Health information workforce encouraged to participate in census

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The Health Information Workforce Census (New Zealand) closes on Friday 21 December.

The census is a collaborative project between The University of Auckland and the University of Otago.

The aim of the census project is to quantify and qualify the New Zealand health information workforce, specifically to delineate and count the workforce, consider the future configuration of the workforce, identify health information workforce shortfalls and identify current health information training and career pathways.

It aims to count anyone who self-identifies as part of the health information workforce who works for or with an organisation that operates in New Zealand.

You are part of this workforce if:

• you work (including on a volunteer basis or actively seeking work) in a role where the primary function is related to developing, maintaining or governing the systems for the management of health data, health information or health knowledge, and
• you work (including on a volunteer basis or actively seeking work) for or with an organisation that operates in New Zealand, and your role relates to the New Zealand operations and to the health sector.

This includes anyone who works or provides education and training within the following areas: clinical coding, clinical costings, clinical documentation improvement, eHealth systems, health data analytics, health informatics, health information management, health information technology, health librarianship, health information governance, digital health infrastructure, health information systems or services.

Read more about eligibility to complete the census.

The first census has held in Australia during May 2018. This is the first New Zealand census. The next census will be in 2020 and every three years thereafter.

Participation in the census is voluntary and anonymous. You will not be identifiable in the reporting of census findings.

Read the information sheet for the census project for more details.

Source: Health Information Workforce Census, 12 December 2018

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