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Over the past ten years the growth of computers and data linking technologies has begun to transform the way we provide healthcare. Models of care are evolving from a paradigm where we respond to an individuals care needs as they arise to an approach that looks at prevention strategies right across entire populations. Health information and the science of health informatics are critical to underpin these evolving approaches and there is a mature movement and professional body that are driving this agenda in mainstream health environments. This mainstream agenda is understood and appropriate in most acute, sub acute and primary care environments. The application of health informatics in an indigenous environment needs to take note of particular aspects that are unique to indigenous communities. Aspects such as:

Increased privacy sensitivities;
Healthcare in an indigenous context is holistic and includes the entire family and community context as well a spiritual dimensions; and
IM/ICT capability in communities and access to support is often limited.

The emergence of community controlled health services that have to run their own IM/ICT and national eHealth funding having indigenous health as one of its foci has generated a lot of activity in the indigenous IM/ICT space over the past year. This has also identified a need for a focused discussion on what is required to ensure our indigenous communities are successful in term of ensuring that informatics underpins their health and wellbeing strategies.

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Vikki Tierney joined the group Special Interest Groups: Indigenous Informatics.
Posted Monday, 15 April 2013

Andre Zonn wrote on the Special Interest Groups: Indigenous Informatics wall: Is there any information regarding client information sharing protocols between Indigenous health organisations, State Health depts (in WA) and Non Government agencies delivering Indigenous Parenting programs? I am looking for resource material to inform discussions between three such groups in relation to implementation of an MOU between these groups. Cheers, Andre
Posted Saturday, 9 March 2013

Richard Taggart joined the group Special Interest Groups: Indigenous Informatics.
Posted Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Julia Wilkins joined the group Special Interest Groups: Indigenous Informatics.
Posted Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Jodie Pycroft joined the group Special Interest Groups: Indigenous Informatics.
Posted Wednesday, 25 July 2012

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