HSCM2006 provides a unique opportunity for practitioners and researchers to meet, exchange ideas, examine the current modelling trends and issues, and develop new solutions and research directions to ultimately, improve patient and client care by:

• Widening international understaning of the potential benefit of modelling health and social care systems
• Highlighting instances where theory meets practice and practice meets theory.
• Encouraging close working relationships between practitioners, decision-makers and modellers
• Increasing understanding of the different modelling, computational and data analytical methods used to measure and model health and social care services

TOPICS OF INTEREST
Papers are invited on, but not restricted to the following Techniques and Clinical and Practical Applications.

Techniques: Information Systems, Intelligent Systems, Optimisation and Meta-heuristics, Simulation and Modelling, Soft and Hard Systems, Statistical Analysis, Stochastic Modelling.

Clinical and Practical: Capacity Planning, Community Care Management, Disease Monitoring & Management, Early Diagnosis and Screening, Impact onf E-Health on patient management, Implementing change, Long Term Care, Long Term planning, Resource Usage, Survival, Waiting List management and, Workforce planning.

PUBLICATION
Selected papers will be invited to submit for puclication in a special edition of an established journal (discussions are currently occurring regarding with publishers and once confirmed details will be provided).

IMPORTANT DATES

PROGRAM
An indicative program is provided. Details of the final program will be finalised following closure and acceptance of abstracts and session submissions.

Wednesday 19 April, 2006
Conference opening - midday
Key note papers
Platform presentations
Plenary lecture
Formation of the Nosokinestics Group
Conference Reception