has been responsible for Networking, Server and Application Management and IT Service provision. His current role has seen him deliver the successful amalgamation of six legacy departments into one centrally business benefits focused service. He has also been responsible for the introduction of new systems that have directly contributed to improvements in patient and client care.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Roger Walhouse, IHE, UK & Chairman, Stalis LTD

Roger Wallhouse has a career spanning over 30 years in Healthcare Informatics of which the first twenty years were as a senior executive in the International operation of Shared Medical Systems Corporation (now Siemens Medical Systems), one of the largest suppliers of hospital elec-tronic record systems(EHR) in the US and Europe.

Philippa Ryan Withero, Deputy Chief Nursing O�cer, Department of Health

Philippa is an associate faculty member of the Institute of Leadership and is also employed as the Acting Nurse Practice Development Advisor for Nurse Practice Development with the Adelaide and Meath Hospitals, incorporating the National Children’s Hospital, Dublin. In 1998 Philippa obtained her Degree in Nursing Studies, with Honours from the University of Dublin, Trinity College. Shortly thereafter Philippa successfully obtained her Masters in Nursing Science also with the University of Dublin.

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FEATURED SPEAKERS

Dr Paul Altmann, MD, FRCP – Chief Clinical Information O�cer and Consultant Nephrologist, Oxford University Hospitals

Dr Paul Altmann graduated from University College Hospital Medical School, London in 1978. After training in Nephrology and General Medicine at the Royal London Hospital he was appointed Consultant Nephrologist & General Physician in Portsmouth before moving to the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals in 1995 as Consultant Nephrologist. In 2009 he took on the joint role of Chief Clinical Information Officer for the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals and Clinical Director for Health Informatics at South Central Strategic Health Authority.

Sean Donaghy Regional Driector eHealth & External Collaborations, HSC

Sean’s career in Health and Social Care (HSC) stretches back to 1983. His career began in Finance, and included Director of Finance appoint-ments. Between March 2003 and March 2007, he was Chief Executive of the Mater Hospital Trust. Sean held senior regional posts between March 2007 and September 2010, including the post of Deputy Secretary for Resources and Performance management at DHSSPS. In May 2013, he took up his current role as Regional Director for eHealth and External Collaboration for Northern Ireland.

DPO & ICS members €200 | non-members €350To become a member of the DPO visit www.dpo.ie/joinTo become a member of the ICS visit www.ics.ie/join

On January 28th, Ireland’s biggest event for Data Protection is taking place in the prestigious Dublin Castle to coincide with International Data Privacy Day 2015. This event is hosted by The Irish Computer Society (ICS) and the Association of Data Protection Officers (ADPO).

Why Attend?1. Leading Industry Speakers.2 Real world data protection case studies.3. Practical guidance for 2015.

28th January 2015 Dublin Castle, City CentreBooking: www.dpo.ie/conference | events@ics.ie | 01 775 3007

Guest speakers include:· Mark Rasdale Partner A & L Goodbody

· Fintan Swanton Chairman, ADPO

Keynote speakers

Max SchremsPrivacy Activist & Law Student

Richard Had�eldMD, Loyaltybuild

International Data Privacy Day - January 28th - Dublin Castle

Conference Exhibitor Stand Locations

CSCG2 SpeechCernerSlainte HealthcareMcKesson Aura HealthcareCisco, Phybridge, Hitachi Data SystemsDMF systemsManitexAdvanced Health & CareStalisT-ProRotoform SolutionsVision IDOrion Health OpenAppTriangle Computer SolutionsIMS MAXIMSErgo Viewing Ltd.InterSystemsMeditechSoftworksGrapevine Solutions Limited Socrates HealthcareNSAIThe Asdon GroupTotal MobileIBMKainos Evolve

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Vitro, your Electronic Patient Chart uses your content, your care pathways, yourbusiness rules and your clinical expertise to capture your patients clinical data

www.slaintehealthcare.com

Reduce your reliance on paperReduce clinical error & hospital riskIncrease the level of complex clinical data captured electronicallyAddress the lack of integrated systemsImprove patient care & outcomesIncrease user adoptionDecrease time spent on patient administration{

Sláinte Healthcare is Europe’s fastest growing healthcare technology company (Deloitte Fast 500 EMEA). Founded in 2006 and head-quartered in Ireland, it has direct operations in the UK, Middle East, Australia, Brazil and Asia. Claimsure automates the health insurance revenue cycle process for healthcare organisations.

