21 August 2019

Message from the CEO FREE ACCESS TO HISA-TV FOR A WEEK! HISA-TV is exclusive to members but for one week only we are enabling access for everyone - members AND non-members! Every year HISA gathers hundreds of hours of exclusive digital health video content from our conferences, webinars and state branch events and now we can make this bounty available to you through HISA-TV , launched last week at HIC 2019. We know you will find this a major benefit for your personal and professional development and just one of the many advantages of HISA membership. HISA-TV is accessed using your membership log-in credentials ( through this page ) and you will continue to have access as long as you are a financial member. The videos were taken at every conference for many years and until now have had limited visibility. You might see yourself on stage! New content will continue to be added to build on the archive of rich content we have to share. We are pleased and proud to bring our members added value for every aspect of their professional development in digital health and HISA-TV promises to be another channel of discovery.

Dr Louise Schaper PhD, CHIA, FACHI

Flying the flag at MedInfo Are you heading to Lyon, France soon for MedInfo 2019 (25-30 August)? If so, we would love to see you there as HISA will have a booth to promote MedInfo 2021 when we host it in Sydney. Catch up with us! Email Kristal to let us know if you are attending.

Allied Health call to action Australia’s highly skilled allied health workforce has been called to action to adopt a coordinated approach to digital health and inspire the next wave of innovative, disruptive solutions that address immediate healthcare challenges. The first Allied Health Informatics position statement , produced after public consultation, was launched at HIC 2019 and is available here for immediate download. It says allied health professionals have the capability to help bring healthcare into the digital age, and significantly improve service delivery and patient outcomes. There needs to be a greater demonstration and acknowledgement of the knowledge and versatility allied health clinicians bring to healthcare delivery and digital health. There is a clear call to action for healthcare system administrators and allied health professionals at all levels nationwide. READ MORE .

Vale Dr Don Lindberg

Dr Donald A.B Lindberg, the longest serving Director of the US National Library of Medicine until his retirement in 2015, has passed away.  Dr Lindberg was a pioneer in the use of computers and medicine and the founding president of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). He established the National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) for access to biomedical and genomic information. Of note is that these tools were made available to the whole world and not just the US. Don will be deeply missed by his family, his friends, his mentees, and the biomedical informatics community.

Informatics pioneer Don Lindberg pictured (left) during Medinfo Cophenhagen 2013 with Fernando Martin-Sanchez and Casimir A Kulikowski.

HISA Board nominations and AGM update Members who would like to take a leadership role on the HISA Board need to nominate by 5pm on Thursday 22 August . To nominate, please read through the documentation and complete the nomination form. Don’t forget to include your headshot and your 150-word candidate statement letting people know what you can bring to the HISA Board. Elections will be held via e-voting only with the results to be announced at the AGM which will be held on Thursday 26 September 2019. The official notice of the AGM, the agenda and Board nominees' statements will be distributed to all members on Thursday 29 August 2019. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

NOMINATION FORM

Miss out on attending HIC this year? View the HIC 2019 image gallery for a taste of the conference action.

Nursing Informatics Australia Conference @HIC 2019 The winner of the Moya Conrick Prize was announced at NIA 2019. Congratulations to Leanna Woods who also won the Joan Edgecumbe scholarship to attend HIC. NIA held its AGM at HIC and Jen Bichel-Findlay was elected Chair. Helen Almond and Guillaume Leroux were elected to the committee. More from NIA 2019.

HISA-TV is here! *FREE FOR LAUNCH WEEK HISA members can now access video content from hundreds of national and global digital health and health informatics leaders who have presented at HISA conferences and events. *As a special launch week offer, we've enabled free access for members and non-members for a limited time.

E V E N T S

HISA QLD: Beyond My Health Record - where to from here? Save the date - details coming soon REGISTER

When Wednesday 4 September 2019, 5:00pm to 7:00pm Where The Precinct, Level 2 315 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, Queensland  4006 Contact Renny Conroy events@hisa.org.au 03 9326 3311

Make 2019 the year you join HISA always welcomes new members , so join HISA now . Important Dates HDA 2019 Sydney 16-17 August 2019 NI 2020 & HIC 2020 Brisbane 27-29 July 2020 MedInfo 2021 Sydney 2021

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