HISA '97 Congress Announcement
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14-17 September, 1997
Mintek Conference Centre
Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
South African Health Informatics Association announces its 1997 Health
Informatics - South Africa (HISA) Congress preceded by a two days
'Spring School'.
Target groups:
- Health Service Providers (private & public sector)
- Information Systems Suppliers and Developers
- Educationalists
- Informaticions and Administrators
Topics of Spring School (12 & 13 September, 1997)
- Health Informatics - Email/Internet
- Health Care Delivery Systems - Client/server
- Hospital Information systems - Networks
- Usage of Information - Data Security
- Existing Relevant Technology - Telematics
- Managed Care - Data Collection
- Health Systems Research - Workstation Management
- Planning Cycles - Data Management
- Quality Assurance - Coding Practices
- Current Trends - Data Presentation
Proposed Topics of Congress (14 - 17 September, 1997)
- The Information Highway - Information Storage & Retrieval
- Primary Health Care - Human Computer Interface
- Informatics Education - Nursing Informatics
- Health Care Administration Informatics - The African Perspective
- Specialist Health Information - Process Management
- Electronic Medical Record - Informatics in Epidemiology
- Managed Health Care - Hospital Information Systems
- Terming and Coding - Standardisation
Deadline for submission of abstracts:
1 May, 1997 (!)
For further information contact:
Conference Secretariat
Conferences and Promotions
P.O.Box 411177, Craighall, 2024
South Africa
Tel. +27-11-442-6111
Fax: +27-11-442-5927
mailto:lhanmer@eagle.mrc.ac.za
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