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What’s on offer
Kate Renzenbrink RN, CHIA
Join a growing community with a shared vision of ‘Healthier lives, digitally enabled’
Joining the Institute gives individual and organisational members opportunities to connect more, learn more and share more all while working together to represent a unified and influential voice for the progression of digital health and health informatics.
When you join the Institute you get a network of diverse people from across the sector, access to valuable industry content and tools to continually develop your career. You also receive member discounts on becoming a Certified Health Informatician (CHIA), attendance at Australasia’s premier digital health and health informatics conference and on-demand learning opportunities.
The Australasian Institute of Digital Health accepts Fellowship applications from leading health informatics and digital health practitioners. Fellowship of the Institute recognises outstanding professional accomplishment in digital health and health informatics. You will hold the highest membership level of the Institute, acknowledging your education, experience and the impact you make on the health sector.
New Zealand residents who are members of Health Informatics New Zealand are encouraged to apply for Fellowship of the Institute. AIDH and its New Zealand counterpart HINZ have worked in close collaboration for many years on health informatics developments, networking and conference support. The Institute promotes membership of New Zealand’s peak professional informatics body.
Become a Fellow of the Institute
Become a CHIA
Register for CHIA and join AIDH as a full (Individual) member and save $100 off membership for the first year!
Membership categories
All memberships are valid until 31st March of the following year.
| FELLOW | $527 |
| ASSOCIATE FELLOW | $424 |
| INDIVIDUAL | $369 |
| STUDENT / CONCESSION / RETIRED | $92 |
Prices are per year and inclusive of GST.
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Member benefits
Member Benefits
| Member feature | FAIDH | AFAIDH | Individual (most popular) | Student (full-time student only) | Retired (retirees who are current AIDH members) | Concessional (government health care card holders) | Corporate nominee | Academic nominee |
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| Price | $527 | $424 | $369 | $92 | $92 | $92 | Paid by organisation | Paid by institution |
| Opportunities to network/contact other members | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| FREE attendance to Branch events | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Discounted newsletter job adverts | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| Member newsletter | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Access to members-only content | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Access to members-only networking | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Access to Digital Health TV | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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Discounts to the AIDH Bookshop(save up to 40%) |
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| FREE subscription to Pulse+IT Magazine valued at $99 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Only 5 each for institution |
| Receive special offers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Discounts to AIDH conferences | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Nominate and vote for Branch Committee | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Only 1 from each organisation | Only 1 from each institution |
| Nominate and vote for AIDH Board | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| Discount off CHIA (certification) valued at $115 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| Discount off CHIA Text Book valued at $90 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
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| UPGRADE | UPGRADE |
- Networking and connecting – local branch and national virtual networking programs along with leading conferences, and targeted networks to connect with a community of 30,000+ likeminded digital health and health informatics leaders and peers.
- Recognition and priority access – be recognised as a leader in your field with Fellowship (FAIDH), Associate Fellowship (AFAIDH), certification (CHIA) and leadership programs. Plus, receive member discounts and priority access to products and publications.
- Leading and learning – sharpen competencies with in-person, online and on demand learning opportunities, including attending conferences and events facilitated and presented by innovative leaders and emerging professionals. Plus, get unrestricted online access to more than 300 hours of video content on digital health and health informatics through Digital Health TV
- Contributing and volunteering – develop leadership skills, influence the agenda and help transform digital health and health informatics by joining an AIDH Committee or board, present at events, contribute to writing papers or write blogs and content for members.
- News and views – Receive a Pulse+ IT subscription providing you with an all access pass to hundreds of articles each month on the latest news and developments in the health and digital health sector.
Fellow
HIGHEST RANKING
$527 per year
Added benefits
- Prestigious Fellowship acknowledges seniority – highest membership level of the Institute, recognising your outstanding professional accomplishment in digital health and health informatics
- Postnominals FAIDH
- Membership of the Fellowship Alumni
- Nominate and vote for the Institute Branch Committee
- Nominate and vote for the Institute National Board
Learn how to join AIDH as a Fellow here.
Individual
MOST POPULAR
$369 per year
Added benefits
- Nominate and vote for the Institute Branch Committee
- Nominate and vote for the Institute National Board
Associate Fellow
BESTOWED BY INSTITUTE
$424 per year
Added benefits
- Recognition of your seniority and digital health expertise
- Postnominals AFAIDH
- Membership of the Fellowship Alumni
- Nominate and vote for the Institute Branch Committee
- Nominate and vote for the Institute National Board
Learn how to join AIDH as an Associate Fellow here.
Concessional
$92 per year
STUDENTS
Students must provide proof of full-time enrolment, making sure it clearly shows status as full-time. Students obtain all individual member benefits.
Added benefits
- Nominate and vote for the Institute Branch Committee
- Nominate and vote for the Institute National Board
CONCESSION
Concession members must hold a government healthcare card and provide a valid copy upon registration. No voting rights & cannot be elected onto the board or committees, and no CHIA exam and textbook discounts, but receive other benefits as per individual membership.
RETIRED AND 65+
Retired members are retirees who have been individual members for the past 2 years. Please email [email protected] and request to change your current membership. Retired members obtain all individual member benefits.
Added benefits
- Nominate and vote for the Institute Branch Committee
- Nominate and vote for the Institute National Board
If you wish to upgrade your membership status to Fellow or Associate Fellow please review the eligibility criteria and follow the application steps on the Fellowship page.
About your membership
- The membership year runs from 1 April to 31 March, full membership fees apply upon joining.
- Pro-rata membership rates will apply to members joining between 1 September and 16 December 2023.
- Membership will be valid until 31 March 2024 for members joining between 16 December and 31 March 2023.
- Memberships are not refundable, unused entitlements cannot be transferred. Review our membership types carefully before selecting.