9.00am 

HIMAA Education Committee Meeting 

2.00pm - 4.30pm

Site Visit to “RPA” Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Visit this Logie award winning hospital which has recently undergone a major building redevelopment project including the relocation of its historic medical records department. See their EHR in action and hear of their exciting new projects including a trial of electronic prescribing
Numbers are limited. Open to full and day registrations. Confirmation and details provided closer to the event. Please book early.

Registration

7.30am - 5.00pm

Registration and Coffee

Chairperson: 

A/Prof. Johanna Westbrook (NSW) 

9.00am - 10.30am

Official Opening of Conference 
Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, AC
Governor of NSW

Keynote Speakers

Health Care Safety and Quality: An Agenda for Improvement.

Prof. Bruce Barraclough, OAM
Chairman, Australian Council for Safety and
Quality in Health Care, Sydney, NSW

A/Prof. Stephen Boyages, CEO,
Western Sydney Area Health Service, NSW

Dr. Robert Wooding, 
Chief Information Officer,
Information and Communications Division,
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, ACT

Questions and Discussion

10.30am - 11.00am

Morning Tea

11.00am - 12.45pm

Chairperson:

Health Information Management Issues

Ms. Joanne Fisher

What is an admitted patient?
A Victorian Perspective -
A Victorian Perspective -
Catherine Perry, Senior HIM Advisor,
HDSS, Department of Human Services,
Vic.

Reviews and Renewal:
Back to basics in clinical records management -
Elva Redenbach, Manager HIS & Travis Ingram, Operations Manager HIS, Melbourne Health, Vic.

The likely effects of health information policies on the
strategic direction of the HIM profession
Kerin Robinson, Head HIM Department,
School of Public Health, La Trobe University,
Vic.

Reaching out and Bridging the Gap -
Jenny Seems, Clinical Information Manager,
Liverpool Health Service, NSW.

Questions and Discussion

12.15pm - 1.30pm

Lunch & Cerner Poster Display

Information Management 1

Ms. Kirstie Mountain (TAS)

Introducing another Minimum Data Set -
Alex Toth, Lecturer, Health Information Management Department, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Vic.

Using Decision Support Systems to
Improve Operational Performance -
Dr Munro Neville, Operations Director,
Clinsaver Australia, NSW.

Impact of Theatre Management System
on Private Hospital Revenue -
Anna Mashchenko, Manager,
HIS, Jessie McPherson Private Hospital,
Clayton, Vic.

PEARLS for Central Wait List Bureau –
Rex Tindal, Senior Information Analyst,
Central Wait List Bureau, WA Department of Health, WA.

Questions and Discussion

Afternoon tea - Sponsored by NCSi Australia

Key Note Speakers

John Hallett (NSW)

Keynote Speakers

Travels of a Medical Record: Legal Issues of Confidentiality & Privacy

A/Prof. Danuta Mendelson
Law Faculty, Deakin University, Victoria

Dr Richard Piper
Intensive Care Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW.

Information Technology

Promoting Health and Preventive Care with IT
Peter Apostolopoulos,
Health Care Consultant, NCSI Australia, Vic.

Pathology and General Practice
Software Integration Project
Chris Lynton-Moll, Senior Project Leader,
Collaborative Centre for eHealth,
University of Ballarat, Vic.

Questions and Discussion

5.10pm

Close

6.00pm – 8.00pm

Welcome Reception, Terrace Room of the National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour.

8.00am – 4.30pm

Registration

Key Note Speakers

Anita Liddell (SA)

The Implications of the EHR for HIMs - Meeting the Challenge 

Dr Ralph Hanson
CIO, The Children’s Hospital, Westmead, NSW.

A/Prof. Rosemary Roberts AO
Director, NCCH, Sydney NSW.

Clinical Classification

Shining Light in the Darkness:
Coding Competency and Education Unplugged
Maria O’Neill,
Coding Manager, HIMS,
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane Qld., and
Corrie Martin, Coder Educator, HIMS, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane Qld.

Building the Bridge to E-Coding
Dr. Kirsten McKenzie,
Research Fellow, NCCH, Brisbane, Qld

Questions and Discussion

Morning Tea

Quality Management

Michael Strachan

Performance Indicators and Hospital Information Systems – Is there a way forward? 
Genevieve Chappell, Manager, Breastscreen Victoria, Registry and Information Services, Carlton, Vic.


National Standard for the Identification of Health Care Providers
Shahn Williams, Project Manager, Health Information, Department of Human Services, Vic.

Development of a Quality Assessment Tool  for Ambulance Trauma Patient Care Records  
Erin Smith, Research Officer, Monash University
Centre for Ambulance and Paramedic Studies,
Frankston Vic.

Record Linkage - use of Non-Unique Identifiers to Link Health Information across Time and Place
Elaine Stephenson, Epidemiologist, Health Surveillance and Evaluation Section, Metrapolitan Health and Aged Care, Department of Human Services, Vic.

Questions and Discussion

Networking Lunch with GPCG and Nursing Informatics Conference

Announcement of winners of the Cerner Poster Competition

Electronic Health Records

Melinda Lewis (National Office)

A Record Keeping Critique of Shared Electronic Health Records
Livia Iacovino, Lecturer, School of Information Management and Systems, Monash University, Vic.

The Comparison of Terminology Used in SNOMED-CT and ICD-10-AM to the Language Clinicians use at the Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre  
Helen Moore, HIM Honours student, La Trobe University, Vic.

An Ontology Driven Multi-Agent Approach to Electronic Prescription 
Ray Pradeep, Senior Lecturer, School of Information Systems, Technology and Management, University of New South Wales, NSW.

Bringing the past into the future with EHIMs
Lorraine Lambert, Project Manager, EHIMS, Werribee Mercy Hospital, Vic.

Questions and Discussion

2.45pm-3.15pm

Afternoon tea

3.15pm - 4.00pm

Chairperson:

Information Management 2

Phyllis Watson

Infant Centric - Systems Approach to Electronic Data 
Collection 
Laura Bignell, Senior Nurse Clinician, 
NICU, Mercy Hospital for Women, Vic.

A Pathway to the Reality of Shared Patient Care 
Dr Ria Follett, Product Design Manager, 
IBA Health Ltd, Sydney, NSW.

Questions and Discussion 

Presentation of iSoft HIMAA iNNOVATION Awards

Chairperson:

Robina McCarthy

The Future of HIM: Future? What Future? 
Joy Smith, Tutor, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Qld.

Evening at Leisure

Informal Breakfast

9.30am - 10.30am

Combined HIMAA/HIC workshops

HIMAA Board Meeting

Morning tea

Workshops continue

Lunch and Trade Exhibition in the Solutions Hall

Official Welcome & Opening:
Dr. Terry Hanna for HIC2003 and
Prof. Michael Kidd for RACGP 12CC

Opening Keynote Address 
Prof. Enrico Coiera

Afternoon Tea Served in the Solutions Hall

Keynote Address
Dr. Arn Sprogis

Keynote Address
Prof. John Fox