We can improve the working lives of physios, the services provided, and patients' outcomes by embedding the best use of informatics throughout the profession
Health informatics is 'the knowledge, skills and tools that enable information to be collected, managed, used and shared to support the delivery of healthcare and to promote health and wellbeing'.
The Physiotherapy Health Informatics Strategy (PHIS) will optimise the use of informatics in the design and delivery of physiotherapy services. The PHIS will contribute to maximising the outcomes of our patients and will support the work of CSP members across the four pillars of practice.
What is the PHIS?
The strategy is addressing how health informatics will impact the working lives of physios, the services provided, and patients' outcomes from 2022-27
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PHIS aims and objectives
From the student physio to national policy, we want to PHIS to bring wide-reaching improvements to the profession
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Vision for the PHIS
The CSP's PHIS will affect the profession on an individual, organisational and national level. Here we set out our vision for the five-year plan
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Practical applications of the PHIS
The implementation of the PHIS across the profession, and how you can get involved
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Informatics education
Courses for allied health professionals
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Students and the PHIS
How the strategy will affect the next generation of physios
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Developing the PHIS
Expertise from throughout the profession has been harnessed to create the PHIS
![Working well together](/sites/default/files/styles/content_snippet/public/images/2019-09/fl_1_oct_1_cover.jpg?itok=xUTAmv_K)