CiLN Advisory Panel Update - April 2024 - Health Informatics New Zealand

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CiLN Advisory Panel Update - April 2024

Thursday, 11 April 2024

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Update - CiLN Advisory Panel member Becky George

Kia ora from the CiLN Advisory Panel,

This quarter, we are delighted to welcome Wendy Smith and Charlene Tan-Smith into the Panel as representatives of the National Allied Health, Scientific and Technical Informatics Group (NAHSTIG) Council. Their addition is a testament to the growth and evolution of our profession-based national groups. These groups continue to produce a high calibre of clinicians who have chosen to specialise in, or contribute to, digital health.

Our Advisory Panel has a diverse range of expertise, and members regularly present and share the knowledge, value, and requirements for Clinical Informaticians across the health and disability services landscape. Our members include Mat Bailey, Greig Russell, Tamzin Brott, Wendy Smith/Charlene Tan-Smith, Kate Yeoh, Karen Shaw, Steve Earnshaw, Lara Hopley, Emma Collins, Emily Gill, Nathan Billing, Nathan Kershaw, Becky George, and Tim Corbett.

The Advisory Panel’s focus for 2024 is on Workforce Development, a collaborative effort in partnership with Lara Hopley (CCIO) and her team, supported by Tim Corbett, CEO of HiNZ. This work spans three key aspects of development: shaping a Clinical Informatics career pathway in NZ, identifying accessible accreditation to support a career in Clinical Informatics, and demonstrating the value impact of this workforce on the safety, security, and quality of our digital health across health and disability services.

The work we are undertaking is not only for employers and interested clinicians, it is a concerted effort to inform the wider health sector about the essential factors employers will look for in the recruitment of Clinical Informaticians and to provide clinicians with clear direction for navigating such a career pathway. Our intention is to ensure the wider health sector is well-informed about the workforce needs in digital health, can confidently recruit to the value of capability and to show the rigour of expertise across the field of Clinical Informatics. We look forward to sharing this work as we progress it.