“Within three months of deciding to use Vitro to create electronic manufacturing work sheets - regimens were reduced from 30+ minutes to �ve minutes resulting in a reduction of patient waiting times...”

Andrew James, Director of Pharmacy, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, Australia

Conference Exhibitor Stand Locations

NSAI Stand 26

NSAI (National Standards Authority of Ireland) is Ireland’s o�cial standards body. We operate under the National Standards Authority of Ireland Act (1996) and we are accountable to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. We are the national certi�cation authority for CE Marking and provide a certi�cation service to enable business demonstrate that Irish goods and services conform to applicable standards

Contact: Chrissie Keane, Commercial Director, 1 Swift Square, Northwood, Santry, Dublin 9, +353 90 647 2034 , Chrissie.Keane@nsai.ie

CSC Stand 1

CSC o�ers a range of innovative business solutions to help solve your complex industry challenges. Check out our diverse business solutions and business drivers, or learn about the industries that use our technology products and services.

Contact: Sinead Quinn, Strategic Marketing Manager, Wildmere Road, Banbury, Oxford-shire, OX16 3JU, +44(0) 7717 151155 , squinn22@csc.com

McKesson Health Solutions Stand 5

McKesson Health Solutions helps organizations bolster their care management processes, control chronic health conditions, guide level-of-care decisions, determine risk, forecast future needs, and manage their claims payment cycle. Crafted under the scrutiny of hundreds of consultative physicians and nurses, the company's solutions are renowned for clinical integrity and are built on the highest level of technological expertise and operational excellence.

Contact: Alan Ryan, Health Solutions Executive, Unit 1, Woodford Business Park, Santry, Dublin 17, +353 (0)860204182, alan.ryan@mckesson.ie

Diamond Members:

Cerner Stand 3

Cerner is contributing to the systemic change of health and care worldwide. Across 22 countries, Cerner is executing on its vision to make health care safer and more e�cient. We o�er a comprehensive portfolio of clinical information systems, professional services, medical device integration, managed services, community and personal wellness programmes.

Contact Amanda Green, Managing Director, 4th Floor, Newenham House, Northern Cross Business Park, Malahide Road, Dublin 17, 01 256 3105, Amanda.green2@cerner.com

Slainte Healthcare Stand 4

Sláinte Healthcare is a leading international technology company providing software & services that drive e�ciencies and quality in healthcare. We are Europe’s fastest growing healthcare technology company (Deloitte Fast 500, 2013 EMEA). Vitro’s Electronic Patient Chart software captures clinical data electronically, enabling healthcare organisations to rapidly move to a paperless environment.

Contact: Canice McKee, Business Development Manager Ireland & UK, SBlock A, Atrium Building, Blackthorn Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18, 01 440 2386 , cmckee@slaintehealthcare.com

Aura Healthcare Stand 6

Aura is showing solutions for patient �ow/bed management and clinical noting.These automate care processes, support work�ows and inform clinical decisions, while also releasing nursing time and removing paper, ine�ciency and risk. Products are intuitive and will run on any web browser, so avoiding extra investments in infrastructure and delays.

Contact: Mark Hindle, Managing Director, 12 Exchange Quay, Salford Quays, Manchester, M5 3EQ, mark.hindle@aurahealthcare.com, +44 (0)161 813 2280

Softworks Stand 22

Softworks eRostering & Optimisation, Time & Attendance, Flexible & Mobile Working and Absence Management Solutions, provide a completely automated workforce management environment. We assist the Health and Social Care sector; drive e�cien-cies, manage employee costs and complex rostering, reduce absenteeism and ensure regulatory compliance, while simultaneously delivering exceptional patient care.

