The first conference was held in Adelaide in August 2000. The conference was an initiative of the National Health Information Management Advisory Council (NHIMAC). NHIMAC was established in 1998 by the Australian Health Ministers to advise on options to promote a nationally uniform approach to more effective information management in the health sector. The second conference was held in Brisbane in March 2003, and this paper provides an overview of the key issues addressed there.
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