Building resilience in a pandemic
: While the whole community continues to work together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are suffering greatly from the continuing disruption to normal life and, indeed, the uncertainty of normalcy.
It was good news this month when the Health Minister Greg Hunt announced
$24million to fund Headspace
and various Primary Health Networks to support mental health services for young people identified as at risk during the pandemic. It is another step on the road to supporting mental health and wellness during these difficult months.
The Institute will explore mental health services in the digital age, and especially during the pandemic, on Friday when we hold our second
From the Frontlines
virtual conference.
Joining us is Dr Ruth Vine, Australia’s first Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Mental Health, who is working with States and Territories on the National Mental Health and Wellbeing Pandemic Response Plan. Dr Vine will talk about the Government’s delivery of mental health system reforms. Dr Vinay Lakra, the former deputy Chief Psychiatrist of Victoria, will talk about supporting the mental health of
healthcare professionals
. Mental health professionals were early adopters of telehealth and have been among the highest providers of telehealth services, especially so during this pandemic.
Digital health enabling better mental health, that is the future.
Dr Louise Schaper PhD, FAIDH, CHIA, BSc(OT)Hons
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Get certified in digital health!
Join the hundreds of certified health informaticians across Australasia working in all fields of healthcare. Be recognised for your skills and experience when you pass the online exam and join the
CHIA
alumni.
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Meet some of our newest Fellows:
Congratulations to our newest Fellows who bring their many years of experience and knowledge to the Institute:
Dr Carey Mather, Hugo Leroux, Sari McKinnon, Dr Martin Knapp
and
Dr Sandeep Reddy
.
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Invitation to hack health: Northern Health is hosting “
What the Hack?” weekend on
11-12 July 2020, at Northern Hospital, Epping or online. Participants welcome from all over Australia.
What the hack? will bring together Northern Health staff who have a problem to solve within their work area, and ‘techies’ of all description, from students and gurus, app and software developers, data professionals, designers and other digital wizzes, to work together over a weekend and create exciting solutions and products.
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Make your next career move
Clinical Information Specialist -
Alcidion
(Sydney)
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Alcidion
is seeking a
Clinical Information Specialist
to support efforts to sell and deploy the clinical components of
Alcidion
solutions. They will represent
Alcidion
at industry and sales events with primary responsibility for engagement with clinical stakeholders. This individual will also work closely with the
Alcidion
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to provide input to the strategy and roadmap for our clinical information systems.
The successful candidate needs to have a degree in a clinical discipline such as medicine, nursing or allied health; substantial experience in a clinical setting; clinical IT system use experience; detailed understanding of clinical workflow in a variety of care settings; knowledge of the Australian and New Zealand health care sectors; commitment to the use of technology to improve and positively affect patient care.
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Grants opportunity
: The Government has announced
a series of grants and programs
worth between $500,000 to $2 million to fund innovative digital health approaches enabling health systems to rapidly respond to challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Health informatics short course at Flinders
: Mark Brommeyer will again be conducting the
Health Informatics Short Course
at
Flinders University from 21-25 September 2020 in Adelaide
(at the Victoria Square Campus). In this intensive course, you will develop skills in using health informatics to solve real-world issues in health and aged care, management and for clinical decisions. You will also learn how to make operational and strategic management decisions in relation to health informatics. Note that this is accredited for 20
CHIA
(Certified Health Informatician Australasia) CPD points.
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From the Frontlines: A COVID-19 special event returns to look at life beyond the curve.
The virtual one-day conference is back
Friday 26 June
with more global frontline health professionals PLUS we ask questions about maintaining the momentum of virtual care and telehealth.
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French digital health entrepreneur,
Dr Robin Ohannessian
, presents France's efforts to integrate telehealth within public health response plans during a pandemic at the first
#FromTheFrontlines
virtual conference
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We’re looking for digital health and health informatics SMEs:
Experienced, passionate digital health experts are sought to
collaborate with the Institute
to strengthen the capacity of the digital health workforce. The Institute wants to collaborate with more professionals at the cutting edge in our collective efforts to strengthen the skills of the digital health workforce and continue to deliver world-class health care services. We are receiving significant interest from organisations to support them with their digital health capacity development needs.
Could you be involved?
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Welcome to some of our new organisational members
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12.30- 1.30pm Wednesday 24 June 2020
How does a global pandemic impact consumer behaviour and their interactions with the healthcare system? Hear the different perspectives and experiences, some positive others frightening, as patients and consumers live and learn during a pandemic. We also explore how consumer voices and their messages are heard in an over-crowded environment. What has worked well, what hasn’t and how do we deliver on the lesson learned during this time?
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4.30pm-5.30pm Thursday 2 July 2020
#ZoomBar
is your connection to the world of digital health and each other. As champions of the digital health movement, your skills and experiences have never been more valuable than they are right now. Each
#
ZoomBar
will feature special guests (mixologists) who might not be able to mix your drink for you, but will shake and stir the conversation.
This week, your mixologists are digital health VIPs
Grahame Grieve
&
Trish Williams.
So, what are you waiting for?
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