Events/Calls of Interest

Call for papers: Health Statistics Data Users Conference 2009: Translating data into knowledge and action
Abstracts required by 31st May 2009.
21st-22nd September 2009 – Crowne Plaza Hotel, Ottawa, Canada
This conference, sponsored by Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) will promote the exchange of information between data providers and users in the health statistics field. Abstracts for proposals (not exceeding 300 words in either English or French) must be submitted by May 31, 2009.

Event: Innovation Expo
18th-19th June 2009 – ExCel Centre, London
The Innovation Expo will bring together public, private, scientific, academic and voluntary sectors to showcase health care innovation, enabling thousands of NHS and social care staff to experience and adopt the latest innovation initiatives and best practice.

Event: 21st Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
6th-9th December 2009 – Orlando, Florida, USA
The National Forum is an opportunity for leaders to come together to hear about cutting-edge improvement strategies, and share best practices and innovative ideas.

Event: Delivering better health services
3rd-4th June 2009 – Holiday Inn, Birmingham, UK
The Health Services Research Network and the National Institute for Health Research Service Delivery and Organisation Programme are holding this joint annual conference, presenting leading research on health policy and innovation.

Event: Better value for local people: how culture and behaviour drive excellence
19th June 2009 – Oxford Town Hall, UK
This event will examine how cultural and organizational change with councils can be further improved and support wider service transformation.

Event: Quality improvement supporting children’s well-being
12th May 2009 – Hilton Metropole, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK
Hosted by the National Children’s Bureau, this event provides the venue to ensure best practice is shared locally.

Event: The culture conference
7th July 2009 – The Boathouse, Wisbech, UK
This event is part of a series of national events being held to examine how culture and organizational change within councils can be further improved and support wider service transformation.

Event: Quality informatics: your role in delivering the NHS Next Stage Review
4th June 2009 – National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK
This event is being offered by the British Computing Society and the Association for Informatics Professionals in Health and Social Care.

Event: Sustaining innovations and new technologies for managing long-term conditions
9th July 2009 – London, UK
This event will focus on sustaining innovations and new technologies for managing long-term conditions.

Event: Practical statistics for medical and health care research
15th-16th June 2009 – The Leopold Hotel, Sheffield, UK
This course will introduce participants to basic concepts and techniques such as hypothesis testing and confidence interval estimation in statistics.

Event: World class commissioning: effectively managing the market
27th May 2009 – The King’s Fund, London
This conference aims to increase understanding of some of the key issues involved in managing markets and will provide commissioners and other senior NHS professionals with practical solutions to take this forward.

Event: National third sector quality conference: demonstrating quality in challenging times
25th June 2009 – CBI Conference Centre, London, UK
This event will focus on quality in local government and the third sector.

Event: Care Pathways 2009
24th-25th June 2009 – London, UK
This event is supported by the European Pathway Association and The International Journal of Care Pathways and is aimed at all those involved in monitoring and improving patient care through integrated care pathways, clinical pathways and critical pathways. This year’s conference focuses on new and innovative techniques that can help make care pathways more effective, including lean thinking and measurement.

Event: The Productive Ward
4th June 2009 – Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester
The Productive Ward Programme, developed by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, aims to improve processes, maximize value and eliminate waste and error on the wards. This practical one-day conference provides an introduction to the Productive Ward and other programmes from the Productive Ward series.

Event: e-health postgraduate module
The University of Plymouth e-health module is a 10-credit postgraduate online course. Within the University of Plymouth it can be taken as part of the Integrated Masters Scheme, within the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry it can be taken as part of the MSc Public and Community Health. It can also be taken as a stand-alone module for your Continuing Professional Development. The totally online module is delivered by live interactive webcasting so to be able to participate you will need a good broadband connection to the Internet with a computer that plays sounds. The module starts on Wednesday September 30th, runs for 10 weeks with sessions from 2-4.30 UK time, and costs £225 for UK/EU students.