This arrived this morning.
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MEMBERSHIP NOTICE: NEW CHAIR TO BE APPOINTED
Dear David Gordon,
The
Institute will appoint a new Chair after the annual general meeting
(AGM) in November as the founding and independent Chair Michael Walsh
is stepping down from the role after the 2020 AGM.
We are pleased to announce that former Australian Digital Health Agency interim chief executive Bettina McMahon will be confirmed as the new Board Chair after the AGM on 19 November.
In
appointing Bettina McMahon, the Board’s priority is to provide a
seamless, stable transition of leadership during a challenging time for
the health sector and the community broadly.
As
you know, Michael Walsh was appointed as our first, independent Chair
following the merger of the Health Informatics Society of Australia and
the Australasian College of Health Informatics.
Under
Michael's leadership, the Institute set a strategic direction and a
vision for “Healthier lives, digitally enabled” positioning the
Institute as the peak professional body and champion for workforce
development in digital health.
Michael’s
outstanding contribution and leadership will be recognised more
formally at the AGM. We are communicating the announcement of this
change as soon as possible to ensure that Fellows and Members are fully
engaged in the business of the Institute. We look forward to welcoming
Bettina as Chair following the AGM.
Dr Louise Schaper PhD FAIDH CHIA BSc(OT)Hons
CEO, Australasian Institute of Digital Health
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Comments welcome.
David
9 comments:
Very interesting appointment David. Be equally interesting where ADIH heads and how the new chair maintains independence or at least the perception of.
"Comments welcome". Do you have one?
I wonder....
Did she apply for the ADHA CEO role and fail to get it, but a lawyer did
or
Did she decide she didn't want it and went looking elsewhere?
As indicated in my title for the blog I find the comment 'interesting'!
Those who have followed my commentary on the ADHA in the last 9+ months (when she was acting CEO) may get a clue as to why I found it 'interesting'.
David.
I think one of the Anon’s got out of bed on the grumpy side David. I agree with T.38. There are more than a few conflicts and reasons not to appoint. Still that is how the world of “gigs for the girls” works I guess.
Odd how both Bettina and Roland departures happen without even a footnote on ADHA website, no mention whatsoever just unceremoniously stripped from the executive team page. Guess they became an uncaring shallow culture in 2020. Says a lot IMHO.
His name is Rowan a decent fellow too. That aside you are correct the whole sorry episode appears to be getting dismantled ever so quietly and erased from the collective memory. It was a remarkable failure outside of implementing a technical solution to populate MyHR with mostly unengaged citizens. Far to many-voiced and acted opposition to call it a policy success.
Those responsible have slipped off into unremarkable jobs, either post in large organisations, small insignificant companies or member-only social clubs pretending to be powerhouses of health informatics.
It will be another few years but I am sure a new agenda will emerge.
Collectively those in key positions caused so much damage and set thing back decades I wish them all they deserve.
You are both incorrect his name is Ronan O'Connor. The fact Executive just vanish down to the throwaway culture our former COO created. Even during the last six months, it has been a series of uncertainties, inconsistencies and ever-present whips waiting to catch you out. Have things changed? To early to tell but there are signs of normality and decency appearing.
ADHA is known for its high turn-over of staff, so I guess farewells loose appeal after a while. I doubt it is anything more than a result of the nature of its work - projects based and short-term projects at best. Not an environment to build a knowledge continuum. Good job eHealth is not a generational transformation.
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