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Message from the CEO: The Institute is coming up to its third birthday in February 2023 – marking a significant milestone in the leadership and governance of Australia’s peak body for digital health. When the Australasian College of Health Informatics (ACHI) merged with the Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA), the arrangements were that each organisation provided three board members, to be led by an independently appointed Chair. The constitution was written with terms for each board member to ensure corporate knowledge was retained. As members were initially appointed rather than voted onto the first Institute board, we have progressively cycled through those appointments to put them through the voting process.
We have now entered the final round of transition board voting, and former ACHI Chair Angela Ryan FAIDH and former HISA Chair Dr David Hansen FAIDH are up for re-election. In addition, after her one-year Board role, A/Prof Belinda Lange FAIDH is also re-nominating for the Board.
There has been a great response to this year’s call for nominations with 38 nominations for the three positions. The nominee statements can be found here.
E-voting closes Tuesday 11 October at 6.00pm AEDT. The results will be announced at the AGM on Tuesday 18 October 12.45pm AEDT.
Fellows and Members, please take the time to review the nominees and place your votes. And I am pleased to advise voting rights have been extended this year to retirees and students.
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