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Ghosts in the machine: identifying the digital health information workforce
conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 14:14 authored by Gray, K, Gilbert, C, Kerryn Butler-HendersonKerryn Butler-Henderson, Day, K, Pritchard, SIn descriptions of digital health the role of human agency and the work of managing and governing health information and communication technology is often invisible. This paper reports preliminary results of a scoping review of the literature and a national workforce census, undertaken as part of a research program to shed light on the responsibilities and the contributions of the health information workforce. The global literature is not a good indicator of the actual proportion of health informaticians, health information managers, health librarians or other health professionals who are engaged in health information work in Australia. While the research interest in health information work of all descriptions is increasing, the practice of health information work is neither highly skilled nor easily identifiable in findings of an Australian census. Reforming this workforce may be a key to translating digital health rhetoric into measurable improvements in health system performance.
Funding
Australasian College of Health Informatics
Australian Digital Health Agency
Australian Library and Information Association Ltd
Department of Health and Human Services Victoria
Health Informatics Society of Australia Limited
Health Information Management Association of Australia
History
Publication title
Studies in Health Technology and InformaticsVolume
257Editors
L Ohno-Machado and B SeroussiPagination
146-151ISSN
0926-9630Department/School
School of Health SciencesPublisher
IOS PressPlace of publication
NetherlandsEvent title
17th World Congress on Medical and Health InformaticsEvent Venue
Lyon, FranceDate of Event (Start Date)
2019-08-25Date of Event (End Date)
2019-08-30Rights statement
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0)Repository Status
- Open