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HIMAA invites the submission of abstracts for its 2005 National
Conference.
The theme of the
conference is See - Change, with the broad topic areas being the
changing employment environment of Health Information Managers (e.g.
involvement in population health) and change management (personal,
professional and organisational).
iSOFT will be
providing a generous award for the best presentation, as voted by the
conference delegates.
Criteria for
Selection
Paper selection for oral presentation will be made by the Conference
Editorial Committee.
Criteria for selection will include innovation and relevance, and items
of professional interest. The Committee is seeking contributions which
will provide participants with both practical information and newly
researched findings.
Important
information for intending authors
Submissions for inclusion in the Conference program should comply
with the following criteria. Please follow these criteria carefully, as
papers that do not include all details cannot be accepted.
Papers should be
original, and the author's own work. Work which has been previously
published or presented must include details of when and where presented
and may be included at the discretion of the committee. All submitted
manuscripts must be complete and legible. All manuscripts are to be
submitted in English.
What to include when
submitting an abstract
The following information must be submitted with each abstract:
Author/s
- Name of principal
author. Family name should be shown in bold.
- Please include your
title Names of all contributing authors.
- Name of author's
organisation.
- Full mailing
address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail address.
- Brief (100 word)
c.v. for each author
The Presentation
Title of presentation An abstract of not more than 300 words
References / Acknowledgements and Contact Details
Categories of
Presentation Papers will be sourced from a wide range of topics, however
authors are encouraged (but not limited to) submitting papers based
around the following conference themes: 1. The Changing Role of Health
Information Managers 2. Managing Health Information in Disaster
Situations 3. E-Health and the Health Information Manager 4. Leadership
and Communication- the HIM role 5. Change Management for Information
Management 6. Educating / Mentoring the HIM workforce
How to submit an
abstract
E-mail.
Abstracts can be sent to EO@himaa.org.au
Attachments are to be formatted in MIME, and must be saved as either
.RTF or .DOC format.
Mail.
Please send a 3.5" diskette with files saved as either .RTF or .DOC
format and two hard copies of all documents to:
HIMAA 2005
Conference
Editorial Committee
Locked Bag 2045
North Ryde
NSW 1670
AUSTRALIA
Due date for
accepting abstracts
Abstracts must be submitted by 29th April 2005. All abstracts will
be acknowledged by e-mail or in writing.
Notification of
acceptance
Authors will be notified in writing of the result of their
submission by May 2005. Notification will include advice regarding
acceptance for oral presentation; allotted duration for oral
presentations and preliminary information (which is subject to change)
about the session time for the presentation. At this time, authors will
be offered the opportunity to revise the paper/abstract. Upon
acceptance, authors will also be advised about submitting full-text
copies of their presentation for publication in the Conference
Proceedings. HIMAA reserves the right to publish all accepted papers in
the HIM Journal.
Costs
Successful presenters are advised that they are responsible for
meeting all costs associated with attending the conference, and the
presentation of their paper.
Inquiries: Mr.
Robert Blue. Executive Officer or e-mail EO@himaa.org.au |
