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How Royal Hobart Hospital unblocked emergency department flow with Medtasker technology
The Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) turned to Medtasker to tackle one of its most acute problems – access block and patient flow out of its Emergency Department (ED). Medtasker secure, mobile task management technology instantly streamlined clinical communication between...
Standards and interoperability comes to life at MedInfo 2023
Get up to speed with the world of standards and interoperability when you attend an educational workshop at MedInfo 2023. The #MEDINFO23 weekend program is expected to attract a range of delegates including the health tech professionals working with...
Telehealth guidelines public consultation – a review by MBA
The Australasian Institute of Digital Health has made its submission into the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) review Guidelines: Telehealth consultations with patients. The Institute recommends the MBA consider replacing the terminology “technology-based...
Digital Health Workforce Imperatives to Lead and Manage in times of Digital Disruption: Complexity, Competency and Context
Health informatics and digital health, two rapidly growing disciplines, are becoming more and more important for efficient and effective health service provision, particularly highlighted through the COVID-19 pandemic. To ensure that we can get the benefits from the...
Come to a CAP info session
Message from the CEO: Advancing Australia’s digital health workforce has been the primary focus of the Institute for over a decade. Building workforce capability in digital health is critical to our strategy and drives much of our activity. We believe it is critical...
Networking is not a dirty word Brilliant Connected Women in Digital Health Network virtual event
Wednesday 30 March 1-2pm AEDT Whether you're in the business of new business or not, a professional network can be an invaluable two-way street that broadens knowledge and experiences while providing a team of trusted mentors, advisors or future colleagues for...
Message from MedInfo 2023 Co-Chair Dr Martin Seneviratne
I am thrilled to welcome the global informatics community to Sydney in July for MedInfo 2023, jointly hosted by the Australian Institute of Digital Health and the International Medical Informatics Association. The first MedInfo was hosted in 1974 in...
Message from MedInfo 2023 Co-Chair Prof Farah Magrabi FAIDH
MedInfo, the World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics will address a range of key digital health issues, with a focus on the role of technology in delivering safer, equitable and sustainable health services to patients. Artificial intelligence (AI)...
CEIH CHIAs graduate
Over the past three years, the Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health (CEIH) have supported staff from across the state to complete the Certified Health Informatician Australasia (CHIA) certification. Last week on 30 November, CEIH facilitated a graduation...
Women in digital health leadership program information session
An information session for the 2023 Women in Digital Health Leadership program took place on Wednesday 30 November 2022 with 48 potential candidates joining the live virtual event.The potential candidates were provided with an overview of the program by Community...
Nursing Informatics Conference 2024 Call for Committee Members
As the Institute embarks on its new strategy to shift the dial on our nation’s transition to a digital health future, we’re asking for the support and involvement of our Fellows and members.
Women in Digital Health applications open for 2023
As the Institute embarks on its new strategy to shift the dial on our nation’s transition to a digital health future, we’re asking for the support and involvement of our Fellows and members.
The Shadow Pandemic: Violence against women during COVID-19
The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 resulted in lockdowns and stay-at-home mandates in over 90 countries (Majumdar & Wood, 2020). Emerging data from front line health and support services reported that during this period, violence against women had...
Advancing workforce capability: Healthcare in a digital society
Australia needs a health and social care workforce with a strong digital health capability if it is to deliver consumer-centred services now and into the future.
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.
AIDH members recognised in Brilliant Women in Digital Health Awards
Congratulations to the 25 women announced last night as this years 2022 Brilliant Women in Digital Health Awards recipients. A special shout out to our Fellows and Members who were recognised last night:...
Expert advisors to look at healthcare business models
The Australasian Institute of Digital Health has appointed health and technology sector leaders to an expert advisory group charged with driving the national conversation on new business models of healthcare.Institute CEO Dr Louise Schaper says members of...
The changing role of leaders in digital health: Positioning CNMIO’s for success
For more than 25 years, the informaticist role has been steadily evolving and growing in importance. Healthcare organisations have undergone significant change in recent years, including the need to incorporate an increasing range of technological advances...
Congratulations to your new Branch leaders
Congratulations to the new AIDH Branch Committees Thank you to everyone who nominated in the recent Branch elections, there was a record number of nominations this year with five of the six Branches going to a member vote. It was a competitive election...
List of nominees for 2022 AIDH state branch committees
We have had a great response to the annual call for Branch Committee members. Each state has five (5) vacant positions on the Committee for a two-year term with: Eight (8) nominations to be on your NSW Branch Committee Twelve (12) nominations to be on your...
