title: The health informatics professions.
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.
authors.affiliation: eHealth Education Pty Ltd, and Health-e-Words, Australia.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Grain
authors.forename: Gaida Anna
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Coote
mesh_terms: D057286:Electronic Health Records; D063005:Health Information Systems; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007587:Job Description; D008490:Medical Informatics; D017146:Models, Organizational; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011361:Professional Competence