For further information please see: W: www.softworks-healthcare.com T: +353 1 286 6126 E: sales@softworks.com

ProRec Ireland

ProRec Ireland is the Irish national body within the EuroRec Institute. Its mission is to promote the adoption and extended use of high quality Standardised Electronic Health Records and the required infrastructure. Its guiding principles to contribute to and support national healthcare initiatives and its priorities for promoting EHRs will be informed by national objectives. It is focused on the dissemination of information and the promotion of comprehensive, communicable and secure EHRs

Contact: Michael Tighe, Head of Communications, 87 Pembroke Rd, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, 01 644 7820 , Michael@ics.ie

Irish Computer Society

Irish Computer Society was founded in 1967 as the professional representing information and communication technology professionals in Ireland. Its objective is to promote professional information and computer skills. The ICS is a member of the Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS).[1] In 1997 the ICS founded European Computer Driving Licence (Ireland).

Contact: Michael Tighe, Head of Communications, 87 Pembroke Rd, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4,01 644 7820 , Michael@ics.ie

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DMF Systems Stand 8

We have a wide range of solutions spanning areas including Laboratory communications (MediBRIDGE), Allied Health Patient Record, Clinical Systems such as GeneCis our Clinical Portal, Electronic Discharge Summaries, Electronic Patient Scheduling, eReferrals, eClaims, ePrescriptions to name a few.

Contact Declan M. FitzGerald, Managing Director, declan@dmf.ie, Phone - +353 (0) 1 826 0470

Cisco Stand 7

As a worldwide leader in networking, Cisco helps simplify healthcare communica-tions using a network of interoperable technologies that better connect patients with medical providers, payers, and life science organizations. Cisco Connected Health solutions enable superior care team collaboration and business e�ciency while promoting a higher quality of care and improved patient outcomes. Our vision is a Connected Health ecosystem that helps to shape a world of health without boundaries.

Contact: Alex Van Driessche, Public Sector Ireland, avandrie@cisco.com, +353 (0)87 9030844

Phybridge Stand 7

Phybridge is a Canadian based technology company dedicated to "practical innova-tion." Bringing solutions to market that are technologically advanced as well as practi-cal for the end-user is Phybridge number one priority. Phybridge innovations address market needs in the areas of IP Telephony, Converged Networks, Uni�ed Communica-tions and Public Safety. With over 150,000 users globally using the Phybridge switches and a 100% customer satisfaction rate Phybridge is quickly creating a new standard in how local area networks are optimized for voice and data.

Contact: Julian Kennedy, Channel Manager, Hospitality and Healthcare Julian.Kennedy@phybridge.com, +001 905-901-3633

Hitachi Data Systems Stand 7

Hitachi Data Systems builds superior information technology and services to help you store, manage, access, search, and correlate your information across di�erent sources. Hitachi Data Systems has a strong vision and purpose when it comes to enabling clinical innovation; we see it as a responsibility toward achieving social innovation. Removing the barriers to ubiquitous data access by health organizations is only the �rst step. Driving meaningful and secure patient interaction is the end goal, which can only be achieved through a well-designed, step-by-step strategy.

Contact: Jim Tully, HDS Country Manager Ireland jim.tully@hds.com, +44 7876398685

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Stalis Ltd Stand 11

CareInform; Integrated Care Record ServiceSafe Hands for your Care DataCareInform, developed out of our proven CareXML® data transformation suite, gives every local health and social care organisation the ability to share and view a single integrated record, provided without any disruption to your day-to-day electronic patient record systems.

Contact Shelley Hawley, Sales and Marketing Administrator, shelley.h@stalis.com, Phone - 01608 810015

Advanced Health & Care Stand 10

Advanced Health & Care (Advanced) is a leading provider of IT management systems for urgent and unscheduled care, clinical call centres, community health, mental health, hospice, home and residential care services. Advanced has a unique focus on providing innovative mobile IT applications for community based care.

