AIDH News

25 October 2022

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Agents for change

Message from the CEO: The Digital Health Summit got off to a newsworthy start in Sydney last week when we announced to an audience of 1,100+ delegates as well the digital health community the leadership of our three Expert Advisory Groups.

The Advisory Group Chairs are:

Changing the business models of healthcare

Advancing the digital health workforce

Building trust and confidence in health and data

It’s the start of a new era in advocacy for the Institute. And at the Summit, the message came through loud and clear: It is time to tackle some of the longstanding challenges across our health system with a fresh approach. The advisory group members have decades of experience working across healthcare in Australia and internationally as clinicians, digital health executives, architects and planners, policymakers, change agents and innovators. Most importantly, we have committed to embed the consumer voice, so that lived experience is front and centre of all that we do. More updates coming soon.

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

CEO, Australasian Institute of Digital Health

Partnership to advance digital health workforce

The Institute is working with the Australian Digital Health Agency on strategies to deliver digital health capability across the health workforce. The Capability Action Plan (CAP) enables Australia’s health workforce to develop the skills needed for healthcare delivery in the digital world.

Agency CEO Amanda Cattermole said: “Workforce strategy development and planning requires consultation, including with professional colleges, universities and educators and employers in the public and private sectors. Coordination of effort is also vital, and the AIDH, with its strong existing knowledge, relationships and independence in this area, is well positioned to take on this role.”

AIDH CEO Dr Louise Schaper said the Institute’s primary focus for the last four years has been advancing the digital capability of the health workforce. “The Institute, its Fellows and Members, already work with many health professions on workforce advancement, through accreditation and training, with programs that start with the basics of digital health to more advanced workforce-based programs,” Dr Schaper said.

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Board election results

The results of the closely contested Board leadership elections were announced at the Institute’s Annual General Meeting on 18 October. Congratulations to Dr David Hansen FAIDH CHIA, A/Prof Belinda Lange FAIDH and Angela Ryan FAIDH who were re-elected.

A sincere thank you to the many Fellows and Members who nominated for the Board and we look forward to continuing to work with all of you this year for the benefit of Australian healthcare.

Credly member recognition

The Institute has partnered with Credly to provide you with an additional benefit of being a part of our health informatics and digital health community in the form of AIDH Digital Badges.

Digital badges are verified credentials that you can use to showcase what you’ve accomplished.

Watch this space to find out more how you can earn a badge of your own.

MedInfo 2023 submissions close 18 November

Our call for submissions for MedInfo 2023 is closing soon, so don't delay and start preparing! We invite authors to submit their research, projects, innovations, experiences and learnings that drive us closer to our vision for the future.

Presenting at #MedInfo23 puts you on stage in front of the world’s digital health leaders, experts and innovators who are transforming the health system. Bring us your success stories, your failures, your ideas!

Submissions close 18 November 2022.

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Calling for MedInfo 2023 reviewers

AIDH invites you to participate in MedInfo 2023 as a reviewer.

The call for speaker's program equates to more than half of the total program space available. Speaker's can submit in two categories; academic/scientific or other submissions. Submissions are currently open and close 18 November 2022.

To play the crucial role of reviewing the abstracts that make it onto the final program, we ask you to please accept or decline this invitation by completing the form.

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InGeNA puts genomics on the table in Canberra

Genomics industry researchers, planners and policy makers, clinicians and consumer representatives met in Canberra for InGeNA’s roundtable planning session to advance #precisionhealth in Australia by 2030. Thank you to everyone who shared their ideas and experiences and contributed to the important conversations around building public and consumer trust and awareness, workforce needs, the complexities of governance, data quality, privacy and some major goals for national infrastructure including clinical implementation.

InGeNA is a national collaboration led by industry to advance the integration of #precisionhealth into everyday healthcare.

LEARN MORE ABOUT INGENA

Are you a subject matter expert?

The Institute is calling for Fellows and Members to update us on their most recent experiences through a quick survey. You may be called on to support the Institute’s advocacy strategy Shifting the Dial, so please help us to stay up to date on your current areas of expertise.

Proud to be a member of the Institute?

If you’re a Fellow or Member you are invited to share the good news with your networks. Check out the resources available and help us to promote awareness of #digitalhealth