Recognizing outstanding contributions to HIMSS and the healthcare sector, HIMSS named its 2015 award and scholarship recipients. The HIMSS Foundation and three HIMSS chapters provided seven scholarships to students enrolled in health IT and management systems degree programs.
“HIMSS is proud to honor individuals that have done an excellent job of contributing to our mission of improving health through the use of information technology,” said JoAnn W. Klinedinst, MEd, CPHIMS, PMP, DES, FHIMSS, vice president, professional development, HIMSS North America. “Congratulations to all of the award and scholarship recipients for their achievement and for the use of skills to improve health and healthcare through the use of IT.”
Award winners are nominated in four award categories: industry service, HIMSS service, publications and chapters. All award and scholarship recipients will be honored at the HIMSS Awards Gala on Thursday, March 3, from 6:30-9 p.m. PST, in the Latour Ballroom at the Wynn Hotel, Las Vegas, Nev., during the 2016 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition on Feb 29-March 4, in Las Vegas, Nev., at the Venetian – Palazzo – Sands Expo Center. Tickets for the HIMSS16 Awards Gala are available on the HIMSS16 registration page or call 866.710.0769 for more information.
The 2015 HIMSS award and scholarship recipients appear below with a description of each award and scholarship on the HIMSS website.
CHIME-HIMSS John E. Gall Jr. /CIO of the Year Award
Craig Richardville, MBA, FACHE, FHIMSS
ACCE-HIMSS Excellence in Clinical Engineering and Information Technology Synergies Award
Jennifer Jackson, MBA, CCE
SHS-HIMSS Excellence in Healthcare Management Engineering/Process Improvement Award
Todd Schneider, DSHS, FHIMSS
Nursing Informatics Leadership Award
Mary Beth Mitchell, MSN, RN, BC, CPHIMS
Physician IT Leadership Award
Brian Yeaman, MD
Board of Directors Service Award
Brian Jacobs, MD, MS, FHIMSS
Jeffrey Kang, MD, MPH
Paul Kleeberg, MD, FAAFP, FHIMSS
Ken Ong, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA, FHIMSS
Pete Shelkin, MSHA, CISSP, PMP, FHIMSS
Hal Wolf
Book of the Year Award – Organizational and Process Reengineering: Approaches for Health Care Transformation by Jean Ann Larson, BSIE, MBA, EdD, FACHE, LFHIMSS, DSHS, OCC
Chapter of the Year Award
Austin Chapter -Small
Colorado Chapter- Medium
Norther California Chapter- Large
Distinguished Fellows Service Award
Greg Wolverton, FHIMSS
Founders Leadership Award
Jason Bickford
John A. Page Outstanding Service Award
Matt Smith, CPHIMS
Chapter Leader of the Year Award
Susan K. Newbold, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, FHIMSS
New Life Members
Jay Ford, PhD, FACHE, LFHIMSS
Daniel Herman, LFHIMSS
Laura Jantos, LFHIMSS
Mark Katz, LHIMSS
Jean Ann Larson, BSIE, MBA, EdD, FACHE, LFHIMSS, DSHS, OCC
William Spooner, CHCIO, FCHIME, LCHIME, LHIMSS
Foundation Scholarship Winners
Undergraduate
Nicole Rudolph, BS in Healthcare Informatics, Montana Tech of the University of Montana
Master’s
Anna Turman, FHIMSS, CHCIO, CPHIMS, CPEHR, CPHIT, MS in Healthcare Administration, Bellevue University
PhD
Laura Kneale, MS, CPHIMS, Biomedical and Health Informatics, University of Washington
Richard P. Covert, PhD., LFHIMSS Scholarship for Management Systems
Michelle Malay, MS in Health Care Informatics, University of Central Florida
Northern California Chapter Scholarship
Jessica Liston, RN, MS, Informatics/Administration, San Jose State
South Florida Chapter Scholarship
Tanny Schertzer, MS, Biomedical Informatics, Nova Southeastern University
Virginia Chapter Scholarship
Stacy Almendarez, BS, Health Administration and Policy Concentration in Informatics, George Mason University.
About HIMSS North America
HIMSS North America, a business unit within HIMSS, positively transforms health and healthcare through the best use of information technology in the United States and Canada. As a cause-based non-profit, HIMSS North America provides thought leadership, community building, professional development, public policy, and events. HIMSS North America represents 61,000 individual members, 640 corporate members, and over 450 non-profit organizations. Thousands of volunteers work with HIMSS to improve the quality, cost-effectiveness, access, and value of healthcare through IT. Major initiatives within HIMSS North America include the HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, National Health IT Week, HIMSS Innovation Center, HIMSS Interoperability Showcases™, HIMSS Health IT Value Suite, and ConCert by HIMSS™. www.himss.org