Title
Ghosts in the Machine: Identifying the Digital Health Information Workforce.
Abstract
In descriptions of digital health the role of human agency and the work of managing and governing health information and communication technology is often invisible. This paper reports preliminary results of a scoping review of the literature and a national workforce census, undertaken as part of a research program to shed light on the responsibilities and the contributions of the health information workforce. The global literature is not a good indicator of the actual proportion of health informaticians, health information managers, health librarians or other health professionals who are engaged in health information work in Australia. While the research interest in health information work of all descriptions is increasing, the practice of health information work is neither highly skilled nor easily identifiable in findings of an Australian census. Reforming this workforce may be a key to translating digital health rhetoric into measurable improvements in health system performance.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.3233/978-1-61499-951-5-146
Studies in health technology and informatics
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Health information,information technology,labour force,occupational status
Conference
257
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1879-8365
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kathleen Gray103.38
Cecily Gilbert200.34
Kerryn Butler-Henderson344.90
Karen Day492.32
Simone Pritchard500.34