PHD SCHOLARSHIPS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS UNIVERISTY COLLEGE CORK HISRC IRELAND 2011

Phd Scholarships For Good Honours Degree in Information Systems/Information Technology International Students Funded By Univeristy College Cork Hisrc Ireland 2011

The Health Information Systems Research Centre (HISRC) based in University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, is seeking applications for a 3-year Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) sponsored PhD studentship position at UCC

Description

The HISRC (http://hisrc.ucc.ie) is a multidisciplinary centre, building on the growing synergy between Information Systems (IS), electronic technology and healthcare, to become the leading research centre of its type in the country. Translational research within the HISRC investigates how technology integration, social factors, organisational structures and business processes affect healthcare services and delivery. These technologies can be used for chronic and acute care by medical professionals in all sectors from primary to tertiary healthcare, with the aim of significantly improving patient outcomes.

Remote monitoring of patient well-being is an area that is gaining national and international attention within in the research community and with related industry leaders such as Philips� and Intel�. However the decision making aspects associated with the collected data are less obvious and thus under developed. Therefore, having the ability to couple a decision support system (DSS) with wireless monitoring provides a major extension of system capability and a significant advance in patient care.

The candidate should have (or be about to obtain) a good honours degree in Information Systems/Information Technology or other related subject areas. Knowledge of Decision Support Systems (DSS) and database architectures would be an advantage. The candidate will be expected to investigate how, automated patient monitoring can be leveraged to adequately support relevant Decision Support Systems in assisting medical staff deliver high quality patient care. This project seeks to address various research topics by investigating the use of wireless monitoring of patient�s vital-signs and the reporting of summary datasets.
Research Fields
Technology

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