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Dr Evelyn Hovenga and Heather Grain’s paper was anounced as one of the top 6 papers at this year’s International Medical Informatics Conference – MedInfo held in Sao Paulo in Brazil. The paper is titled “An Information Paradigm Shift is Required to Realise EHR Benefits”. It’s published in the Medinfo2015 Proceedings.
eHE in collaboration with the Global eHealth Collaborative (GeHCO) is building the health specific version of this well known international program. If you are interested in participating or undertaking this program, please contact ICDL@gehco.org
eHE has joined the not for profit organisation Global eHealth Collaborative (www.gehco.org) and will be contributing to national and international projects in collaboration with other eHealth organisations.
Heather Grain presented a webinar to an audience of over 30 attendees from South America which was hosted by HL7 Brazil. The lecture included an introduction to SNOMED CT and the relationship to information models and the Clinical Knowledge Manager as well as an update on the HL7 Terminology Authority processes and practices for Affilliates and Working Groups. The presentation was taped and will be made available by HL7 Brazil.
eHealth Education has recently completed its RTO audit and were given 5 years ongoing registration (the maximum time period given). We would like to thank all of our tutors, developers, staff and students and congratulate you all for this excellent outcome. Click here to see our new Certificate of Registration
The Board of CHIA met following the HIC14 conference in Melbourne. The Board includes members of ACHI (Australasian College of Health Informatics), HISA and HIMAA. Quality control processes for certification examination are now in development. H. Grain of EHE is a member of the certification Board.
eHE’s Prof. Evelyn Hovenga is delivering a Post Conference Workshop – The Business Case for EHRs: Ensuring Returns on Your Investment.
20th June, 2014 – Singapore
The workshop will include:
www.electronichealthasia.com/agenda
A new program is now available to support solo or remote coders, or those who have recently graduated or returned to coding. Full details
A. Prof Grain with other conference participants
A. Prof Heather Grain was a key note speaker last week at the International Conference on Instrumentation, communications, Information Technology and Biomedical Engineering (ICICI-BME) 2013 conference held in Bandang, Indonesia. She was asked to speak about eHealth and presented a paper on the issues for decision makers and the need for innovation to meet diverse needs and diverse infrastructure capacity as seen in developing countries. ICICI-BME_2011_paper_format H.Grain