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The health informatics professions
Heather Grain1, Gaida Anna Coote
1eHealth Education Pty Ltd, and Health-e-Words, Australia.
Abstract:
This chapter identifies the skills, professional challenges and changes needed for health and IT workforce development, to support a team based integrated approach to the development and implementation of successful, cost effective, safe systems in healthcare. This requires an attitude which embraces change and breaks down existing hierarchical structures and responsibilities by recognising the need for different and extended knowledge and skills within each professional area and within any organisational workforce composition.
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