Online learning is absolutely essential in a fast-paced world, according to an academic and registered nurse and midwife, but she added it's important to choose the right elearning. "It’s about the type of program that you’re looking at [and] the ...

Senior consultant Dr Kerryn Butler-Henderson tells Amie Larter why health information fields need more nurses. The number of nurses specialising in health informatics and health information management roles is still small. Even so, according to Dr Kerryn Butler-Henderson, senior consultant health ...

A collaboration is set to direct $2.5 million to improve remote access to healthcare. Just under one-third of Australians, 29 per cent, live in regional and rural areas, an Australian Bureau of Statistics study completed in June 2013 states. Of ...

Virtual wards aim to reduce hospital readmissions; take a closer look at approaches in Australia and the UK. In the UK, virtual wards in the home are already in use. They have been employed with varying degrees of success. Now ...

An online education program aims to boost nurses' emergency management skills using simulations of deteriorating patients. The program, FIRST2ACTweb (Feedback Incorporating Review and Simulation Techniques to Act on Clinical Trends), was developed by Monash University researchers, the University of Queensland, ...

A new technique has potential to make information transfers easy and more accurate.  Technology that can record and classify the clinical data transferred in a typical nursing handover could improve the accuracy of the information shared and reduce administrative work.  ...

An online presence is becoming an essential career enhancement tool.  Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter – are you on board? Recent statistics reveal more than 13 million Australians are on Facebook, 3.5 million have a LinkedIn profile and 2.5 million tweet on Twitter ...

Online posts and profiles are helping with the spread of information and opportunity amongst colleagues around the globe.  Nurses and midwives around Australia are taking to blogs to share their experiences and gain new ones. Their posts have brought about ...

Aged-care nurse leads the way in new informatician qualification.  An aged-care nurse has become the first Australian in the sector to receive a Certified Health Informatician Australasia (CHIA) qualification. As the fifth nurse overall to gain the certification nationally, RN Donna ...

Upcoming conference will explore how to bring IT online for maximum benefits and support from staff.  The changing landscape of healthcare and increasing demands on the system mean technology and informatics will need to play a much stronger part in ...