| Health Informatics Capability Development In New Zealand |
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Health Informatics Capability Development In New ZealandA Report to the Tertiary Education CommissionNovember 2006Abbreviated Executive Summary There are many areas of health care that have been impacted by Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) in recent years. The emerging discipline of health informatics brings together the IT sector and those with knowledge of the health sector to identify and develop the most effective health information systems and services. New Zealand’s National Health Information Strategy, released in 2005, is focused on increasing the utilisation of ICTs to enhance the integration of health care services across the primary and secondary health care sectors, through improved data management. However, the HIS report stops short of addressing the need for an increased workforce in this emerging field to deliver the desired benefits. [...] The study found that despite some confusion in the health IT industry, both on the part of IT companies, and healthcare providers, about the definition of health informatics, there is clearly a role for graduates with a set of competencies that can provide a bridge between the IT specialist working in the health sector and the clinicians assisting with IT developments. [...] National agreement on a postgraduate health informatics curriculum would improve the effectiveness and the marketability of programmes. It would also encourage an greater attention to health informatics training in the educational programmes of health care professionals, especially in the areas of information retrieval and appraisal and data management protocols. The national steering committee formed to develop this report have agreed to further collaboration on a high level national curriculum in health informatics, and support the concept of an accreditation process for the programmes offered. The report concludes with a series of recommendations concerning:
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