HIMSS Announces 2012 Award and Scholarship Recipients

Recognizing outstanding contributions to HIMSS and the healthcare industry, HIMSS named its 2012 award and scholarship recipients. The HIMSS Foundation and five HIMSS chapters provided 10 scholarships to students enrolled in health IT and management systems degree programs.  

“The HIMSS award recipients are individuals and organizations that have contributed to HIMSS mission of leading healthcare transformation through the effective use of health information technology. Congratulations to all of the award and scholarship recipients for their achievement and for the use of their skills to expand health IT,” said JoAnn Klinedinst, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, PMP, Vice President, Professional Development, HIMSS. 

Award winners are nominated in four award categories:  industry service, HIMSS service, publications and chapters. All award and scholarship recipients will be honored at the HIMSS Awards Banquet on March 5, 2013, from 6:30 – 9 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans during the 2013 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition. Tickets for the dinner can be purchased on the HIMSS13 website.

The 2012 HIMSS award and scholarship recipients appear below with a description of each award and scholarship on the HIMSS website.

2012 Award Recipients

CHIME-HIMSS John E. Gall Jr. /CIO of the Year Award
Jim Turnbull, DHA, LFHIMSS

ACCE-HIMSS Excellence in Clinical Engineering and Information Technology Synergies Award
Paul Frisch, PhD, FHIMSS

SHS-HIMSS Excellence in Healthcare Management Engineering/Process Improvement Award
Dean Athanassiades, MBA, PMP, CPHIMS, FHIMSS

Nursing informatics leadership Award
Robin S. Raiford, BSN, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS

Physician IT Leadership Award
James L. Holly, MD

The Evelyn Award
Lincoln Fish

Board of Directors Service Award
Charlene Underwood, MBA, FHIMSS
Holly Miller, MD, MBA, FHIMSS
Miriam J. Paramore, FHIMSS
Keith Kerman, MD
Harry Greenspun, MD, FHIMSS

Book of the Year Award – Improving Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support: An Implementer's Guide, Second Edition.
Jerome A. Osheroff, MD, FACP, FACMI
Jonathan M. Teich, MD, PhD, FACMI, FHIMSS
Donald Levick, MD, MBA, FHIMSS
Luis Saldana, MD, MBA, FACEP
Ferdinand T. Velasco, MD, FHIMSS
Dean F. Sittig, PhD, FACMI, FHIMSS
Kendall M. Rogers, MD, CPE, FACP, SFHM
Robert A. Jenders, MD, MS, FACP, FACMI

Chapter of the Year Award
Iowa – Small
Georgia – Large

Distinguished Fellows Service Award
Judy Murphy RN, FACMI, FHIMSS, FAAN

Founders Leadership Award
Arthur R. Smith, LFHIMSS, MSPHA, MSIE

John A. Page Outstanding Service Award
Lesley D. King, MA, FHIMSS

Outstanding SIG Member Leadership Award
Karen Conway, Chair, Supply Chain Management SIG and Richard Perrin, Co-chair, Supply Chain Management SIG

Chapter Leader of the Year Award
Denise Williams Hines, DHA, PMP, FHIMSS – Georgia Chapter
Samuel J. King, CPHQ, FHFMA, CPHIMS, FHIMSS – Southern California Chapter

New Life Members
George T. Hickman, FCHIME, CPHIMS, CHIO, LFHIMSS
R. Scott Holbrook, LFHIMSS
Pam Wolff, LMSW, MSW, MBA, PMP, LFHIMSS
Pamela V. Matthews, RN, MBA, CPHIMS, LFHIMSS
Cherryl A. McKee, LFHIMSS
Duke K. Rohe, BSIE, LFHIMSS
Sherri L. Lane, LFHIMSS

2012 Scholarship Recipients

Foundation Scholarship Winners

HIMSS Foundation (Undergraduate): Maureen Romero

HIMSS Foundation (Masters):  Anthony B. Omosule

HIMSS Foundation (PhD):  Maxine Rand, MPA, BSN, RN-BC

HIMSS Richard P. Covert:  Michael Jefferies

Chapter Sponsored Scholarship Winners

New England Dvora Brodie:  Jodie C. Vilardi. MEd, BSN, RN-BC

New York State (2 awarded):  Sandra Montest-Hoff, RN/Aurora O. Amoah

Northern California:  Ryan Minarovich

South Florida:  Stephanie S. Thomas, BSHIM

Central and North Florida:  Brett Dunne-Feldman, MS, CAPM

About HIMSS     

HIMSS is a cause-based, not-for-profit organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of health and healthcare. Founded 52 years ago, HIMSS and its related organizations are headquartered in Chicago with additional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. HIMSS represents more than 52,000 individual members, of which more than two thirds work in healthcare provider, governmental and not-for-profit organizations. HIMSS also includes over 600 corporate members and more than 225 not-for-profit partner organizations that share our mission of transforming healthcare through the best use of information technology and management systems. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare practices and public policy through its content expertise, professional development, research initiatives, and media vehicles designed to promote information and management systems' contributions to improving the quality, safety, access, and cost-effectiveness of patient care. To learn more about HIMSS and to find out how to join us and our members in advancing our cause, please visit our website at www.himss.org.