BCS Health Scotland Conference 2010 & NHS Scotland eHealth Awards

22-23 September 2010, Glasgow.
BCS Health Scotland Conference 2010 will be staged at the prestigious Glasgow Science Centre where event partipants not only have great views over the Clyde and City but complementary entrance to the fun science exhibits. The futuristic building mirrors BCS Health Scotland's innovative and forward looking approach.

Three themes this year are Quality, Innovation, and Efficiency. The International speakers from Australia, Canada, Sweden, America are making this conference the place to be in September this year.

Keynote speakers include:

  • Matthew Swindells, former CIO Connecting for Health, and chair BCS Health
  • Rikard Lovstrom from Sweden to talk about their National Patient Overview project and eHealth strategy
  • Dorothy Whittick from Canada talking about the Canadian Health Infoway national developments and a Wellness project in Alberta
  • Brian Robson talking in the Quality theme and his experiences with health improvement in America.
  • Kathy Dallest from the National eHealth Transition Authority, Australia talking about Quality and clinical safety.

The draft programme as it is being developed will be available here

NHS Scotland eHealth Awards!
An exciting new development will be the 'NHS Scotland eHealth Awards!'. These awards are given to winning NHS teams for three categories sponsored by BCS and Scottish Government; look out for an announcement later this year.

In aditional areas BCS Health Scotland Conference 2010 will have also lively commercial exhibitions and a new venture this year: PUBLIC information stands with information about how eHealth is used in health to improve the care of every person in Scotland.

For further information and registration, please visit:
http://www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/his/events/bcs-health-scotland-conference-2010.aspx

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