This month we talk to DHIN member and Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dr Monique Hines. Can you please tell us about a day in your life? A typical day starts for me with a coffee in hand as I catch up on my emails and make a plan for what I need to accomplish that day. My [...]
This month we spoke to PhD student Melissa Aji. We asked Melissa a few questions about her research. Please tell us a little about yourself I am a PhD candidate within the Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney. Prior to this, I graduated with a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) from Macquarie University with [...]
This month the Practice Analytics Node profiles Candice Kielly-Carroll. Candice is a Senior Research Officer of the Research in Implementation Science and eHealth Group (RISe) at the University of Sydney. Candice currently manages the Cancer Data Innovation Project for the Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre and conducts health services research for state and federal governments [...]
On the 4th of July, Health Minister Hon Greg Hunt MP launched Australia's National Digital Health Strategy and Framework for Action. The strategy acknowledges digital health as a nationwide priority and outlines strategies for improving service delivery and health outcomes. The strategy has been developed by the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA). The ADHA was established [...]
InnoWell is a joint venture between The University of Sydney and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) working on co-designing, building and implementing technology-enabled solutions for Australian mental health services reform. The technology solution is known as the Synergy Online System (Synergy). More specifically, Synergy is a customisable digital toolkit to assist assessment, monitoring and management of mental health issues [...]
Congratulations to all of the DHIN members involved in the successful bid for funding from the Australian Digital Health Agency, with the Western Sydney Cardiology Care Test Bed. The Cardiology Test Bed project is one of 15 new projects that uses information gathered from consenting individuals to examine how My Health Record can be a system that [...]
By Anna Janssen This month the Practice Analytics Node profiles Associate Professor Rodrigo Cavalcanti. Rodrigo is Associate Professor in General Internal Medicine at the University of Toronto. His research interests include trainee competence assessment, clinical reasoning and applications of cognitive load theory in medical education. Rodrigo was asked five quick questions about Practice Analytics: What does [...]
This month we profile PhD student Stephen McCloskey. Stephen's research is a data-driven multidisciplinary project analysing sleep disorders using machine learning techniques to identify quantitative characteristics. Please tell us a little about yourself I am a current PhD student at University of Sydney that was born and raised in Sydney. I graduated in 2016 from University [...]
The DHIN Operations Committee meets weekly and oversees the general running of the Digital Health and Informatics Network, including digital health projects with the hospitals and LHDs, digital health scoping exercises, funding opportunities and events and marketing. This Committee is made up of a core group of nine members with a wide range of experience in [...]
This month we spent 5 minutes with Nicholas Ho. Nick is the translational data scientist at the Brain and Mind Centre. Can you please tell us about a day in your life? As the translational data scientist at the Brain and Mind Centre at the University of Sydney, I provide data science support for research projects [...]
