HIMSS announces award, scholarship recipients

The Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) has named its 2012 award and scholarship recipients. The HIMSS Foundation and five HIMSS chapters provided 10 scholarships to students enrolled in health IT and management systems degree programs.  

“The HIMSS award recipients are individuals and organizations that have contributed to HIMSS mission of leading healthcare transformation through the effective use of health information technology. Congratulations to all of the award and scholarship recipients for their achievement and for the use of their skills to expand health IT,” said JoAnn Klinedinst, vice president, professional development, in a release. 

Award winners are nominated in four award categories: industry service, HIMSS service, publications and chapters and include the following:

CHIME-HIMSS John E. Gall Jr. /CIO of the Year Award                                                          

Jim Turnbull, DHA

ACCE-HIMSS Excellence in Clinical Engineering and Information Technology Synergies Award                           

Paul Frisch, PhD

SHS-HIMSS Excellence in Healthcare Management Engineering/Process Improvement Award                                    

Dean Athanassiades, MBA

Nursing Informatics Leadership Award

Robin S. Raiford, BSN, RN-BC

Physician IT Leadership Award

James L. Holly, MD

The Evelyn Award

Lincoln Fish

Board of Directors Service Award                                                                                                        

Charlene Underwood, MBA                                                                                                

Holly Miller, MD, MBA                                                                                                              

Miriam J. Paramore                                                                                                                          

Keith Kerman, MD                                                                                                                                      

Harry Greenspun, MD

Book of the Year Award – Improving Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support: An Implementer's Guide, Second Edition. 

Jerome A. Osheroff, MD                                                                                                   

Jonathan M. Teich, MD, PhD                                                                                              

Donald Levick, MD, MBA

Luis Saldana, MD, MBA

Ferdinand T. Velasco, MD

Dean F. Sittig, PhD

Kendall M. Rogers, MD, CPE                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Robert A. Jenders, MD, MS

Chapter of the Year Award

Iowa – Small

Georgia – Large

Distinguished Fellows Service Award

Judy Murphy RN

Founders Leadership Award

Arthur R. Smith

John A. Page Outstanding Service Award

Lesley D. King, MA

Outstanding SIG Member Leadership Award

Karen Conway, Chair, Supply Chain Management SIG and Richard Perrin, Co-chair, Supply Chain Management SIG

Chapter Leader of the Year Award

Denise Williams Hines – Georgia Chapter

Samuel J. King – Southern California Chapter

New Life Members

George T. Hickman

R. Scott Holbrook

Pam Wolff,  LMSW, MSW, MBA

Pamela V. Matthews, RN, MBA

Cherryl A. McKee                                    

Duke K. Rohe, BSIE

Sherri L. Lane

 

2012 Scholarship recipients include the following:

Foundation Scholarship Winners

HIMSS Foundation (Undergraduate): Maureen Romero

HIMSS Foundation (Masters):  Anthony B. Omosule

HIMSS Foundation (PhD):  Maxine Rand, MPA, BSN, RN-BC

HIMSS Richard P. Covert:  Michael Jefferies

 

Chapter Sponsored Scholarship Winners

New England Dvora Brodie: Jodie C. Vilardi. MEd, BSN, RN-BC

New York State (2 awarded): Sandra Montest-Hoff, RN/Aurora O. Amoah

Northern California: Ryan Minarovich

South Florida: Stephanie S. Thomas, BSHIM

Central and North Florida: Brett Dunne-Feldman, MS, CAPM

The award and scholarship recipients will be recognized at the HIMSS Annual Convention & Exhibition in New Orleans in March.

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