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HCIRO Person-Centred Health System Award
The HCIRO Person-Centred Health System Award programme is sponsored by the Ministry of Health. The aim of the programme is to encourage the sharing of best practice, and promote innovation and education in the health informatics community, through publication in the HINZ journal Health Care and Informatics Review Online.
Availability
During the year ending 30 September 2010, eight awards of $500 are available to healthcare professionals and those working in the health IT sector. If you're a student or academic, then you're eligible for a different award - the HCIRO Rising Stars Award.
You must be a current financial member of HINZ. If you're not currently a member, you can join now.
Individuals are not eligible to receive more than one award during this period.
Awards can be made at any time during the period, but no more than three awards will be offered per quarterly publication. When there are no longer awards remaining, this will be notified on the HINZ website.
Judging Criteria
Winning articles are those considered to be making a significant contribution to building a more patient-centred, provider-friendly health system. Articles are judged against the following criteria:
- Significance and relevance to building a person-centred healthcare system (practical impact)
- Quality of scientific and/or technical content
- Originality and innovativeness
- Coverage of related literature (eg - national and international policies and scientific papers)
- Organisation and clarity of article.
We also recommend that you check HCIRO's call for papers, look at past issues of the journal, and contact the editor if you wish to discuss your paper before submission.
Applications
If you wish your article to be considered for an HCIRO Person-Centred Health System Award, then either:
- download the application, complete it, and e-mail it to admin@hinz.org.nz; or
- complete the application on-line
You can expect to receive feedback from HINZ within four weeks of submission. All accepted articles undergo copy-editing to meet the required editorial style and standard. Articles not accepted for publication may be accepted following revisions suggested by the editorial board.
All articles submitted to the awards programme that are accepted by the HCIRO Editorial Board will be published in the Health Care and Informatics Review Online journal. Articles will be published in the next issue of HCIRO, or the issue after if it is too late to include in the next issue.
Award-winning articles will be published with the standard acknowledgement specified in the entry form.
