Award Category - Women in Health Technology: Patricia Dykes is Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Research Program Director, Center for Patient Safety, Research and Practice, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and immediate past president/board chair AMIA. Her research aims to improve quality and safety through patient engagement and clinical decision support. Dykes developed the Fall TIPS Toolkit which has been shown to reduce falls and injuries, is integrated into Epic and Cerner EHR systems, and is adopted widely in USA and globally.
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Award Category - Women in Health IT: Joy Rios is on a mission to accelerate women in healthcare and health IT. HIT Like a Girl Podcast is intentional with amplifying exceptional guests and strengthening community within the industry. With more than 200 episodes and multiple networking events across the country, her passion for empowering women at all stages of their career is poignant. In addition to other accolades, Joy was recently named as one of the “Top 30 Women Transforming Healthcare.”
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Award Category - Women in Health IT: As reflected in my HIMSS volunteer work, serving previously as the Davies Committee Chair, currently as the GHCEC Chair, and as reviewer/mentor for annual conference abstracts, I have consistently championed the effective use of technology and health data to aid administrative, clinical, and policy decisions. My current position managing the Duke Clinical Data Research Networks Program demonstrates my commitment to collaborate with others and provide health data that enables clinicians to conduct multi-site clinical research.
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Award Category - Women in Health IT: Technology in the health sector in Indonesia is not something new, but how to improve it to the next level, especially the implementation stage that is secure and easy to understand by everyone is the key to the success of Health Digitization. Community learning in a Health Digital Ecosystem is the best place to thrive. Through Kitras, all health personnel can share and build a strong and borderless Indonesian Health Digitization Ecosystem.
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Award Category - Women in Health IT: Dr. Gabriela Wilson is a health informatics wizard with bold ideas to improve people’s lives. She is a firm believer in the power of many, nurtured independence, and mission-first focus, with a strong desire to serve and inspire others. She is passionate about using health informatics tools to bridge the knowledge-to-action gap related to integrating public and ecological health to foster resilience. An expert in multidisciplinary research collaborations, her current focus is on addressing racial injustice and health inequity.
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Award Category - Women in Health IT: Prof Thun is director of the Core Unit eHealth & Interoperability at Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) and professor for Digitale Medicine and Interoperability at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Her primary research interests are IT standardization, terminologies, semantic interoperability and Digital Adoption Models in healthcare. Thun is chair of HL7 Germany, Past Chair of IHE Germany and expert in ISO TC 215 and CEN TC251. She created the woman's network #SHEHEALTH and was awarded the Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in recognition of her services in the field of healthcare digitalization.
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Award Category - Women in Health IT: NHS clinician Liz Ashall-Payne founded ORCHA (The Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps) to transform healthcare using the mobile phones in people’s pockets. In this largely unregulated market, ORCHA is a standard-bearer for quality in digital health, ensuring clinicians and patients can use these new tools safely. ORCHA is now the world’s largest health app evaluation and distribution organisation and Liz champions digital health through public speaking, coaching and international trade missions.
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Award Category - Women in Health IT: Anca is a purpose-driven health economist and thought leader in global health, innovation governance and digital public health strategy. Throughout her global career across Europe, the US, Middle East and Australia, Anca’s bold contributions to repurpose information and technology for public good and social impact represent the highest standards of healthcare leadership. Currently, Anca is on a mission to make a difference at scale and globally innovate the future of health by building the largest multi-stakeholder community for healthcare innovation from the heart of the life sciences ecosystem, Basel - where it all began centuries ago.
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