


Healthcare solutions in global challenge
HISA members were in attendance at the finals of the Global Business Challenge 2016 last week in Brisbane. GB2016 is a global business case competition aimed at developing solutions to global problems. It is a joint initiative of QUT, UQ and Griffith Universities supported this year by AusIndustry, Queensland Health and HISA as government and [...]
Announcing “A new informatics geography” webinar
HISA is thrilled to have Professor Enrico Coiera presenting via webinar “A new informatics geography” on Tuesday 17 May at 1:00pm. His presentation will recap his acceptance speech given at MEDINFO 2015 in Brazil, where he was awarded the Francois Gremy Award of Excellence by the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) – the highest award [...]
HIC 2015 Award Winners
The HIC 2015 Awards were announced at the Gala Dinner on the Tuesday evening during HIC. IT was a hotly contested field again, with the following well-deserving recipients below. HISA Awards Joan Edgecumbe Scholarship – Natalie Page, Macquarie University Media Award – Jenny Brockie, SBS TV – “Saving Health” Jon Hilton Award – Primary Care [...]
Hacking Health winners
This year HIC hosted the first ever Hacking Health (HH) hackathon in Australia. Developed in collaboration with the international Hacking Health founders in Canada, the event encouraged multi-disciplinary teams to work on healthcare related problems and come up with creative solutions. Collaboration, sharing and networking between developer teams and experienced business and technology mentors, health [...]