 Australian Digital Health Agency - day 1 is today
Be part of The Agency's workshop at HIC - limited seating so register early
The Australian Digital Health Agency starts today - 1 July 2016. While we will need to wait until post-election for the CEO and executive staff announcements, HISA is pleased to announce that the Agency will be running a workshop at HIC and Jim Birch AM will be delivering his first keynote address as Chair of the Agency. Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to hear from the Agency. and learn more about Australia's Digital Health Strategy. Spaces for the workshop are limited and filling fast. Register your interest in attending during your
HIC registration.
Student Volunteer Opportunities
This is how HISA's CEO started her HI career journey. Volunteering for HIC will give you the opportunity to gain health informatics / event management experience, meet new people in the field, network and attend sessions in your free time. Places will fill up quickly. If you are interested in being considered, just fill out this
form.
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Political parties outline their digital health polices to HISA
Only one day to go before you cast your votes. HISA reached out to the major parties with a few questions about their digital health policies. Read the full responses from the ALP and the Greens here.
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SPOK at HIC
"We are looking forward to discussing ways Spok can help put the patient at the centre of communications, giving clinicians the technology necessary to focus on quality outcomes, and for the organisation to focus on increasing patient satisfaction."
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Innovation in nursing
If you're a nurse who wants to do less paperwork and find out about the latest innovations in your field, then register for Australia's only dedicated nursing informatics conference.
NIA 2016
Sunday 24 July 2016
Crowne Plaza Melbourne
"Now is an exciting time to be a nurse because there is such broad scope and opportunity."
ACN CEO Adj Professor Kylie Ward sat down with HISA recently to discuss her career path and the opportunities available to nurses. Read more here.
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Our next lead-up event is the
Practice Pitch Night on the
14 July at UXC a CSC Company, Level 19, 360 Collins Street, Melbourne.
RSVP here
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See you there!
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HISA seeks feedback on Productivity Commission Inquiry
 HISA is seeking your feedback on the Government's Productivity Commission Inquiry into Data Availability and Use. If you would like to contribute or learn more, you can read the details here.
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The HITWA program has been released!
This year's conference theme, 'From innovation to impact' is all about bringing together the entire digital health community, nationally and internationally, to foster creative thinking, collaboration and produce tangible innovative outcomes specific to Western Australia.
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Leadership opportunities
HISA is calling for members to vote for the four vacant positions on the HISA Board. Voting closes 7:30am AEST Friday 22 July 2016. Vote here.
Nominations are also open for the long-standing HISA special interest group - the Nursing Informatics Australia committee. Complete the
Nomination Form
and email it through by 5.00pm AWST on Monday
4 July 2016.
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HL7 Australia WGM next week
HL7 Australia is holding its first Working Group Meeting in Sydney from 6-8 July 2016. The event promotes the health informatics agenda and provides the opportunity to collaborate on draft e-health standards, network and attend a range of connectathons.
HL7 Australia will also be at HIC and is a supporter of Hacking Health @ HIC
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HISA is going on tour!
HISA will soon roll out a series of Digital Hospital Tours across the country and we're looking for sponsors to help make this happen.
If you would like your hospital-based solution promoted and demonstrated to key decision makers, then contact HISA for more information.
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Clean data is good data!
Don't forget to update your details - you don't want to miss out!
Being a HISA member means you have access to a HEAP of benefits including presentations from previous events. But we want to make sure you don't miss out by having incorrect information in our database. Why not take five minutes now to log in to your account and make sure everything is up to date? And don't forget, your HISA membership grants you access to PULSE+IT, so make sure you let Simon know if you need to update your details there too.
If it all sounds a little too hard, don't stress! HISA is more than happy to help you. Contact us, or give the office a call on 03 9326 3311.
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HISA networking events
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BioBriefing - Health-Tech and Hype: Lessons from Theranos |
Melbourne, VIC |
Tuesday July 5 |
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Nursing Informatics Australia Conference |
Melbourne, VIC |
Sunday July 24 |
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Digital Hospital Design Conference |
Melbourne, VIC |
Monday July 25 |
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Hacking Health @ HIC
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Melbourne, VIC
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Monday 25 - Wednesday 27 July
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| HIC 2016 |
Health Informatics Conference |
Melbourne, VIC |
Monday 25 - Wednesday 27 July |
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Diagnostic errors in healthcare: A grand challenge & opportunity for informatics *members only* |
GoToWebinar |
Tuesday 16 August |
Medinfo 2017
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16th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics |
Xiamen, China |
21-25 August 2017 |
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DID YOU KNOW COMPANIES, ORGANISATIONS & UNIVERSITIES CAN BE
MEMBERS OF HISA?
Make 2016 the year your organisation
joins
Australia's digital health community
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Find out how you can connect with our network!
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