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.