Community of Practice
AIDH – Nursing. Midwifery
Nursing and midwifery informatics has a unique role in ensuring a digitally enabled health system delivers on the promise of better health outcomes for all Australians. Nursing is the largest single profession in the healthcare workforce and provides continuous care to patients during inpatient stays and to consumers within community and primary healthcare settings. The role of nurses and midwives in the digital environment has the potential to not only deliver improvements in efficiency and patient outcomes, but also to facilitate an improved consumer and clinician experience.
Suki Loe, WA Health
About AIDH – Nursing. Midwifery
The Nursing and Midwifery CoP is the pre-eminent group of nursing and midwifery informaticians in Australia. Membership is open to all registered nurses and registered midwives.
The CoP promotes nursing and midwifery informatics priorities such as appropriate language, education and ongoing research. It engenders nursing and midwifery to embrace information and communication technologies, and establishes strong foundations for taking these developments forward.
It also ensures nursing and midwifery has the data and resources to continue to provide evidence-based, quality, cost-effective and outcome-driven care for patients and clients into the future.
White Paper
Learn more about the instrumental role of nurses and midwives in digitally transforming healthcare by downloading the Position Statement.
Tasneem Islam, Monash Health
In 2020, AIDH – Nursing and Midwifery will play a key role in hosting NI2020, the world congress for nursing and midwifery informatics, in Brisbane 27-29 July. The NI 2020 theme shows nursing and midwifery professionals as frontline users of digital solutions. In the world of digitally driven, patient-centred healthcare, nurses and midwives are “nurse navigators”.
Leadership
Dr Elizabeth Cummings, FAIDH
TAS, Deputy Chair
Adjunct Associate Professor - School of Health Sciences,
University of Tasmania
Susan Stemp, CHIA
QLD, Secretary
ieMR Clinical Application Analyst (Clinical Nurse Consultant),
Queensland Health
Donna Barton, CHIA
NSW, Treasurer
Health Informatician
? Celebrating the Moya Conrick winners ?
2019 Leanna Woods Melbourne
2018 Joanne Reid Sydney
2017 Suki Loe Brisbane
2016 Naomi Dobroff Melbourne
2015 Bernice Redley Brisbane
2014 Josephine Stevens Melbourne
2013 Johanna Westbrook Adelaide
2012 Livio Ciacciarelli Sydney
2011 Susan Moller Brisbane
2010 Sharon Downman Melbourne
Nursing and Midwifery Informatics on Digital Health TV
A member-exclusive benefit featuring hundreds of videos.
Forecasting informatics competencies for nurses in the future of connected health
Nursing Informatics
Nursing midwifery leadership and health informatics
Australian nurses experience with nursing informatics
Upcoming Events
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A glimpse of NIA Conferences through the ages
Let's take a glimpse NIA Conferences through the ages 2019 2018 2016 The NIA conference takes place each year on the Sunday before the HIC Conference.
Meet Natalie Turner – registered nurse and EMR educator at SA Health
NI 2020 Meet Natalie Turner Registered nurse and EMR educator at SA Health Natalie Turner has had a successful career working with SA Health, and more recently, on the state-wide EMR project as an educator. Natalie also works with the HISA South Australian state...
Resources
Nursing Informatics Strategic Paper
A framework for nursing informatics in Australia
International Council of Nurses
Operated by nurses and leading nursing internationally, ICN works to ensure quality nursing care for all and sound health policies globally.
Nursing Informatics Position Statement
The first national statement to affirm the role of nurses in digital healthcare at all levels and in all health settings.
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