BioAward Category Women in Health IT: Rebecca has pioneered an innovative and unconventional path in healthcare. After fleeing the world of computers and end users for nursing school, she knew she was in trouble on Day 1. Nursing treated technology as a separate, somewhat exotic specialty rather than a seamlessly integrated core component of practice. She has spent the last 15 years pursuing her passion of closing those gaps in education and operations as a mentor, executive leader, policy guide, author, teacher, speaker, advisor, and collaborator.