Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often proclaimed as an approach to augment or substitute for the limited processing power of the human brain of primary health care professionals. However, there are concerns that AI mediated decisions may be hard to validate and challenge, or may result in automation biases, even rouge decisions. While the use of
Traditional methods are often ill-suited to the rapidly evolving world of health care research, characterised by data volume, complexity and pace. Machine learning offers an opportunity to address challenges in all facets of health research but is often subject to bias which limits its use. A team of digital health researchers, led by Annette O’Connor
Did you see us at HIC 2019 from 12-14 Aug 2019? Our Chief Investigators played key roles and/or delivered keynotes and our Fellowship by Training candidates presented their work and won awards. Dr David Hansen, who is Chair of HISA delivered an Opening Plenary on Day 1, chaired a Masterclass – Getting smart about
The 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics will be held in Lyon, France this month. MedInfo is a key worldwide event in digital health, gathering scientists, clinicians, teachers, students, industry and government. It is a key place for evidence-based care and emerging practice to be shared with an international audience. This year the
Conversational agents – systems that mimic human conversation, such as Apple Siri or Amazon Alexa – are increasingly being used in daily life to search for and manage information. A team of Digital Health Investigators from Macquarie University including Dr Liliana Laranjo and Associate Professor Adam Dunn recently reviewed the use of conversational agents in
Workshop 30 May 2019, 6pm to 9pm This workshop explores Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its inevitable impacts on teachers and their students in the modern classroom. Learn from key panel experts from industry and Macquarie University, including Dr Liliana Laranjo and Dr Juan Quiroz from the Centre for Health Informatics, Australian Institute of Health Innovation.
Brendan Loo Gee follows in the footsteps of Toby Hodgson as the second ACHI Fellowship candidate to secure a work placement at the Australian Digital Health Agency. Brendan has joined the Agency as a Digital Health Officer working in the clinical governance division. The hands-on experience at the Agency will help him to further apply
The NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Digital Health (CRE) are pleased to announce that CSIRO has joined the ACHI Fellowship by Training Program as an accredited host organisation. Fellowship candidate Vasu Rani has been awarded a six-month paid work placement within the Mobile Health Systems team, which is a part of CSIRO’s Australian e-Health
The NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Digital Health (CRE) are pleased to announce that Fellowship candidate Toby Hodgson has been awarded a paid work placement at the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA). This placement represents a significant milestone in the development of the Fellowship by Training Program which is a core program of the CRE. Toby
The ACHI Fellowship by Training Program launched in November 2017 and the response by PhD candidates, academia, government and industry has been extremely positive. Thirteen health informatics research PhD candidates have now been accepted into the program. These candidates, from across Australia and New Zealand, come from a diverse range of disciplines and research domains,
Forgetting shapes learning in two different ways. It impedes learning when important lessons are forgotten. Equally, it can be difficult to enact new lessons if we do not let go of old beliefs and practices that are no longer useful. A learning health system (LHS) that wishes to improve health service delivery will need to
The NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Digital Health (CRE) is calling on government, industry, consumers and health service providers to identify critical gaps in digital health evidence-based policy. Making evidence-based decisions is a major challenge for policy makers, health services and industry who operate often on tight timeframes, and may not have access to
The NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Digital health in partnership with the Australasian College of Health Informatics (ACHI) is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Health Informatics Fellowship Training Program. Health Informatic research PhD candidates enrolled at an Australasian university are eligible to apply. Applications are to be submitted
Chief Investigators from the newly established NHMRC of Research Excellence in Digital Health (CRE) met for the first time on 7 November to discuss the way forward for the next five years. Led by Professor Enrico Coiera, investigators in the CRE come from Macquarie University, Bond University Limited, CSIRO, the University of Melbourne, UNSW, University
About the Rapid response function The CRE in Digital Health conducts rapid literature reviews, data collation and meta-analysis to answer critical digital health issues, with an emphasis on maintaining a neutral and independent position. Chief Investigators (CIs) prioritise questions to be answered and supervise the structuring and analysis of these reports. CIs solicit issues from
