Join our expert presenters to understand the benefits of developing and using consistent terminology data standards in clinical practice
Who should attend:
Allied health professionals who want:
More client information at their fingertips in real time
Decreased administration time chasing, collating, reporting and sharing client information
Reliable, interpretable data at a business and population health level which can inform funding programs, policy development and research
High levels of clinical governance in practice
To be able to leverage Artificial Intelligence.
Date: Monday 7 April 2025
Time: 7:30–8:45pm AEST
Free registration
What you’ll learn:
Why the national consistent terminology data standards Sparked are building are the essential enabler to interoperable digital systems and high quality reliable data
Challenges of communication and reporting without using consistent terminology
How the government might mandate digital sharing of certain clinical data for funding eligibility
How SMART forms can be developed to facilitate systematic sharing and collation of information
How you, your organisation, your client's and the healthcare system will benefit once these standards are in use
How you can get involved with Sparked to make sure the national standards include the clinical terminology you use
Presenters
Standards use in Clinical Practice
Wendy Liang, Orthoptics Australia
Wendy is a paediatric orthoptist representing Orthoptics Australia. She has been working at the Children’s Eye Centre for the last 14 years and has also been a practitioner teacher at the University of Technology Sydney for the last 7 years.
Improving communication between allied health professionals and general practitioners
Dr Oliver Frank, RACGP
Dr Oliver Frank is a specialist GP in a mainstream general practice in the inner suburbs of Adelaide. He has long involvement in clinical informatics, and is currently serving in his 35th year as a member of the RACGP’s national informatics committee. He represents the RACGP in the Sparked FHIR program.
Nutrition & Dietetics: Our Journey Towards Developing & Using Consistent Terminology
Dr. Angela Vivanti, Dietitians Australia/Princess Alexandra Hospital
Dr Angela Vivanti is an inaugural member of the NCPT Clinical Project Group, progressing standardized terminology within SNOMED-CT International to optimize electronic health records interoperability and enthusiastically supports SPARKED in their work to improve health care information exchange.
Demonstration of how smartforms are being developed and how they can leverage the standards created by the Sparked FHIR Accelerator to be integrated into clinical information systems
Ian Davies, Australian Digital Health Agency
Ian Davies oversees projects relating to driving greater adoption of My Health Record in multiple healthcare sectors. He is also managing the Agency’s efforts to use modern smartform technology to help integrate new functionality into clinical information systems in a cost-effective and user-centred way.
Overview of the Sparked FHIR Accelerator and update on the development of AUCDI Chronic Condition Management, and how national standards are being used to enable clinical workflows through the development of SMART Forms such as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Health Check.
Tor Bendle, CSIRO/Sparked
Project Engagement Lead, Sparked (AU FHIR Accelerator)