Australasian College of Health Informatics

  Australasia's Health Informatics Professional Body

Publications by ACHI Fellows and Members

Books and Publications by ACHI Fellows and Members

ICT Ethics and Security in the 21st Century: New Developments and Applications (Edited by M. Quigley, 2011) - the "The Protocols of Privileged Information Handling in an eHealth Context: Australia" section in this reference source is authored by Juanita Fernando.

Healthcare and the Effect of Technology: Developments, Challenges and Advancements (Kabene S, 2010) - the "Effectiveness of Health Informatics" chapter of this premier reference source is co-authored by Terry Hannan.

Health Informatics: An Overview (Kidd M, Hovenga E, Garde S, Hullin Lucay Cossio C, 2010) from the "Studies in Health Technology and Informatics" series - extensively revised and updated the book addresses contemporary issues and provides a valuable resource for healthcare professionals and students of health informatics.

Health Informatics: An Overview (1996 Edition - Kidd M, Hovenga E, Garde S, Cesnik B)  Download as a Free e-Book

Doctors, Patients and Computers, the New Consultation (Pearce C, 2009) contends that the computer has become an active participant in the general practice consultation, evolving into a communication among the three players: patient, doctor and computer.

Infectious Disease Informatics (Sintchenko V, 2009) - brings together a collection of state-of-the-art reviews of informatics applications aiming to improve the diagnosis, prevention, treatment and control of infectious diseases.

Health Informatics: A Socio-Technical Perspective (Whetton S, 2005) - focuses on the interplay between the health care environment and the systems used to manage information.  Numerous and varied case studies, 'issues' and 'critical thinking' boxes assist students to identify and critique different health information systems.  Sue Whetton is at the Department of Rural Health, University of Tasmania, Australia.

Global Health Informatics Education (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics) (Hovenga E, Mantas J, 2004) - healthcare professionals often lack knowledge of the possibilities and limitations of systematically processing data, information and knowledge and of the resulting impact on quality decision-making.  This book is especially helpful for educators in the field of health/medical informatics.

Guide to Health Informatics (Coiera E, 2003) - an excellent academic review of all aspects of information technology that are applied to healthcare; not a book for techies.  Coiera is Professor of Health Informatics at the University of New South Wales, Australia.

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Recent Reports, Responses and other Documents Published by the College

ACHI Response to DoHA "PCEHR Legislative Issues"  (August 2011)

ACHI Response to NEHTA Draft Continuity of Care Specifications  (July 2011 - to be published)

ACHI Response to Draft PCEHR Concept of Operations  (May 2011, updated June 2011)

ACHI Submission to Senate Enquiry into the Health Identifier Legislation  (Transcripts)  (Report)  (March 2010)

ACHI Response to Draft Health Identifier Legislation  (Jan. 2010)

Report on HealthCom 2009 Conference  (ACHI Imm. Past President Dr Terry Hannan - Sydney, Dec. 2009)

Report on "Realising Our Broadband Future" Workshop  (Sydney, Dec. 2009)

ACHI Response to NEHTA Draft "Electronic Transfer of Prescription"  (Dec. 2009)

Letter to Prime Minister Rudd re e-Health Implementation  (via Coalition for eHealth - Dec. 2009)

ACHI Response to AHMAC Discussion Paper on "Health Identifiers & Privacy"  (Aug. 2009)

Australian Health Informatics Education Council 'Work Plan 2009-10 and Beyond'  (June 2009)

ACHI Submission to the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission  (Aug. 2008)

Other Health Informatics Books

The CDA Book (Boone K, 2011) - this new book by eminent CDA expert Keith Boone provides clear and easy-to-use implementation guidance with numerous examples.  The reader will learn not only how to implement the CDA standard, but also to understand its idioms and to "speak" the CDA language.

Principles of Health Interoperability: HL7 and SNOMED (Benson, T, 2009) - this new book on interoperability by Tim Benson (HL7 UK) contends that e-Health semantic interoperability depends on the combined use of the two leading standards HL7 and SNOMED CT.

Guide to Health Informatics (Coiera E, 2003) - an excellent academic review of all aspects of information technology that are applied to healthcare; not a book for techies.  Coiera is Professor of Health Informatics at University of New South Wales, Australia.

Global Health Informatics Education (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics) (Hovenga E, Mantas J, 2004) - healthcare professionals often lack knowledge of the possibilities and limitations of systematically processing data, information and knowledge and of the resulting impact on quality decision-making.  This book is especially helpful for educators in the field of health/medical informatics.

Health Informatics: A Socio-Technical Perspective (Whetton S, 2005) - focuses on the interplay between the health care environment and the systems used to manage information.  Numerous and varied case studies, 'issues' and 'critical thinking' boxes assist students to identify and critique different health information systems.  Sue Whetton is at the Department of Rural Health, University of Tasmania, Australia.

Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine (Health Informatics) (Shortliffe E, Cimino J, 2006) - an introduction to an important area in biomedical informatics with suggested additional reading and highlighted concepts.  The book is intended to be used in formal courses by health professions students and by biomedical computing students.

Handbook of Medical Informatics (van Bemmel J, Musen M A, 2002) - the purpose of the Handbook is to provide systematic overview of medical and health informatics for health care professionals and for students in medicine and health care.

Managing Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Executives (Wager K, Lee F W, Glaser J, 2005) - the title says it all ...

E-Health Care Information Systems: An Introduction for Students and Professionals (Tan J, 2005) - is essential reading for those who are interested in learning about a vision for e-health, its foundational perspectives, applications, and strategies in this time of e-health paradigm shift.

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