With all eyes on the government’s rollout of the first COVID-19 vaccines this week, it was timely for the Institute to advocate for movement on the international digital vaccine passport.
We have published a position statement and issued a media release on the need for Australia to be on the front foot in managing returning travellers’ records. The Institute has many Fellows and members who are expert in health data and who are currently making a significant contribution to national and international efforts during the pandemic.
Once international borders re-open, there will be a need to digitally manage records of those vaccinated either in Australia or overseas. For this, the Institute supports work on the international Yellow Card, the medical passport issued by the World Health Organization.
AIDH Fellow and global health informatics leader Grahame Grieve has been assisting WHO by providing advice on the proposed data model. He says many countries have a great need for a valid, secure digital record of vaccination which is recognised by other countries, given the travel patterns of people around the world and the challenges they’re facing in managing outbreaks.
Australia appears well placed to adopt a digital Yellow Card as the technology is in place through the Australian Immunisation Register, a fully digital record of a person’s vaccines.
Digital public health is sure to be on all our agendas in the next few months.
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Dr Louise Schaper PhD FAIDH FIAHSI CHIA BSc(OT)Hons
CEO, Australasian Institute of Digital Health
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The Nursing. Midwifery Community of Practice is seeking an AIDH nurse with digital health experience within the aged care sector to fill a temporary position on our committee for the majority of 2021. To express your interest in this committee position, please submit a short CV and one-page covering letter to info@digitalhealth.org.au, indicating how your experience could assist the committee in highlighting strengths and challenges in the digitisation of this healthcare environment by COB Thursday 4 March 2021. Further information on the committee and its mission can be requested via the same email address.
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Are you a future digital health leader? The AIDH Student Network is a community of students with an interest in digital health who can help you:
- Learn about the expanding and dynamic digital health field
- Meet established leaders and emerging professionals at local state events
- Start or progress your career in digital health through mentoring and knowledge sharing
- Network with digital health’s brightest minds and hear about the latest trends at AIDH conferences
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EOI for SA branch committee: The Institute's SA Branch is looking for a new member to join our State Branch Committee for a casual term, until the branch elections later this year.
It doesn’t matter which area of South Australia you are based in (metro, regional, rural or remote), or your level of experience in digital health, as long as you have a passion and a desire to make a difference. Whether you are a clinician, data analyst, industry or technically focussed, policy maker, informatician, manager, researcher or educator, we want to hear from you!
If you would like to get involved and help steer the strategic directions of the Institute with a particular focus on our State, please email Sam with an Expression of Interest and a short summary of why you want to join the committee, and the three key areas you would like to focus on, and/or change, as we all work together to build healthier lives, digitally enabled.
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The voice of nurses and midwives: Living through a pandemic in 2020 has certainly highlighted the value of connecting with people and our communities. To this end, the AIDH Nursing. Midwifery Community of Practice is keen to find new ways to strengthen engagement with its 600+ members. Starting next month, we will be posting regular content on the Institute’s Social Link focusing on specific hot digital health topics that affect nurses and midwives. We will post opinion texts, polls, summaries of articles and links to trigger your interest and start conversations – we aim to be different, spontaneous, honest, respectful and vulnerable. Given the pressure of COVID-19 impacting on how nurses and midwives delivered high quality care in 2020, this will be our first topic to discuss, argue, and extrapolate opinions and perspectives.
If you want to feel part of a growing community of nurses and midwives ready to unite and be empowered by the healthcare tools of the 21st century, join us online from 1 March 2021! We look forward to reading your comments, feedback, ideas, and suggestions about this new initiative.
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Guillaume Leroux RN – AIDH N.M CoP |
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Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination In the Community (SAEFVIC) is urgently looking for a data analyst for Victoria's vaccine safety service. The work will include assisting with all vaccines but with a significant focus on COVID vaccines for the short to mid term.
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Welcome to our new organisational members |
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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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CHIA is a unique credentialing program that acknowledges your health informatics and digital health skills across a range of competencies. Watch David O’Driscoll give a quick overview of CHIA and why you should consider it.
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New health informatics text in development: Elsevier has commissioned a new health informatics text for Australasia, titled Digital Health, A Workforce Approach 1st edition (working title), to be edited by AIDH fellows - Helen Almond and Carey Mather. This educational text will focus on enabling students in gaining a comprehensive understanding of digital health. You may wish to contribute your expertise to the publication and contribute to one or more chapters. If you are interested in being involved and would like to know more details please respond to hkeeoing@gmail.com by Friday 26 February 2021.
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TODAY at 12.30pm AEDT
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AIDH SA welcome networking drinks!
The AIDH SA committee invites you to join them for 2021 welcome networking drinks to celebrate our goals for 2021. This informal event is an opportunity to network and catch up with your local SA community.
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Thursday 25 February
6:00 - 8:00pm (ACDT)
Duke of York Hotel, 82 Curry Street, Adelaide, SA 5000
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