Adelaide wins major e-health conference
Date:
Fri, 03/08/2012
Spokesperson:
SA Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, The Hon John Hill MP
Adelaide has been named as the 2013 host of a major e-health conference that will bring an estimated 900 delegates to South Australia.
Minister for Health and Ageing John Hill welcomed news that Health Informatics Society Australia will stage their annual conference in Adelaide over four days in July next year.
The conference is Australia’s most well attended e-health and health information systems conference and is expected to deliver an economic impact to the State of more than $2 million.
“This conference has a strong relevance to our work preparing South Australia to enter a new digital era of health care,” Mr Hill said.
“This year’s State Budget provided $191.7 million to fund three major e-health initiatives.
“These are the Enterprise Patient Administration System, the Enterprise Pathology Laboratory Information System and the Enterprise System for Medical Imaging.
“Together, these new systems will revolutionise health care in this State.
“Our e-health platform will save time and money, make the health system more efficient and, most importantly, give doctors faster access to the information they need to make critical decisions.
“We are working towards a State-wide integrated electronic health record that will be accessible at the patient’s bedside.
“This digitisation of pathology and medical imaging results will give doctors a timely and comprehensive picture of a patient’s health care requirements at the click of a button.
“The new Royal Adelaide Hospital will also have a major focus on technology, including the use of mobile smart phone devices and wireless access points for fast access to patient information.
“This conference will allow us to showcase our work in e-health to Australia, and the world. SA Health looks forward to working with the Society to make this event a success.”
Adelaide last hosted the Health Informatics Conference in 2000. It has been held in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Canberra since then. The 2013 conference will be held from 15-18 July.
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