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- A 9 Month Milestone
HIKM ACM Chapter is proud to announce that only 9 months since our inauguration, we already have 71 Chapter members. Our Chair Professor Bhavna Antony says, “This is an exciting milestone for the chapter. It reflects the shared interest of researchers, practitioners, clinicians, and students who are all passionate about how digital technologies can improve health outcomes and create meaningful impact.” Contact us on if you would like more information - ‘The Hidden Complexity of EHR Data: Why Healthcare AI is Hard’
An Event of our ‘Unsolved Puzzles’ Round Table Series on 30 July 2026 at 4pm – 5:30pm AEST Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are often viewed as the ideal foundation for artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare because they contain vast amounts of patient information collected during routine clinical care. However, despite their size and richness, EHR datasets are among the most challenging forms of data for AI development. Clinical information is fragmented across structured fields and free text, recorded by different clinicians with varying documentation styles, influenced by workflow rather than research protocols, and frequently incomplete or biased. These complexities limit… Read more: ‘The Hidden Complexity of EHR Data: Why Healthcare AI is Hard’ - Childhood Disabilities to Aged Care Dementia
HIKM ACM Chapter Unsolved Puzzle Round Table Series- 23 June 2026, 3pm-5pm (Brisbane, AEST) From Childhood Disabilities to Aged Care Dementia:How Can Art Therapy, Artful Environments,Health Informaticsand AI Help? Unfortunately,Dr Emily Handley, Wicking Dementia Research & Education Centre, has had to cancel her keynote due unexpected health reasons. If well, she may join us at the end. However, the HIKM ACM Chapter is delighted to announce that industrial artist extraordinaire Sharron T will be headlining the Round-Table instead. Sharron is a pioneer in applying art for therapeutic purposes. For over two decades she has created, designed (in Brisbane and London),… Read more: Childhood Disabilities to Aged Care Dementia - CAMHI Webinar
‘Complementary and Alternative Medicine Health Informatics (CAMHI)’ Webinar Fri. 22 May 2026 14.30-17.00 AEST The Case for CAMHI: A Webinar of Speakers on Complimentary and Alternative Medicine settings Our invited speakers will appeal to health care professionals in each modality, and digital health researchers looking to apply methods to Complementary and Alternative Medicine settings. Health informatics innovations such as standards, tele-health, decision support, data analytics, simulation, remote monitoring and social media technologies have been applied to Western, Allopathic medicine far more so than in other systems of medicine including Ayurvedic Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Homeopathy and Naturopathy. This symposium provides… Read more: CAMHI Webinar - Inaugural Chapter Presentation
Inaugural Chapter Presentation:“Future Directions of Digital Health” 23 April 2026: The Architect of Health Systems, renown Health Informatician Prof. Bernd Blobel FACHI FACMI FHL7 FEFMI FIAHSI gave the Inaugural Presentation of the HIKM ACM Chapter on “Future Directions of Digital Health” Biography Prof. Blobel has been a pioneer in the digital transformation of healthcare, contributing significantly to eHealth, telemedicine, and digital health standards. His leadership in European Digital Health Projects, and authorship of countless policies, proposals and papers have been instrumental in advancing digital health globally. His work provides vital frameworks for data integration, interoperability, and security of health care… Read more: Inaugural Chapter Presentation - First Chapter Meeting
First Chapter Meeting The first Members’ Meeting of the Health Informatics Knowledge Management ACM Chapter was held on 10 February 2026. The meeting was led by HIKM ACM Chapter Chair Prof Bhavna Antony.The meeting focused on establishing a program of speakers and seminars for 2026. Contact us on if you would like more information