Message from the Chair of HiNZ-NMI
Welcome to the next edition of the HiNZ-NMI newsletter
Digital Health Week is almost here! Once again this is going to be an exciting few days of presentations, networking and inspiration. If you haven’t registered yet, please do so here. Our workshop has panel discussions to get us all thinking about how we are able to visualise and articulate digital health in our daily practice, as well as hear from industry leaders. You will feel inspired by the work people are doing and make some great connections. Looking forward to seeing you all there.
If you have an Allied Health colleague, please point them in the direction of the eAllied Health Workshop - also on Tuesday 3rd December. Their focus for the workshop is: ‘With a key focus in health around clinician led change, how do we become the drivers of digital innovation?’ Your Allied Health colleagues can register for this workshop here.
Emma Collins (@emma.collins)
Chair of HiNZ Nursing & Midwifery Informatics Special Interest Group (HiNZ-NMI)
HiNZ-NMI Updates and News
Data Governance
By Jen Chesbrough
As nurses and midwives with an interest or working in digital health it is important that we are aware of Data Governance in general. Working in Aotearoa New Zealand we are fortunate that Te Kāhui Raraunga are able to provide us with a resource for why data governance is important to Māori. Te Mana Raraunga / Māori Data Sovereignty has created a Māori Data Governance Model that can be found here.
“This report describes the Māori Data Governance Model that has been designed by Māori data experts for use across the Aotearoa New Zealand public service. Māori data is a taonga that requires culturally grounded models of protection and care. The Model provides guidance for the system-wide governance of Māori data, consistent with the Government’s responsibilities under te Tiriti o Waitangi. The Model is intended to assist all agencies to undertake Māori data governance in a way that is values-led, centred on Māori needs and priorities, and informed by research. This is important because existing government data processes and practices are failing to meet Māori informational needs.”
Te Mana Raraunga are also part of the Global Indigenous Data Alliance, reflecting the need for Data Sovereignty is necessary for all indigenous cultures.
The aim of the Global Indigenous Data Alliance is to progress International Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Indigenous Data Governance in order to advance Indigenous control of Indigenous Data. Objectives include:
- Advancing Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance
- Asserting Indigenous Peoples rights and interests in data
- Advocating for data for the self-determined well-being of Indigenous Peoples
- Reinforcing the rights to engage in decision-making in accordance with Indigenous values and collective interests
International Pronouns Day
By Jen Chebrough
Wednesday 16 October was International Pronouns Day. You will notice that some Patient Administrative Systems (PAS) have the ability to record this information. This information is important as it provides staff the ability refer to a patients in regard to their gender identity. It allows for greater information about the patients identity. You only know a person’s pronouns if they tell you. For this reason, when introducing yourself include your pronouns. In the pronouns below I have included the Māori gender-neutral pronoun ‘ia’. Many languages also include gender-neutral pronouns and use these as default.
The most common personal pronouns for Aotearoa New Zealand are:
He/him/his: Male pronouns
She/her/hers: Female pronouns
They/them/theirs: Gender-neutral group and singular pronouns
Ia: Māori Gender-neutral pronouns
There are many other pronouns not yet used here such as:
Ze/zir/zirs: Neutral singular pronouns for those not wanting to use they/them/theirs
These slides by Spark provide further information explaining why this is important for digital systems.
Digital midwives reduce workforce strain and improve attendance
If you haven’t yet read this article on eHealthNews, then I strongly encourage you to do so. In this article Isabella Smart, Midwife Manager for Community Midwifery at Counties Manukau, says that the recently introduced ‘digital midwives’ initiative has increased the available workforce, reduced strain on in-person resources and improved attendance rates by providing remote support for pregnant women. You can hear more from Isabella Smart at the HiNZ NMI workshop on 3rd December!
Read the article here.
CiLN Award Voting!
Cast your vote for the 2024 Clinical Informatics Award!
There are three amazing finalists and one of them is a nurse!
Update survey - Core Competencies in Health Informatics for Nurses
We invite you to be part of the update of the ”International Recommendation Framework of Core Competencies in Health Informatics for Nurses“
You will find core competency areas in nursing informatics for each of the five roles to be rated on a scale from 0 - 100%.
- Clinical Nursing (nurses at the point of care)
- Nursing Management (nurse leaders at all levels)
- Quality Management (nurses in charge of measuring and optimizing the quality of care and patient safety)
- Coordination of Inter-Professional Care (e.g., nurses in inter-professional teams, discharge nurses and nurses working at the intersection of professions and organizations) and
- IT Management in Nursing (e.g., chief nurse informatics officers, nurse informaticians, nurse IT project and process managers).
Please note: The questions are identical for all five roles. This repetition is intentional and does not represent an error in the system. Therefore, please answer the survey to the end. Thank you very much!
About us
We are an international group of nursing and health informaticians who set out almost 10 years ago to investigate the educational needs of nurses in their various role regarding making patient care better in the new digital world. The Recommendation Framework consists of relevance ratings for core competency areas and case studies how these competencies were put into practice.
Who is the survey intended for?
The survey is aimed at all persons with a connection to the topic of nursing informatics. This includes, for example, nursing staff, midwives, IT specialists, teachers, and scientists.
Where to find the questionnaire?
To access the survey, please scan the QR code or use the following link: http://tinyurl.com/mryatvsn
Please feel free to forward this invitation to other interested persons who are involved in nursing informatics.
Please contact us if you have any questions or comments about the survey.
Dr. Nicole Egbert and Prof. Dr. Ursula Hübner
E-Mail: n.egbert@hs-osnabrueck.de
Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Germany
New publications from the Nursing and Midwifery Community of Practice
Latest edition of the IMIA NI Newsletter.
If you haven’t already, you can request to join their LinkedIn group here.
Newsletter October 2024.pdf (368.4 KB)
Upcoming Events
National events
eHealth Nursing Workshop
Digital Health Week
December 3rd, 2024, Hamilton
The HiNZ NMI group are hosting a 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”.
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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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.