27 October 2020

Message from the CEO Good news, farewells and fresh faces: We’ve had a few action-packed weeks at the Institute. We announced that our founding independent Chair Michael Walsh is stepping down after the AGM on 19 November. His leadership has navigated us through a challenging year and we are strongly positioned to achieve our mission of “Healthier lives, digitally enabled” thanks to his vision. We were also pleased to announce that former Australian Digital Health Agency interim chief executive Bettina McMahon will be confirmed as the new Chair after the AGM. In appointing Bettina, the Board’s priority is to provide a seamless, stable transition of leadership during a challenging time for the health sector and the community broadly. In another milestone for our vision of a digitally enabled workforce, we are proud to announce our 1000th CHIA took his exam last week. Congratulations to Dr Andrew Brunton who also proved to be a #healthinformatics #superstar by taking his exam with 50 days to spare!  In more good news, as we count down the days until the inaugural Institute Summit, we confirmed that the Hon Julia Gillard AC, former Prime Minister and the Chair of Beyond Blue, will appear as a special guest speaker in person in Adelaide. We have also added on a new International Day program on 5 November to kick start the Summit with a full day of global digital health speakers. The highly anticipated Summit with its new five-city program and virtual delegate platform is shaping up to be our largest ever. with around 300 Australian and global digital health expert speakers. The future of healthcare is digital. #BringItOn

Dr Louise Schaper PhD FAIDH FIAHSI CHIA BSc(OT)Hons CEO, Australasian Institute of Digital Health

News

New Chair to lead Institute: A new Chair has been named to lead the Australasian Institute of Digital Health after founding Chair Michael Walsh steps down from the role in November. Former Australian Digital Health Agency interim chief executive Bettina McMahon will take over as Chair, joining the Board after the Annual General Meeting on 19 November.   READ MORE

Women in digital health leadership: Women in digital health are discussing opportunities for the Australasian Institute of Digital Health to pilot a leadership program similar to Women in AMIA (WIA). At a webinar last week, sponsored by Alcidion, the leaders of WIA gave an overview of how the group developed and grew over the past four years to achieve its first program graduates. You can view the webinar here. A survey to capture interest in launching a similar program at the Institute is here. MORE INFO

Video of the week

A grassroots movement to mobilise and support women in digital health | The women in AMIA experience

Congratulations to our 1000th CHIA : The 1,000th Certified Health Informatician Australia is Dr Andrew Brunton! Andrew is a recent Creative Careers in Medicine group participant from Queensland who sat his exam at the six-week mark with over 50 days still left to study. Congratulations Andrew! We look forward to celebrating this milestone achievement further at the Institute Summit next month.

Vote for new Board members: Online voting for three Board vacancies is open until 5:00pm AEDT Thursday 12 November 2020. This year’s annual general meeting is Thursday 19 November. MORE INFORMATION

Queensland CHIAs graduate: Congratulations to the second group of more than 80 CHIA graduates from Metro North – Queensland Digital Academy (QDA) who were presented with their certificates on 6 October. QDA is an organisational participant in CHIA, offering the opportunity to be certified and supporting its candidates with group study plans and study sessions. The next QDA group of 30+ candidates will start their certification program during November. Organisations who would like to know more about getting their staff certified in digital health should contact the Institute for detailed information on how to get started.

Share your work with the world: Applications for the 2021 MedTech Actuator Menzies Fellowship close on 5 November 2020 at 4pm. The fellowship enables two high-potential medical or scientific career researchers to receive tailored mentoring from commercialisation experts, a $20,000 stipend and access to the MedTech ActuatorTM.  MORE INFO

Events

ONE more week until #DHIS2020!

You can attend the whole Summit, featuring nearly 300 confirmed speakers, with just one registration! Full conference content will also be available on-demand.

PROGRAM

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Digital Health Live | FbT Colloquium 3.30 - 6.15pm Thursday 29 October Our next Digital Health Live event is the Fellowship by Training Colloquium. This annual event showcases future Fellows of the Institute and their work to advance digital health and healthcare. It consists of short, short presentations by a group of highly motivated and exceptional candidates in the Fellowship by Training program. REGISTER

New members event | Welcome! 12.30 - 1.30pm Friday 30 October This event will help you connect with others who share your passion for digital health. You’ll meet a diverse bunch of clinicians, nurses, midwives, allied healthcare practitioners, students, entrepreneurs and innovators; some of whom are connected leaders and national influencers, while others are just starting their careers and digital health journey.  REGISTER

FbT Journal Club | Role of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in clinical research 4.00 - 5.30pm Monday 9 November with Saswata Ray REGISTER

Can’t attend these events live? Members can also watch them on demand on Digital Health TV!

Upcoming Events The Institute hosts dozens of events nationally each year. VIEW CALENDAR

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