Message from the Chair of HiNZ-NMI
Welcome to the next edition of the HiNZ-NMI newsletter
This newsletter highlights a few events where we were able to meet up in person! It is always a delight to see everyone in this community and discuss topics around our shared passion of digital health within the nursing and midwifery context.
We are inviting you all to submit a short abstract to secure one of the speaking spots at the Nursing and Midwifery workshop on 3rd December. More details about this below.
Emma Collins (@emma.collins)
Chair of HiNZ Nursing & Midwifery Informatics Special Interest Group (HiNZ-NMI)
HiNZ-NMI Updates and News
HiNZ Digital Health Leadership Summit
This year’s leadership summit was two days of inspiring talks, vivid discussions and engaging networking. Congratulations to HiNZ on delivering another fantastic event.
Below is a summary of the two day’s put together by Carey Campbell and Emma Collins.
Leadership summit 2024.pdf (214.1 KB)
HiNZ NMI Group Meeting
Once a year we aim to meet face to face. This year we were hosted by Carey Campbell and the team at Orion. Thank you Orion for the wonderful hospitality.
Strategy and Planning workshop, 20 May 2024
It was an absolute pleasure hosting the dedicated team of nurses and midwives who lead the HiNZ Nursing & Midwifery Special Interest Group at Orion Health’s Auckland office. This annual ‘in person’ workshop was invaluable for advancing our current workplan, strategizing for the future and setting the scene for the Nursing & Midwifery extravaganza being held in December as part of Digital Health Week.
A huge thanks to the HiNZ team and Board for supporting us and for CEO Tim Corbett his invaluable contribution during our very productive session after lunch. HiNZ is in very capable hands, and we look forward to new initiatives coming up soon.
We are actively forging new relationships while cementing existing ones with nursing and midwifery professional organisations across the motu. This endeavour is crucial in promoting and solidifying our professions’ leadership in digital health at every level. Our focus is set on our upcoming workshop on Tuesday 3rd December in Hamilton titled “Amplifying the nursing & midwifery voice in digital health”.
Stay tuned for more details, and don’t forget to register now! We also encourage you to seriously consider submitting an abstract to present on the day.
Get ready for an unforgettable event - it’s going to be a blast!!!
Hira Update
Hira is the a National project putting in place the foundations for everyone in New Zealand being able to access their health information through My Health Record, as well as other innovative digital health projects.
Here is their latest update.
Hira update.pdf (477.8 KB)
If you would like to be added to their mailing list to receive these updates directly, please email: contact@tewhatuora.govt.nz
New publications from the Nursing and Midwifery Community of Practice
Latest edition of the IMIA NI Newsletter.
Newsletter May 2024.pdf (408.8 KB)
If you haven’t already, you can request to join their LinkedIn group here.
Interesting Read
"Providing compassionate care in a virtual context: Qualitative exploration of Canadian
primary care nurses’ experiences"
This article discusses virtual health care in the Primary Care context. It used semi-structured interviews with RN’s and Nurse Practitioners, and thematic analysis, to explore what is compassionate care and how this can be delivered through virtual healthcare. The results showed that there is work to be done in this area.
You can access the article here.
Rouleau G, Wu K, Parry M, Richard L, Desveaux L. Providing compassionate care in a virtual context: Qualitative exploration of Canadian primary care nurses’ experiences. DIGITAL HEALTH . 2024;10. doi:10.1177/20552076231224072
Interesting Listen
This podcast was initially delivered at Rewired - a Digital health event in the UK.
The session explored how digital is being approached from different areas of the community in the UK, including adult social care, GP, district nursing and primary care. The panellists highlight the main areas of the discussion in Birmingham that resonated with them and their key takeaways, before explaining how work from a national perspective will support the increase of CNIOs in community settings, of which there are only six currently. The trio then discuss the benefits of digital nursing networks, and each give their take on what is next in terms of leading and driving change in community nursing.
Digital Health Unplugged: Community nursing - nursing in the digital age.
Learning & Development
Upcoming Events
National events
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.
The theme for this year is “Amplifying the nursing and midwifery voice in digital health”.
To be considered for one of the 15 min speaking slots that are available, please submit a 700 word abstract, in MS word format, to roseanne.sadd@toiohomai.ac.nz
Please include the title, name and affiliations of the writers. Please also state who will be there to present, if that is different from the named authors.
Preference will be given to abstracts that demonstrate the nursing and midwifery voice in amplifying these professions within digital health, as is our theme.
The closing date is 2nd August, 2024 and you will know the outcome before 30th August. Although the dates are different, please follow the HiNZ Digital Health week guidelines.
International events
(as noted from International Medical Informatics Association: Nursing Informatics Special Interest Group)
- MedInfo24 is being held in Manchester, UK. The theme is ‘Applied nursing informatics: Innovations in the practice of nursing informatics’.
NMiDH (as part of HIC 2024), Brisbane
The Nursing Midwifery in Digital Health Conference (#NMiDH24), Australia’s only dedicated nursing and midwifery informatics event will be on Saturday 3 August 2024 with dedicated optional workshops (Data Analytics or Digital Health Careers) on Sunday 4 August at the Brisbane Convention Centre before the larger Health Innovation Community (HIC) conference (5-7 August).
The call for submissions is still open, so if you’re keen to present, grab the opportunity now. If you’re successful, you’ll join our own Carey Campbell as a speaker.
Further information here: https://digitalhealth.org.au/hic/nursing-midwifery-in-digital-health-conference/
Please let us know if you have any other news or events to share as a reply to this post.
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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