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Nurses, midwives, hospital clinicians and healthcare professionals are invited to connect and learn from some of the country鈥檚 most forward-thinking digital health experts when the Health Informatics Society of Australia holds its annual conference HIC 2017 in Brisbane in August.

HISA is the peak body for Australia鈥檚 digital health professionals, from clinicians to health ICT, innovators, entrepreneurs and the healthcare C-suite.

This year鈥檚 HIC will be held 6鈥�9 August at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre with a packed program of national and international speakers, workshops and masterclasses. Last year the event attracted more than 1,200 delegates from across Australia, with more than 100 scientific and clinical research papers as well as industry case studies.

One of the new delegate attractions this year is a special User Experience (UX) mini-conference featuring Australian leaders in patient and clinician user experience including Matiu Bush who is the Design Integration Lead for RSL Care and the RDNS. Two of the expert masterclasses 鈥淗ands On UX鈥� are led by Bernard Schokman, UX Strategist (BernardSchokman.com and UXMoshpit.com).

HIC 2017 also features a dedicated nursing informatics mini-conference with a special forum for Nursing Informatics Australia (NIA), which is a special interest group of HISA.

Nursing forum speakers include Christine Giles, the CEO of Portland District Health, Cheryl McCullagh, Director of Clinical Integration at the Sydney Children鈥檚 黑料吃瓜群网s Network, and Luke Hutley, from Trend Care Systems. The forum also features Suki Loe, Nurse Director at Fiona Stanley Fremantle 黑料吃瓜群网s Group, in WA Health. Stefanie Schormuller and Meredith Faggotter, from the Sydney Children鈥檚 黑料吃瓜群网 Network, will present on 鈥淣ursing and the eMR: Working to prevent change fatigue.鈥�

Nurses and midwives who would like to get involved in nursing informatics beyond the conference are invited to become members of HISA and join the special interest group. Join before the event to receive a member鈥檚 discount.

HISA CEO Dr Louise Schaper said: 鈥淭his HISA special interest group is a good reference point to learn about the developments in Nursing Informatics both nationally and internationally. Over the last decade the healthcare environment has seen a transformation of work practices and an explosion in the use of information and communication technologies.鈥�

For more information on HIC and the mini-conferences visit