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Richard Corbridge (born Yorkshire, England, 23 February 1974) is the Chief Digital and Information Officer for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (November 2017 – present).

Working in digital health for 20 years, Corbridge is known for innovation in this field [citation]. As a visionary and digital disrupter, he has been placed in the top 20 CIOs in the UK CIO100 for the last five years. 2017 saw Corbridge’s rank increase to number one, recognising him as the most ‘transformative and disruptive CIO in the UK’

Career
Starting his career as a Quality Analyst at Perot Systems in 1996, Corbridge moved into health with a role as Programme Manager at the NHS Information Authority in 1998. Periods at Solihull Care Trust (now part of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust), the National Programme for IT in its most formative stages and NHS Connecting for Health and the NHS Information Centre (now merged organisations named NHS Digital) followed.

In 2011, Corbridge took up his first CIO role, at the National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network (NIHR CRN) in Leeds. Here Corbridge was pivotal to the implementation of digital systems to reduce the time to start a clinical trial in the UK, from over 200 days to less than 12 days, in two years. Corbridge led the delivery of the first global dementia research information system, Join Dementia Research, a solution linking patients, healthcare professionals and researchers together to enable research and the first information strategy for clinical research in the NHS and was asked to lead the initial work designing the data standards for Genomics England.

During this tenure, Corbridge was also non-executive director for Draper and Dash, a start-up organisation that quickly became a global heath data analytics company.

Relocating to the Republic of Ireland in December 2014, Corbridge took up dual positions as Chief Information Officer for the Health Service Executive and CEO of eHealthIreland. This came with many challenges, not least of which the Irish healthcare system was deemed, at that time, to be approximately 16 years behind the digital curve.

Corbridge has been recognised several times during his time in Ireland as a strong leader and innovator, receiving the eGov Awards Net Visionary award in 2017, identified as one of Hotwire’s Global 100 tech influencers in 2016 and 2017 , awarded Person of the Year (TECH Excellence & TECH Pro Awards) 2016 and one of Computer Weekly’s top 5 rising stars in 2015.

Within three years, Corbridge has been responsible for implementing the national infrastructure for an Individual Health Identifier for every citizen of Ireland, digitised the referral process from primary care to acute  , enabled the first genomic sequencing programme in Ireland for Epilepsy patients  and put in place the largest desktop upgrade programme in the European Union.

The publication of the Ireland’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) business case and the Irish approach to an EHR for the country in mid-2017 has been described by the World Health Organisation as breaking the mould in the way national health record programme can be delivered.

Latterly Corbridge was announced as the Most Disruptive Tech or Digital Leader in the Talent Unleashed Awards 2017, acknowledging key leaders in technology and is the voice of the new HIMSS Europe's HITMakers podcast.

Public intellectual work
Corbridge enjoys the opportunity to share experiences, tell stories and learn from others, and speaks on digital heath and innovation at a wide variety of conferences and other events, including for large global organisations, including Gartner and Microsoft.

Widely published, Corbridge has written for CIO Magazine, + + and has his own blog, where he shares information on leadership and digital health as well as some personal thoughts.

Education
IT Leadership Programme, Next Generation CIOs Cranfield University – Cranfield School of Management, 2012

HNC Education of Business Studies, 1996

HND Business Studies and Education, 1995

Awards and accolades
CIO100 (UK): The CIO 100 recognises the leading CIOs in the UK that have a central role in modernising and driving business change in their organisations. It is compiled each year to showcase the achievements and ambitions of 100 business and technology executives leading transformation across a diverse range of markets. In 2017, Corbridge was voted number 1 for his digital leadership, supporting a broad innovation agenda. He was voted number 5 in both 2016 and 2015 and number 15 in 2014.

Most Disruptive Tech or Digital Leader - Talent Unleashed Awards 2017 : Acknowledging key leaders in technology

Net Visionary 2017 - eGov Awards, Ireland: In 2017, Corbridge was recognised as the Irish digital government visionary of the year. This award resulted from the agility in which eHealth Ireland had engaged and delivered, alongside the new ways of working implemented into digital health in Ireland.

IT Project of the Year (public sector) 2017 - Tech Excellence Awards: This Awards programme recognises excellence not only in implementing tech solutions, but also in the business of marketing and implementing technology for business. Awarded to Corbridge for his Epilepsy Light House project which works with children and adults with Intellectual Disabilities who also have epilepsy, to develop a new paradigm of healthcare delivery for Ireland.

CIO100, 2017 - Business & Finance Ireland: One of Business and Finance (Ireland) magazine’s inaugural 100 CIOs

Global 100 Health Tech Influencers, 2016 - HotWire’s Hot Topics HealthTech 100: One of 100 leaders transforming healthcare through technology

Major Projects Award Commendation, 2016 - HMI Leaders Award: These awards recognise leaders who are bringing about changes in healthcare; delivering improvements in patient outcomes; enhancing service delivery; and improving resource allocation. In 2016, Corbridge received commendation in the Major Projects category.

Best Public Sector Digital Project (Finalist), 2016: V3 Digital Technology Leaders Awards.

Chief Digital Officer of the Year (Finalist) 2016 – V3 Digital Technology Leaders Awards.

Person of the Year, 2016 - TECH Excellence & TECH Pro Awards The marque award of the Tech Excellence awards, Person of the year is a recognition of a persons achievements and impact on technology across the country.

Top UK CIOs on Social Media, 2016 Number 36 of 49: CIO (UK) Magazine.

Social CIO Award (Top 25 Social CIOs, Global), 2016 - I-CIO.com: Identified as one of the 25 must-follow global IT leaders on Twitter.

Top 100 Most Social CIOs, 2016 - Huffington Post.

Five Rising Stars in technology delivery, 2015 - Computer Weekly Awarded to individuals who have demonstrated the potential to shape the industry in the coming

General Award (Shortlist), 2015 - eGov Awards Ireland: Shortlisted for the national rollout of the General Electronic Referral.

Best Educational Group & Meeting Commendation, Nov 2015 - Irish Healthcare Awards, Irish Medical Times: A commendation for the creation of the Chief Clinical Information Officers Council in the category of Best Educational Meeting.

Best not for profit IT project (Finalist), Nov 2014 - Computing and BCS.

Top 50 Innovators in the NHS, 2014 - Health Service Journal: Fifty great examples of innovation, from people who have had a light bulb moment through to those whose work over many years has revolutionised how challenges in healthcare have been tackled.

Excellence in healthcare business analytics (Finalist), 2014 - eHealth Insider.