Information School News

The 18th International Symposium for Health Information Management Research (ISHIMR) is being held this year in Kalmar at Linnaeus University. Scientists from all over the world gather to discuss e-health. The overall conference theme for ISHIMR 2020 is "Using digital information for better patient health, care and well-being". The deadline for the submission of poster and paper abstracts has now passed but you can register to attend by clicking here . The deadline for registration is 31st August. The conference is free to attend. We welcome submissions relating to research and development on the conference theme in its broadest sense. The topics of interest for the conference include, but are not restricted to: • Strategies for the Management of Health Data and Information • Health Knowledge Management Strategies • Health Informatics Systems • Clinical Decision Support Systems • Tracking Activities and Health • Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in Healt...

The Information School has been well represented at this year's ISHIMR 2015 conference . This year's conference is taking place in York between 25 and 26 June, and focuses on the theme of "Health Informatics for Enhancing Health and Well-Being".  ISHIMR 2015 has been jointly organised by the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at York St. John University and the Information School, University of Sheffield. A number of staff and students have presented at the conference: PhD students Tom Poulter, Eliza Mazlan, Wasim Ahmed, Catherine Ebenezer, Jean Stevenson, Adelina Basholli and Tomi Dimitrovski MSc Health Informatics alumni Paul Warner Professor Peter Bath and Dr Julie Ellis, who are presenting a poster on the ESRC-funded 'A Shared Space and a Space for Sharing' project  More information is available on the ISHIMR 2015 website .

Students from the Health Informatics Research Group are presenting their research at the 15th International Symposium on Health Information Management Research (ISHIMR 2011) which takes place on the 8-9 September 2011, in Zurich, Switzerland. Liz Brewster is presenting a poster on her work entitled "Concepts of bibliotherapy: from initial definitions to patient empowerment" in collaboration with her supervisor, Barbara Sen. Robinah Namuleme is giving a paper on her research entitled "Information disconnects for people infected with, or affected by, HIV/AIDs" in collaboration with Nigel Ford and Peter Bath. Tom Poulter is presenting a poster on his research "Requirements for oncology EPRs – a mixed methods approach" in collaboration with Peter Bath. Tom is also presenting a paper on "An Analysis of Electronic Document Management in Oncology Care" in collaboration with Brian Gannon (Birkbeck College) and Peter Bath. Tomislav Dimitrovski is presen...

Barbara Sen and Peter Bath, from the Information School, are organising the 15th International Symposium for Health Information Management Research (ISHIMR 2011) in collaboration with colleagues from the University Hospital Zurich and the University of St Gallen, Switzerland. The conference is being held in Zurich on 8-9th September 2011 and is being attended by over 70 delegates from different countries throughout the world. Barbara Sen is organising the doctoral forum at the conference. Further details are available at: http://www.ishimr2011.com/

Members of the Health Informatics Research Group and the Centre for Health Information Management Research (CHIMR) are attending the 14th International Symposium for Health Information Management Research (ISHIMR 2009) in Kalmar, Sweden this week. Haleh Ayatollahi is presenting a paper entitled " Factors influencing the use of IT in the Emergency Department: a Qualitative Study ", co-authored with Peter Bath and Steve Goodacre (ScHARR). Wen-Chin Hsu is presenting a poster entitled " Older people’s use of the NHS Direct telephone advice and information service ", co-authored with Peter Bath and Shirley Large (NHS-Direct). Reza Rabiei is presenting a poster entitled " User Satisfaction with the England Choose and Book Service: the Role of Training and Information Technology Support ", co-authored with Peter Bath and Allen Hutchinson (ScHARR). Liz Brewster is presenting a poster entitled " An evaluation of Information Prescriptions ", co-auth...