HiNZ 2024: Lisa Knowles, Nelson Marlborough & Lara Hopley, Health New Zealand

In this interview with Lara Hopley, Chief Clinical Informatics Officer at Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand, and Lisa Knowles, Nurse Manager of District Nursing Services at Nelson Marlborough, they tackle on clinical informatics leadership and innovation in healthcare.

This discussion features insights from both the 2020 Clinical Informatics Leadership Award winner, Lara, and the newly crowned 2024 winner, Lisa, as they share their unique journeys from clinical roles to digital health leadership, highlighting the crucial intersection between healthcare delivery and technology.


Main highlights:
🏥 What clinical informatics means in the New Zealand healthcare context and its evolution

👩‍⚕️ The journey from clinical practice to digital health leadership - featuring perspectives from both nursing and medical backgrounds

🔄 How partnership between clinical and technical teams drives successful healthcare innovation

📱 The transformation of district nursing through digital solutions and the importance of clinical engagement

🏆 Insights into the Clinical Informatics Leadership Network and its recognition of emerging digital health leaders


This interview was recorded at Digital Health Week NZ hosted by HiNZ. For more interviews and episodes make sure you subscribe to the YouTube channel, and catch a feature episode of the Talking HealthTech Podcast featuring some of these discuss