Recent Primary Care Informatics News...
Surrey Informatics Summer School 2012
Clininf announces SISS 2012 - 7 February 2012
Surrey Informatics Summer School
[Click on the image to download the full-size poster]
Today, Clininf and the University of Surrey announce SISS 2012 - How to use routine health data for quality improvement and research.
You can find more information about SISS and SISS-2012 on the SISS page under Projects.
University of Surrey PhD Conference
Two of our PhD students present posters at the University of Surrey Postgrad Research Conference - 31 January 2012
The Postgraduate Research Conference posters that we presented will soon be available in the Posters section of Clininf.
Researcher of the Year award
Dr Normal Poh of the Clinical Informatics Research Group is Researcher of the Year - 29 January 2012
CIRG (Clinial Informatics Research Group) is delighted to announce that this year's Researcher of the Year award goes to Dr Norman Poh, who is an affiliated member of CIRG, and a research fellow at the Centre for Vision, Speech, Signal Processing (CVSSP), Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, both at the University of Surrey.
Pushpa Kumarapeli has been awarded his PhD
Pushpa Kumarapeli has been awarded his PhD - 24 January 2012
Pushpa Kumarapeli has been awarded his PhD, for his work on the consultation and development of the ALFA toolkit. You can find more information on ALFA, here.
Practice Manager Mentorship
Happy New Year, and Practice Manager Mentorship announcement - 2 January 2012
Clininf wishes you a prosperous, healthy 2012.
A new set of 'Practice Manager Mentorship' Web pages can be accessed through our new link: http://www.clininf.eu/practicemanagement
Director of Strategy NWL Daniel E
BioMed Download Statistics
Recent download statistics from BioMedCentral.com - 29 November 2011
As you know, we offer downloads of our publications internally on clininf.eu - but our publications are always accessible on the publisher's website as well. We were recently notified of the interest or a specific paper by BioMed.
HSJ award for LTC management
HSJ award for LTC management - 15 November 2011
The HSJ award for managing LTC goes to the NWL ICP:
Co-Directors Andrew Steeden & Aumran Tahir
Chief Executive NWL Cluster Anne Rainsberry
Operations Director Scott Hamilton
Director of Strategy NWL Daniel Elceles
NIHR National PCRN Team Workshop: Facilitating the use of routine primary care data for research
NIHR National PCRN Team Workshop: Facilitating the use of routine primary care data for research - Manchester - Monday 14th November 2012
Facilitator:
Simon de Lusignan – Professor of Primary Care and Clinical Informatics – University of Surrey
Routinely collected primary care data is among the best in the world. It is a major asset for conducting research in the UK. Simon has been involved in research using routinely collected data for the last 15 years, and more recently studies using linked GP, hospital and other data sources. He has published over 150 peer review papers and worked on a wider range of grants. His Family Practice paper on using routinely collected data provides an international perspective on these issues: de Lusignan S, van Weel C. The use of routinely collected computer data for research in primary care: opportunities and challenges. Fam Pract. 2006 Apr;23(2):253-63. http://fampra.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/2/253.long
Third Edition of the Renal FAQ now published
The Third Edition of the Renal FAQ has been published (July 2011).
You can access the PDF version using the following NHS Employers link.
Simon de Lusignan at the University of Surrey
October 2011: Simon de Lusignan on University of Surrey "Discover" website.
"I've been here around eight months now and I'm already reaping the benefits of being in a University with a good cluster of disciplines. I'm working with people who are among the best in their field and are ready to apply what they are doing to my own projects." -Simon de Lusignan
More information can be found here. Please click on the third profile to read Simon's statement.
IMIA Institutional Membership for the University of Surrey
Institutional membership of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) & publications in this year’s IMIA year book
The Department of Health Care Management and Policy has been elected an institutional member of IMIA (International Medical Informatics Association - http://www.imia-medinfo.org/new2/). This took place at the IMIA General Assembly in Oslo in August 2011. Prof Simon de Lusignan received the certificate of membership on behalf of the Department. Simon is also the Co-chair of the IMIA Primary Health Care Informatics Working group (http://www.imia-medinfo.org/new2/node/149 ); this highly successful working group have produced two papers in this years IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics. (http://www.imia-medinfo.org/new2/node/110).
Read more: IMIA Institutional Membership for the University of Surrey
Classification of Diabetes YouTube Channel
Due to an overwhelming response to our Classification of Diabetes self audit toolkit (http://www.clininf.eu/cod), but also, requests for a detailed description of the process we have created our own Classification of Diabetes toolkit YouTube Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/CoDAuditToolkit where you can find five explanatory videos that will guide you through the toolkit.
From newsletter 'news2lead' (Portugal, June 2011)
Our head of group, Simon de Lusignan presented the keynote address at SECA 2011 (Portugal, 25th May 2011).
