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Mobile and Wireless Healthcare - Speakers

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:18:02 GMT

Confirmed speakers so far include:

Mark Allen, client business manager, BT Health
Tracy Andrew, head of information security and compliance, Berkshire Shared Services
Stephen Chilton, CIO, University Hospital Birmingham
Paul Curley, clinical director for IT, consultant surgeon, Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Nick Gaunt, specialist associate, Technology and Product Innovation, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
George MacGinnis, programme manager, assistive technology, Connecting for Health
Jon Marsh, head of Agile Working, BT
Daniel Morrison-Gardiner, senior government account manager, BlackBerry
Tina Quinn, clinical and operations lead, Kirklees Community Healthcare Services
Danny Roberts, head of programme delivery, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Richard Sargent, ICT change control specialist, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Hans Solgaard, EMEA program manager, Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences
Barbara Stuttle CBE, deputy chief executive, Directorate of Quality, Clinical Development and Innovation, NHS South West Essex
Professor Dag Svanæs, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
John Wilson, consultant gastroenterologist, operational division, NHS Fife

Please keep checking this page for speaker updates

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Mobile and Wireless Healthcare - Who should attend?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:53:50 GMT

Anyone who is keen to learn how to deliver information and knowledge at the point of care, both on the ward and in community settings.

Job titles will include:
• Directors, Heads and Managers of ICT
• Heads of ICT Services
• Directors and Heads of IM&T
• Efficiency Units
• Heads of Change and Innovation
• Heads of Organisational Development
• Heads of Infrastructure
• Clinicians

Representing:
• Hospital Trusts
• Acute Hospitals
• Mental Health Trusts
• Primary Care Trusts
• Strategic Health Authorities
• Health Informatics Services

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Mobile and Wireless Healthcare - Why attend?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:53:42 GMT

This conference will enable ICT professionals to learn through a combination of practical case studies, keynote addresses, workshops, panel discussions and interactive product demonstrations.

Explore issues including:

• How can mobile technologies enable the delivery of more efficient care that enhances the patient experience?
• How can investment in mobile and wireless technology contribute to the realisation of strategic business outcomes?
• As the threats develop and technology evolves, how can you ensure sensitive data is both mobile and safe?
• How can you adapt processes and systems to support mobility?
• To what extent will you need to reassess the organisation of information and data when implementing mobile devices?

• Plus new for 2010:
Snapshot case studies providing insights into the deployment of mobile and wireless technologies followed by demonstration sessions where you can get your hands on featured technologies. Explore their functionality and gain a greater understanding of how they could work for you.

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Mobile and Wireless Healthcare - Sponsors

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:53:35 GMT

Headline sponsor

BlackBerry
BlackBerry is the leading wireless communications solution that keeps mobile Government and public sector professionals securely connected to colleagues and operational data. BlackBerry is delivering tangible efficiencies and improvements in business processes to public sector organisations that are helping to deliver substantial cost savings. As well as the built in wireless applications like e-mail, personal organiser and phone, BlackBerry devices are being used by field workers to access key applications such as patient records, social services systems and the Police National Computer.

Event partners

BT
Transforming the way health professionals communicate and deliver patient care.

From providing telephone services for the very first NHS hospitals in 1948, to playing a pivotal role in the National Programme for Information Technology today, we have been supplying healthcare professionals with the technology to support the delivery of better care for patients for many years.

We are working across NHS organisations delivering innovative mobile applications to allow access to vital clinical and other systems for health care professionals – improving decision making, reducing travel and allowing more focus on care.

Dell
Healthcare institutions across the globe rely on technology to deliver critical and efficient patient services. Dell's Healthcare and Life Sciences division works closely with systems integrators such as recently acquired Perot Systems to design and develop end-to-end supported ICT solutions. Through the deployment of its Electronic Patient Records and Mobile Clinical Computing solutions, Dell is able to provide value to clinicians where it matters most: at the point of care. To learn more, visit www.dell.com/healthcare

Exhibitors

Adastra mobile patient management systems, including Adastra iNurse, are proven to deliver significant economies in community services through the optimisation of resources resulting in first class patient care. Hi-tech community healthcare is now a reality through the availability of patient information on a PDA, BlackBerry or laptop.

Adastra is a leading provider of patient management systems for GP led health centres, walk-in-centres, community nurse teams, GP out-of-hours services, call-centres, urgent care clinics and many other healthcare services across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands. Adastra helps healthcare providers and commissioners manage, connect, integrate and measure more than 14m episodes of care annually. To find out more please contact Emma Dew, marketing manager on +44 (0)1233 722700, email marketing@adastra.com or visit www.adastra.com

Capita IT Services is helping healthcare trusts across the UK to deliver high quality patient care, track the movements of its patients and assets, enable more productive wards and improve communications amongst hospital staff, through the implementation of innovative wireless technology using state of the art Cisco based solutions.
To learn more visit: www.capita-its.co.uk/healthcare

SMART Technologies is both the industry pioneer and market leader in easy-to-use interactive whiteboards and displays. When used with ward management software, SMART's technology is designed to make data entry quick, easy and part of the normal line of care. SMART's displays enable staff within any discipline to access, update and share patient information on a large-scale, colour-coded view within a few seconds, using touch alone. SMART's technology , when used alongside ward management software has been specifically designed to relieve the IT burden of manual data input for NHS staff and free up more time to care for patients.

For details on sponsorship opportunities at Mobile and Wireless Healthcare please call Ross Easterbrook on 020 3353 4866 or email ross.easterbrook@kable.co.uk

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Mobile and Wireless Healthcare - Supporters

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:53:28 GMT

ASSIST

BMJ - Best Practice

eHealthNews

HealthExecTV

LocalGovTV

mobihealthnews

National Health Executive

To become a supporter of this event please contact Joanne Newman on 020 3353 2462 or email joanne.newman@guardian.co.uk

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Mobile and Wireless Healthcare - Organisers

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:53:18 GMT

SmartHealthcare.com
SmartHealthcare.com is an online news service providing authoritative coverage of health and social care informatics in the UK and beyond. It's complimented with SmartHealthcare update, a monthly email newsletter containing the latest news, analysis and comment.

SmartHealthcare.com is also the home of Smart Healthcare Live, held in June at ExCeL London and featuring over 50 exhibitors and an extensive conference programme covering the hot issues facing health IT today.

Visit SmartHealthcare.com for all this and more.

Kable
Kable has been organising conferences and exhibitions since 1988, addressing the information age issues most relevant to public service business leaders and IS decision-makers. Our events are well-known for their stimulating and common-sense approach, and provide excellent networking opportunities across the public services.

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Mobile and Wireless Healthcare - Prices

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:53:05 GMT

Voluntary and public sector rate:
£195 + VAT (£229.13 inc)

Private sector rate:
A limited number of private sector places are available, please contact Ross Easterbrook on 020 3353 4866 or email ross.easterbrook@kable.co.uk to find out more.

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Mobile and Wireless Healthcare - Essential information

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:52:49 GMT

Venue

Hilton Birmingham Metropole
National Exhibition Centre
Birmingham
B40 1PP

Tel: 0121 780 4242

Travelling to the conference

Hilton Birmingham Metropole is situated next to the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) and is 8 miles from central Birmingham. The hotel is 10 minutes' drive from Birmingham International Airport and Birmingham International Train Station.

Please note that car parking at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole is subject to availability. The following charges apply.

Day Rate (8 hours): £12 per car
Overnight Residents: £7 per car

For more information on travelling to the conference and for maps and directions visit: www.hilton.co.uk

Contact details

For more information contact the conference team on:
01462 744058
mobilewireless@medivents.co.uk