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From Certification to PhD: Reflecting on a Decade of Digital Health Leadership

Jul 6, 2026 | Featured

Since achieving CHIA certification in 2016, the credential has played a significant role in my professional development.

CHIA’s will have more opportunity to earn CPD Points -New Recertification Guide launched!

Feb 18, 2025 | Featured

As part of an ongoing program of work to improve the CHIA recertification process, a new Recertification Guide has been launched. Feedback from CHIA alumni on the recertification process highlighted the need to streamline the guide and revise point allocation to...

The CHIA program celebrates 10 years

Feb 19, 2024 | Featured

Australasia’s only health informatician certification program marks its tenth anniversary this year, having certified more than 2050 people from over 10 countries. The Certified Health Informatician Australasia (CHIA) program is an industry credential which certifies...

CHIA is delivered to you by the Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH), a peak body for digital health representing a united and influential single voice for health informatics and digital health leaders and practitioners.

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Study resources

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Study

CHIA is a professional certification program based on self-directed study. The resources below can assist with your study:

1. Sample Study Plan

2. CHIA Study Guide & CHIA Candidate Instruction Handbook (provided on registration)

3. Practitioner’s Guide:

$225 AIDH Members, $315 Non-members
A comprehensive body of knowledge (600+ pages) providing an understanding of the 53 competencies in the AHICF tested in the CHIA examination.

4. Practitioner’s Guide Update:

$70 AIDH Members, $98 Non-members
Special upgrade pricing for those who already own an earlier edition.

5. CHIA Practice Examination Challenge

$95 AIDH Members, $130 Non-members
Practice examination featuring two unique attempts (28 questions per attempt; 56 total). All questions align with the competencies assessed in the CHIA Examination and provide detailed feedback to help support CHIA exam readiness.

Self-assess your associated work experience

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To be eligible, roles must:

✔ have occurred within a healthcare setting
✔ be held for a minimum of 6 months duration
✔ be within the last 10 years

Area of experience	Example functions
Informatics and health information management	Informatics (health, clinical, nursing etc), health information management, health librarian, CXIO, clinical coding, clinical analytics
Technical, data and ICT related	Data analytics, programming, cyber analyst, FHIR development, clinical applications, IT service desk (Level 3-4), web development, software engineering
Clinical, healthcare, and wellness	Medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dietetics, dentistry, pharmacy, radiology, virtual care coordination, patient safety, wellness practitioner, laboratory management,
Public and preventative health	Epidemiology, public health education, public health surveillance, outreach coordination, patient education coordination
Health administration/ management²	Healthcare management, operations management, practice management, patient services, health administration¹
Project/program and change management	Project/program management, project coordination, change management, business analytics, consulting
Education³	Lecturing, research, professorial
Healthcare and wellness research³	Research science, learning health systems, research fellow, postdoctoral fellow

¹ Health administrators must be working with patient data and/ or clinical systems
² Health administration / management includes federal/ state government settings
³ Education and research must have a digital health or health informatics focus

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Note, if you are unsure about your work experience or do not fit into the above categories, please email the CHIA Program Team at [email protected].

Study & Exam details

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Study

CHIA is a professional certification program. CHIA is a self-directed study program. The resources below can assist with your study:

1. Sample Study Plan

2. CHIA Study Guide & CHIA Candidate Instruction Handbook (provided on registration)

3. Practitioner’s Guide:

$225 AIDH Members, $315 Non-members
A comprehensive body of knowledge (600+ pages) providing an understanding of the 53 competencies in the AHICF tested in the CHIA examination.

4. Practitioner’s Guide Update:

$70 AIDH Members, $98 Non-members
Special upgrade pricing for those who already own an earlier edition.

5. CHIA Practice Examination Challenge

$95 AIDH Members, $130 Non-members
Practice examination featuring two unique attempts (28 questions per attempt; 56 total). All questions align with the competencies assessed in the CHIA Examination and provide detailed feedback to help support CHIA exam readiness.

Fees

You will be required to pay the registration fee as part of the registration process:

$550 for AIDH members
$775 for Non-members

Exam

The examination is delivered online and you’ll get your results immediately upon completion. In case of unsuccessful first attempt, your scores can help identify the areas to focus on before the second attempt.

Your examination consists of:

A 90-day study period
2 attempts at the examination per study period
Content based on 6 competency domains
150 minutes to complete the examination
106 multiple choice questions
A maximum examination score of 212 points
Pass rate based on points