Contact: Hannah Teehan, Marketing Executive, Unit 4 Eurogate Business Park, Ashford, Kent TN24 8SB, hannah.teehan@advancedcomputersoftware.com

Rotoform Solutions Stand 13

Since 2007 with the launch of LaserBand in Ireland, Rotoform have been at the forefront of Patient Safety. This has provided the basis for our expansion in to mobile bedside care tech-nology. Rotoform will be demonstrating LaserBand and a number of innovative solutions for Patient Safety and eHealth enablement on Stand 13.

Contact Tony Flynn, Business Development Manager, rf.laserband@rotoform.ie, Mobile - +353 (0) 1 2955525

T-Pro Stand 12

T-Pro is an Irish based supplier of voice to text software and services. T-Pro provides medical transcription, digital dictation and voice recognition software and services. The company has clients that include HSE, public and private hospitals, top tier law �rms and state/semi-state bodies.

Contact Mark Gilmartin, Operations Director, mark@tpro.ie, Phone - +353 (0) 1 96 96 400

Manitex Stand 9

“Better Information – Better Decisions – Better Care”Manitex main product lines:EndoRAAD – Integrated Endoscopy Clinical Information System, covering Clinical work�ow and documentation. HSE National solution.HealthDIVER –Management Information and Performance Management Portal for Irish Hospi-tals, supporting better performance and quality.

Manitex customers currently number 32 Public and Private Hospital in IrelandContact Managing Director, Steve.Gillman@Manitex.ie, Phone - +353 (0) 1280 3433

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Vision ID Stand 14

Our healthcare solution sets also provides track and trace capabilities though inventory track-ing, DMP scanning, specimen tracking and WLAN Infrastructure improving patient identi�cation which is the most critical component of improving patient safety, along with increasing e�ciency of managing processes and assets.

Contact Aoife Hogan, Healthcare Marketing Executive, Aoife@visionid.ie, Ph - +353 (0)52 618 1858

Orion Healthcare Stand 15

Orion Health is a leading global, independently owned eHealth software company and is one of the world’s leading providers of electronic health records (EHRs) and healthcare integration solutions to healthcare organisations. Worldwide, Orion Health solutions are used in 30 countries by more than 300,000 clinicians including Northern Ireland ECR, NHS Glasgow and Clyde, South West CSU Connecting Care and Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust.

Contact Sarah Greenwood, Sales Director UK/E, sarah.greenwood@orionhealth.com

IMS MAXIMS Stand 18

IMS MAXIMS is one of the UK and Ireland’s most respected providers of clinical software solutions. We have achieved this by focusing on making life easier for our clients, in both the public and the independent sectors, so they can get on with the job of delivering the best possible care for patients. Solutions include PAS, e-Discharge, Bed Management, Emergency Department, Order Communications, Results Reporting, Integrated Care Pathways, Nursing, e-Discharge, Sexual Health, User De�ned Assessments, Care of the Elderly, Spinal Injuries/Rehab.

Contact Noel Connolly, Business Development Manager, noel.connolly@imsmaxims.com

Open App Stand 16

Openapp is a software development company that helps organisations to manage their business by delivering tailored, clinical and business led information systems.Our specialities lie in utilising open source tools to deliver innovative systems & solutions; with extensive experience in Health Intelligence, Geographic Information and Document Management.Organisations who use OpenApp gets a solution that suits their unique custom-ised needs where raw data is readily turned into intelligence.

Contact George Reynolds, george.reynolds@openapp.ie

Triangle Computer Services Stand 17

Triangle are technology leaders. We introduce new technologies and frameworks, safely and securely, to deliver measurable e�ciencies and create new capabilities for our customers. Our experts design and integrate complex IT projects across a combination of public and private cloud infrastructures to deliver trusted solutions

Contact Aidan Coyne, Services & Software Sales, aidan.coyne@triangle.ie, Phone - + 353 87 2417 224

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Grapevine Solutions Limited Stand 23

Founded in 1996 Grapevine Solutions is a privately owned company that provides ICT solutions and services to a wide range of clients in the public and private sector, delivering solutions in areas such as Application Integration, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Messaging, Data Replication, Payroll and Pensions.

