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I’m sure you will agree that in these challenging times it’s easier to keep a positive mindset when you can immerse yourself in good news, even for a few hours. I certainly didn’t hesitate to take the opportunity to go live at NI 2021 last week and interview Texas-based nurse economist, tech enthusiast and podcasting superstar Shawna Butler, host of 'See You Now'.  Shawna shines a light on real people changing the status quo in health. Internationally, “nursepreneurs” have emerged to develop truly human-centred healthcare solutions. NI 2021 delegates called Shawna an inspiration and someone they “could listen to for hours”. Shawna is just one of the outstanding global nursing and midwifery leaders representing 27 countries at the two-week congress. There’s still time to register and listen to all the content now or on demand.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the Board elections by voting for their preferred candidates. It was a record year for nominations and a reflection of our passionate and engaged membership. We will be announcing the results at the AGM on Thursday 2 September.

Dr Louise Schaper PhD FAIDH FIAHSI CHIA BSc(OT)Hons

Find your tribe: Did you know our online community is your membership platform and it is your one stop shop for engaging with all members across the Institute and in particular the different Community of Practice (CoP) groups you are part of? If you need a quick refresher on how to use the online community (previously known as Social Link) check out this video.

AGM on 2 September: Thank you to everyone who took the opportunity vote. Board voting has now closed. You are invited to register to attend the AGM this Thursday 2 September to learn who your incoming Board members are and hear about the achievements, successes and challenges at the Institute this year.

PhD scholarship in the Health Informatics domain: Both local and international students with strong interests in computer security, encryption technologies, natural language processing and machine learning are invited to apply for a collaborative research project on “Securing and anonymising medical records for natural language processing and clinical classification”.

Applications close TODAY.

The Digital Health Institute Summit has been postponed to 21-22 February 2022 in Melbourne & online, plus a virtual showcase on 3-4 March 2022.

Early bird registration has been extended until 10 December and there are discounts for members, students and group bookings.

Partnership opportunities are still available - contact Chris to find out more.

Nursing.Midwifery community talks genomics: This month's theme is focusing on the impact of genomics on nursing and midwifery. The Garvan Global Genomics Report back in 2018 claimed that genomics was disrupting the healthcare sector through affordable, rapid DNA sequencing, even causing a revolution in medicine and healthcare globally. The CoP has released an editorial on the role of the nurse and midwife in this space.

Recommended by Dr Jen Bichel-Findlay, Chair of CHIA EC, in this video from Summit 2020, Richard Cuthbert takes the viewer on a journey to an Adelaide hospital’s implementation of a point of care system to demonstrate compliance with the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standard Comprehensive Care. Click here for more information on becoming a certified health informatics professional.

NI 2021: We continue to celebrate nurses and midwives at the forefront of digital innovation during the final week of NI 2021. Stay tuned to hear from patient informatician & citizen scientist, Dr Liz Salmi, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer of Queensland, Shelley Nowlan, Nursing Informatics pioneer, Prof Suzanne Bakken and many others. Registrations are still open and all videos available to stream anytime until February 2022.

This member-only resource has hundreds of videos on a variety of digital health topics and new videos are added each week.

Login now to start watching (using your AIDH membership login details)!

HealthData21: Couldn’t attend the conference live? Full conference content is available on the event platform until 15 September. Simply use your delegate login ID and pin to start watching!

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.

Capital Health Network Needs Assessment Survey: A community health needs assessment is held every three years to understand the health and service needs of the Canberra region.

This is also the basis of the future health services that CHN can commission for the community.

Please support Capital Health by using the Provider Survey or the Consumer Survey.

The University of Sydney and the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District are collaborating on a project to develop digital health monitoring for pregnant women. Health professionals are invited to participate in a survey that will help design a pregnancy app to improve how pregnant women monitor their health and assist communication with their chosen healthcare provider. You can find the short survey here.

Members can also watch them on demand on Digital Health TV!