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An urgent global imperative is to ensure health workforces have a solid digital health capability to deliver consumer-centred services now and into the future. To address a lack of formal recognition of health informatics knowledge and skills in Australia, the Certified Health Informatician Australasian (CHIA) was launched ten years ago. In that time, 3125 CHIA candidates registered to have their capabilities assessed using a core set of health informatics competencies. This paper presents the demographic profile of people undertaking the examination and trend data of the pass rate over the decade, and identifies possible factors that may lead to higher achievement. Certifications such as CHIA are critical in the professionalisation of digital health specialists and health informatics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Certified Health Informatician Australasian (CHIA) is an assessment of a candidate's capabilities measured using a core set of health informatics competencies. The aim of this paper is to describe the outcomes of the first eight years since the program's launch. This paper contributes to the competency framework and certification discourse, and knowledge of the increasing importance and recognition of health informaticians through certification. An analysis of results and possible contributing factors is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Australian Health Informatics Competency Framework (AHICF) guides the healthcare workforce in identifying the required competencies to perform as a health informatician, and more definitively defines the foundational body of knowledge on which the discipline is based. The aim of this paper is to describe the conceptual foundations in developing the AHICF v1.0, detail the methods used to revise and publish AHICF v2.0, and explore the certification and workforce outcomes achieved. This paper contributes to the competency framework and certification discourse, and knowledge of the increasing importance and recognition of health informaticians through certification. Further, implications for workforce training and education, career advancement and recruitment strategies, are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A major focus of nurses is to improve patient outcomes, and any introduction of technology into their work environment should add value through enhancing patient care and contributing to the development of nursing intelligence. This study addressed whether nurses working in an emergency department (ED) perceived a relationship between using an emergency department information system (EDIS) and patient outcomes. A cross-sectional survey design was used, with data collected from the population (n=168) of nurses from five Australian metropolitan public hospital emergency departments (EDs). The questionnaire collected information on how EDIS impacted on patient outcomes in terms of waiting times, triage process, departmental accountability, documentation focus, computer interaction, and system purpose. Nurses acknowledged the value of an information system in improving the triage process and increasing the accountability of the ED, however failed to identify any impact on reducing overall ED waiting times or its relationship to improved care delivery. Over half the respondents could not identify negative effects such as compelling nurses to focus on documentation details or ‘treat the computer’ rather than the patient. The use of technology in this study evoked optimistic responses, however results indicated a lack of clarity about the impact of EDIS on patient outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Australian Health Informatics Competency Framework (AHICF) guides the healthcare workforce in identifying the required competencies to perform as a health informatician, and more definitively defines the foundational body of knowledge on which the discipline is based. The aim of this paper is to describe the conceptual foundations in developing the AHICF v1.0, detail the methods used to revise and publish AHICF v2.0, and explore the certification and workforce outcomes achieved. This paper contributes to the competency framework and certification discourse, and knowledge of the increasing importance and recognition of health informaticians through certification. Further, implications for workforce training and education, career advancement and recruitment strategies, are also discussed.

The Certified Health Informatician Australasian (CHIA) is an assessment of a candidate's capabilities measured using a core set of health informatics competencies. The aim of this paper is to describe the outcomes of the first eight years since the program's launch. This paper contributes to the competency framework and certification discourse, and knowledge of the increasing importance and recognition of health informaticians through certification. An analysis of results and possible contributing factors is discussed.

A major focus of nurses is to improve patient outcomes, and any introduction of technology into their work environment should add value through enhancing patient care and contributing to the development of nursing intelligence. This study addressed whether nurses working in an emergency department (ED) perceived a relationship between using an emergency department information system (EDIS) and patient outcomes. A cross-sectional survey design was used, with data collected from the population (n=168) of nurses from five Australian metropolitan public hospital emergency departments (EDs). The questionnaire collected information on how EDIS impacted on patient outcomes in terms of waiting times, triage process, departmental accountability, documentation focus, computer interaction, and system purpose. Nurses acknowledged the value of an information system in improving the triage process and increasing the accountability of the ED, however failed to identify any impact on reducing overall ED waiting times or its relationship to improved care delivery. Over half the respondents could not identify negative effects such as compelling nurses to focus on documentation details or 'treat the computer' rather than the patient. The use of technology in this study evoked optimistic responses, however results indicated a lack of clarity about the impact of EDIS on patient outcomes.