Contact: Philip Deane, Finance Director, St Andrew's Lodge, Main St., Lucan, Co. Dublin, PDeane@grapevine.ie, +353 1 6218004

Meditech Stand 21

MEDITECH is advancing eHealth into an expansive and fully-integrated future with Inspired Solutions for Inspired Care. Our integrated Enterprise Patient Record provides superior usability. Our interfacing suite helps clinicians deliver quality, patient-centric care. With 20+ years' experience in the UK, we meet NHS reporting and regulatory requirements through optimised work�ows.

Contact Melissa Iozzo, Marketing & Event Coordinator, miozzo@meditech.com

Ergo Viewing Ltd. Stand 19

Ergo Viewing Limited is an Irish company providing highly specialised solutions and services within the Medical ICT environment. Our products range from infection control keyboards and mice to fully integrated, fanless, HD hardware solutions for operating theatres. We also supply and perform on-site calibration and quality assurance of medical displays ensuring optimal and consistent presentation of diagnostic and review images across entire Trusts/Sites. As our name suggests, we are experts in ICT ergonomics and o�er a complete range of wall/desk mounting solutions as well as mobile wireless COWS (Computers On Wheels).

Contact John Lyng, Director, john.lyng@ergoviewing.com, Phone - + 353 85 1383350

Socrates Healthcare Stand 24

Socrates Healthcare is Ireland’s leading provider of patient management software solutions, serving the GP, Primary Care, and Private Hospital environments. Every day thousands of health-care professionals rely on our systems to streamline routine tasks, manage clinical and �nancial data, and enhance the quality of patient care. Our software suite includes practice management, EHR, Patient Portal, and Secure Electronic Referrals solutions.

Contact Emmet Gilhooley, Business Development Manager, emmet.gilhooley@socrateshealthcare.com

InterSystems Stand 20

InterSystems is helping organisations in 25 countries to tackle the challenges of joined-up health and care on a national, regional and local level. Enabling interoperability between all points of care provision, our patient-centric approach improves safety and outcomes by enabling care providers to make decisions on complete data.

Contact John Kelly, EMAIL: john.kelly@intersystems.com | MOBILE: +353 86 606 2525

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The Asdon Group Stand 27

Asdon Group has been providing Digital Dictation and Speech Recognition solutions for over 10 years. Their Medspeech solution allows healthcare professionals to easily manage their reports whilst increasing the turnaround and quality of their work, which will result in reduced waiting times for patients and referring doctors

Contact Ryan McIlhatton, Sales Consultant, rmcilhatton@asdongroup.com, Phone - + 44 (0)7956 539420

Kainos Evolve Stand 30

Kainos Evolve® Electronic Medical Records (EMR) product automates the creation, capture and handling of medical case notes and operational documents allowing healthcare providers to deliver better patient safety and quality of care. Evolve is used in more than 70 hospitals in the UK, helping healthcare providers on their journey to becoming a paperless environment.

Contact Anthony Dooher, Evolve Business Development Manager, a.dooher@kainos.com

IBM Stand 29

IBM is one of the longest established multinational technology companies in Ireland, having opened the �rst o�ce in Dublin in 1956. Today, more than 3,500 employees support customers across the island, and across the world. As microcosm of the IBM corporation, IBM in Ireland boasts the largest Software Development lab in Ireland, IBM’s �rst digital sales centre, a European Services Support Centre, a Treasury Centre, Data centre and a Research and Development Laboratory.IBM's healthcare solutions, technology and consulting are designed to help organisations achieve greater e�ciency within their operations; collaborate to improve outcomes; and integrate with new partners for a more sustainable, personalised and patient-centric system focused on value.

