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December 2008
Presentation at APEC e-Health Technical Forum   View Summary
1 December 2008
Johanna Westbrook APECProfessor Johanna Westbrook recently presented as Invited Speaker for Australia at the 2008 APEC e-Health Technical Forum held in Seoul, Korea from 1-3 December.
November 2008
$8.4 million grant success   View Summary
10 November 2008
successA major cross-institutional research collaboration aimed at reducing the number of patients harmed in Australia has received $8.4 million in funding in the latest round of NHMRC program grants.
October 2008
ARC success   View Summary
23 October 2008
The Health Informatics Research and Evaluation Unit has been successful in the latest ARC grant round, securing large Linkage and Discovery grants.
Safety and risk under the microscope   View Summary
21 October 2008
Ben Woodhead of the Australian Financial Review recently interviewed Professor Johanna Westbrook to discuss the work she and the Health Informatics Research and Evaluation Unit are undertaking to investigate the benefits of technology in the health sector.
Medication error rates to be reduced by technology   View Summary
16 October 2008
The use of new information technology could significantly reduce the number of drug-related injuries in Australian hospitals, according to Professor Johanna Westbrook.
Senior Research Fellow selected for Diana Forsythe Award   View Summary
12 October 2008
A paper submitted to the International Journal of Medical Informatics by Andrew Georgiou, Senior Research Fellow in the Health Informatics Research and Evaluation Unit, has been selected as a finalist for the Diana Forsythe Award.
Campus Review   View Summary
7 October 2008
Professor Johanna Westbrook featured in the 7 October issue of Campus Review.
HIREU research assistant wins National Trust Photographic competition   View Summary
1 October 2008
Andrew Finlayson, a research assistant in the HIREU, recently won the National Trust of Australia's "I love this place…" photographic competition.
September 2008
Health Informatics Research and Evaluation Unit wins prestigious health informatics award   View Summary
1 September 2008
On Monday 1 September 2008, the Don Walker award for efficiency was presented to Professor Johanna Westbrook, Director of the Health Informatics Research and Evaluation Unit at the annual Health Informatics Society of Australia gala dinner in Melbourne
June 2008
In the news - Professor Johanna Westbrook   View Summary
16 June 2008
Professor Johanna Westbrook appeared on ABC NewsRadio following publication in the Medical Journal of Australia of research into Telemedicine in Emergency Departments.
May 2008
Medical Informatics (Europe) Congress   View Summary
5 May 2008
Dr Joanne Callen and Andrew Georgiou, both senior researchers in the Health Informatics Research and Evaluation Unit, recently presented at the MIE 2008 Congress in Sweden, with Andrew also presenting a paper on behalf of Professor Johanna Westbrook.
HIREU research was recently reported in Melbourne's Herald Sun news   View Summary
5 May 2008
Research undertaken by Professor Johanna Westbrook and her team of researchers at the Health Informatics Research and Evaluation Unit was recently reported in Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper