The 6th Australasian Workshop on Health Informatics and Knowledge Management will be a one-day event, held at the University of South Australia, Adelaide, early in 2013. HIKM is an established forum held annually as part of Australasian Computer Science Week, which will run from 29 January to 1 February in 2013. During Australasian Computer Science Week in 2013, HIKM is also pleased to host a keynote speaker, Professor Riccardo Bellazzi, Director of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Pavia in Italy. 2013 HIKM Workshop Co-chairs are Kathleen Gray, University of Melbourne, and Andy Koronios, UNISA.