Dec 17, 2018 | CHIA Certification, CHIA Graduates, Health IT
Queensland Health has another round of accredited health informaticians under the CHIA program. Some of the 30 newly graduated CHIAs met in Brisbane to celebrate last week. Congratulations everyone! The CHIA program now has 400+ graduates nationally. To get your...
May 14, 2018 | CHIA Certification, CHIA Graduates
You just have to look at Michael Hosking’s LinkedIn profile to see the passion he has for improving clinical workflow using technology and effective healthcare system design and his eagerness to learn and apply the latest innovations. As a trained Occupational...
May 1, 2018 | CHIA Certification
Are you currently undertaking the CHIA Program? Wanting to benchmark yourself against the CHIA exam? We have taken on board your feedback and the CHIA Exam Committee is pleased to launch the CHIA Practice Exam. Known as CHIA Challenge, the practice exam was created as...
Apr 16, 2018 | CHIA Certification, CHIA Graduates, Health Workforce
Interview by Katrina Barbuto When finishing his Physiotherapy Degree, Dr Mark Merolli said he never thought he would have a complete career transformation and immersion into health informatics and digital health: consumer health technology, clinical informatics,...
Apr 3, 2018 | CHIA Certification, CHIA Graduates
“Why haven’t you done it”, says Claire Holt to her peers who haven’t become CHIAs. As the first CHIA to recertify, Claire said “by participating in the industry and the profession, it’s really easy to recertify and obtain the 60 points”. As the Director of Health...
Mar 19, 2018 | Events, Health Informatics, Health Workforce
Have you developed educational events suited to the health informatics profession? Organisations are invited to apply to have their events endorsed to allow CHIAs to account for their participation in such events. Providers may choose to seek endorsement for a single...
Feb 19, 2018 | CHIA Graduates, Clinical Informatics
As a clinical pharmacist Hailie Uren said she knew the future was digital when she “acknowledged the limitations to safe practise when using traditional ‘paper and pen’ prescribing and documentation.” Hailie Uren is a Senior Project Officer for the Future...
Feb 6, 2018 | CHIA Certification
It’s a new year, digital health technologies are increasingly being implemented and the importance of the profession of health informatics is becoming widely recognised. Do you want to indicate to employers and funders that you have core, up-to-date knowledge of...
Dec 11, 2017 | CHIA Graduates
No longer simply the “Excel” go to guy! Doug Kynaston – 300th CHIA Since its inception CHIA has reached many milestones; our latest is welcoming 300 CHIAs to the alumni. The CHIA partners and Board congratulate Doug Kynaston as our 300th CHIA. Doug was part of...
Dec 4, 2017 | CHIA Graduates, E-Health, Health Workforce
Queensland Health digital health leaders and experts were congratulated at a special graduation ceremony for health informaticians this week. HISA and eHealth Queensland congratulated the newly certified group at a celebration on Wednesday 22 November. “eHealth QLD...
