HMM Newsletter - No. 12, 1997 ISSN 1036-3041

HAVE YOUR RECORDS BEEN DOCTORED? new imperatives for health and medicine record keeping Thursday 17 July 1997 Department of History and Philosophy of Science Theatre E University of Melbourne Parkville Victoria 9.00am - 5.00 pm Cost: $45 / $20 The Centre for the Study of Health and Society at the University of Melbourne and the Australian Science Archives Project are planning a one-day conference to discuss ethical, legal and technical aspects of the preservation of medical records and archives. This is an exploratory meeting, which aims to bring together a wide range of participants from medical records administration, medical museums, hospital administration, state and federal health departments, archivists and major research funding organisations. Issues to be explored will include: The impact of electronic record keeping on the security and longevity of medical records The implications for records and artefacts resulting from hospital closures Privatisation and outsourcing and its implications for management, accountability and the preservation of corporate knowledge Access and management of records and artefacts in the long term The role of new technologies Among those speaking will be Dr Caroline Hannaway from the Historical Office of the National Institutes of Health, USA, and Prof. John Harley Warner from Yale Medical School, USA. Contact: Lisa O'Sullivan Australian Science Archives Project Bouverie Street Carlton Vic 3053 Australia Ph: +61 3 9344 9287 Fax +61 3 9349 4630 email: lisa@asap.unimelb.edu.au

Published by the Australian Science Archives Project on ASAPWeb, 8 August 1997
Prepared by: Lisa Cianci and Lisa O'Sullivan
Updated by: Lisa Cianci
Date modified: 10 August 1998

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