HIMAA Conference Scientific Chair – Academic and Scientific Chair – Industry 2024 EOI closes Mon 31/7/23

The national HIMAA Conference is our flagship Health Information Management event, receiving local and international recognition for its high calibre speakers, quality content and value-for-money professional development offering for members and the wider industry. The 2024 Conference will be held in Melbourne, and we are looking to recruit two key roles in the Conference Committee… Continue reading HIMAA Conference Scientific Chair – Academic and Scientific Chair – Industry 2024 EOI closes Mon 31/7/23

Global Specialist Digital Health Workforce Census closes 31/7/23

Are you part of the specialist digital health workforce? Are you responsible for health data, information, knowledge, or technology? Be part of the census that captures the vital information about this workforce. This information is used by government, academia, peak bodies, and industry to identify workforce growth, emerging roles, and career pathways, forecast future workforce… Continue reading Global Specialist Digital Health Workforce Census closes 31/7/23

HIMAA QLD Night of Networking

Date: Friday 25th August 2023 Time: 6:00 – 9:00pm Focus: Annual mid-year HIMAAQ social catchup as part of the HIMAAQ Mentoring Program Venue: The Black Market Albion, 35 – 37 Collingwood St, Albion, 4010 QLD Getting there: Street parking is available along Collingwood Street and Fox Street along Crosby Park Catering: Food at own expenses.… Continue reading HIMAA QLD Night of Networking

NSW Private Hospitals Community of Practice (CoP) EOI closes 28/7/23

An exciting opportunity has opened up to lead the NSW Private Hospitals Community of Practice (CoP) as the new Chair. The Convenor for all Communities of Practice must be a current member of HIMAA. The CoP is looking for a new Chair following the resignation of Joanne Moss from this position due to increased work commitments,… Continue reading NSW Private Hospitals Community of Practice (CoP) EOI closes 28/7/23

SAVE THE DATE: HIMAA NSW Branch PD Event

Date: Monday 25th September 2023 Time: 12 noon to 3:30pm Focus: Professional Development sessions with guest speakers and networking Venue: NSW Ministry of Health, 1 Reserve Road St Leonards Getting there: Parking available and close to public transport Catering: Lunch and afternoon tea provided Capacity: Limited to 50 attendees Registration: Opening soon, with further details… Continue reading SAVE THE DATE: HIMAA NSW Branch PD Event

From the CEO’s Desk

It is a privilege to be Interim CEO of HIMAA and I thank everyone for their congratulatory remarks and support as I join HIMAA in this important role and time in the profession’s history to keep the momentum of the Association going during the CEO transition. For those of you who I have not met… Continue reading From the CEO’s Desk

Privacy Matters

Privacy and Security Community of Practice article   I   Cassandra Jordan A Community of Practice (COP) was convened on Friday 30 June 2023. The topic of “Artificial Intelligence” was raised, and a robust discussion followed on areas such as ChatGPT and Chatbot. A member from Tasmania, involved in preparing a talk on AI/Generative Chat for their… Continue reading Privacy Matters

Membership Matters

At a time when many of our members have recently renewed their membership for the new financial year, we would like to thank you for your continued support, which we greatly appreciate. If your membership lapsed on 30 June 2023, you still have the opportunity to log in now to access your renewal invoice and… Continue reading Membership Matters

Latest from HIMJ

Four new papers were published in HIMJ in July …   Research article  Alpha NSW: What would it take to create a state-wide paediatric population-level learning health system? Michael Hodgins, Nora Samir, Susan Woolfenden, Nan Hu, Francisco Schneuer, Natasha Nassar, Raghu Lingam July 7, 2023 | OnlineFirst The lack of integration between high-quality data, analytic… Continue reading Latest from HIMJ

HIM Student under the Spotlight

Jed Castle, La Trobe Student – Bachelor of Health Information Management  What are your background and interests and how did these lead to your enrolment in the in Bachelor of HIM? Are you currently working? If so, what are you doing? I am a born and bred Geelong boy by heart, growing up down by the… Continue reading HIM Student under the Spotlight