Voting opens for 2022 Clinical Informatics Leadership Award

NEWS - eHealthNews.nz editor Rebecca McBeth

Voting is open to select the winner of the 2022 Clinical Informatics Leadership Award.

The three finalists are; Alana Harper, lead for clinical safety and quality, Northern Rescue Helicopter Limited; Janine Bycroft, executive director, Health Navigator Charitable Trust;  and Karen Day, senior lecturer, head of department (Health Systems), Auckland University.

You can read profiles of each finalist on eHealthNews.nz and have until 9am on November 21 to vote online.

The winner of the award will be announced at Digital Health Week in Rotorua on December 6, 2022.

This year’s award attracted nominations from across New Zealand, representing a diverse selection of clinical informaticians from across sectors, services, academia and specialities.

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A three-person judging panel selected the finalists; 2019 award winner Rebecca George, 2020 award winner Lara Hopley, and HiNZ board chair Karen Blake.

The judges said the nominations were full of depth, variety and experience.

“Our three finalists have all stepped beyond their normal spheres of influence and work, contributing to the broader health system: and we are starting to see people contributing at regional, national and international levels,” Karen Blake says.

“As we look to the future, we are encouraged by all the nominees who demonstrate the breadth and depth of informatics leadership, capability and impact across the Aotearoa New Zealand’s health system.”

The winner will receive a free pass and speaking slot at Digital Health Week NZ 2023 and $5000 from Spark Health, which they can use to fund further study or attend an international conference.

Spark Health chief executive Will Reedy says each of the finalists are true leaders in Aotearoa's New Zealand's digital health community.

"It is great to see three such deserving finalists representing a range of clinical informatics disciplines working at a National level to deliver improved health outcomes," he says.

"We look forward to hearing who the winner of the 2022 CiLN Award is at Digital Health Week."

VOTE NOW for the winner of the Clinical Informatics Leadership Award 2022.

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