Healthcare computing at the University of Portsmouth Dr Jim Briggs Last updated: 9 th June 2014

Mission The organisations that form the National Health Service plus the ones that provide social care form a multi-billion pound business sector that impacts on the lives of every single person in the UK. Consequently, any developments in technology that can make the work of these organisations more efficient are to be encouraged. Our broad aim is to bring our information systems and computer science expertise to bear to make easier some of the day-to-day jobs involved in healthcare delivery and administration. To achieve this we: –establish and maintain links with healthcare and social care professionals to keep abreast of their problems and needs; –conduct research to investigate new solutions to relevant problems; –provide consultancy services to organisations and individuals in the health and social care sector that wish to adopt information, communication and sensing technologies. 2

Main areas of interest Computing –Telemedicine/telecare/telehealth/e-health/digital wellbeing –Clinical outcome modelling –Standards for information interchange –Socio-technical aspects of health informatics –Health-related apps Engineering –Telecare technology/digital wellbeing Creative Technologies –Applications of CT to healthcare –Virtual rehabilitation 3

Southern Institute for Health Informatics (SIHI) conferences 14 conferences since July 1998 Last one on 11 th September 2013 Next one on 10 th September

Accomplishments Establishing track record nationally Getting known internationally Approaching critical mass Surviving review of research centres Broadening areas within HI Publishing a significant number of papers Challenges Keeping grant income rolling in Sustaining critical mass Deepening areas Are we publishing "significant" papers? Getting more involved in our "communities" 5

Next steps Better integration Better information sharing Build on external collaborations 6

Clinical outcome modelling - progress HEIF fund supported us for 1 year –Stuart Jarvis full-time post Done much work on NEWS –comparing medicine with surgery –binary variants of NEWS –effectiveness of NEWS escalation criteria (3*) –effect of all versus random observations –comparing NEWS with other EWSs and MET systems Collaboration with Canada and Ireland –Thunder Bay comparison with Portsmouth 8

Clinical outcome modelling – bid year 1.Hospital alerting via electronic noticeboard (HAVEN) – with PHT, U Oxford, Oxford U hospitals – awarded £1.8m by HICF 2.Missed care – with PHT, U Southampton, KCL, U York – shortlisted by HS&DR 3.Length of stay – with PHT, U Southampton – outline submitted to HS&DR 4.Continuous Care 365 – with InMezzo Ltd, SEHTA, Complex Neurological Consulting Ltd – outline submitted to TSB Biomedical Catalyst 5.Tacrolimus study – with PHT – developing 6.PHT business case – awaiting developments 9