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 SCHIN / i4u group.

Mission

Creating innovative informatics to improve healthcare.

Values

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