TORONTO – Congratulations to the 2015 Canadian Health Informatics Awards (CHIA) winners! The awards were presented at the 10th annual CHIA Gala during the e-Health 2015 Conference in Toronto June 2. The CHIA awards are offered through a partnership between ITAC Health and COACH.

• Clinician Leadership

Dr Ilan Fischler

Staff Psychiatrist, Geriatric & Neuropsychiatry Program, & Medical Director, Clinical Informatics

Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences

• Corporate Citizenship

Gevity Consulting Inc.

• Emerging Leader in Health Informatics

Sanaz Riahi

Director, Professional Practice & Clinical Information

Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences

• Innovation in the Adoption of Health Informatics

Hospital Report Manager

OntarioMD

• Leadership in the Field of Health Informatics

Kathryn Hannah, PhD (pictured)

President, HECS Inc; Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing, University of Victoria; Informatics Nursing Advisor, Canadian Nurses Association & Executive Project Lead, C-HOBIC.

• Project Team – Implementation Award

The Palliative Care Project Team

University Health Network & Strata Health

• Project Team – Innovation and Care Delivery

The iCare Project Team Centre

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Cerner Canada & Deloitte

• Project Team – Patient Care Innovation Award

The Northumberland PATH Community Partnership Team

Northumberland Hills Hospital & McKesson Canada

• Steven Huesing Scholarship

Amina Russell

Masters of Health Informatics Student, Dalhousie University