Contact Kevin McGowan, Senior Client Representative, Health, kevingow@ie.ibm.com

G2 Speech Stand 2

Expert in speech recognition, digital dictation and work�ow management, G2 Speech gets to the heart of report documentation, developing bespoke integrated solutions for a modern, e�cient health service. A leading global specialist in its �eld, G2 Speech is highly customer-focused. It o�ers strong support to its client base, providing complete solutions which underpin their way of working. This approach has resulted in more than 22,000 satis�ed users, who are supported by an extensive team of specialists from o�ces in the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK and Ireland.

Contact James O’Sullivan, Area Manager – Ireland, j.osullivan@g2speech.com

Total Mobile Stand 28

TotalMobile provide smart workforce and work�ow software that is designed speci�cally to empower healthcare professionals in a mobile world. Proven to revolutionise the delivery of care, at the point of patient contact, TotalMobile provides an enhanced way of working that enables Healthcare providers to increase productivity and improve the standard of patient care.

Contact John Martin, Sales Rep, john.martin@totalmobile.co.uk

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Irish Health Organisations and Activities

The past 30 years have seen Healthcare Informatics evolvefrom a narrow cross- disciplinary interest into a profess ion inits own r ight. The Health Informatics Society of Ireland (HISI)builds br idges between computer profess ionals interested inhealth care, and health care profess ionals interested incomputing, while supporting and embracing the newprofess ionals of health care informatics .

E stablished in 1996 and more than 700 members strong, HISIincorporates the Healthcare Informatics sections of the R oyalAcademy of Medicine in Ireland and of the Ir ish ComputerSociety, and has been accepted as a member both of theE uropean Federation for Medical Informatics and theInternational Medical Informatics Association.

The objectives of the Society are to:

1) Develop and disseminate knowledge of the use ofinformatics in healthcare

2) Promote research and education in healthcare informatics

3) Participate internationally with bodies of s imilar interests

In order to fulfil our third objective, HISI is a member of theE uropean Federation for Medical Informatics and theInternational Medical Informatics Association and representsIreland on both these organisations . B enefits available tomembers of the Society include participation in the annualconference and scientific symposium, section meeting onspecific topics of interest, mailing lists and updates onindustry news and events . Membership annual dues are 25 –Members of the Ir ish Computer Society or the R oyal Academyof Medicine in Ireland are accepted free of charge. For more infor mation please vis it www.his i.ie or email info@his i.ie

ProR ec Ireland is the Ir ishnational body within theE uroR ec Institute. It’s miss ionis to promote the adoptionand extended use of highquality StandardisedE lectronic Health R ecordsand the requiredinfrastructure. Its guiding principles to contr ibute to andsupport national healthcare initiatives and it's pr ior ities forpromoting E HR s will be informed by national objectives . It isfocused on the dissemination of information and thepromotion of comprehensive, communicable and secure E HR sby:

• rais ing awareness of issues related to E HR s, theirpotential in improving healthcare delivery, and therequirements for their development, by means ofconferences , fora, workshops/seminars , and throughpublications or websites .

• providing a forum for linkages between users ,suppliers/developers and those concerned with policy andresource provis ion in healthcare.

HMIThe HMI is the profess ional body for thoseinvolved in Health Care Management inthe R epublic of Ireland. It was founded in1945. Over the years , the membershiphas expanded considerably and now includes staff from multi-disciplinary backgrounds. The Institute aims to promote anddevelop profess ional standards of competence in themanagement of our Health Services in Ireland.

Telephone +353 (0)1 297 4070 E mail: info@HMI.ie http://www.hmi.ie/

R oyal Academy of Medicine in IrelandIn November 1882 in the R oyal College of Surgeonsan Academy was formed. While the Academy is opento anyone interested in the science and practice ofmedicine, membership of the Academy is almostessential in Ir ish medical life. Most of the leaders of theprofess ion have taken their turn as Secretary and Pres ident oftheir particular Section and contr ibute to the meetings bytheir papers and attendance and the list of Pres idents is a rollof honour of Ir ish medicine. HISI is the official R AMI sectionfor Healthcare Informatics

