The Nursing Midwifery in Digital Health Conference (#NMiDH26), Australia’s only dedicated nursing and midwifery informatics event returns in 2026.
Call for Papers
Submissions are encouraged across a range of healthcare settings including public and private hospitals, nursing, primary care, indigenous, aged and community care and multi-cultural services.
We invite authors to submit their research, projects, innovations, experiences, and learnings that will enable nurses and midwives to achieve increased confidence and capability in the use of digital health in their practice.
Our three themes are Digital professionalism, Data and information enabled care and Leadership and Advocacy.
Key Dates:
Call for Submissions Thursday 30 October 2025
Submissions close Friday 9 January 2026 11:59 pm AEST
Speaker notifications mid March 2026
Final papers and Speaker acceptance due Friday 20 March 2026 11:59 pm AEST
Speaker registration closes Friday 1 May 2026 11:59 pm AEST
Research Project Submission
Research project abstracts should clearly state the aim of the project, and the specific methods used to answer the research question/s. The abstract should highlight the key findings and conclusions, as well as a discussion on the significance of the results.
Accepted papers will be allocated a 10 minute presentation.
Nurses who have a research project but do not wish to publish this project should submit a short 3 page abstract to share with the audience.
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Paper Guidelines
- Maximum of three pages in length, including references
- Use the Research Project Abstract Template for submissions – Overview / Aim / Methods / Results / Conclusion
- A literature review is not required
- Students: typically have the mentor/teacher/guide as the senior author, as well as any other collaborators, mentors or authors
Case Study Submission
Case Study abstracts are a concise summary of a specific case study which highlights the case study’s focus and findings with a description, discussion and conclusion.
Accepted papers will be allocated a 10 minute presentation.
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Paper Guidelines
- Maximum of three pages in length, including references
- Use the Case Study Abstract Template for submissions – Overview / Case Overview / Discussion / Conclusion
- Please ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained, and you have written consent from the patient to present their case
- Before submitting this abstract, check if approval is required from your healthcare organisation’s research/ethics team
- Students: typically have the mentor/teacher/guide as the senior author, as well as any other collaborators, mentors or authors
Quality Improvement Submission
Quality Improvement abstracts should clearly state the aim of the initiative and the specific measures taken to enhance quality. The abstract should highlight the methods and interventions used to improve the quality of care or service, address the key findings and conclusions.
Accepted papers will be allocated a 10 minute presentation.
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Paper Guidelines
- Maximum of three pages in length, including references
- Use the Quality Improvement Abstract Template for submissions – Overview / Aim / Methods / Results / Conclusion
- Students: typically have the mentor/teacher/guide as the senior author, as well as any other collaborators, mentors or authors
Scientific Paper Submission
(Will be published in the Conference Proceedings and must be submitted via the CFP template as a full paper).Papers are descriptions of original research on the use of information methods, systems and technologies to improve the quality and safety of care, enhance care outcomes, promote patient-centred care, facilitate translational research, enable precision medicine, and improve education and skills in digital health.
Accepted papers will be allocated a 10 minute presentation in the concurrent program.
Nurses who are researchers or academics who wish to publish their projects should submit the full paper via the CFP template.
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Paper Guidelines
- Maximum of six pages in length, including references
- The following paper structure must be used: Abstract (300 words max), Keywords, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgements, References, and Address for Correspondence
- Students: typically have the mentor/teacher/guide as the senior author, as well as any other collaborators, mentors or authors
The abstract may be made available on the conference app. The paper may be published in IOS Press, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics unless selected for submission to the Applied Clinical Informatics Journal for consideration.
Tracks, Themes and Topics
Digital professionalism – encompassing the professional standards within the digital healthcare environment
- Creating the digital future for nurses and midwives
- Preparing the future nursing and midwifery workforce
- Digital literacy amongst nurses and midwives
- Protecting the providers and recipients of our care through digital security and privacy
- The scope of nursing and midwifery practice in a digital healthcare environment
- The consequences of digital poverty
- Digital identity and why it is so important to master
- Role of nursing/midwifery informatics in contributing to climate justice
Data and information enabled care – encompassing quality in the capture, creation, use, and analysis of clinical data
- Role of nurses and midwives in the management of data
- Translation of nursing and midwifery data to information, knowledge, and wisdom
- Data informed decision making
- Digital health governance
- New models of care in response to technology
- The impact of digital health on nursing/midwifery practice
- Data standardisation
Leadership and advocacy – encompassing the active involvement of nurses and midwives in leading digital health policy and vision
- Partnering with recipients of care/consumers about data collection, access, and use
- Educating colleagues and consumers about digital health initiatives
- Advocating for consumer access to digital health initiatives
- Championing the use of digital health technologies
- Influencing organisational and jurisdictional digital health strategies
- Advocating for digital initiatives at a local, national, and international level
- Promoting emerging digital health initiatives
- Leading the design, implementation, and evaluation of digital health technologies
- Changing roles of leaders and teams in digital health
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