Our research group
investigates the tools and techniques that help managers of health
information systems make more informed decisions. This results
in higher quality IT solutions for the e-health sector. Professor
Peter Croll leads this group specialising in the areas of risk
and trust with e-health applications. more...
Prof
Peter Croll’s journal paper was selected for citation
and inclusion in the 2007 Yearbook of the International Medical
Informatics Association (IMIA). The yearbook
represents “the most original, excellent state-of-the-art
research in the area of health and biomedical informatics
of the past year”. This paper was the only paper from
Australia to be selected
under the best papers category. [more...]
Health
Informatics Society of Australia (HISA) QLD seminar on “e-health
security and trust”. You are cordially invited to attend
the forthcoming HISA event hosted by QUT, 5:30p.m. Level 12,
‘S’ block, Gardens Point Campus. Further details
soon.
Also – HISA’s Health Informatics Privacy and
Security (HIPS) national symposium to be held on Thursday
22nd Nov in Sydney – venue TBA.
Outcomes from Medinfo2007
the premier 12th World Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics
held in Brisbane, 20-24 August 2007 [more...]
A national health database accessible via the internet can
provide major benefits in health care - but there are also real
risks. In Australia, commonwealth and state governments have
committed funding for the establishment of a national health
database by 2010, with trials now occurring in Queensland and
other states. But major concerns on the use and safety of e-health
systems are not being adequately addressed. Security and privacy
are the top e-health issues causing concern to people (due to
the sensitive nature of patient information and potential access
to it by a wide range of staff), but the risks do not end there.
The critical risks that electronic records now face are user
acceptance and trust. Increasingly we are hearing of security
violations from databases that we would like to think are highly
trustworthy. With electronic health records the proliferation
of disparate databases relying heavily on commodity software
platforms compounds these risks. [more...]
Professor
Croll’s Expertise
Prof
Peter Croll’s journal paper was selected for citation
and inclusion in the 2007 Yearbook of the International Medical
Informatics Association (IMIA). The 
Health
Informatics Society of Australia (HISA) QLD seminar on “e-health
security and trust”. You are cordially invited to attend
the forthcoming HISA event hosted by QUT, 5:30p.m. Level 12,
‘S’ block, Gardens Point Campus. Further details
soon. 
