HINZ 2013 Conference: 27-29 November, Rotorua

The 12th Annual Conference and Health Innovation Marketplace (HINZ 2013 Conference), will be held on 27-29 November 2013, in Rotorua, New Zealand with the theme “Engaged Patients: Rebalancing the clinical relationship“.  Full information will be updated on the HINZ website, via http://www.hinz.org.nz

HINZ is also on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/HINZ/183692571666936 and Twitter: https://twitter.com/hinz_nz

HINZ 2013; Presentations From HINZ 2012

HINZ (Health Informatics New Zealand – www.hinz.org.nz) announce that the HINZ 2013 conference will be held on 27-29 November, 2013 in Rotorua, New Zealand. Further information will be available through the HINZ website.

Materials from the HINZ 2012 event – papers, presentations, photos and other materials – are available through the conference website at http://www.hinz.org.nz/page/conference/conference-2012-post

Information on the new HINZ Executive Committee is also on the website at http://www.hinz.org.nz/page/about-hinz/executive-committee

HINZ is on Twitter (@HINZ_NZ) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/HINZ/183692571666936)

HINZ 2012 – Submit Papers/Posters Until 27 July

There is just 2 weeks left to submit papers and posters for the HINZ 20120 conference in Rotorua, New Zealand.

Health Informatics New Zealand (HINZ) is pleased to invite submissions for their 2012 Health Informatics Conference – see http://www.hinz.org.nz/page/conference/conference-2012-cfp for further information, links to the submission system and other information on submission of papers, posters, workshops and other formats.

This year’s theme, “Health Informatics into Clinical Practice“, acknowledges how critical health informatics is and can be in everyday care. HINZ are looking for stories, research, and leadership to make 2012 the Year of Health Informatics in New Zealand. The venue will be the Energy Events Centre, Rotorua.

Submissions are being managed via EasyChair.

Please note these key dates for submitting Papers:

• Submissions close 27 July 2012
• Authors of accepted papers notified by 31 August 2012
• Final papers to be submitted by 14 September 2012

And these key dates for other submissions:

• Workshop proposals must be submitted by 31 August 2012
• Clinicians’ Challenge proposals must be submitted by 1 September 2012

HINZ 2012 Health Informatics Conference: Call for Papers Closes 30 June

Health Informatics New Zealand (HINZ) is pleased to invite submissions for their 2012 Health Informatics Conference – see http://www.hinz.org.nz/page/conference/conference-2012-cfp for further information and links to the submission system and other information on submission of papers, posters, workshops and other formats.

This year’s theme, “Health Informatics into Clinical Practice“, acknowledges how critical health informatics is and can be in everyday care. HINZ are looking for stories, research, and leadership to make 2012 the Year of Health Informatics in New Zealand.

Submissions are being managed via EasyChair.

Please note these key dates for submitting Papers:

• Submissions close 30 June 2012
• Authors of accepted papers notified by 31 August 2012
• Final papers to be submitted by 14 September 2012

And these key dates for other submissions:

• Workshop proposals must be submitted by 31 August 2012
• Clinicians’ Challenge proposals must be submitted by 1 September 2012

HINZ are also pleased to announce their next programme in the 2012 seminar series – a combined effort with HL7NZ and The University of Auckland.

Leveraging the EHR for translational health care: Exploring what’s under the bonnet
Thursday 21 June 2012 – Aotea Centre, Auckland
Featuring the founding father of HL7 – Mr Ed Hammond.
More Details and on line registration HERE

Practical one day tutorial on openEHR run by HL7NZ
Friday 22nd June 2012 – The University of Auckland Tamaki Campus, Auckland
Featuring international experts Hugh and Heather Leslie.
More Details and bookings HERE

HINZ 2011 Conference and Exhibition – Auckland, Nov. 23-25

The HINZ (Health Informatics New Zealand) Annual Conference and Exhibition will be held at the Aotea Centre,  Auckland, New Zealand on 23-25 November, 2011 (see http://www.hinz.org.nz/page/conference). With the conference theme “Working together … working smarter”, among the international guest speakers this year will be Dr David Blumenthal, Professor Enrico Coiera, Professor Sabine Koch, Dr Susan Newbold, Andrew Howard, and Baldhur Johnsen.

The event features workshops on intelligent data analysis, and interoperability reference architecture, while other  sessions will include a broad set of topics, including health IT evaluation (Jim Warren), mobile health (Robyn Whittaker), virtual health records (Tom Bowden), post-Christchurch earthquake emergency responses, and nurses’ electronic access to evidence.

A key feature of the event will be the ‘Clincians’ Challenge’ – an opportunity for clinicians and vendors to work together to use  information technology to solve an important and recurring problem that health professionals face in their ‘day-to-day” practice (http://www.hinz.org.nz/page/conference/conference-2011-challenge). Clinicians have presented the challenge by putting forward 56 problems they face in their day-to-day practice that the innovative use of information technology could help solve. HINZ have chosen the three most interesting; now is the opportunity for vendors to respond.  Vendors are invited to choose one of these three challenges and describe their concept or solution to solve the problem. All vendors are invited to participate. Submissions can be made by individual vendors or groups. Submissions should be a Word document, no longer than 8 pages. Please e-mail it to admin@hinz.org.nz by 3pm on 31 October 2011. There will be no extensions.

The winning problem case in 2010 came from a colorectal cancer care nursing service that ‘wants to ensure a seamless and timely interface between hospital and community-based continued care and social support systems’. The winning vendor, Orion Health, is working with the clinician to develop a system and expects to have it completed by the end of this year.

HINZ is a Member Society of IMIA (www.hinz.org.nz).

HINZ Conference: Call for Submissions Closes 15 August

The 10th Annual HINZ Conference and Exhibition will be held on 23-25 November 2011 in Auckland, New Zealand.

The theme of the conference is “Working Together…Working Smarter”, but papers, posters and workshop proposals on any aspect of health informatics are welcome. Information about the Call is available on the HINZ website at http://www.hinz.org.nz/page/conference/conference-2011-cfp

Submissions are open until 15 August 2011.
Material from previous HINZ Conferences is available in the Archive on the HINZ website.

HINZ2010 – Reports and Presentations

HINZ2010 took place in Wellington, New Zealand on 2-4 November, 2010, organised by HINZ (Health Informatics New Zealand – www.hinz.org.nz).

Most conference papers and presentations are available for download, and will provide a valuable resource, especially for those who were not able to be there in person:

Presentations and papers: http://www.hinz.org.nz/page/conference/conference-2010-post

Most presentations are available on Slideshare – see http://www.slideshare.net/tag/hinz10 and the Slideshare Presentation Pack (via http://www.hive.org.nz/content/hinz-2010-presentations).

The HIVE (Health Innovation Exchange) website also has a number of blog reports from the event (see http://www.hive.org.nz/blog) and Twitter posts are available by searching for HINZ2010 or the #HINZ2010 hashtag.

Materials from previous HINZ annual events are also available through their archive – http://www.hinz.org.nz/page/archive_conference

9th Annual HINZ Conference and Exhibition

The 9th Annual HINZ Conference and Exhibition will take place on 2-4 November 2010, in Wellington, New Zealand. For all information please see http://www.hinz.org.nz/page/conference

The theme for this year is Enabling Clinical Transformation – topics include:

• Informatics to support clinical networking
• HL7, practical and implementation guides
• Telehealth – the next BIG thing
• The power of personal health records
• Sharing international views

Plus the NZ Minister of Health, Health and Disability Commissioner and presentations from the newly formed NZ National Health IT Board

The programme will also feature 37 accepted paper and poster presentations and carries 17 CME points.

International speakers include:

• Yannick Legre, International Health Grid Association
• John Kokesh and Stewart Ferguson, Alaskan federal Healthcare Access Network
• Patricia Brennan, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Peter Murray, Executive Director of IMIA
• and Tricia Greenhalgh by video presentation.

HINZ (www.hinz.org.nz) are looking forward to another record breaking attendance, and a sold out technical exhibition.

HINZ2010 dates – and HINZ2009 downloads

Health Informatics New Zaland (HINZ – http://www.hinz.org.nz) had a very successful 2009 conference on 30 September – 2 October. Presentations, posters, photos and videos from the event are currently being uploaded and all will soon be available through the HINZ conference website (http://www.hinz.org.nz/page/conference/conference-2009-post) – most presentations from HINZ 2009 are now available for viewing on Slideshare and all papers are available for download.

HINZ2010 will take place on 2-4 November, 2010 in Wellington, New Zealand. Further information will be available in due course on the HINZ website.

HINZ09 – Person Centred Healthcare

HINZ09 – the 8th Annual Conference and Exhibition of Health Informatics New Zealand (www.hinz.org.nz) – will take place on 30 September – 2 October, 2009 at the Energy Events Centre, Rotorua. Information is on the conference page at http://www.hinz.org.nz/page/conference

The conference theme is “Person Centred Healthcare: eHealth as an enabler”.

Dr Chris Paton says that the event  “is going to be big this year – they had to change to a larger venue to cope! Lots going on in NZ health IT” (via@DrChrisPaton).