Mobilising Computable Biomedical Knowledge UK (MCBK-UK) community of practice: What is MCBK?
Data gets all the headlines, but it is knowledge that actually makes a difference. Knowledge is what we learn and apply to achieve our goals.
What is MCBK?
Mobilising Computable Biomedical Knowledge (MCBK) is a global movement, founded in 2018 at the University of Michigan, USA. MCBK has a Manifesto and its official journal is Learning Health Systems.
The aim of MCBK is to activate an international community from academia, the sciences, industry and government agencies working together to ensure that computable biomedical knowledge is findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.
You can watch the recorded talks from the 2022 MCBK Global conference here.
What is MCBK-UK?
In 2019, BCS Health & Care and the Faculty of Clinical Informatics held an inaugural conference which involved NICE, HL7 UK, NHS Digital, NHS England, NHS Scotland, academics and representatives of industry and standards-development organisations. Watch the videos from this conference, or read reports based on conference talks. This event led to the formation of a BCS Faculty of Health & Care committee that functions as the steering group of MCBK-UK
Members of the steering group have led projects with Health Data Research UK, NHS Scotland and NICE to advise on optimal use of computable knowledge. The steering group is co-chaired by Prof Philip Scott and Prof Jeremy Wyatt.
