Today has been momentous. Earlier this morning we opened our first in-person conference day of the Institute Summit, welcoming delegates in Brisbane. It’s our first conference this year, and though the Melbourne staff couldn’t be there in person, all of us at the Institute are there in spirit today. On Friday, the Institute Summit is live in Perth. The Summit has become a national #digitalhealth festival for the month of November with over 300 speakers, 75+ hours of cutting-edge digital health content and Summit delegates get access to it all for many months. Check out the calendar and get involved in the Summit in your state or online, registration is open all month.
Earlier today at the Brisbane conference we announced the launch of the first industry collaboration in Australia on genomics – the Industry Genomics Network Alliance (InGeNA). This will be a huge contributor to the advancement of precision health in Australia. The Institute is supporting InGeNA as it fills the need for a coordinated, united industry position. InGeNA has received financial support from its members as well as MTPConnect which granted us $300,000 towards the program. I am pleased to announce that Fellow of the Institute and genomics leader David Bunker has been appointed as the Chair of InGeNA. Read about InGeNA and connect with the program here.
Finally, Fellows and Members don’t forget online voting for three Board positions closes on Thursday 12 November at 5pm (AEDT).
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Dr Louise Schaper PhD FAIDH FIAHSI CHIA BSc(OT)Hons
CEO, Australasian Institute of Digital Health
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New genomics alliance for industry: The genomics industry today launched InGeNA, a new alliance hosted by the Institute to strengthen collaboration, coordinate on key issues and realise opportunities for all Australians to benefit from precision healthcare. The Industry Genomics Network Alliance has 13 founding member companies in healthcare and life sciences who will collaborate on programs to embed genomics across Australian healthcare. The founding companies, from pathology, technology and biopharma sectors, contributed funding to start InGeNA matched by $300,000 from MTPConnect Industry Growth Centre.
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Design-thinking for solutions: A 2013 survey showed that more than 80 per cent of healthcare technology managers routinely replace batteries at set intervals, without waiting for failure. This high rate of costly replacement has long seemed like the best solution to ameliorate the risk of catastrophic battery failure, which could put patient lives in danger.
Read how Institute Summit sponsor Ergotron tackled this and other healthcare problems in a new way here.
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Workforce roadmap webinar: Institute CEO Dr Louise Schaper will join a webinar panel from 12.30pm – 1.30pm tomorrow for a discussion around the National Digital Health Workforce and Education Roadmap released in September by the Australian Digital Health Agency. The roadmap outlines skills and capabilities required by the Australian health workforce to maximise the use of digital health. The panel also includes: Associate Professor Clair Sullivan, University of Queensland; Professor Tim Shaw, University of Sydney and Digital Health CRC; Dr Kudzai Kanhutu, Royal Melbourne Hospital and Angela Ryan, Australian Digital Health Agency.
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CHIA leadership appointments: Two senior digital health leaders and Institute members have joined the CHIA exam committee. Mark Brommeyer and Susan Donnelly have been appointed to the CHIA leadership team responsible for the quality and content of the CHIA exam. The membership of the exam committee includes reputable experts from a broad spectrum of the health informatics sector organisations so that there is an agreed overall accountability for the CHIA across the Australian health informatics sector. Find out more about CHIA and you and your healthcare organisation can be recognised for digital health expertise here.
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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.
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It's not too late to register for #DHIS2020!
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4:00 - 5.30pm Monday 23 November
Presented by Neville Board, Chief Digital Health Officer, Department of Health and Human Services Victoria, this masterclass will explore and analyse tensions between scientific evidence and public health policy. FbT Masterclass is one aspect of the learning program for the Fellowship by Training program. Candidates must attend a minimum number of masterclasses during their time in the program. Whilst this event is targeted to the candidates in the program, members are welcome to attend.
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12:00 - 1:0pm Wednesday 18 November
Telehealth has been a core medium for delivering healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this webinar, we bring together a number of health professionals from across the healthcare spectrum, to share their learnings from using telehealth to deliver care. Importantly, the speakers will share their thoughts and experience from using a combination of different telehealth delivery models. In addition they will share their thoughts on how it is best combined with face-to-face care, for their own particular health domain. This will be a facilitated panel discussion.
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