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Gates Foundation gives $279 million to bolster University of Washington Population Health Initiative
By Jessica Davis | 12:08 pm | January 25, 2017
The grant will be awarded over the next decade and will help expand the UW’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation as a global population health hub.
HIMSS17 Social Media Ambassador Vanessa Carter on the medical humanities
By Tom Sullivan | 09:08 am | January 25, 2017
The founder of hcsmSA and co-founder of hcsmAFRICA talks about her hero, pet peeves, and what’s top-of-mind among her social media followers. 
Dana Alexander to receive the 2016 HIMSS-ANI Nursing Informatics Leadership Award
By Bill Siwicki | 01:25 pm | January 24, 2017
The immediate past chair of the North America HIMSS Board of Directors has contributed to nursing and healthcare through leadership roles as an advanced practice nurse, chief nursing officer and CEO.
CIO of the Year Pamela Arora: We have a 'sacred responsibility'
By Bernie Monegain | 01:01 pm | January 18, 2017
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.
Patricia Maryland to step into CEO post at Ascension
By Jeff Lagasse | 12:55 pm | January 18, 2017
Current chief executive Robert Henkel will retire on July 1, 2017.
HIMSS17 Social Media Ambassador Max Stroud: Patients' desire to connect health data is palpable
By Tom Sullivan | 08:24 am | January 17, 2017
The healthcare consultant discusses her followers’ most pressing issues, picks a health IT hero and reveals that very few people know her real first name. 
HIMSS17 Social Media Ambassador Geeta Nayyar: On the prowl for pink socks and cutting-edge patient …
By Tom Sullivan | 08:25 am | January 13, 2017
The doctorpreneur also shared what is top of mind among her social media followers, and who her health IT hero is. 
HIMSS and CHIME name Pamela Arora CIO of the Year
By Bernie Monegain | 10:20 am | January 12, 2017
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.
Nursing informatics symposium at HIMSS17 to tackle disruptive leadership and innovation
By Jack McCarthy | 08:04 am | January 12, 2017
The incoming flood of technologies and tactics informatics specialists and care teams can harness are opening new opportunities for nursing professionals to take on leadership roles. 
StudySoup offers $1,000 scholarship for women in technology
By Bernie Monegain | 07:02 pm | January 09, 2017
The goal is to help increase the presence of females in the computing industry.

Featured Contributors

Susan Morse
Susan Morse

Susan Morse is Executive Editor of Healthcare Finance and Women in Health IT contributor. You can follow her at @susanmorseHFN

Bill Siwicki
Bill Siwicki

Bill Siwicki is Managing Editor of Healthcare IT News. Bill has 36 years of experience in journalism, with more than 25 years experience in healthcare IT.

Jessica Hagen
Jessica Hagen

Jessica Hagen is an Editor at MobiHealthNews. She covers the growth of digital health, including the medical extended reality (XR) industry, and reports in-depth on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. As a hobby, Jessica co-hosts a podcast with Dr. Kim Bullock, a medical XR pioneer at Stanford University, about immersive technology use in psychiatric care. She received a bachelor's degree in English with a minor in Journalism from California State University, Northridge.