Telephone +353 (0)1 633 4820E mail: secretar y@rami.ie Website: http://www.rami.ie/

Irish Health Organisations and Activities

ICS Skil ls – complementingIreland’s ICT sectorSince 1997 ICS Skills has beenrais ing the level of IT skills inIreland, increas ing user confidence in computer usage andmaking the information society access ible to all. ICS Skills ,the not- for- profit skills divis ion of the Ir ish Computer Society,was developed in response to a real need in Ireland to developbasic computer user skills . Originally known as E CDL Ireland,ICS Skills has accredited more than 1200 centres acrossIreland. Our commitment to br idging the digital literacy gap isdemonstrated in our wide range of IT certificationprogrammes, all des igned to set the national benchmark inend- user computer skills . With the suite of E CDLcertifications as its flagship offer ing, ICS Skills now offerscertified training for profess ionals through its programmessuch as Health Informatics Training System (HITS), DataProtection, Certified Training Profess ional and E UCIP. What’smore, ICS Skills leverages the support of both public andprivate organisations in order to improve skill levels andenhance productivity in the workplace. To date, more than 17% of the Ir ish working population hasundertaken an ICS Skills certification.

R elevant progr ammes achieving phenomenal wor ldwidesuccessR ecognised in 146 countr ies , more than 10 million peoplearound the world have participated in the E CDL range ofcertification programmes.

Ir ish ComputerSociety PresentsHealth Infor maticsTr aining System(HITS)The support and promotion of training in health informaticshas always been a fundamental objective of the HealthcareI

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nformatics Society of Ireland. With the 2004 launch of theHealth Informatics Training System HISI went one stepfurther to introduce its own foundation level trainingprogramme in healthcare informatics . HISI worked with ICSSkills , the training and certification arm of the Ir ish ComputerSociety, to develop the programme. As the national licensingbody for a range of IT training programmes including E CDL,

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CS Skills has considerable expertise in the area of trainingand certification. The HITS programme was devised torespond to the needs of healthcare workers who require aclear understanding of the technologies used in the sectorand their contr ibution to administrative and clinical bestpractice. HITS is delivered online and can be run as aselfstudy programme or offered in conjunction with trainer-ed sess ions . A growing number of HITS centres have opened

nationally. As a foundation level programme HITS is relevantto almost anyone working in the healthcare environment.

For further information please contact philip@ics .ie

The National StandardsAuthor ity of Ireland (N.S .A.I.)In Ireland, the Government hasestablished the National StandardsAuthority of Ireland (N.S .A.I.) as the Semi- State B ody withauthority and responsibility for drafting and implementingstandards in Ireland. The N.S .A.I. do not work in isolationfrom the rest of the world. They are Ireland’s representativeon many International bodies , including ISO (InternationalOrganisation for Standardisation, www.iso.ch) and CE N(E uropean Committee for Standardisation, www.cenorm.be),the two biggest alliances of standards makers . ISO is a globalnetwork of national standards institutes from 146countr iesworking in partnership with international organizations ,governments , and industry, business and consumerrepresentatives . CE N is a s imilar body specifically cater ing forthe needs of E U, HL7, IE E E , SNOME D and others also writestandards for Health informatics . Today, there is almost fullco- operation between these bodies as their work overlaps andmerges .

N.S .A.I.’s , Health Informatics Standards Committee (H.I.S .C.)is Ireland’s official standards group for HealthcareInformatics , established in 2004 to contr ibute to thedevelopment of E uropean or International standards forpatient and hospital information systems, specifically throughparticipation in the work of CE N TC 251, ISO TC 215, and HL7;and to advise N.S .A.I in regard to the need for Nationalstandards that are either developed or being developed tocover all aspects of Health Informatics .

For further information, vis it www.nsai.ie

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nowledge: ICS Informed, a quarter ly survey of ITrofess ionals in Ireland, takes the pulse of the changing

ndustry, deliver ing current ins ight into topics concerning theector.

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Developing a sustainable industr yn addition to its member services , the ICS fosters several ITrojects in education:

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