A CHIA anniversary: It’s four years since Bendigo Health made news headlines when their first cohort of health professionals passed their exams and became certified health informaticians (CHIAs). WIN News called health informatics a “new field of medicine which is going to improve how care is given”. It may not be a field of medicine, but they were right about the potential to improve patient care. Back then, the group were trailblazers! We had fewer than 300 CHIAs and word was just getting around this was THE exam to test your knowledge and be recognised at expert level. Bendigo Health was one of the first healthcare organisations to see the value in supporting a group of employees through certification and they continue to be a great endorsement for CHIA in the workforce. Today more than 1,100 professionals across dozens of organisations have been certified, CHIA is evolving to span more workforce streams and there is a CHIA alumni group for networking and continuing professional development. If your organisation is interested in recognition for your expert digital health employees, please contact us to talk about next steps.
Dr Louise Schaper PhD FAIDH FIAHSI CHIA BSc(OT)Hons
CEO, Australasian Institute of Digital Health
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Genomics vision for Australia: The Industry Genomics Network Alliance (InGeNA) has commenced a major project with Deloitte Access Economics to develop an evidence base to demonstrate the value of genomics to the Australian economy, society and patient care. Quantifying the benefits of genomics is a key focus of the InGeNA Strategic Plan launched last week. The strategy highlights the breadth and range of industry groups committed to working together to bring a shared perspective on critically important areas underpinning the future of genomics. Chair David Bunker said InGeNA would be developing strategies around workforce development, advancing industry skills and knowledge of genomics. “It’s imperative our workforce is ready to deliver care in the age of precision health,” he said.
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Interested in genomics? Stay connected by opting in to the InGeNA email update. |
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Applications close on 10 June, 2021.
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Institute submission to privacy consultation: AIDH has made a submission into the review of the National Health Privacy Rules 2018 by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner which closed last week. Submissions are to be made public on the OAIC site.
Thank you to the members of the Institute who developed the response: Dr Greg Adamson FAIDH, MCommrclLaw, Chief Risk and Security Officer, Medikey Australia; Dr Densearn Seo, CHIA MBBS, Medical Director at Drop Bio, Royal Australasian College of Physicians Trainee and Honorary Researcher, Cabrini Health & Cabrini Institute, and Richard Rendell, Managing Director, Applied Precision Medicine.
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CHN calls for steering group interest: Capital Health Network (CHN) is forming a Digital Health Steering Group to bring together key stakeholders and clinical leads. The steering group will drive and guide planning, collaboration and identification of improvement and implementation opportunities of digital health services to primary care, specialists, pharmacies, and residential aged care facilities (RACF) in the ACT. CHN aims to fill the following membership positions:
• General Practitioner
• Practice Nurse
• Practice Manager
• A non-GP Specialist representative
• Practicing Pharmacy representative
• Allied Health representative
• Health Care Consumers representative.
To know more about the duties and responsibilities and other requirements of the steering group, please refer to the Terms of Reference. Remuneration is in line with the CHN Policy.
If you’re interested to be a part of this committee that will shape the way health practitioners use digital health in the ACT, please complete and return the Expression of Interest form (Word or PDF) by COB Friday, 18 June 2021.
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HealthData21 registration is open: All of the fantastic content curated for HealthData21 will be delivered online over 3 days on June 15, 18 and 22. Tickets for virtual attendance are now on sale. You can choose to attend the full conference or either one of the two streams; the health data stream on 15 and 18 June or the InGeNA genomics stream on 22 June. There will be live Q&A with speakers and all content will be available on-demand for 3 months.
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Customer Success Consultant – Datos
After securing the exclusive rights in ANZ to Datos Health, one of the most successful virtual care platforms in the world, an opportunity has been created for a dedicated Customer Success Consultant. This individual will focus on ensuring the clients (major hospitals and healthcare providers across ANZ) receive a market leading customer experience. As the first Customer Success Consultant you will be a pivotal member of the team that delivers a highly successful global product to major customers across ANZ. The Datos solution provides a virtual end-to-end platform directly connecting patients with their sources of medical care.
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Early bird registration is now open for NI 2021: There are additional discounts for members, students and groups of 3 or more from the same organisation. Register now to join nurses and midwives at the cutting edge of health's digital transformation and learn about nursing in the digital age.
