Telehealth

Distinguished service awardees named for telehealth

The Canadian Telehealth Forum of COACH: Canada’s Health Informatics Association is pleased to announce the 2010 winners of the National Telehealth Coordinator Distinguished Service Award. The award recognizes significant contributions to Canadian telehealth, Canadian Telehealth Forum (formerly the Canadian Society of Telehealth) and the National Telehealth Coordinators Special Interest Group.

This year, two individuals were honoured: Krista Anderson, Tri-District Telehealth Coordinator for the Nova Scotia Telehealth Network, and Valerie Sutherland, Telemedicine Coordinator for the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. The awards were presented at the 2010 e-Health Conference by Mark Ahrens-Townsend, Executive Vice President Business Development for Librestream, and Dr. Trevor Cradduck, President of the Keston Group, whose organizations generously sponsor the award.

In photo from left to right: Mark Ahrens-Townsend, Krista Anderson, Valerie Sutherland and Trevor Cradduck.

Posted June 17, 2010