Open letter to new CCIO

eHealthNews.nz: Clinical Informatics

Monday, 17 April 2023

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Tēnā koe, Lara!

Warm congratulations on your appointment. It is very exciting to have someone with your experience in this role. As the chair and co-chair of the Clinical Informatics Leadership Network (CiLN) Advisory Panel, we take this opportunity to offer you our support in making your new role as effective and productive as possible.

We believe this role will be critical in driving Aotearoa NZ’s journey that leverages technology and data for better and more equitable health outcomes for people and whānau while improving the workforce experience.

The Clinical Informatics Leadership Network (CiLN) is a 600 strong clinical informatician community network. The elected CiLN Advisory Panel drives the implementation of CiLN’s mission to connect the clinical informaticians of Aotearoa NZ, and collectively advocate for successful digital transformation based upon technical expertise tempered by clinical experience.

Our position is that clinical informaticians are integral to the digitisation of the health sector by leading and/or partnering with data and digital governance, procurement, design, development, change management, implementation, evaluation, maintenance, and continuous improvement. Clinical informaticians include registered, self-regulated and non-registered health professionals.

We look forward to opportunity to whananungatanga with you and Leigh, to build an effective and ongoing partnership so that the benefits of the digitised health sector are realised.

Ngā mihi
Jerome Ng (Chair) and Kate Yeo (Co Chair)
CiLN Advisory Panel