The Centre for Health Informatics and Computing (CHIC)

Author

Atkinson, Chris ; Eldabi, Tillal ; Paul, Ray J. ; Pouloudi, Nancy

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Syst. & Comput., Brunel Univ., Uxbridge, UK

fYear

2000

fDate

16-16 June 2000

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

21

Abstract

Healthcare is one of the major growth areas in developed economies, but demand outstrips supply nevertheless. This paper discusses the research opportunities afforded in health informatics and computing, and in particular the activities of the Centre for Health Informatics and Computing (CHIC) at Brunel University. The "Soft Information Systems and Technologies Methodology" (SISTeM), simulation modelling and decision-making are introduced as areas of CHIC\´s expertise, and other emerging approaches are outlined.

Keywords

computer centres; decision support systems; digital simulation; health care; medical information systems; Brunel University; CHIC; Centre for Health Informatics and Computing; SISTeM; decision support; decision-making; developed economies; health computing; health informatics; healthcare; research opportunities; simulation modelling; soft information systems; soft systems methodology; soft technologies; Biomedical informatics; Computational modeling; Decision making; Economic indicators; Government; Hospitals; Information systems; Information technology; Insurance; Medical services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology Interfaces, 2000. ITI 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pula, Croatia

ISSN

1330-1012

Print_ISBN

953-96769-1-6

Type

conf

Filename

915782