Health Informatics and Big Data

You are invited to the first of the SA NT DataLink Researcher Conversation Series for 2015. The Series provides an opportunity to network with fellow researchers and colleagues and hear about developments in data linkage.

As major industries, research and healthcare are being significant advanced by developments in health informatics and information technology more generally. These developments provide new possibilities for understanding the complexity of factors impacting on health outcomes. They enable a sounder evidence base for understanding the effectiveness of clinical interventions and the quality and cost effectiveness of health care and service delivery.

This is an opportunity to hear Professor Andrew Morris, a leading research authority in health informatics and use of Big Data linkage processes in health and health service delivery. Professor Morris will draw on his considerable experience to discuss the issues and responses that need to be considered by researchers and organisations as they seek to utilise the potential of Big Data to support better evidence for clinical, health and service delivery outcomes.

This first of the Series is relevant to researchers, policy makers and consumers interested in understanding the utility and potential of Big Data in health and human services.

Registration Fees
This event is free. 
HISA members and non-members please register via the above link to confirm your attendance.
ACS members please register via the ACS website to allow Professional Development (PD) hours to be recorded.

Program
Prof Andrew D Morris Chairman and Centre Director, Farr Institute @ Scotland 

He is the Chief Scientist at the Scottish Government, Health Professor of Medicine, Director of the Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics and Vice Principal of Data Science at the University of Edinburgh. He is a Governor of the Health Foundation, a leading UK charity that supports quality improvement in health care and chairs the Informatics Board at UCL Partners, London. He was awarded the RD Lawrence Award by Diabetes UK in 2003 and the Arnold Bloom Lecture 2013, the Saltire Society Scottish Science Award in 2005 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, and Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. In 2007 he co-founded Aridhia Informatics that now employs over 70 people in Scotland and uses high performance computing and analytics in health care, with deployments in the UK, Middle East and Australasia. His research interests include informatics and the study the epidemiological and molecular aetiological basis of diabetes and its complications.

The Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research
The Farr Institute is funded by the Medical Research Council, the Convenor of the UK Health Informatics Research Network and nine other funders representing a £39M investment in health informatics research. Its main objectives are to support cutting edge research, build research capacity and support infrastructure for enabling safe data sharing. The Institute is a key organisation in leading the development of methodologies for linkage and analysis of large datasets, developing standards and best practice for interoperability across data sets, for providing a central route for collaborating with industry, the NHS and policymakers and for engaging with the public.

The Australian Government has provided financial support for this event through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).

This event is a collaboration between HISA and ACS