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Main HI Workforce challenges

Main HI Workforce challenges. Are the available resources flexible enough to be deployed wherever really necessary? Can the risk to healthcare without us be convincingly defined INTERNAL How many are there, doing what and where; and are we all fit to practice EXTERNAL

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Main HI Workforce challenges

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  1. Main HI Workforce challenges • Are the available resources flexible enough to be deployed wherever really necessary? • Can the risk to healthcare without us be convincingly defined • INTERNAL • How many are there, doing what and where; and are we all fit to practice • EXTERNAL • Do employers understand the potential • Is our contribution to clinical and health management activity quantifiable • How can we keep track of policy changes at all levels jean@hcjean.demon.co.uk

  2. Identity and authority • Health Informatics operates in a mixed economy; ‘clans’ still rule • Risks – antagonism, ignorance/arrogance and failure to work together • Goals of healthcare are global; priorities are variable • Interworking enabled by common standards • Current fragmentation threatens delivery • Environmental factors are volatile and expectations are difficult to manage jean@hcjean.demon.co.uk

  3. Synergy and subsidiarity • Increases patient safety • Profiles activity correctly (for outcomes evaluation and financial probity) • Improves efficiency and effectiveness Certification of the workforce Accreditation of the tools jean@hcjean.demon.co.uk

  4. Next steps? • Review existing domain information including legislation • Commonality – scale, scope (community and constituencies • Cross-map existing standards • Gap analysis • Consult and validate • Quantify potential demand and sources • Explore trans-Atlantic MoUprocesses for health informatics workforce recognition and mobility • Develop a joint business case jean@hcjean.demon.co.uk

  5. One Profession – many (emerging) Constituencies INFORMATICS(IT, IM and Information Science) HEALTH INFORMATICS COMMUNITY Knowledge Management ICT, IT, incl Computer Science / studies Portfolio Programme Project Management Information Management Managing HI Services Clinical Informatics + User Experience Health Records Management Education Training Development Research HEALTH Note : ALL constituencies have public &private health, academic and commercial existences

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