Posts tagged "Health Informatics"

Health Informatics Seminars, Trainings and Workshops (2010)

The University of the Philippines Manila National Telehealth Center (UPM–NThC) just released their Health Informatics Seminars, Trainings and Workshops for 2010.

NOTE: Schedule is subject to changes.

CHITS training: PhP 2,500 (inclusive of snacks, lunch, kit for 2 and a half days training)
OpenMRS: PhP 2,000 (inclusive of snacks, lunch, kit)

For payment options, you may pay directly at UP Manila National
Telehealth Center, 3rd Floor, Information Technology Complex,
Philippine General Hospital, Taft Avenue, Manila from Tuesday to
Friday, 7:00am-6:00pm. Read more…

Philippine Nursing Informatics Association (PNIA) pays courtesy call to Philippine Nurses Association

Philippine Nursing Informatics Association pays courtesy call to Philippine Nurses Association
By Noel A. Bañez, R.N.

Manila, Philippines (June 29, 2010) — The Philippine Nursing Informatics Association (PNIA) took its first step to be recognized as a sub-specialty organization when it paid a courtesy call to the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) at the PNA National Headquarters in Malate yesterday.

“This is a very timely action,” lauded Dr. Teresita I. Barcelo, PNA national president, to the officers of PNIA on formally organizing an association specializing in the field of nursing informatics. “Nursing informatics is only of the emerging fields in nursing.” Read more…

Seminar on Health Informatics (26 June 2010)

Coming from the widely successful first (April 8, 2010) and second (May 21, 2010) Seminars on Health Informatics, the UP Manila National Telehealth Center (UPM–NThC) is inviting more health and IT professionals and students to participate in the third offering at:

College of Dentistry Auditorium, University of the Philippines Manila, Pedro Gil St. Cor. Taft Avenue, Manila June 26 2010 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

This third seminar aims to offer the same content as the first but with additional talks by professionals working in health IT. It also promises to provide participants with concrete action items that they can pursue to further sharpen their knowledge and skills in health informatics.

TOPICS:

• ICT for Health: Introduction to eHealth, Telemedicine, Health Informatics
• Explaining the jargon: bioinformatics, medical informatics, public health informatics, nursing informatics, etc
• Standards in Health Informatics*
• Introduction to Tools and Technologies for Health Informatics (Free and/or Open Source Software)
• Community Health Applications: eHealth Initiatives of the UPM-NThC*
• Demos: Electronic Health Record Systems, Telemedicine
• Nursing Informatics: Caring through ICT
• Life as a Telehealth Nurse
• Health Informatics and Healthcare Policy*
• Careers and Future Directions in Health Informatics*

* as per CHED Memo No. 14, Series of 2009 Read more…

Seminar on Health Informatics: Quality in Health Care through ICT (21 May 2010)

Being the forerunner of eHealth, Telemedicine and Health Informatics in the country, the University of the Philippines Manila National Telehealth Center (UPM–NThC) will be holding a series of seminar-workshops on eHealth, Telemedicine and Health Informatics starting this summer. The primary objective of this is to increase the knowledge of health professionals (doctors, nurses and midwives) and IT personnel (software developers and engineers) on the interplay of information technology and health.

On May 21, 2010, UPM–NThC shall be holding a Seminar on Health Informatics at the College of Dentistry Auditorium, University of the Philippines Manila, Pedro Gil St. Cor. Taft Avenue, Manila, from 8:00am to 5:00pm. The registration fee shall be Php 1,500.00, which shall include the seminar kit, CD of health informatics resources, certificate of attendance, morning & afternoon refreshments and lunch.
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Seminar on Health Informatics

The National Telehealth Center of University of the Philippines Manila will have a Seminar on Health Informatics. Read the details of the seminar in the PDF file below. Thanks to Noel RN of http://ivthub.blogspot.com for the heads up.

A description of Health Informatics from Wikipedia:

Health informatics, Health care informatics or medical informatics is the intersection of information science, computer science, and health care. It deals with the resources, devices, and methods required to optimize the acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use of information in health and biomedicine. Health informatics tools include not only computers but also clinical guidelines, formal medical terminologies, and information and communication systems. It is applied to the areas of nursing, clinical care, dentistry, pharmacy, public health and (bio)medical research.

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