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Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim
1980s Australia, new Zealand, and Hong Kong made considerable progress 1990s South Korea Japan and Malaysia
Begun to learned about NI and uses of this technologies in the health industries
increase computer use by practicing nurses in Australia, new Zealand, and other Asia Pacific country.
New Zealand
A. Health and Nursing informatics
Changes are continuous in the informatics area and there are many sources and pressures for these.
C. Information Governance New Zealand Health Information Service (NZHIS), control the national database National Health Index(NHI), Allows easier tracking of information National Minimum Dataset(NMDS)is a single integrated collection of health data All information collection, storage, access, and retrieval in New Zealand is governed by the privacy act (1993) and the health information code (1994) and subsequent amendments
Australia
A. Health and Nursing informatics
Autralia is a federation of 8 states and territories 20 million population In 2001, about 1,259 nursing worker Contribute to international education, workforce mobility, economic growth and healthcare industries Australia has more than 50 national nursing organization Health Informatics Society Australias NI special interest group November 2003 Australian Health Ministers Conference was announced HISA NI Sig has been founded
C. Information Governance
The Australian Institute for Health and Welfare (AIH&W) provides research and statistical support to the Australian state and territory governments
D. Historical Developments
began with the Royal Australian Nursing Federation (now ANF) in 1984 Later year, Nursing Computer Group Victoria (NCGV) Fourth International Symposium on Nursing Use of Computers and Information in Melbourne in 1991 profits of this conference enabled the formation of the HISA (official group to represent Australia in IMIA)
Hong Kong
Nursing Informatics
In 1991, HK nurses established NURSINFO Their motto: Nursing Informatics for Excellent in Patient Care Hong Kong Society of Medical Informatics and Hong Kong Computer Society Hong Kong Hospital Authority is possible for over 40 hospital and over 50 specialist clinics 1993 implementation began Provides longitudinal medical profile for patient Telemedicine and videoconferencing are in used and multimedia enhancement
South Korea
Nursing Informatics
Korean society of medical informatics, the premiere organization in Korea dedicated to:
Development of medical and health informatics Patients care Education Research Administration of healthcare arena
October 1989,society was established August 2006, KOSMI was hosting the next International Nursing Informatics Symposium