HISA Checks Up On Health Informatics In Australia. Interesting.

This appeared last week:Clinical Informatics in Australia: A temperature checkOct 30, 2017 | Clinical informatics, Digital healthClinical governance emerged as a key priority in our recent survey of the HISA Clinical Informatics Community of Practice. More than half of the respondents said clinical governance for implementing systems or process changes was a priority for the coming year. The survey was a temperature check on the state of clinical informatics and organised by HISA for the Community of Practice.Nearly half of the 150 members of the Community of Practice responded (48.7%)Around 80% were mid to late-career, primarily working in public hospitals (50.94%) and 33% of respondents had a clinical background. Most live on the east coast of Australia (NSW, Qld, VIC)Nearly half (49%) of respondents were from organisations that already had an EMR in operation, with another 37.3% progressing towards it (in either procurement planning or ... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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