Student placement and the use of digital systems
Before digital health, things were much simpler for both the student nurse, and midwife, in relation to learning how to document assessments, medications, observations, and care. Back in the early eighties, when I trained in both areas, we had a very...
Call for Expressions of Interest to be part of the AIDH Expert Advisory Groups
As the Institute embarks on its new strategy to shift the dial on our nation’s transition to a digital health future, we’re asking for the support and involvement of our Fellows and members.
It’s time to Shift the Dial on digital health
It is the right of every Australian to expect a consumer-centric, connected, and digitally capable healthcare system. Australia’s pandemic response proved that it’s possible.
You are a digital health SME – get involved!
AIDH is calling for subject matter experts from across the Institute to share their knowledge, ideas and passion for the potential of digital to change the way we deliver healthcare forever.
Be a branch leader
The Institute is calling for nominations from eligible members who would like to hold a leadership position within their local branch committee. Being part of a Branch Committee is a great way to contribute to a community focused on building the digital...
Residential aged care and My Health Record: Linkage is mission critical
Residential aged care organisations in Australia have been slow to not only move to digital clinical information systems but embrace the benefits of digitalisation in general. The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (Royal Commission) and...
Critical Infrastructure Protection Act now covers healthcare
The Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Act 2022 came into effect on 8 April 2022. Why is this relevant to me you ask? Well, the amendment extends the scope of the of the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 to also...
AIDH Board call for nominations 2022
You can be a leader in the digital health community and help drive the movement for better, connected healthcare. AIDH Fellows and Members are invited to consider nominating for a Board position this year, sharing their expertise and knowledge and taking a...
Data sharing in health needs to be FAIR-ER than in science
Vast quantities of health data have become more readily available as healthcare is delivered in a digital world. The availability of data is an asset, critical to driving the future of precision health and feeding the learning health system. Australian health data and...
Documentation within electronic records
The implementation of digital records into healthcare settings has led to significant changes in the way patient information is recorded, stored and used. The result of this can have a wide variety of implications for healthcare professionals, predominantly on what...
Register for Global and Virtual MCBK 2022: Mobilizing computable knowledge around the world
“Mobilizing Computable Knowledge Around the World”July 12-13 in the Americas and Europe; July 13-14 in Australia and AsiaFREE REGISTRATION & MEETING PROGRAMNOW AVAILABLE Computable knowledge that is findable, interoperable, accessible, reusable, and...
Co-design: What does it really look like in practice?
People often have an image in their minds of what co-design is and what it looks like. That visual is often of a creative setting with whiteboards, or perhaps in the minds of the more tech-savvy, touch screens, with silicon-valley-styled professionals...
Women in Digital Health Coffee Connections Pilot Program
About us Robyn Mann and Karen Lee are participants in the AIDH’s inaugural 6-month Women in Digital Health Leadership Program (Meet the participants - Women in Digital Health). This pilot program is a learning requirement of the program where we are...
Impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning on nursing and midwifery
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a relatively new discipline, beginning in the 1950s but gaining much attention in the last decade. Developed by the interpenetration of many disciplines such as mathematical logic, fuzzy mathematics, computer science,...
Keep up with digital health in WA
The Digital Health Institute Summit series will be in Perth on Friday 5 August, 2022. Early bird rates end on Friday 10 June and group booking discounts are offered for three or more delegates from the same organisation. Conference Chair Giles Nunis says...
Accessibility and workforce priorities to unlock potential of precision health
The power of genomics has been embraced by Australians and precision health is here to stay. The community has become increasingly engaged with genomics during the public health response to COVID-19. As contact tracing, variants and sequencing have become...
International Medical Informatics Association: Nursing Informatics Special Interest Group
IMIA-NI is the international organisation for health and biomedical informatics. The goal of IMIA-NI is to promote collaboration among nurses and others interested in Nursing Informatics in order to advance the field. The special Interest group seeks to...
Long COVID: Opportunities for nurses and midwives to research, innovate and collaborate
Nurses and midwives as frontline healthcare workers are among the most vulnerable groups worldwide since the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic. Direct contact with potentially affected patients was an issue, but challenging work environment they faced with...
Nominate a brilliant woman in digital health
Nominations are open until 13 June for Telstra Health’s 2022 Brilliant Women in Digital Health Awards. Now in its second year, the awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of 25 women across Australia for achievements in health and aged care....
AIDH lists priorities for 2022 Federal Election
MEDIA RELEASE Monday 2 May 2022 The Australasian Institute of Digital Health is calling on political parties and candidates in the federal election to demonstrate their support for continued investment in the digital enablement of healthcare. AIDH CEO Dr...
