The Australian Health Informatics Education Council is the peak forum for the coordination of

Health Informatics Health informatics is the field of science and engineering that aims at developing methods and technologies for the acquisition, processing, and study of patient data, which can come from different sources and modalities, such as electronic hea ...

education in

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. The Council includes the major stakeholders in health informatics education in Australia, including the senior e-health organisations, universities, etc. AHIEC operates under the auspices of major Australian health informatics organisations. AHIEC was founded in January 2009 and is undertaking a number of baseline projects based on the AHIEC Work Plan '2009-10 and Beyond'.AHIEC Work Plan '2009-10 and Beyond'
published June 2009 The Council functions are: * working on coordinating standards for Health Informatics education * support of HI education and

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* facilitation of

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ACHI supports AHIEC through provision of a secretariat and organising of working meetings.

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External links

www.AHIEC.org.au
Australian Health Informatics Education Council
AHIEC News on Twitterwww.ACHI.org.au
Australasian College of Health Informatics Education in Australia Medical and health organisations based in Australia Health informatics organizations