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Submissions deadline for DHIS 2021 extended to next Monday, 14 June: Apply now to take the stage at the Digital Health Institute Summit 2021 in Melbourne on 18 – 19 October 2021. The Summit is a platform for clinical leaders, researchers, innovators, academics and forward thinkers to present your work, your ideas and your novel concepts.
Applications close next Monday, 14 June.
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The #CHIA program has well over 1,000 graduates and is increasingly the accreditation of choice for healthcare services wanting to identify and acknowledge #digitalhealth and #healthinformatics knowledge.
Is CHIA right for you?
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Join other CHIAs on LinkedIn! The CHIA Alumni group is open to all CHIAs. You can ask questions, offer advice and share your CHIA journey with others like you.
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Members love DHTV: Our video channel is a big hit! Institute members can access outstanding quality, informative videos online from our health informatics, digital health, telehealth and health data analytics conferences and other events. We are adding to Digital Health TV regularly so check back for new material by logging in with your member ID here. If you are not yet an Institute Member or Fellow, visit the membership page for details on how to join the digital health movement.
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Study health informatics in SA: The 2021 Health Informatics Short Course at Flinders University has been rescheduled and is being conducted from 12-16 July in Adelaide (at the Victoria Square Campus). There are 20 CHIA points attached to the course which is run by Institute member Mark Brommeyer.
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We're in the Push for Better: The Push For Better Foundation raises awareness and engages people in mental health through connection, education and health and wellbeing. In June, some of us at the Institute are getting active and helping #pushforbetter mental health in Australia. Our team members include Carla Carroll, Chris Jordon, Desiree McNeile McCormick, Greg Moran, Louise Schaper and Val Issa. Go team! |
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Is digital aged care the next big thing? Dr George Margelis and Anne Livingstone joined us at #DHIS2020 to talk about a roadmap for enabling the digital transformation of aged care in Australia. They discussed how carers, industry, academia, government and consumers can work together to deliver an evidence-based path forward whilst supporting local industry and research groups.
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Wednesday 16 June 2021
1:00 - 2:00pm AEST
Jan Mumford joined the InGeNA working group to provide the patient perspective. She will talk about patient understanding of data, the challenges in having patient data available consistently across all points of care and clinician attitudes towards data sharing. Dr Natalie Thorne will then present Melbourne Genomics’ research findings on attitudes towards data sharing. She will also give her thoughts on integrating medical information with pure genomics and what the industry can do to earn patient trust and promote productive use of genomic data.
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Thursday 17 June 2021
5:30 - 6:30pm AEST
This event has been moved online due to the lockdown in Melbourne
How do we accelerate current processes to achieve future requirements? How do we find and retain the skills we need for a digital future? What needs to change now and who can help make that change? Find out where the digital health workforce is heading and how to best position yourself and your organisation to ride the digital health wave. This event is proudly sponsored by InterSystems, supported by EY, and brought to you by the AIDH Victorian state branch. |
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Wednesday 23 June 2021
4:00 - 5:30pm AEST
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Thursday 24 June 2021
5:30 - 7:30pm AEST
Event is at capacity - join waitlist
The RPA Virtual Hospital, known as rpavirtual, was launched in early 2020 as an alternate, sustainable solution to the increasing demand for healthcare in Sydney. It offers a new model of care which combines Sydney LHD’s integrated hospital and community care with the latest digital solutions. rpavirtual acts as a bridge between hospital specialist services and patient care in the community.
This event is proudly supported by EY. |
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Tuesday 29 June 2021
10:00 - 11:00am AEST
Welcome to the Fellow Lounge, your exclusive room to connect with other Fellows who share your passion and dedication for digital health. Fellowship of the Institute recognises your outstanding professional accomplishment in digital health and health informatics, you are our thought leaders, our experts and our trusted advisors! You all come from various backgrounds in digital health and this informal networking event allows you to keep learning, talk about challenges you are currently facing, seek support, dive into some hot topic discussions or just have a virtual coffee/lunch or drink with your peers.
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Tuesday 29 June 2021
12:00 - 1:00pm AEST
Join us for this webinar where we will discuss the value of digital health, how to drive its adoption, and the strategies and lessons learnt when moving towards virtual care, and data and systems integration.
This discussion will focus on the priorities, challenges, and approaches to digital health and how these could be applied across all sectors including aged and home care. We will review the recent report from the Royal Commission into Aged Care which highlighted several key gaps in service delivery and connecting care which are mirrored across healthcare generally.
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