Nursing Midwifery in Digital Health
HIC2027 has a dedicated stream designed to bring together and inspire Australia’s nursing and midwifery informaticians.
The Nursing Midwifery in Digital Health concurrent stream aims to inspire nurses and midwives to become digitally empowered in the future delivery of care to achieve quality outcomes across all healthcare settings.
Call for Abstracts
Submissions from nurses and midwives are encouraged across a range of healthcare settings including public and private hospitals, primary and indigenous, aged and community care, mental health, NGOs, multicultural services, and all specialist nursing and midwifery services.
We invite authors to submit their research, projects, innovations, experiences, and learnings that will enable nurses and midwives to achieve increased confidence and capability in the use of digital health in their practice.
Our three themes are Digital Professionalism, Data and Information Enabled Care and Leadership and Advocacy.
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Research Project Submission
Research project abstracts should clearly state the aim of the project, and the specific methods used to answer the research question/s. The abstract should highlight the key findings and conclusions, as well as a discussion on the significance of the results.
Nurses who have a research project but do not wish to publish this project should submit a short 3-page abstract to share with the audience.
- Maximum of three pages in length, including references
- Use the Research Project Abstract Template for submissions – Overview / Aim / Methods / Results / Conclusion
- A literature review is not required
- Students: typically have the mentor/teacher/guide as the senior author, as well as any other collaborators, mentors or authors
- Presentations will be 20-minutes in length for concurrent sessions and will be delivered in person at the event
- Accepted presenters must register and pay to attend the conference. Failure to register will result in the abstract being removed from the program
- Abstracts are blind reviewed by a panel of industry leades for relevance, importance and topical interest to the sector
Case Study Submission
Case Study abstracts are a concise summary of a specific case study which highlights the case study’s focus and findings with a description, discussion and conclusion.
- Maximum of three pages in length, including references
- Use the Case Study Abstract Template for submissions – Overview / Case Overview / Discussion / Conclusion
- Please ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained, and you have written consent from the patient to present their case
- Before submitting this abstract, check if approval is required from your healthcare organisation’s research/ethics team
- Students: typically have the mentor/teacher/guide as the senior author, as well as any other collaborators, mentors or authors
- Presentations will be 20-minutes in length for concurrent sessions and will be delivered in person at the event
- Accepted presenters must register and pay to attend the conference. Failure to register will result in the abstract being removed from the program
- Abstracts are blind reviewed by a panel of industry leaders for relevance, importance and topical interest to the sector
Quality Improvement Submission
Quality Improvement abstracts should clearly state the aim of the initiative and the specific measures taken to enhance quality. The abstract should highlight the methods and interventions used to improve the quality of care or service, address the key findings and conclusions.
- Maximum of three pages in length, including references
- Use the Quality Improvement Abstract Template for submissions – Overview / Aim / Methods / Results / Conclusion
- Students: typically have the mentor/teacher/guide as the senior author, as well as any other collaborators, mentors or authors
- Presentations will be 20-minutes in length for concurrent sessions and will be delivered in person at the event
- Accepted presenters must register and pay to attend the conference. Failure to register will result in the abstract being removed from the program
- Abstracts are blind reviewed by a panel of industry leaders for relevance, importance and topical interest to the sector
Academic Abstract Submission (was Scientific Paper Submission)
Academic abstracts are descriptions of original research on the use of information methods, systems and technologies to improve the quality and safety of care, enhance care outcomes, promote patient-centred care, facilitate translational research, enable precision medicine, and improve education and skills in digital health.
Note: NMiDH academic abstracts will be published in the HIC Conference Proceedings and must be submitted via the Academic Submission Word template as a full abstract.
- You will have a maximum of 300 words to describe your presentation
- To assist the review process, please ensure you:
- Include a presentation title and use sentence case
- Describe the problem being addressed and the healthcare setting it applies to
- Describe the approach including any technological solutions or health informatics principles being applied
- Include description of implementation, current status, findings and outcomes
- End with conclusions and describe lessons learnt
- Check spelling and grammar replacing American spelling with English (Australian) where applicable
- Presentations will be 20-minutes in length for concurrent sessions or 10 minutes in length for Lightning Talks (as per below Lightning Talks guidelines) and will be delivered in person at the event
- Accepted presenters must register and pay to attend the conference. Failure to register will result in the abstract being removed from the program
- Presentations are blind reviewed by a panel of industry leaders for relevance, importance and topical interest to the sector
Accepted abstracts will be published in IOS Press Studies in Health Technology and Informatics.
Tracks, Themes and Topics
Digital Professionalism – encompassing the professional standards within the digital healthcare environment
- Creating the digital future for nurses and midwives
- Preparing the future nursing and midwifery workforce
- Digital literacy amongst nurses and midwives
- Protecting the providers and recipients of our care through digital security and privacy
- The scope of nursing and midwifery practice in a digital healthcare environment
- The consequences of digital poverty
- Digital identity and why it is so important to master
- Role of nursing/midwifery informatics in contributing to climate justice
Data and Information Enabled Care – encompassing quality in the capture, creation, use, and analysis of clinical data
- Role of nurses and midwives in the management of data
- Translation of nursing and midwifery data to information, knowledge, and wisdom
- Data informed decision making
- Digital health governance
- New models of care in response to technology
- The impact of digital health on nursing/midwifery practice
- Data standardisation
Leadership and Advocacy – encompassing the active involvement of nurses and midwives in leading digital health policy and vision
- Partnering with recipients of care/consumers about data collection, access, and use
- Educating colleagues and consumers about digital health initiatives
- Advocating for consumer access to digital health initiatives
- Championing the use of digital health technologies
- Influencing organisational and jurisdictional digital health strategies
- Advocating for digital initiatives at a local, national, and international level
- Promoting emerging digital health initiatives
- Leading the design, implementation, and evaluation of digital health technologies
- Changing roles of leaders and teams in digital health
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