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Tributes to outgoing CEO Dr Ian Reinecke
Industry leaders from around the world have paid tribute to the outstanding contribution of Dr Reinecke to the development of e-health in Australia during his nearly four year tenure leading Australia’s National E-Health Transition Authority.
Richard Granger, former Chief Executive, NHS Connecting for Health has said:
“Ian has achieved much in the past three and a half years. There is now a clear vision for a national and state system of e-health infrastructure in Australia, an appropriately skilled central team in place and a timetable for implementation. His job has been a difficult one and it would only be by walking in his shoes that others might fully understand how it has required Ian’s intellect and leadership to deliver such progress.”
David J. Brailer, MD, PhD, Chairman, Health Evolution Partners, former US National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has said:
“Ian Reinecke was asked by the citizens of Australia to lead their health care system into the digital era. Ian and his counterparts in other countries - myself included - wanted to ensure that health care was safe, sustainable and responsive to patients. He challenged clinicians, payers, regulators and even patients to leave behind an old generation of customs and practices and to join health care's information revolution. Ian is a pioneer who fought to improve the Australia's health with the information tools."
John Glass, Director Chik Services Pty Ltd has said:
“This morning Dr Ian Reinecke announced his resignation as CEO of the National E-Health Transition Authority. CHIK has had the privilege of working with Dr. Reinecke since he assumed the CEO role some three and a half years ago. Since this time, Ian has been responsible for driving NEHTA’s considerable achievements in setting the foundations for Australian national and state e-health infrastructure.
“Starting with no more than a serviced desk and a mobile phone he has assembled a competent team that has taken the cause of an Australia-wide shared electronic health record forward. In spite of the incredibly complex environment involving health systems of nine separate jurisdictions, much has been achieved. Yet there is much more to do.
“Dr. Reinecke’s intellect, charm and firm but gentle style will be a hard act to follow. He is a pioneer in the true sense of the word.”
Professor Martin Severs FRCP, FFPHM, OBE; Chairman International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation Management Board has said:
“Ian Reinecke was instrumental in ensuring the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation was created and was focussed on supporting the global citizen's health care.He was steadfast in his support for a sustainable, open, transparent governance structure that enabled the production of international releases for interoperability and national flexibility to meet local needs. Both on an organisational and personal basis he will be missed but gratitude for his guidance and input will be long lasting.”
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Can I say I think this is just pathetic and in no way reflects the view of the e-Health Community in Australia. A clear negative view was certainly reflected in the spike in usage after the announcement and all the comments left celebrating his departure. To be sure there were some useful achievements, but they hardly balanced the awful problems seen in other areas of NEHTA’s performance.
These quoted comments all come from people who were not here to experience the poverty of leadership, lack of transparency and engagement we all saw or are locals who had a lot to gain by not seeing any of the obvious problems and issues.
While not wanting to speak ill of the recently departed this sort of attempt to re-write history can’t be allowed to go unchallenged and un-remarked.
Bah humbug!
David.
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