International Workshop On Health Data Management
Information collected during the treatment of disease is an under-utilised resource in medical and health service research. The management of this data for the purpose of health research is a fundamental question which is only now attracting greater interest.
This management needs to start at the point of collection and the gathering of patient consent if required, through the integration of the data from multiple information systems, fathering of information from related data sets, to the analysis of the combined data.
If done properly, this process has the ability to lead to improvement to the quality of patient care, prevention of medical errors, and reduction of healthcare costs.
There is much to be achieved to realise this goal, both in terms of theoretical information management research and the development of practical and useful applications and the collaborations of researchers across both these areas.
About the Workshop
Organized in conjunction with the 10th. Asia Pacific Web Conference (APweb 2008), the purpose of IWHDM’08 is to provide a forum for discussion and interaction among researchers with interests in the cutting edge issues of information technology techniques in health.
