Contact Details
Health Informatics Society of Australia Ltd (HISA) ABN 80 097 598 742
Phone: 613-9388-0555
Fax: 613-9388-2086
Address: 413 Lygon Street Brunswick East Victoria, Australia, 3057
Email: hisa@hisa.org.au
Chief Executive Officer: Brendan Lovelock
HEALTH IT NEWS
HISA has collected and filtered a broad range of Health and IT news feeds to bring you the latest in Health IT news, updated every hour.
Click on the links below to go to our general Health IT news site or to one of the Special Interest Group News sites.
If you want to see the information feeds that make up our news aggregator just click on the link below.
We encourage you to add a link to the aggregator if you think we are missing an important news site.
HISA members can access the complete set of news databases through the News Aggregator link that appears in the navigation menu after they sign on.
If you want to read the latest HISA newsletter just click on the link below:
Nominations will soon be called to fill 4 positions on the HISA Board. Nominations will open on Monday 7th July and will close on Monday 28th July. If there are more than 4 valid nominations then an election will be held during the HISA Annual General Meeting in Melbourne on 1st September.
The call for Board nominations and the nomination form can be downloaded by clicking on the appropriate hyperlink below:
If an election is required then details of candidates, and information on proxy voting, will be sent prior to the AGM.
For further information on standing for the Board please contact the HISA secretary - marcus.wise@aanet.com.au or the returning officer david@project.net.au
The Coalition for eHealth (CeH) now has its own website at www.ceh.net.au . Visit the website the see an overview of the CeH, the consensus statement and the expanding CeH membership list. In the future this site will be used to communicate the key activities of the Coalition.
HISA has worked with the Australian Healthcare and Hospital Association (AHHA) to develop a position paper on short to medium term projects in Health Information Management following a request from the Australian Minister's Office.
Michael Legg (HISA President) led the roundtable of over 20 industry and academic experts in eHealth. Michael Legg, David More and Richard Dixon-Hughes used the roundtable contributions to develop the position statement that was delivered by Michael and the team to the Minister's Office and senior Government officers in an AHHA briefing session on Monday 21st April 2008.
Click here to download your copy of this important discussion paper.
HISA has released its vision for Australian eHealth.
The document is entitled "A Vision for an Australian
Healthcare System
Transformed by Health Informatics". It establishes a vision, assesses the current position and provides a start for a national eHealth plan.
The document discusses the strategic alignment of Australian healthcare in this area, together with the accelerators for moving forward and the issues that could restrict our progress. This report represents the contributions from a large and broad group of those involved in healthcare with extensive knowledge of the eHealth domain.
Click here to download a full copy of the report.
Click here to download the executive summary.
Also we would welcome further comment and discussion on this topic, just email Brendan Lovelock at brendan.lovelock@hisa.org.au
The Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA) would like to invite you to the inaugural national conference, Health Privacy Futures - HPF'08, in Brisbane on the 10th and 11th of November.
Health privacy is a key foundation of Australia's transition to a safer and more efficient health system. This conference looks to bring together healthcare providers, consumers and Australia's leading privacy experts, to bring clarity and definition to this critical issue.
To find out more go to the health privacy website at www.healthprivacy.org.au
Click on the links below to see the latest press articles referencing HISA and our activities.
Key health body backs unified system
The Age, April 21, 2008
Shake-up for National e-Health Planner
The Australian
April 1, 2008
Too Much Haste Not Good for EHealth
Australian Financial Review
February 15, 2008
Move for Better Electronic Health
Australian Financial Review
February 14, 2008
HISA Calls For eHealth Plan, Workforce Reform, IHE Support
Pulse+IT Magazine
February 1, 2008
E-health funding urgent
The Australian IT News
January 22, 2008
Australia's e-health in dire straits
The Australian IT News
January 18, 2008
e-Health Players Devour NEHTA Report
MIS Online (Australian Financial Review)
December 20, 2007
E-health fails as election issue
The Australian
November 20, 2007
Labor mum on e-health plans
The Australian
November 14, 2007
Politicians ignoring e-Health
6minutes,
November 13, 2007
AMIA Announces Plans to Take Training Program Global,
Chicago Health IT World,
November 13, 2007
Outdated medical system threatening lives
ABC 7:30 Report,
October 3, 2007
Reporter's Notebook: From the Land Down Under
Digital HealthCare Productivity,
September 5, 2007
Warning on e-health expertise
The Australian
August 7, 2007
Doctors Query e-Health Benefits
The Financial Review
August 7, 2007
Join HISA and become part of the growing voice for the advancement of eHealth in Australia. Just click on the link below and go straight to our online membership application system.
You can also download the HISA membership brochure by clicking here
HIC, HISA's annual eHealth conference will be held in 2008 from Sunday August 31st through to Tuesday September 2nd.
This year's theme is "The Person in the Centre" and the conference will focus on the changing role of consumers and providers in healthcare and the systems that support them.
This is an exciting time for innovation in ehealth and an opportunity for great transition. The HIC08 conference will have streams that will interest health consumers, clinicians, academics industry technologists and vendors.
Click on the "HIC'08 Invitation" button above to download the latest information on the conference Keynotes, program, accomodation and everything you need to know to organise your conference attendance.
