Andre Kushniruk honoured by CHIA

Andre Kushniruk, School of Health Information Science professor, is the recipient of the 2012 CHIA (Canadian Health Informatics Award) for Leadership in the Field of Health Informatics.  Kushniruk is an international leader in the field, which studies how health data are collected, stored and communicated. He’s renowned for his work on computer usability in the health care sector and is an expert on topics such as e-health, telemedicine and computerized patient record systems. Through his research and teaching he continually strives to develop user-friendly systems for medical practitioners and their patients. The award was presented in Toronto on Nov. 7.