Brilliant Women in Digital Health
Associate Professor Farah Magrabi awarded
Associate Professor Farah Magrabi has been named one of the 2021 Telstra Brilliant Women in Digital Health.
Associate Professor Magrabi is an international though leader in the clinical safety and effectiveness of digital health technologies. She is currently investigating the patient safety risks and effectiveness of artificial intelligence in healthcare and leads the Patient Safety Informatics research stream for the Australian Institute of Health Innovation.
Read more about Associate Professor Magrabi's vision for the future of hospitals to 2030 in this interview with The Lighthouse.
In announcing the award, Telstra said:When you arrive at a hospital in the future, Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are likely to be there to assist with your initial scans and tests, but it will still be the human doctors and nurses who make the decisions and deliver your care.
"In its inaugural year, the 2021 Brilliant Women in Digital Health award initiative set out to recognise and celebrate women in digital health for their outstanding achievements, while raising awareness about the opportunities in the sector and inspiring others to follow their lead.
It has been created as an important component of the Brilliant Connected Women in Digital Health network, which launched in October 2020. Since then, the network has grown to nearly 1,000 women and men who work in, or have an interest in, digital health. The award initiative actively supports the purpose of the network – to connect, share, inspire and celebrate.
The published report, available to download below, announces and profiles the successful 25 award recipients, in addition to the selection of one team of six individuals, by sharing their stories and contributions to digital health – whether for mentoring, medical research, contributing to technology development, improving health outcomes using digital health or introducing a new digital process for the delivery of health and aged care.
After a six weeks’ nomination period from June to July 2021, it was a challenging task for the five judges to narrow down more than 140 nominations to the final award recipients. It’s reflective of the impressive activity within the sector, and we look forward to growing the cohort of Brilliant Women in Digital Health in years to come, with the 2022 awards to be launched by mid-year.
We’re looking forward to celebrating the inaugural 2021 Brilliant Women in Digital Health award recipients at future events and initiatives run by the Brilliant Connected Women in Digital Health network. Most notably, this will involve an event in February 2022 to be live-streamed nationally."
Read more about the award here and download the full report.
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