CiLN Advisory Panel update - April 2023

CiLN Advisory Panel interim chair Jerome Ng

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Caring for clinicians supports the delivery of higher quality care.

Digital solutions which effectively address clinician’s pain points will help clinicians deliver better and higher quality care for consumers and their whānau.

The process of co-development of digital solutions with the people who use them is essential for not only developing digital solutions that are fit-for-purpose, user-friendly and intuitive but also support their meaningful use and adoption in practice.

But exactly:

• What mechanisms are currently in place to support effective and authentic co-development with clinicians and consumers and whānau?
• And given the diversity and number of clinicians– exactly whom does one partner with?

The Clinical Informatics Leadership Network (CiLN) is a 600 strong clinical informatician community network – providing a single central platofrm by which multi-disciplinary clinician engagement and feedback can be sought.

A twelve member multi-disciplinary CiLN Advisory Panel leads and champions the implementation of CiLN’s mission to connect the clinical informaticians of Aotearoa NZ, and collectively advocate for and enable successful digital transformation.

Currently and over the past quarter, the CiLN Advisory Panel are:

• Advocating the need for clinical informaticians and considering mechanisms to partner with the incoming Chief Clinical Informatics Officer (CCIO)
• Monitoring the health reforms and exploring opportunities to advance clinical informatics
• Strengthening relationships with the National Allied Health & Scientific Informatics Group (NAHSTIG) and the Nursing & Midwifery Special Interest Group (NMI-SIG)
• Exploring the professionaliation of Clinical Informaticians
• Championing for co-development of national data and digital initiatives & policies with CiLN
  

In terms of an update on the CiLN Advisory Panel itself, there has been a number of changes over the past quarter. Alex Kemp, the previous chair has stepped down but remains in the clinical informatics network. Alex has been a driving force in the CiLN community, providing leadership to a maturing network. We thank her for her efforts and wish her the very best for her future endeavours. We welcome the following people who are co-opted to the CiLN Advisory Panel to support the mahi and enable greater collaboration across related clinical informatics groups:

• Emma Collins (nurse & educator)– as Chair of NMI
• Sharon Russell (physio) – as Chair of NAHSTIG
• Greig Russell (data scientist, doctor) – for greater Medical input
• Becky George (occupational therapist) – independent member
  

The health reforms present a unique “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to create systems which enable and support better and more equitable health outcomes and whānau and workforce experiences. Our position is that clinical informaticians are integral to the digitisation of the health sector. We warmly welcome Te Whatu Ora, Te Akai Whai Ora, the Ministry of Health and other groups to further whananungatanga with the CiLN Advisory Panel to explore how we can support each other to achieve better and more equitable healthcare that work for patients and the people who care for them.

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