An unprecedented 19 nominations have been put forward for this year’s Healthcare IT Champion of the Year, the special category of the EHI Awards decided by the readers of EHI.
Voting is now open to reduce the number of nominees to six. Voting in the first round will be open for just two weeks. A second round of voting to complete the process of choosing the champion will take place next month.
Linda Davidson, director of EHI, said: “The Healthcare IT Champion of the Year is always a highlight of the summer, but this year competition is keener than ever.
“We have received 19 nominations – three more than last year’s record – from a wide range of backgrounds and organisations.
"It is wonderful to see the passion with which their colleagues have nominated them for some well-deserved recognition, and we wish all of them all the best.”
The Healthcare IT Champion of the Year is sponsored by CSC. The category was set up to recognise the work of individuals who promote healthcare IT in different ways – from individual practice to work in the NHS and professional organisations.
This year’s nominations are for:
Kemi Adenubi, programme director, NHS Connecting for Health
Ashfaq Gilkar, applications systems manager, Department of ICT, West Middlesex University Hospital
Marc Lyne, IT director, Bupa Health and Wellbeing
Dr Achim Schwenk, consultant physician in HIV medicine, North Middlesex University Hospital
Marianne Berry, IM&T team manager, Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
Dr William Lumb, chief clinical information officer, NHS Cumbria CCG
Martin Egan, eHealth director, NHS Lothian
Howard Leicester , digital accessibility consultant, Digital Accessibility in Action
Andrea Slater, care records programme manager, NHS Anglia Commissioning Support Unit
Tom Poulter, head of IM&T, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Nilesh Patel, EPR business analyst, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Angela Douglas, director of genetics, Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust
John Cruickshank , consultant director, 2020health
Sarah Amani, youth mental health network lead (South of England – East) and team leader, Early Intervention in Psychosis Services, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Nicola Jeffery-Sykes, managing director, Remindertime and EUHealth companies
Mark Bampton, pharmacy technician, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Carl Reynolds, doctor, Royal Brompton Hospital
Craig York, IT technical services manager, Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Rob Dyke, director, Tactix4.
More information about the nominees and the voting process can be found on the website of the EHI Awards 2013 in association with CGI.
The winner of the award last year was Neil Darvill, the director of the St Helens and Knowsley Health Informatics Service.
Previous winners have included trust IT directors, Mike Bainbridge, the clinical architect of NHS Connecting for Health, and Andy Inniss, a popular trainer from the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust.