Best practice showcase

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There are eleven 30-minute slots available over the two days at EHI Live 2010 for organisations to host case study presentations.  This opportunity is free to participate in and is open to healthcare organisations and stakeholders with a successful or ground breaking IT project.  All sessions will be publicised within the pre-event promotion and also be listed within the conference programme and show guide literature at the event.

Call for Proposals

Who is eligible to join in?
Case studies are not restricted to any particular sector of healthcare. In fact, one of the aims will be to bring together examples of best practice in healthcare informatics from a broad range of sources including the NHS; the independent sector; acute, community, primary and mental health care; ambulance and out-of-hours services and the interface of health and social care.

What sorts of case studies are likely to be chosen?
As described above, the best practice showcase will aim to include presentations from a wide variety of settings so don’t assume your organisation has to be large or famous to qualify. The idea is to describe and, if possible, demonstrate what you are doing and offer it as an example to the audience to create interest, provoke a little professional debate or inspire action.

Who will the audience be?
NHS, social services and independent healthcare sector directors and heads of IT; healthcare systems managers; healthcare IT project managers; healthcare IT vendors; IT consultants with an interest in healthcare interoperability; anyone with an interest in healthcare interoperability standards; health policy makers looking at change involving clinical information sharing; healthcare managers, trust directors and professionals responsible for clinical information governance.

Can presenters bring along consultants and suppliers they have worked with?
Broadly, case studies must focus on the work of a healthcare organisation and be presented by a senior member (or members) of that organisation’s team. If suppliers and consultants are invited their role should be a supporting rather than a leading one.

How to apply:
Please send proposals for the EHI Live 2010 Best Practice Showcase to the organisers no later than Wednesday 15 September 2010.  Proposals in word document format should be sent by e-mail to events@e-health-media.com with the subject clearly marked as “Best Practice Showcase 2010 Proposal”.

The proposals must include:
a) A title for the case study with a 100 word session synopsis.
b) A 500-word (max) description of the proposed case study’s content.
c) Name and complete contact details for the presenter.
d) A 50 word biography stating the presenter’s professional background and current role.

Important rules and requirements:
1. All proposals must be in English.
2. Submissions must relate to work that has gone live and have information about the benefits being achieved for patients and organisations.  It should be supplied along with details of any testing that the work has undergone.
3. Commercialism or citation and promotion of trade names must be strictly limited and used only where such references are necessary to understand the case study. E-Health Media Ltd reserves the right to decline any papers where this is abused.
4. Proposals should have organisations and intellectual property clearances before submission.
5. Organisations chosen to present will meet their own costs for travelling to The NEC, Birmingham.  Participation in the event is free. Failure to show at the event, or a late cancellation is unacceptable and will prevent others taking advantage of this free opportunity.