Australasian College of Health Informatics
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The Australasian College of Health Informatics is the professional body
for health informatics
in the Asia-Pacific
region.
It consists of credentialed fellows and members as well as associate and student members. The college is an academic institutional member of the International Medical Informatics Association
and a full member of the Australian Council of Professions. It was founded in 2002 and regularly provides comment and input to papers, proposals and legislative drafts in the region.
The college sees its functions as:
The college sponsors the electronic Journal of Health Informatics. It has also supported the Australian Health Informatics Education Council
since its founding in 2009.
Professional body
A professional association is usually a nonprofit organization seeking to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals engaged in that profession, and the public interest.The roles of these professional associations have been variously defined: "A group of people in a...
for health informatics
Health informatics
.Health informatics is a discipline at the intersection of information science, computer science, and health care...
in the Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific or Asia Pacific is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean...
region.
It consists of credentialed fellows and members as well as associate and student members. The college is an academic institutional member of the International Medical Informatics Association
International Medical Informatics Association
IMIA or the International Medical Informatics Association is an independent organisation that plays a role in promoting and furthering the application of information science in modern society, particularly in the fields of healthcare, bioscience and medicine. It was established in 1967 as a...
and a full member of the Australian Council of Professions. It was founded in 2002 and regularly provides comment and input to papers, proposals and legislative drafts in the region.
The college sees its functions as:
- standards setting for educationEducationEducation in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
and professional practice in health informatics - support of health informatics initiatives
- facilitation of collaborationCollaborationCollaboration is working together to achieve a goal. It is a recursive process where two or more people or organizations work together to realize shared goals, — for example, an intriguing endeavor that is creative in nature—by sharing...
- community mentoringMentoringMentorship refers to a personal developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps a less experienced or less knowledgeable person....
The college sponsors the electronic Journal of Health Informatics. It has also supported the Australian Health Informatics Education Council
Australian Health Informatics Education Council
The Australian Health Informatics Education Council is the peak forum for the coordination of Health Informatics education in Australia.The Council includes the major stakeholders in health informatics education in Australia, including the senior e-health organisations, universities, etc...
since its founding in 2009.