Revised competency framework to support digital health careers
Digital health and health informatics professionals will have their expertise assessed and certified against a revised set of competencies as healthcare delivery continues to change and evolve in a digital society.The Australasian Institute of Digital...
New Fellowship to recognise digital health clinicians
Australian clinicians will be professionally recognised as digital health experts in a career-boosting Fellowship program announced by the Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH) and Digital Health CRC (DHCRC). As part of a DHCRC project, AIDH will...
Report reveals gender disparity in Australia’s digital health sector
More than 90 per cent of women respondents believe there is still progress to be made to reach gender equity in the digital health sector, according to a new report released by Telstra Health, the Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH), the...
Top 8 insights into better digital ways in healthcare
While there are many current challenges in healthcare, there are also a multitude of opportunities. On the one hand, there are constant challenges and barriers that the health system presents as a fragmented service and the difficulties of connecting care. On the...
The impact of the pandemic on justice health nursing and midwifery
With the COVID-19 pandemic now in its third year, we have experienced many variants and witnessed several outbreaks occurring in high density areas. A particular population that has proved challenging during these ‘unprecedented’ times are those...
AIDH and InGeNA welcome a vital step forward in Australian healthcare
The Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH) and the Industry Genomics Network Alliance (InGeNA) welcome the announcement by Minister for Health, Greg Hunt to establish Genomics Australia, a national agency to support the integration of genomic...
Cybersecurity in Healthcare: How is your cybersecurity hygiene?
As healthcare becomes increasingly digital based and an ever-wider range of IT solutions are put in place cybersecurity remains a top concern for healthcare at all levels, particularly since COVID-19 caused a rush to provision remote care solutions...
Summit success: Connection, community and career advancement
Over two days, from 21 to 22 February more than 850 delegates gathered in person and online to reconnect, learn and join their counterparts for the Digital Health Institute Summit in Melbourne.From fascinating discussions on the importance of data during the pandemic...
PRIORITIES FOR THE 2022-23 FEDERAL BUDGET
The Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH) is pleased to provide input to the Australian Government’s Federal Pre-Budget Consultation process to outline the digital health sector’s priorities for the 2022-23 federal budget. The AIDH represents a community of...
Health informaticians have a role in contributing to climate justice
Health informatics and its subspecialty nursing informatics play a substantial role in supporting healthcare processes towards achieving optimal patient outcomes and safe patient care. During COVID-19, health informaticians helped oversee a rapid...
And just like that AIDH turns two
Happy birthday AIDH! Feb 24 is an important day for the institute as we celebrate our second anniversary. We made it through the pandemic and have come out the other side with a thriving digital health community ready to take on the significant...
Driving the possibilities of digital in healthcare
A collaborative white paper brought to you by the Australasian Institute of Digital Health and Cerner The Clinical Engagement and Digital Health Thought Leadership Series was a collaboration and partnership event series between the Australasian Institute...
Summit keynote Liz Ashall-Payne on healthcare’s inflection point: Mobile, virtual, decentralised
In the weeks leading up to our Digital Health Institute Summit we will be speaking with some of our keynote speakers who will share the key themes of their keynotes. We also asked them to share their insights on the challenges and their priority areas in...
Summit keynote Prof Erwin Loh on how Australia is using data during the pandemic compared to the rest of the world
In the weeks leading up to our Digital Health Institute Summit we will be speaking with some of our keynote speakers who will share the key themes of their keynotes. We also asked them to share their insights on the challenges and their priority areas in...
Digital and healthcare in Australia – can we leapfrog change if we get the incentives right?
As the Government reviews its national digital health strategy and priorities, we look at the opportunities and challenges that Australia has in moving ahead with healthcare system reform and change.Many health providers are looking to better platform...
New report: Valuing the impact of genomics on healthcare in Australia
A new report from the Industry Genomics Network Alliance (InGeNA) features case studies showing just some of the many ways genomics will be useful in diagnosis and treatment across Australia’s future healthcare system. “Valuing the impact of genomics on...
AIDH success in preventive health funding
The Government has announced the Australian Institute of Digital Health will share in $23.7 million funding over three years as part of the National Preventative Health Strategy, furthering support for the health and wellbeing of all Australians. The...
Launched today: The big picture on genomic data in Australia
Introducing Australia’s Women in Digital Health Leadership program
The Australasian Institute of Digital Health today launches Australia's Women in Digital Health Leadership program. The 6 month program is designed to enable all leaders realise and develop their leadership potential to advance the capability of leaders,...
Vale Dr Virginia K Saba
Dr Virginia Saba passed away on 20 November. Virginia was an early pioneer in the field of informatics and contributed significantly to the development of the discipline of nursing informatics. Working within the US public health service, her early work focused on...
