The HISA SA State Branch Committee was re-formed in 2012 after a long absence. Since then, the local organising Committee and National HISA Office have attempted to actively engage with HISA SA members to ensure the membership services, advocacy, professional development and networking activities are meeting the member’s needs.

With over fifty HISA members in South Australia, the Committee has mainly focussed on professional development seminars and educational meetings, but with attendance often less than the high calibre presenters deserved. As a result, we have compiled the following survey which will be an important tool to assist us finding out how best to meet the HISA member’s needs and expectations.

We ask that you please spend about five minutes completing this brief survey, as it will help our understanding and planning of activities that will provide you with value and target your areas of interest.

Many thanks,
Chris Radbone and Jean-Pierre Calabretto

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* 1. Are you a HISA member?

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* 4. Where is your geographical base of work? (select the most relevant)

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* 5. Have you attended any HISA SA education sessions in the last two years?

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* 6. Please let us know:
If you did not attend any sessions – why not?
If you did attend some sessions – any comments you may have?
Or please add any other comments/thoughts.

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* 7. Please inform us of your top five (5) areas of interest in health informatics, with five (5) being the most important to you. We will use this information to plan future events and education sessions. 

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Advancing Medication safety
Change management
Chronic disease management
Community care/mobility/health care in the home
Cyber Security
Disruption of Healthcare
Emerging innovations
EMR/MyHealthRecord (MyHR)
Health literacy and education
Integrated care
Involvement with medical specialists with health informatics
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
Performance measurements / analytics (Big Data)
Personalised medicine
Population health
Primary care – primary health networks (PHNs)
Proposed legislative changes regarding healthcare
Quantified self/Us/Personal health applications (e.g. Fitbit)
Research / evidence based care
SA e-Health updates
Telehealth
User centric healthcare

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* 8. Are there any other areas of interest in health informatics that you would like to see at future events?

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* 9. What is the one topic you feel would be extremely valuable to your current role?

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* 10. Would you like to present at a HISA SA session or do you know anyone we could approach and invite?

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* 11. Which of the following factors are important to your attendance of sessions?

  Extremely Unimportant Unimportant Neutral Important Extremely Important
Proximity to place of employment
Time of session
Value of the specific topic
Credibility/Calibre of Speaker
Opportunity to gain knowledge
Networking
Public Transport
Parking

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* 12. In your opinion, does HISA SA provide good value for the money?

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* 13. Are you currently or have you previously been a member of other related industry (Health/Informatics/ IT) groups or associations?

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* 14. Please share ideas on how we could increase HISA SA membership numbers?

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* 15. If you would like someone to contact you regarding this survey or how to become a HISA member, please provide your name and contact details here:

Thank you again for your time. We value your input.

Your HISA local organising committee

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