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Ghosts in the machine: identifying the digital health information workforce

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posted on 2023-05-23, 14:14 authored by Gray, K, Gilbert, C, Kerryn Butler-HendersonKerryn Butler-Henderson, Day, K, Pritchard, S
In 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 Informatics

Volume

257

Editors

L Ohno-Machado and B Seroussi

Pagination

146-151

ISSN

0926-9630

Department/School

School of Health Sciences

Publisher

IOS Press

Place of publication

Netherlands

Event title

17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics

Event Venue

Lyon, France

Date of Event (Start Date)

2019-08-25

Date of Event (End Date)

2019-08-30

Rights statement

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Repository Status

  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Evaluation of health and support services not elsewhere classified

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