Bernie Monegain
The HIMSS and CHIME award winner, and chief information officer of Children’s Health in Dallas, on her strengths as a leader, gender inequity in health IT, and what excites her most career-wise.
Spectrometry, developed in the 1940s, has been re-engineered and is back in the spotlight with new uses.
The University of Vermont Medical Center filed a certificate of need, or CON application, with the state of Vermont Jan. 3, seeking approval to create a unified electronic health record system across four hospitals in the University of Vermont Health Network.
Interoperability guru Monroe Pattillo takes American College of Clinical Engineering and HIMSS award
The technical specifications developed under Patillo’s leadership are expected to make a significant impact on patient care and organizational performance.
Paul Griffin, previously professor in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, has joined Purdue University as the new director of the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering and professor of industrial engineering.
CHIME CEO Russ Branzell commended her for pushing the envelope of what it means to be a chief information officer and HIMSS CEO Stephen Lieber said Arora advances the connection between IT and care quality.
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Children’s becomes the first hospital in Georgia to reach the highest rung on the EMRAM ladder.
GV, which formerly went by the name Google Ventures, is among those taking a stake in the growing company along with Biomatics Capital and Venrock.
The organizations aim to advance the secure exchange of health information and will start by focusing on data related to oncology.
The Office for Civil Rights said the Presence suit marks the first HIPAA enforcement action it imposed on a provider for lack of timely breach notification.