NCCH Conference 2009

The NCCH is pleased to invite prospective participants to submit abstracts for presentation at the NCCH conference in Sydney, New South Wales, 12-13 March 2009.

  • program scope
  • Criteria for selection
  • What to include
  • How to submit abstracts
  • Final date for receipt of abstracts 
  • Notification of acceptance 
  • Submission of full papers and conference proceedings
  • Cost
  • Further information 

    • Conference program scope

    The following list provides suggested areas that contributors may wish to address:

    • Professional development and education programs
    • Innovation in clinical coding
    • Communication strategies
    • Quality issues
    • Technology issues
    • New ways of meeting everyday challenges
    • Emerging opportunities and trends in health information management

    Criteria for selection

    The NCCH conference program committee will select papers for presentation on the basis of relevance to contemporary needs and interst, innovation, professional interest, novelty and timelines. Presentations are generally 20 minutes.

    What to include
     Submitted papers should include:     
    • Working title of the presentation
    • A 500 word abstract
    • Author's names, title and organisational affiliation
    • Presenter?s name, title and organisational affiliation
    • A 50 word biography for each contributing author
    • Mailing address, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address for the corresponding author

    How to submit abstracts 

    Please send abstracts:

    • as e-mail attachments (.RTF or .DOC files only) to Tina Stanhope t.stanhope@usyd.edu.au or
    • by mail on floppy disk or CD-ROM (.RTF or .DOC files) to the mailing address below

    Final date for receipt of abstracts

    Abstracts are to be submitted by 17th October 2008.

    Notification of acceptance

    Acceptance of abstracts will be made at the discretion of the NCCH conference program committee. Authors will be notified in writing of acceptance or otherwise before 16 October 2008.

    Upon acceptance, authors will be advised about the session, date and time for the presentation.

    Submission of full papers and conference proceedings

    Successful authors are asked to prepare full papers for publication in the conference proceedings. Proceedings will be distributed to all registered conference delegates at the conference. Full papers are to be submitted before 25 February 2009.

    Cost

    Successful presenters will be offered a reduced registration fee that will include attendance at the conference social events ? welcome reception and conference dinner. This subsidy applies to presenting authors only.

    Further information

    Tina Stanhope
    Office Manager
    National Centre for Classification in Health
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    The University of Sydney
    PO Box 170
    Lidcombe NSW 1825
    Australia

    Ph: + 61 2 9351 9648
    Fax: + 61 2 9351 9603
    E-mail: t.stanhope@usyd.edu.au
    www.fhs.usyd.edu.au/ncch