Voting is open to select the winner of the 2021 Clinical Informatics Leadership Award. The three finalists are; Karl Cole, chief clinical information officer at healthAlliance; Ruth Large, Whakarongorau Aotearoa: New Zealand Telehealth Services, chief clinical officer; and Steve Earnshaw, chief clinical innovation officer 3DHB.
A judging panel selected the finalists from a selection of nominated candidates. The judging panel are deputy director general data and digital Shayne Hunter; Clinical Informatics Leadership Award 2020 winner and clinical advisor digital innovations at Waitematā DHB, Lara Hopley; and HiNZ board chair and the 2019 award winner Rebecca George.
The judges said the award recognises the mahi and commitment many clinicians deliver across services, systems and agencies.
“It is evident that there is a growing depth of knowledge, skill and experience within the clinical informatics community and the judges were very pleased to receive a variety of nominations from a wide range of clinical leaders, who showed an increasing breadth of involvement in clinical informatics.”
The winner receives up to $5000 in expenses from Spark Health, to travel to a conference of their choice or to fund further study.
Voting closes at 5pm on 7 October 2021. The winner will be announced at Digital Health Week NZ 2021 in Wellington on 29 November 2021.