Digital Health Live | Masterclass: Analytics driven healthcare
A digital health live virtual event This masterclass dives into planning, development and delivery of health analytics projects in the Australian health landscape. Presenters will focus on key lessons learnt and provide important take home messages for...
NSW branch event | Right treatment, right patient, right time: Transforming data into decisions
Hosted by the NSW state branch Patricia Correll will present an overview of the Lumos program in NSW, which securely links de-identified data from general practices (GPs) to other health data such as hospital, emergency department, mortality and more. It...
WA branch event | Western Australia’s digital journey: A year in review
Hosted by the WA state branch 2020 heralded a big change for WA’s digital health journey with the Electronic Medical Record program officially kicking off with formal support from the government to put a business case together. Last year, the Department of...
Webinar | COVID-19 and health informatics: Lessons from today and thoughts for the future
Hosted by the VIC state branch COVID-19 has overshadowed everything in healthcare for the last two years. What did this mean for the industry and where to now? Hear perspectives from researchers, the medical software industry and government with...
Webinar | Mental health matters: Looking after ourselves and those who look after us
Hosted by the ACT state branch Anyone who has completed a first aid course knows the ‘DRABC’ of first aid - when providing first aid, the first priority is to check for danger. That is, check for danger to yourself and others so that, as a first aider, you...
Strategic Think Tank: Delivering now, building for the future
The Institute’s Fellows and Associate Fellows are the Who’s Who of digital health and health informatics in Australasia renowned for their national and global experience and perspectives on the future of healthcare. Help us shape the AIDH 2022 agenda for...
Webinar | Digital and healthcare in Australia: Can we leapfrog change if we get the incentives right
As the Government reviews its national digital health strategy and priorities, we look at the opportunities and challenges in Australian healthcare system reform and change. Over the last 18 months, we have witnessed the benefits of digital health starting...
The impact of mHealth on nurses and midwives
Most nurses and midwives are familiar with health apps, but possibly not the broader scope and meaning of mobile health or mHealth. Health applications offer health- and wellness-related services for smartphones, tablets, personal computers, and other...
Digital health and gender diversity survey
Do you work in Australia’s digital health sector? We want to hear about your experiences! Complete the ‘Understanding gender diversity in digital health survey’ by Friday 3 December. The Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH) has joined with...
Impact of biotechnology on nurses and midwives
Biotechnology refers to technology based on biology – that is, it exploits biological systems, living organisms or part of this to cultivate or create different products. Traditional processes to bake bread, brew beer, or make cheese are rudimentary...
Congratulations to new community leaders
Thank you to everyone who nominated in the AIDH community elections where branches and community of practice leaders were elected. Congratulations to the successful nominees! The following nominees were voted into branch leadership: Victoria branch:...
Institute backs standards based approach to digital vaccine passport
The Australasian Institute of Digital Health says a standards-based approach is required to give Australians the confidence they are seeking in a smart health card that proves their COVID vaccination status. AIDH CEO Dr Louise Schaper said Australians...
Introducing the 2021 Healthcare Cybersecurity Survey
The general community places its trust in the health system to safeguard health information. Is the healthcare sector doing enough to protect health information and the security of their systems? We seek to understand the current state of awareness and...
Nursing and Midwifery Participation in Virtual Care
Whilst it is clear that virtual models of care will be a predominant feature in future health infrastructure, there are varying interpretations of what constitutes virtual care (VC). There is no supported standard definition, and VC is often used...
New Board members announced
Following the AIDH 2021 AGM and on behalf of the AIDH Board we are pleased to announce the elections of Damian Green, Belinda Lange, Gillian Mason and Bettina McMahon following a competitive Board election process. Deputy Director General,...
AIDH Branch committees call for nominations 2021
Could you be a branch leader? The Institute is calling for nominations from eligible members who would like to hold a leadership position within their local Branch Committee. Being part of a Branch Committee is a great way to contribute to a community...
AIDH CoP committees call for nominations 2021
The Institute is calling for nominations from eligible members who would like to hold a leadership position within one of our six CoP Committees. Being part of a CoP Committee is a great way to contribute to a community focused on building the digital...
Digital Health Institute Summit postponed
Our national conference is one of the most uplifting and energised events on the national healthcare calendar. It’s the place to meet friends, colleagues and everyone passionate about the potential for healthcare in the digital age. Traveling to the...
Impact of genomics on nursing and midwifery
Personalised medicine and precision health are growing in awareness among health consumers, patients and carers. Precision health is underpinned by genomics, an exciting field full of potential in coming years. However, for most nurses and midwives, genomics is still...
