by Val Issa | Sep 1, 2021 | CHIA Graduates, Meet a CHIA
What does it mean to be a CHIA? “I’m honoured to join this elite group of professionals with outstanding knowledge in health informatics and digital health in Australasia. As a physician, I realised that the future of health care is not limited to knowledge in health...
by Val Issa | Aug 31, 2021 | CHIA Graduates, Meet a CHIA
What does it mean to be a CHIA?“CHIA provides a globally relevant and independently recognised measurement of my knowledge, skills, and expertise in health informatics. It gives me credibility and confidence with my patients, peers and employers and is a testament to...
by Val Issa | Aug 31, 2021 | CHIA recommends
CHIA recommends We asked Mark Brommeyer FAIDH CHIA, Senior Lecturer at Flinders University and CHIA Examination Committee member, to point to a recent publication/resource that is relevant to a CHIA. He recommends: Digital education for building health workforce...
by Val Issa | Aug 31, 2021 | CHIA Graduates
Last month, Queensland Health celebrated their latest group of CHIA graduates. Over 550 Queensland Health candidates have enrolled in the CHIA program since 2017. Here’s a look back at some of them. The very first Queensland Health group to graduate in November 2017...
by Val Issa | Jun 30, 2021 | Organisational groups showcase
The Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health (CEIH) have supported multiple groups of candidates to undertake CHIA certification since May 2020 and have sponsored over 125 people till date. We caught up with Tina Hardin, Executive Director of Clinical...
by Val Issa | Jun 24, 2021 | CHIA Graduates, Meet a CHIA
What does it mean to be a CHIA? “For me gaining CHIA certification was a professional step and acknowledgment that I was undertaking a key transition from general business and IT consulting to a focus on digital health. Studying for CHIA gave me the opportunity and...
by Val Issa | Jun 22, 2021 | CHIA recommends
CHIA recommends We asked David O’Driscoll FAIDH CHIA, Principal Consultant at Erintide, to point to a recent publication/resource that is relevant to a CHIA. He recommends: Benefits Realisation Management Framework Struggling with benefits realisation? While we...
by Val Issa | Jun 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s four years since Bendigo Health made news headlines when their first cohort of health professionals passed their exams and became certified health informaticians (CHIAs). WIN News called health informatics a “new field of medicine which is going to improve how...
by Val Issa | May 2, 2021 | CHIA Certification, CHIA Graduates
Qualified CHIAs are being asked to invest in the future of the health informatics profession by nominating for a position on the CHIA Examination Committee. The Committee manages and develops the content of the CHIA Examination and is responsible for ensuring and...
by Val Issa | Apr 29, 2021 | CHIA recommends
CHIA recommends We asked Robin Mann, Associate Director of Digital Health at Boston Consulting Group, to point to a recent publication/resource that is relevant to a CHIA. He recommends: World Economic Forum’s reports on ‘Value in Healthcare’. Understanding the...