Please click here to download page 6 of the June 2011 Newsletter "news2lead" (AstraZeneca, Portugal) or click 'Full Story' below, to read the translation. The newsletter praised the group's work on self audit toolkits, and our work on the Classification of Diabetes project.
Read more: From newsletter 'news2lead' (Portugal, June 2011)
DARE (The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects)
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination informed Clininf that a structured abstract has been written for our review “Quality-improvement strategies for the management of hypertension in chronic kidney disease in primary care: a systematic review” to be included in DARE.
Read more: DARE (The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects)
Gponline article: Promoting integrated care - what does it mean?
Dr Andrew Steeden and Dr Aumran Tahir discuss the opportunities of their new Integrated Care Pilot in North West London.
Dr Aumran Tahir: the Integrated Care Pilot addresses major issues that normally prevent the delivery of widespread integrated care
Integrated care was featured strongly in the Government's response to the NHS Future Forum last month. The duty to promote integrated health and social care will be required for both the new Clinical Commissioning Groups and the NHS Commissioning Board. But what does integrated care mean in practice – and how can it work?
Source: http://www.gponline.com/Medeconomics/article/1080910/promoting-integrated-care-does-mean/
Diabetes care: NHS struggles with size of problem
Diabetes care: NHS struggles with size of problem.
Reference to the Group's work on Classification of Diabetes (CoD): "Young is also worried that diagnosis of diabetes is too often late, which can further affect a patient's health. A Royal College of GPs' study in March found that 2.2% of people were wrongly diagnosed and another 2.1% were told they had one Type when in fact they had the other. Young says firmly that the NHS must do better across the whole pathway of diabetes care."You can view the full Guardian article by clicking here.
Georgios' startup, Thoughtified Ltd, wins entrepreneurship award
June 2011: Research Fellow Georgios Michalakidis' startup, Thoughtified Ltd, is awarded Best Graduate Startup.
Research Fellow Georgios Michalakidis is a member of the Clinical Informatics Team at the University of Surrey. He directs Thoughtified Ltd, the company that has developed the Group's website. Clininf.eu is hosted and maintained in Cloud infrastructure, and constantly updated. The company mainly develops advanced software systems for web and mobile devices. Thoughtified is a SETsquared partnership member and has won the Best Graduate Startup 2011 award for an advanced conservation management system with spatial data integration. As part of its social enterprise activities the company is researching the use of its technology in foetal heart monitoring in Ethiopia as well as UK-based community health systems.
GPs design a new future for diabetes diagnosis
April 2011: GPs design a new future for diabetes diagnosis.
"A groundbreaking report to support clinicians in dignosing diabetes has been launched by the RCGP and NHS Diabetes." 
Canadian literature review cites Clinical Informatics group research
Canadian literature review cites Clinical Informatics group research.
SW London AHSN Spring 2011 Newsletter
The SW London AHSN Spring 2011 Newsletter is now available for download.
Please click here to download the PDF file.
You can also read more information about the AHSN Project on our website by clicking here.
Researchers put physician assistants under the spotlight
February 2011: Researchers put physician assistants under the spotlight.
Physician assistants are a new addition to medical teams in Britain, although well established in other developed countries including the United States, Netherlands and Australia. Now a team led by Kingston University and St George's, University of London, is aiming to find out more about their contribution to healthcare in England with the first full-scale evaluation of their role in general practice.
You can read more information here...
Promoting Mental Health in the Workplace - One day conference (30 March 2011)
February 2011 (Announcement): Promoting Mental Health in the Workplace - One day conference (30 March 2011).
You can read more information about the symposium here (PDF) or download the agenda (PDF).
To book please visit https://store.surrey.ac.uk ...
TRANSFoRm International Research Readiness instrumEnt: An on-line research matchmaking tool
December 2010: TRANSFoRm International Research Readiness instrumEnt: An on-line research matchmaking tool - Quarterly Work Tasks 6.1/6.2 Report.
The first report for our Five-level framework for assessing International Research Readiness (IRR) is now available for download. 
Please use this link do view the PDF file with the presentation...
Simon de Lusignan's new chair at the University of Surrey
October 2010: Simon de Lusignan appointed to a new chair at the University of Surrey.
Simon de Lusignan is appointed as the new Chair in Health Care Management & Professor of Primary Care and Clinical Informatics. Simon joins the University of Surrey from St. George’s, where he is a Reader in General Practice and Informatics and Head of General Practice and Primary Care. He is looking to move to Surrey University early 2011, along with key members of his research team.
He is looking forward to working with the Health Care Management group; as his research has considerable synergy with his new colleagues. Simon also comes with a wider group of existing and potential further collaborators across the University. He has strong links with the NHS and is keen to further strengthen links between the health service and the University.
Read more: Simon de Lusignan's new chair at the University of Surrey
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