Mobilising Computable Biomedical Knowledge UK (MCBK-UK) community of practice

Working to make health and care knowledge useable, safe and computable.

Welcome to our community!

Welcome to the Mobilising Computable Biomedical Knowledge (MCBK-UK) community of practice.

Our mission, as the UK chapter of the international MCBK movement, is to activate a community from academia, industry, government agencies and health and care providers, working together to ensure that computable biomedical knowledge is findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable and trusted.

Computable knowledge is the basis for clinical decision support systems, patient apps, public health analytics and research designs.

We often hear that “data saves lives”, which is well-meant but rather misleading – data in itself does not do anything, it is the insights and knowledge gained from analysis and deliberation that can save lives.

If you want to get involved or have any ideas for our forthcoming programme, please get in touch at groups@bcs.uk

Philip Scott & Jeremy Wyatt, Co-Chairs

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About us

In health and care, knowledge is the basis of education, research, clinical decision-making and public health policy. Knowledge is embedded in textbooks, evidence-based practice guidelines and decision support software.

It is no longer sufficient to represent health-related knowledge solely in human-readable forms, such as words and images disseminated in books and journal articles. The rapid rate of scientific discovery, the growth of health informatics, and the increasing importance of models and guidelines require health knowledge that is represented in computable forms.

Computable knowledge unleashes the potential of information technology to generate and deliver relevant health advice to individuals and organizations with great speed on a worldwide scale.