New executive pathway to Fellowship: In a milestone for the Institute in its founding year, Digital Health Executive Network (DHEN) members will be qualified to apply for Fellowship or Associate Fellowship of AIDH. From next Monday 21 September, Fellowship applications will be offered to DHEN members who have organisational level responsibility for digital health. This recognises the important role digital health executives have at the forefront of guiding the health sector into a digital future.
Globally, there is growing interest from health executives taking the lead on digital within their organisations and healthcare services. This was clear at a joint event with our Canadian counterpart Digital Health Canada on Friday. More than 50 senior executives took part in networking and heard presentations from the Institute as well as DHHS Victoria Chief Digital Health Officer Neville Board and Queensland Health Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer Shelley Nowlan. You can find out more about opportunities for digital health executive professional development here.
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Dr Louise Schaper PhD FAIDH FIAHSI CHIA BSc(OT)Hons
CEO, Australasian Institute of Digital Health
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We are listening – take the AIDH survey: The Institute invites Fellows, Members and interested stakeholders to take part in our first survey. Let us know your feedback on a range of topics and help us to ensure we are hitting the mark and providing you with relevant, timely and beneficial information, events and support. The survey takes around 10 minutes, responses are confidential, and it will help us to continually improve how we work and engage with the digital health community as together we ‘build healthier lives, digitally enabled’.
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Board nominations open: The Institute is calling for nominations to the Board. The constitution was written with terms for each nominated Board member to ensure corporate knowledge of both the HISA Board and the ACHI Council was retained at the same time as the Institute moves forward. There are three (3) vacancies for a two (2) year term.
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Welcome to a new Fellow: A message from our recently appointed Fellow of the Institute Prof Karin Verspoor, Director of Health Technologies, Melbourne School of Engineering at University of Melbourne. She says:
"As an academic computer scientist, I have always sought ways for my work to have real-world impact. I found that in biomedicine. I am proud to be able to bring my expertise in data modelling, computation, and particularly AI algorithms to bear in the health context. Becoming a Fellow of the Institute is important to me because it is a recognition that my work has indeed made an impact in the health context. I am thrilled to be a part of a community of people who share the vision of transforming health care through digital technologies."
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IMIA board vacancies: The International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) the world body for health and biomedical informatics, has four Board vacancies and has asked for nominations. As the Institute is a member of IMIA, we would like to hear from our members who are interested in being on the global Board. If you would like to be considered, please email us with a short message on why you believe the Institute should choose you for international Board representation. The Institute Board executive will review and decide who is nominated from our region. Please email Kristal by Friday 18 September.
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AI can now assess respiratory symptoms over telehealth |
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Assessing respiratory symptoms during a telehealth consultation can be challenging. ResAppDx enables doctors to remotely assess their patient’s respiratory symptoms.
ResAppDx is the only TGA approved, clinically accurate respiratory smartphone test that aids doctors in the diagnosis of common respiratory diseases during telehealth consults. Developed by ResApp Health and validated in large Australian clinical studies, ResAppDx uses AI to analyse a patient’s cough and provides their doctor with indications for lower respiratory tract disease, pneumonia, asthma/reactive airway disease exacerbations, COPD exacerbations, bronchiolitis and croup.
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Welcome to our newest organisational members |
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A throwback to the Australian Telehealth Conference 2017 when Dr Stephen Klasko, President and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, presented on moving “Beyond telehealth to virtualising care”. We’re pleased to welcome back Dr Klasko as a keynote speaker at #DHIS2020.
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Health informatics short course at Flinders: Mark Brommeyer will again be conducting the Health Informatics Short Course at Flinders University from 21-25 September 2020 in Adelaide (at the Victoria Square Campus). In this intensive course, you will develop skills in using health informatics to solve real-world issues in health and aged care, management and for clinical decisions. You will also learn how to make operational and strategic management decisions in relation to health informatics. Note that this is accredited for 20 CHIA (Certified Health Informatician Australasia) CPD points.
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Early bird pricing ends this Friday, 18 September |
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One registration gives you access to ALL five city programs, to watch live on the day or later at your own convenience, plus the Global Speaker Showcase, an online group of digital health leaders and expert presenters. Join Australasia’s digital health movement and find your tribe at #DHIS2020.
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5.30 - 6.30pm Thursday 17 September
Hosted by the AIDH Student Network and sponsored by Ergotron, this unique event will explore a variety of pathways for an exciting career in digital health. Join us for a fantastic line-up of speakers, ranging from established digital health experts to early career professionals, who will talk about their journeys, discuss ideas for career development and the many professional training pathways in leadership, industry and academia.
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4.30 - 5.30pm Thursday 24 September
#ZoomBar is your connection to the world of digital health and each other. As champions of the digital health movement, your skills and experiences have never been more valuable than they are right now. Each #ZoomBar will feature special guests (mixologists) who might not be able to mix your drink for you, but will shake and stir the conversation.
This week, your mixologists are digital health CEOs Bettina McMahon (Australian Digital Health Agency), Dr Michael Costello (Digital Health CRC), and our very own Dr Louise Schaper!
So, what are you waiting for?
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Monday 28 September, 4:00pm - 5:30pm via Zoom
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