Message from the Chair of HiNZ-NMI
Welcome to the next edition of the HiNZ-NMI newsletter
This edition has some information about the new data and digital structure at Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand. This information has kindly been forward to us by Dr Lara Hopley @lara , National Chief Clinical Informatics Officer. Lara is heading up a team of dedicated informaticians who are keen to progress this important mahi. I look forward to hearing more.
May is a month of meet ups! The NMI executive are meeting for our annual face to face meeting in Auckland and will hopefully share more with you then about our workshop at the Digital Health week in December. Many of us are also attending the HiNZ Leadership Summit - a few days of great discussions and catching up.
Enjoy this read.
Emma Collins (@emma.collins)
Chair of HiNZ Nursing & Midwifery Informatics Special Interest Group (HiNZ-NMI)
HiNZ-NMI Updates and News
Data and Digital at Te Whatu Ora Health NZ
The Data and Digital Team at Te Whatu Ora Health NZ encompasses a number of teams, all dedicated to ensuring the best health outcomes through an appropriate use of data and digital. An over view of the Data and Digital infrastructure looks like this:
One team within this structure is the Clinical Informatics team, lead by Lara Hopley. This team has a number of group managers nationwide who are leading clinical informatics and bringing people together.
This is a large team, representing clinicians from a wide range of disciplines and a varied background. This article on the HiNZ website, that you may have seen in the most recent @CiLN newsletter, profiles each of these people, their teams, and the work they do.
We are looking forward to seeing what this team delivers!
Short survey to complete
IMIA NI (International Medical Informatics Association, Nursing Informatics)in collaboration with EFMI NI (European Federation of Medical Informatics, Nursing Informatics) are planning a panel and a following paper exploring and discussing the topic âWill the introduction of digital technologies help the global nursing workforce crisisâ. This panel will be held at the IMIA NI congress in Manchester in July 2024.
Representatives from across the regions/ globally are addressing this from their own specific view point â given the differing contexts where nurses operate.
We kindly ask you to spread the survey in your country, to your NI colleagues. The survey can be reached here and consist of 2 questions.
Thank you for your contribution!
Kind regards
Dawn Dowding (IMIA NI, representative for the British Computer Society & Co-chair for the Scientific Committee, NI24)
Inge Cort Madsen (Chair of the EFMI Nursing Working Group)
Ann Kristin RotegÄrd (Chair IMIA NI)
New publications from the Nursing and Midwifery Community of Practice
Latest edition of the IMIA NI Newsletter.
In addition to the Special General Assemblies that were held in April, there will also be an IMIA General Assembly in Manchester at NI 2024.
Newsletter March 2024.pdf (311.4 KB)
Newsletter April 2024.pdf (335.6 KB)
Interesting Read
Classification of digital interventions, services and applications in health: a shared language to describe the uses of digital technology for health, 2nd ed.
World Health Organisation, 2023
This documents categorises the 'different ways in which digital health interventions used in digital applications and services are used to address individual and health sector needs and advance health goals." Overall, it is a shared language to describe the uses of digital technology for health. It is organised around health system challenges, digital health interventions and digital servics and application types. It is an interesting document to read and take note of.
Interesting Watch
This is an interesting short interview from the Dean of Nursing at University of Minnesota. This was filmed during the HIMSS conference earlier this year.
New Healthcare tech needs the nurseâs touch
âTechnology and informatics play a pivotal role in nursing, and nurses need to be in on the design and testing of new digital tools, says Connie White Delaney, dean and professor, University of Minnesota School of Nursingâ
You can watch the video here.
Learning & Development
Upcoming Events
National events
You might still be able to get a ticket for the Digital Health Leadership Summit next week!
Registration page
eHealth Nursing Workshop
Digital Health Week
December 3rd, 2024, Hamilton
We will be holding another workshop this year as a part of Digital Health Week.
There will be slots for papers and more information regarding this will be published here. Please start thinking now about presenting the amazing work that you do, at this forum.
International events
(as noted from International Medical Informatics Association: Nursing Informatics Special Interest Group)
- MedInfo24 is being held in Manchester, UK. The theme is âApplied nursing informatics: Innovations in the practice of nursing informaticsâ. The call for submissions is live!
Please let us know if you have any other news or events to share as a reply to this.
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.
Was this forwarded to you?
Join the eHealth Forum to receive it directly.
What is nursing informatics?
Nursing Informatics science and practice integrates nursing, its information and knowledge and their management with information and communication technologies to promote the health of people, families and communities world-wide.