DATA GOVERNANCE 2011 Home Page
Welcome
The inaugural Data Governance event on 19 & 20 May 2011 is now over: this site remains for archival purposes. HISA and it's healthcare management informatics & computing (health-mic) special interest group invite you to attend the second Data Governance event on 29 & 30 March 2011.
The event will be of interest to healthcare executives and managers both clinical and non-clinical, data and information professionals, health informaticians, health policy makers, and academics.
The Concept
This will be an Australian first event dedicated to the issue of data governance in healthcare. Data and information (and the integrity of both) are critical to organisational decision making and monitoring in healthcare, and increasingly so in the environment proposed by the new national healthcare reform agenda.
This event will introduce manager and executives, healthcare leaders and information professionals to the concept of data governance and its underpinnings; and will act as an informative introductory forum to this rapidly expanding specialist area which is getting a foothold in the Australian healthcare industry.
Why attend
From a clinical data perspective, health information is fundamental to healthcare at every level from the uber-macro level of global health system appraisal and strategy to the micro level of individual personal healthcare services available to patient consumers . However, despite the recognised importance, the quality of the health information landscape in Australia does not effectively support activities such as health surveillance, guidance for policy, service planning, innovation and clinical and operational decision-making . A new term, e-iatrogenesis, has been coined to describe patient harm caused at least in part by the application and use of health information technology.
In an environment of exponentially increasing use of information systems in healthcare it is increasingly difficult to control the information in these systems which are becoming integral tools in patient care and health service management. Issues such as data quality and validity, privacy management and data disclosure and data ownership are difficult to address and are of concern to patients, healthcare providers and health service managers. Information Governance provides a platform that promotes quality, safe, valid and ethical use surrounding information use in electronic information systems. This meeting will provide guidance on the issues surrounding data and information governance and how it can be used to increase the power of the information required to inform decision making and direct practice.
From a health service management and policy perspective, attendees can expect to see the following areas addressed:
Data Governance: Concepts, current concerns and emerging issues
- Principles of data governance (DG)
- Contemporary issues for health care - Australian and International perspectives
- How other industries manage personal data
- A consumer perspective on health data
Data Governance in Practice
- Organisational risks: What are they and how to manage them
- Implementing a DG program - resources, first steps and obstacles
- Case studies of data governance in Australian health care
Data access and availability
- Data and Quality - balancing personal privacy and public benefit
- Legal and ethical issues for custodians of healthcare data
- Panel discussion on future directions in Australia
From an information management and data governance (DG) implementation perspective, attendees could expect to learn the following things as a result of attending an event about DG:
- Is there an example of best practice in DG in healthcare ?
- What software or other tools are there - if any - to assist in corporate DG ?
- What benefits have been realised from organisations implementing a DG program ?
- What is the minimum I should try to achieve in the first year if I am starting from scratch in establishing a corporate DG program ?
- And in light of that .. how can I measure success/ how will I know if I am having a positive impact ?
From an academic perspective, DG in healthcare is an important research challenge in the health informatics space. This event will provide an opportunity for academic researchers to:
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Present their research results
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Interact with their "user community" (practitioners, administrators etc.)
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Interact with their academic/research peers
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Gain a better understanding of the "pain points" from the perspective of the user community
We encourage you to register to attend this event and look forward to bringing you more details on this exciting inaugural event as they come to hand. We trust you share our excitement at what such an event could offer the Australian health informatics landscape.