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Staff and students at ISHIMR 2009 conference

Members of the Health Informatics Research Group and the Centre for Health Information Management Research (CHIMR) are attending the 14th International Symposium for Health Information Management Research (ISHIMR 2009) in Kalmar, Sweden this week.

Haleh Ayatollahi is presenting a paper entitled "Factors influencing the use of IT in the Emergency Department: a Qualitative Study", co-authored with Peter Bath and Steve Goodacre (ScHARR).

Wen-Chin Hsu is presenting a poster entitled "Older people’s use of the NHS Direct telephone advice and information service", co-authored with Peter Bath and Shirley Large (NHS-Direct).

Reza Rabiei is presenting a poster entitled "User Satisfaction with the England Choose and Book Service: the Role of Training and Information Technology Support", co-authored with Peter Bath and Allen Hutchinson (ScHARR).

Liz Brewster is presenting a poster entitled "An evaluation of Information Prescriptions", co-authored with Barbara Sen.

Barbara Sen is organising the doctoral forum on Wednesday 16th September.

Peter Bath is Co-Chair of the Programme Committee, together with Professor Göran Petersson, Director, eHealth Institute, University of Kalmar.

Further details of the conference can be found at:
http://dagda.shef.ac.uk/ishimr09/

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