BIOPIC : JEAN ROBERTS

Ø over 35 years in health informatics	Ø consultancy since 1990	Ø higher academic, public sector & commercial experience
Ø health organisational experience at all levels	Ø international profile	Ø pragmatic outlook and style

Jean is a health informatician with extensive experience in strategic health initiatives, knowledge exchange, project input in informatics and business areas and marketing, communications and promotion. Key assignments to date have involved her in health informatics education, strategy, procurement, application solutions and training. International contributions through the International Medical Informatics Association , involvement in the BCS HI Forum , UK Council for Health Informatics Professions, the UK HI Faculty and various educational activities including at UCLAN, University of Manchester, CHIRAD, the OU and others including under the European Fourth Framework typify her enthusiasm for ‘spreading the word’ by knowledge exchange in informatics to support the health domain.

STRENGTHS IN :

· In-depth knowledge of health informatics (tactical & strategic), from operational healthcare delivery, with an informatics vendor & from a consultancy perspective

· Extensive human networking across health informatics world-wide – from the professional society interactions, high level advisory work & outward missions

· Proven ability to convey health informatics messages – via multi-media learning materials, teaching, facilitation, lecturing, authoring & writing for wide audiences

· Experience in communication of health experiences – application products, research deliverables & key issue topics; by scientific, learning & journalistic means

· Broad knowledge of interworking of health informatics within the health & technological contexts

· An ability to critically appraise, technically edit, synthesis & generate an impact analysis of key issues & produce rapportage / guidance papers

· Ability to bridge the divides; for example - clinical to management; intra-professionally, between clinical groups, scientific & commercial, academic to operational

· A style which is approachable, contemporary, knowledgeable & is acceptable at all levels

DELIVERING :

· Service briefings and publications on organisational issues, major systems, healthcare delivery models and culture to specialist & lay audiences internationally.

· Audit and Evaluation for national research bodies and European Programmes for a number of years.

· Authoring of open learning across the health informatics spectrum and various levels

· Promotion for professional development of health informaticians and recognition of health informatics as a discipline.

· Participation in national and international initiatives in health informatics and management

RESEARCH INTERESTS :

· Developing a mature health informatics profession in line with all other health sciences

· Catalysts and constraints on the roll-out of e-health

· Synthesising policy into operationally applicable and beneficial initiatives

· Establishing informatics catalysts to facilitate health and lifestyle convergence

· Articulating the impact of health and social care convergence; including the technological issues

· Identifying the necessary quality for citizen access to web-based health information

· Consideration of the effects of introducing Knowledge Management techniques and practices into the health domain

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