Message from the Chair of HiNZ-NMI
Welcome to the next edition of the HiNZ-NMI newsletter
The eHealth Nursing and Midwifery day for 2024 has been and gone. It was a resounding success. Carey Campbell and Elf Eggiman have reflected on this day below. For me it was a day of inspiration and thoughtful discussions.
We also held our AGM on this day. We farewelled two members of our executive - Anna Zafra and Sally Britnell. Sally has been a long term member of this exec and has contributed significantly over the years. She is a big loss to the exec but we know where to find her! Ana departed earlier this year to start a family. We wish them all the very best.
We welcomed two new members to our executive - Pippin Morrison (Southern Cross Healthcare) and Ali Forshaw (AUT). We look forward to working with them.
This is an absolutely packed newsletter where a lot of success is celebrated.
The HiNZ NMI day for 2025 is in Christchurch on November 25th - lock in the date now!
Emma Collins (@emma.collins)
Chair of HiNZ Nursing & Midwifery Informatics Special Interest Group (HiNZ-NMI)
HiNZ-NMI Updates and News
##eHealth Nursing and Midwifery day, 3rd December 2024
@Carey @elf
What a great way to end the year, catching up in person with colleagues at the Nursing & Midwifery workshop in Kirikiriroa, Hamilton as part of Health Informatics NZ (HiNZ) Digital Health Week.
Being on the same day as the NZNO public sector nurses’ strike was ironic and bittersweet. Acknowledgement of this was made and much aroha was felt in the room with messages of support spoken strongly and loudly aligning with the theme of the day “Amplifying the nursing and midwifery voice in digital health”. And amplify we did! From the first keynote right through the whole day – and into the next 2 days at the full HINZ conference. Nurses and midwives turned up the volume and spoke well – proudly with courage, conviction and clearly demonstrating we, the largest combined health professions, get things done…the backbone of our health system – all 85,000+ of us.
80 nurses and midwives were in the room to experience presentations and panel sessions from challenges to the status quo, to implementing digital solutions that work, to the realities of leading change and the honesty of when things don’t go so well. The professionalism, enthusiasm and camaraderie was palpable – a juxtaposition to these challenging times.
Here are Elf’s reflections on some of the specific presentations in the day:
A political start to the day with Dr Sue Adams – national co-lead EN/NO workforce programme – senior lecturer and researcher. Sue spoke of the neo-liberalisation of the political state and the current state of history which has been by male gendered medical hegemony. Her message was clear – the autonomy of knowledge that the nursing and midwifery body holds is simply not recognised; has it ever been? Sue acknowledged the current political stressors within the system, the drastic cuts and the impact on peoples lives. A lively Q&A followed – with a substantial volume of interesting questions.
The message was clear – we are the largest combined workforce – we have the power.
Jen Chesbrough
Jen gave a presentation on enacting te Tiriti in digital health. In this presentation Jen helped us all to think about how we are using data through the lens of te Tiriti. It provided a lot of food for thought particularly in relation to kāwanatanga, tino rangatiratanga, and oritetanga (equity).
Michelle Honey and Emma Collins
A lively discussion on AI in education. What is it, how do you use it and what should we be considering when we are using it. These seasoned presenters gave a fascinating and engaging talk on all things AI – but predominantly based on AI in nursing education.
What are the ethics that stand behind it, what are the things we could be using in our working environment, what the key things for nurses, midwives, students, health consumers. The enduring message – should we be leveraging AI?
Isabella Smart
Riveting presentation on the establishment of a contemporaneous, longitudinal practice development, bringing equity, accessible, gold standard and importantly multi-disciplinary care in the context of maternity services. The story of how Counties Manukau took the lessons developed during covid and moved them forward. Because quote – we didn’t want to go backwards. It is the story of contemporary practice, one that meets the person and the clinicians caring for the person – at the centre of care. This story is gold standard and is quite possibly the standard of care that the other branches of clinical delivery need to be able to meet.
Carey Campbell
Just a Nurse/Midwife
An exceptional performance from our very own Carey. And it was a performance. The art of giving a lively, entertaining and thoughtful presentation. I think it can be said that Carey has truly mastered the art of the presentation.
The gist of the presentation is that Nurses and Midwives need to stop using the J word. Just. We are everything but ‘just’ and we need to acknowledge the amazing work that we do. It is only from our own acknowledgment of our own power that we are able to take and shape ourselves moving forward.
Start thinking about your presentation for 2025 in Christchurch now! We will be providing another action-packed day and we want you to be involved. Circle 25 November in your diary now!!!
Health NZ Reset
There was a lot of korero at the recent Digital Health week HiNZ conference about the Health NZ reset and in particular how this has impact on the Data and Digital space and workforce. The eHealth forum is providing multiple ways for people to express their concerns regarding this. Please consider contributing to one of the options below in regards to using the eHealth forum to have your say.
