Health Information Science: 7th International Conference, HIS 2018, Cairns, QLD, Australia, October 5–7, 2018, Proceedings

[Extract] The International Conference Series on Health Information Science (HIS) provides a forum for disseminating and exchanging multidisciplinary research results in computer science/information technology and health science and services. It covers all aspects of health information sciences and systems that support health information management and health service delivery. The 7th International Conference on Health Information Science (HIS 2018) was held in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, during October 5–7, 2018. Founded in April 2012 as the International Conference on Health Information Science and Their Applications, the conference continues to grow to include an ever-broader scope of activities. The main goal of these events is to provide international scientific forums for researchers to exchange new ideas in a number of fields that interact in depth through discussions with their peers from around the world. The scope of the conference includes: (1) medical/health/biomedicine information resources, such as patient medical records, devices and equipments, software and tools to capture, store, retrieve, process, analyze, and optimize the use of information in the health domain; (2) data management, data mining, and knowledge discovery, all of which play a key role in decision-making, management of public health, examination of standards, privacy and security issues; (3) computer visualization and artificial intelligence for computer-aided diagnosis; and (4) development of new architectures and applications for health information systems

The MyHealthRecord System in General Practices: Steps Towards Adoption Sustainability

Digital health systems such as MyHealthRecord (MyHR) are aimed at enabling the accessibility of health records whenever and wherever, assisting users in making more informed decisions about patient care. This research explored MyHR adoption (Victoria) and user views/experiences in general practice organisations (GPO). Although adoption of MyHR in GPO was encouraged in July 2016, system use was limited, adapting ad hoc procedures mostly to satisfy funding criteria. This paper brings recommendations for GPO and policy makers, referring to lessons from GP computerisation. The adoption triangle theory was contextualised, encapsulating three main themes: (1) To understand and identify ‘needs’ of GPOs/patients, promoting cultural shift among GPOs and the community; (2) ‘Enhance support’ to address these needs, including three themes related to users and GPO engagements, and a formal change-management approach; (3) ‘Review incentive’ to increase system education and interaction, hence increasing the likelihood of adoption sustainability