HIMAA National Conference 2010

Call for Abstracts

 

Health Information: The Golden Thread in Health Reform

 

Health information is one of the essential building blocks of a strong health system. The conference aim is to explore how health information management is central to the healthcare reform agenda, in light of  “A Healthier Future For All Australians”; the final report from the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission.

The following three challenges, as articulated in the NHHRC report, are all opportunities for demonstrating the key role of health information management. The challenges are the key topics selected for the 2010 conference papers and have a number of sub-topics which can be used as a guide for abstract themes.

How to use information to redesign our health system to meet emerging challenges

        * Electronic Health Records - privacy, unique identifiers and the framework for eHealth
        * Activity based funding and Casemix
        * Change management for health reform

How to create an agile and self-improving health system for future generations by using
information

        * Improvements in safety and quality in healthcare
        * Accountability - health performance reporting and national performance indicators
        * Planning and educating a modern health information workforce
        * Clinical coding and data quality

How information can act as an enabler to tackle the major access and equity themes

        * Improving health information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
        * Information as a tool to connect and integrate health and aged care services
        * Integrating multidisciplinary primary health care services through information

 

 

How to submit an abstract

 

E-mail                   Abstracts can be sent to eo@himaa.org.au  as either .RTF or .DOC format.

 

Mail                       Please send a /CD/DVD with files saved as either .RTF or .DOC format and two hard copies of all documents to:

 

HIMAA 2010 Conference
C/- Chief Executive Officer

HIMAA
Locked Bag 2045
North Ryde NSW 1670
AUSTRALIA

 

Due date for accepting abstracts
Abstracts must be submitted by 30^th April 2010. All abstracts will be acknowledged by e-mail or  in writing.

 

Further Information

For further information on the submission of abstracts click here.