A web-based referral app for cataract surgery, a joined-up system for adverse drug reactions, a low-cost set of devices to allow GPs to better provide eye care and an iPad app to help diagnose and treat skin conditions remotely are all in the running for the 2015 Clinicians' Challenge, being announced at the Health Informatics New Zealand (HiNZ) conference in Christchurch next week.

The annual Clinicians' Challenge, a joint initiative between HiNZ and the Ministry of Health, usually turns up some good ideas that can be commercialised, including the 2011 winner Listen Please from North Shore Hospital intensive care specialist Janet Liang.