Text Box: The NIA annual conference brings together key Australian and international nurses to explore and progress the role of information and communication technology in health care. Don’t miss E-Health: Where Do Nurses Fit?   Connect with Australian and international nurses currently involved in E-Health    Network with other nurses who face the same issues you face    Keep up to date with developments    Stay ahead of the game Become involved in your profession and put nurses at the cutting edge of health care and health informatics for cost-effective and outcome-driven care for patients and clients into the future. All in one day E-Health: Where Do Nurses Fit? offers a great opportunity for all nurses to share and enhance their understanding of the role nurses have in the current national and local E-Health agenda’s. We invite you to Melbourne to share your research and practice experiences that aim to meet the needs of E-Health now and in the future. Call for Papers Paper presentations are invited that address current E-Health nursing research, practice, trends, developments, works in progress and that challenge existing practice are all welcome. All Abstracts and then full papers will be peer reviewed by a panel of national nurse informaticians and published in the proceedings. Presentations are expected to be for 20 minutes and 5 minutes for questions. Text Box: For further information please contact Jo Foster: NIA Secretary on: contact@niaonline.org.au Phone: 07) 3138 3876 Web Page: http://www.niaonline.org.au Text Box: Dates for submission: of 500 word Abstracts and then full papers are: Abstracts: July 20th 2008 Full Papers: August 15th Text Box: Nursing Informatics Australia Text Box: E-health – Where Do Nurses Fit?

WHEN: 

Saturday August 30th

WHERE:

Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre (MECC)

Abstract Submission:

Abstracts outlining the paper to be presented related to the conference theme should be submitted via Email in Word (.doc) format along with contact details to:  contact@niaonline.org.au with  “Conference Paper” in the Subject Heading.

Text Box: Moya Conrick Student Scholarship The best Student Abstract submitted will receive free conference registration and a 1 year HISA-NIA membership.