Who are SCHIN?

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Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics at Newcastle (SCHIN)

The Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics at Newcastle (SCHIN) is a not-for-profit company that delivers high quality NHS services.

SCHIN was formed in 1993, originally as an academic research organization within the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. It has established itself as a centre of large scale, evidence-based, knowledge authoring and many other significant and innovative health informatics projects which are currently at the heart of the NHS information services.

SCHIN became a private company, limited by guarantee, in 2001, company registration number 04210296 and is part of the Clarity Informatics Group, company registration number 06648026.

Mission

Implementing innovative informatics to improve healthcare.

Values

  • Listening to our customers
  • Implementers of practical services and products
  • Innovative in laying challenges and doing things differently
  • Passionate that we can make a difference
  • Inspiring to those who would look at us
  • Having fun in what we do
  • Trusting in each other
  • Ethical in our behaviours