Melbourne 24 - 26 August 2010

Now in its 18th year, HIC has become synonymous with health informatics in Australia. HIC has long been setting the bar for a conference experience that exceeds expectations and delivers high quality results to exhibitors, sponsors and delegates.

The HISA team work hard to ensure each HIC exceeds expectations and is bigger and better than the year before. In 2010 you can expect over 800 delegates comprising CIOs, CEOs, health administrators, clinicians, health informaticians, researchers, government officials and policy makers listening to  a range of international and national speakers who are ardent innovators and practical users of e-health. We have also secured the largest exhibition space in HIC’s history and designed an exciting exhibition floor with interactive attractions to enhance the delegate and exhibitor experience.

As Australia’s longest running and continually growing health informatics and e-health conference, HIC is the place to be seen on the events calendar. In a federal election year, with health reform key on the agenda, securing your place at HIC 2010 will ensure your connection to the growing community of organisations and individuals who are committed to, and passionate about, health reform enabled by e-health.

We look forward to welcoming you in Melbourne and enjoying an energetic and successful conference.

HIC 2010 – proudly brought to you by HISA.

The challenges of providing healthcare that is safe, equitable, effective and efficient are well documented. A reform agenda is underway to address these challenges in new ways. And informatics - the science and practice around the capture and use of information – is critical to meeting these challenges and implementing reform.

“Informing the business of healthcare” will examine the latest developments in the generation and use of information with which healthcare is managed and improved by individuals and organizations and at the system level. HIC 2010 will canvass the following key themes:

• Measurement and improvement in healthcare
  • Activity based funding
  • Safety
  • Productivity
  • Access
  • Quality
• Capture and use of data
  • Harvesting data from clinical and operational sources
  • Data visualisation and analytics
  • Business intelligence
  • Biosurveillance
• Return on investment
  • ROI from informatics
  • Benefit management and realisation
  • Information and change
• New economic opportunities
  • The markets for eHealth
  • Health Informatics as an economic driver

HIC 2010 will look at the practical systems and process issues that need to be addressed now, to meet the challenges of the future. It will showcase the technologies of the future.

In addition, HIC 2010 will provide a forum for developing an action plan for assisting health reform through informatics.

We look forward to your attendance at HIC 2010 in Melbourne.

David Rowlands
Chair, HIC 2010 Organising Committee