The HISA and HIC Story
HISA Story
The Health Informatics Society of Australia is a membership based not-for-profit organisation which has been supporting and representing Australia's health informatics and e-health community for almost 20 years. HISA aims to improve healthcare through the use of technology and information; providing a national network to support members and promote our industry
A brief history of HIC
The first Health Informatics Conference took place in Brisbane on 2-3 August 1993. Its title was 'Health Informatics into the Twenty First Century'. It consisted of 309 participants, 11 sponsors and 16 trade exhibitors. The second day of the conference saw the birth of the Health Informatics Society of Australia. HISA was created as a national focus point for health informatics activities and to promote and advocate for health informatics and e-health.
Since 1993 HISA and HIC have grown to become the leading organisation and conference for health informatics in Australia. Today, HIC attracts around 800 delegates per year, over 40 exhibitors and tens of sponsors and supporting organisations. HIC's speakers are leaders in health informatics research, technology and policy from all over the world.
The purpose of HIC is to bring together stakeholders from every area of healthcare and facilitate their collaboration on health informatics projects. HIC also aims to bring in those within the healthcare sector who were previously unaware that they were working in health informatics roles. Although thousands of people employed in the healthcare sector in Australia are doing health informatics work, they are often unaware of the fact.
By connecting these people to each other and to the professional education provided by HIC, HISA aims to improve our healthcare system and by extension the health of all Australians.