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abstract: Binary (proportion/percentages) outcomes are common in medical and scientific research. This course covers:
* Odds ratios as a means of comparing binary outcomes between two groups
* How logistic regression allows for other factors within this comparison
* The basics of logistic regression
* Model selection and goodness-of-fit with examples from a variety of applications
* Discussion of extension to the analysis of ordinal outcomes

abstract: The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is developing a baseline standard for a patient-centred Pharmaceutical Care Record to supplement and expand upon the data already held by our patient medication record (PMR) systems. Pharmacists have a key role to play in determining the requirements/standards for the medicines & medicines management elements of records.

At a time when pharmacists are seeking to establish new professional roles and services, there is an urgent need to develop an information infrastructure to support a pharmaceutical care strategy across the profession. Moreover a standard content and format for a pharmaceutical care record would support the development of quality metrics to enable commissioning and monitoring of innovative pharmacy services.

abstract: Pervasive healthcare is an emerging research discipline focusing on the development and application of pervasive and ubiquitous computing technology for healthcare and wellness. Pervasive healthcare seeks to respond to a variety of pressures on healthcare systems, including the increased incidence of lifestyle related and chronic diseases, emerging consumerism in healthcare, the need for empowering patients and relatives for self-care and health management, and the need to provide seamless access for health care services, independent of time and place.

Pervasive healthcare may be defined from two perspectives. First, it is the development and application of pervasive computing (or ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence) technologies for healthcare, health and wellness management. Second, it seeks to make healthcare available to anyone, anytime and anywhere by removing location, time and other restraints while increasing both the coverage and quality of healthcare.

Pervasive Health 2010 aims to gather technology experts, practitioners, industry and national authorities contributing towards the development and application of human-centered pervasive and ubiquitous computing technology for healthcare and wellness.

abstract: The evidence of the results of research on the efficacy and safety of drugs and medical devices and the acceptance of these findings by regulatory agencies are critically dependent on the quality and validity of the data. In this situation it is essential for sponsors and research organizations to obtain the highest quality, reduce working costs and be time efficient along entire information chain as a crucial part of clinical trials.

Our two-day conference offers the opportunity for top-class professionals of pharmaceutical and medical industries, science and administration to critically deliberate about the challenges of clinical data management and to discuss about its future. The topics reflect the main aspects in the field of clinical data management and related areas within clinical trials.

abstract: The purpose of the 4th International Conference on Health Informatics is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to healthcare and medicine in general and to the specialized support to persons with special needs in particular.