We welcome challenging discussions about the Health NZ Reset, via:
- the Tag healthnz-reset (posting in either in Public or General)
- posting anonymously in HNZ Reset (Anon)
- ephemeral chat in The Reset - ephemeral
Terms of Reference
The HiNZ Nursing and Midwifery Special Interest Group Terms of Reference were recently updated to reflect a better commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. You can read these
HiNZ-NM_I TOR 2024.pdf (124.3 KB)
and they will be updated on our website soon.
Thank you to exec member Jen Chesbrough for your leadership and guidance in this space.
Nelson Nurse wins the Clinical Informatics Award, 2024
Lisa Knowles is a nurse manager for the Nelson Marlborough District Nursing service and has been acknowledged for her work implementing the District Nurse PMS across the region and the south island.
You can read more about Lisa’s nomination here and the CILN award here
From all of us in the Nursing and Midwifery SIG, Congratulations!
Honorary members
Each year at the HiNZ eHealth Nursing and Midwifery day we like to pay tribute to people who have contribute to the field of informatics over time. Our terms of reference state that an honorary membership of HINZ-NMI may be conferred from time to time, as proposed by the HINZ-NMI Executive and ratified by the membership and that this is conferred in recognition of services to Nursing and Midwifery Informatics.
This year we bestowed honorary membership to Sally Britnell and Karen Day for their significant contribution to nursing informatics over a long period of time. We thank them both for their service.
You can read about other honorary members here.
Robyn Carr Cup
The Robyn Carr Cup has been awarded since 2010 to encourage nurses in the informatics field and in recognition of work carried out to further the goals and achievements of nursing informatics. Robyn Carr is one of the five nurses who organised New Zealand’s first nursing informatics conference in 1991. She went on to become the International Chair of the Nursing Informatics Special Group of the International Medical Informatics Association Nursing Informatics Special Interest Group (IMIA NI).
The Robyn Carr Cup for Excellence in Nursing Informatics is awarded annually at the eHealth Nursing & Midwifery (NMI) event, during Digital Health Week NZ. The award recognises sustained support of nursing and midwifery informatics in New Zealand and acknowledges the central role nurses and midwives have had, and continue to have, in supporting the profession, each other and the wider interests of the health informatics community.
This year the cup was awarded to Emma Collins.
In 2016 Emma first attended a HiNZ event, the eHealth Nursing Day and has continued her involvement since then, serving on the Executive for the Nursing Informatics Group, and now as Chair of HiNZ NMI group – and she has been an excellent leader. Of note, under Emma’s leadership the Nursing Informatics Group has become the Nursing and Midwifery Informatics Group.
Emma collaborated on a project related to nursing informatics competencies, which resulted in the publication of nursing informatics competencies specific to New Zealand. Since that initial work Emma has undertaken a national surveys exploring NZ nurses use of information and communication technologies; and was subsequently invited to join a multi-country international collaboration. Emma has made significant contributions to the success of each project.
Apart from her leadership, one of Emma’s most commendable traits is her capacity to function effectively both as an individual contributor and as a valuable member of a team. She displays teamwork skills through readily collaborating with others, while also taking the initiative and working independently on specific endeavors. Emma has also contributed internationally to IMIA events, such as MedInfo, and was on the Scientific Programme Committee for NI2024. At NI2024 in Manchester Emma took over as NZ Rep for IMIA NI.
Emma displays leadership and commitment to furthering the interests of informatics for nurses and midwives in NZ and internationally.
Emma was incredibly humbled to receive this award.
TIGER - Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform - Global Community
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society - HIMSS - is excited to relaunch the HIMSS Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) Global Community, a vibrant initiative uniting informatics professionals to advance global health. This community builds on the legacy of the TIGER Interprofessional Community and the TIGER International Taskforce (TITF), bringing together global informatics and industry thought leaders and experts to drive innovation and share knowledge.
What’s new:
- Shift focus to developing informatics education resources instead of curriculum.
- Integrate the TIGER Global Community into HIMSS Clinical Informatics portfolio.
- Initiate collaboration between TIGER Liaisons and HIMSS Communities to co-develop and distribute new assets and deliverables.
- Promote equitable access to health informatics education in line with HIMSS initiatives.
The HiNZ NMI group are lucky to have @roseanne.sadd (Executive member) who is our representative on TIGER. Any updates or information will come to you, via this newsletter, or please reach out to Roseanne.
New publications from the Nursing and Midwifery Community of Practice
Latest edition of the IMIA NI Newsletter.
Newsletter November 2024.pdf (372.6 KB)
Newsletter December 2024.pdf (281.9 KB)
If you haven’t already, you can request to join their LinkedIn group here.
Upcoming Events
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About HiNZ-NMI
The HiNZ nursing & midwifery informatics special interest group (HiNZ-NMI) supports the development of nursing informatics in New Zealand. HiNZ-NMI meets on the eHealth Forum and publishes a free eNewsletter with digital health updates of relevance to nurses.
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