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Visualisation for Better Healthcare
28 June 2010

Visualisation for Better Healthcare

Over the last decade there has been an increasing emphasis on engaging older people and those with a disability in the design of research, the scrutiny of research outputs and in decision making related to their own care. In all these tasks the research user must be empowered to comprehend the work being undertaken in order to play an active role in the research.

Researchers based in Strathclyde and their colleagues at the Glasgow School of Art have been exploring how visual presentation of data, rather than the traditional tables and graphs can help the research and clinical decision making processes in healthcare and rehabilitation.

 

Hosted by: University of Strathclyde

Sponsored by: KT-EQUAL

Event organisers:

Prof Philip Rowe, University of Strathclyde, Philip.rowe@strath.ac.uk

Lucy Jones, University of Strathclyde, lucy.jones@strath.ac.uk

Helen Haigh, University of Sheffield, h.haigh@sheffield.ac.uk

Date: 28 June 2010

Venue:

Court/Senate Suite, Collins Building
Court / Senate Suite
Collins Building
Richmond Street,
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow
G1 1XQ

United Kingdom

 

The work by University of Strathclyde and Glasgow School of Art on visual presentation of data was funded by EQUAL and NDA grants. They were recently awarded a LLHW grant for 1.5 M for the Envisage Project which will explore how visualisation can assist biomechanical research and decision making.

The workshop is being run collaboratively between KT-EQUAL and the Envisage project team. The day will consist of a mixture of presentations on the design of our current visualisation projects, key issues in Visualisation design and presentations from keynote speakers on the use of visualisation and visual data in healthcare. Keynote speakers will be drawn from Japan, Europe and the UK.

The workshop will be of interest to a wide range of research professionals, health care practitioners, charitable bodies concerned with the needs of older and disabled people, all those involved in the provision of rehabilitation services and, of course, researchers and academics from engineering, science, medical and health care disciplines. Older people, who have the biggest stake in ageing research, are especially welcome

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