Embers of Innovation and digital health
The COVID-19 context The profile of nurses and midwives as health innovators has risen exponentially over the last decade, largely due to the rapid advancement of new health technologies, the ongoing progression of evidence-based medicine and the...
Webinar on driving to connected care: What is next in health and aged care?
Those of us working in healthcare for many years have known the opportunities, benefits, and challenges of connecting care through digital health - whether using interconnected systems across providers, better use of telehealth and virtual care, leveraging...
Nominate for the AIDH Board by 22 July
You can be a leader in the digital health community and help drive the movement for better, connected healthcare. AIDH Fellows and Members are invited to consider nominating for a Board position this year, sharing their expertise and knowledge and taking a...
Community consultation: Primary healthcare the frontline
Stronger primary healthcare was singled out as important to mental health and preventive health in Australia’s long term National Health Plan. The national plan is focused on making the health system better at preventing disease and promoting health, and...
Institute submission to privacy consultation
Read our member-led Submission into the review of the National Health Privacy Rules by the OAIC.
What is digital health and why does it matter?
White paper: Be part of the evolving conversation in healthcare: What is digital health?
2021 Brilliant Women in Digital Health award launched
Nominations are open for Telstra Health’s inaugural 2021 Brilliant Women in Digital Health award. The awards recognise and celebrate 25 women in digital health for their achievements – whether that is mentoring, medical research, contributing to technology...
Health workforce census underway
The 2021 Global HIDDIN Workforce Census, held every three years, is live until 30 June, 2021. It aims to quantify and qualify the global HIDDIN (Health Informatics, Digital, Data, Information, kNowledge) workforce, delineate and count the workforce,...
We’re in the Push for Better
The Push For Better Foundation raises awareness and engages people in mental health through connection, education and health and wellbeing. In June, some of us at the Institute are getting active and helping #pushforbetter mental health in Australia. Our...
CHN calls for steering group interest
Capital Health Network (CHN) is forming a Digital Health Steering Group to bring together key stakeholders and clinical leads. The steering group will drive and guide planning, collaboration and identification of improvement and implementation...
Institute submission to privacy consultation
Institute submission to privacy consultation: AIDH has made a submission into the review of the National Health Privacy Rules 2018 by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner which closed last week. Submissions are to be made public on the...
Innovation Challenge
George Institute for Global Health India Health Accelerator has launched "[email protected]" innovation challenge. This challenge is hosting a hackathon dedicated to identifying solutions that will support effective home-based care for COVID-19, with a...
Genomics vision for Australia
Genomics vision for Australia: The Industry Genomics Network Alliance (InGeNA) has commenced a major project with Deloitte Access Economics to develop an evidence base to demonstrate the value of genomics to the Australian economy, society and patient...
Digital health educational opportunities for nurses and midwives
The AIDH-N.M Community of practice this month focuses on Digital Health Educational Opportunities for Nurses and Midwives. We hope you will join us in a meaningful discussion and sharing of resources.Healthcare environments have been equipped with...
Expression of Interest: Healthcare data privacy
The Institute wants to hear from Fellows and Members with expertise in healthcare data privacy to form a small group and make a submission into the review of the National Health (Privacy) Rules 2018. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner...
Expressions of Interest: Professional Development Modules in Digital Health
As part of its strategic focus on health workforce reform, the Institute is seeking expressions of interest from qualified individuals or organisations to develop a series of online education/training modules for an introductory professional development...
Digital health opportunities in aged care
Nurses working in the aged care sector were anxious for the release of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety report late last year, given the knowledge that this sector is well behind in the use and application of technology and has no...
AIDH Strategic plan
The Australasian Institute of Digital Health strategic plan for 2021-2025 was launched today with a focus on advocacy and member engagement to drive workforce reform.AIDH CEO Dr Louise Schaper said the Institute was already working with many health...
Nursing.Midwifery Community of practice focuses on Digital Health Capability
The AIDH-Nursing.Midwifery Community of practice this month focuses on Digital Health Capability. Amongst the confrontational events of bush fires, floods and pandemics, in October 2020 the National Nursing and Midwifery Digital Health Capability Framework...
NSW region gets group together
A group of AIDH members living in and around Newcastle (NSW) has begun to meet regularly. Their aims are to collaboratively address issues/problems experienced by regional members, share information and insights, jointly participate in and learn from...
Lumos shines a light on patient journeys in NSW
The Lumos program links de-identified records to map patient journeys from primary care to other settings and health information sources in NSW, including hospitals, cancer registry and cause of death information. Data from this program uncovers new...