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Abstract

Health Informatics lies at the intersection of informatics and the health care disciplines. It is a subject that has evolved to fulfil the need for healthcare professionals with better information handling skills. As information systems supporting health undergo significant change throughout the UK , this paper addresses the benchmarking of the discipline, from the perspective of the informatician or computer scientist. It relates the initial activities in an ongoing collaborative project, which has contributed to the British Computer Society Education Steps initiative.