The White House event on June 14 convened to gauge the state of gender equality around the world with a look into the range of issues including economic empowerment, health and wellness, the Affordable Care Act and changing care delivery.
Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is partnering with FHI 360 and JA Worldwide (Junior Achievement) to encourage young women to pursue higher education and, ultimately, careers in science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing and design.
The EHR maven has pledged to give away most of her fortune.
Leading up to the initial phase, slated to begin in the Pacific Northwest, the Defense Department is focusing on configuration more than customization, and program executive Stacy Cummings said that change management will be paramount.
There needs to be a better business case for sharing data because consumers expect it and HIPAA allows it, said National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD. And Americans are growing increasingly impatient.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it will donate $80 million to help close the gender gap and advance pay equality.
Valita Fredland most recently served as chief privacy officer and counsel at IU Health. In her new post, Fredland will serve as vice president, general counsel and privacy officer.
The HIMSS Innovation Center is presenting a display to Florence Nightingale on the anniversary of her birthday, May 12, which is also Nursing Informatics Awareness Day.
Patricia Flatley Brennan, a professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and a former practicing nurse with a Ph.
Female CEOs are doing better than ever on the compensation front, with median pay figured at $15.
