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Founder Changemaker awardee Helen Hill, SEMHIE VP/CIO and founder of the HIMSS Michigan chapter, helped launch MiHIN (the Michigan health information exchange), chairs its interoperability task force and runs a small sub-HIE in the MiHIN system.
Having experienced the healthcare system both as a legislator and a cancer patient, Policy Influencer Changemaker Dianne Primavera, Colorado's lieutenant governor, works to make healthcare more accessible and affordable.
Giving patients visibility into procedure costs can reduce surprise billing and drive prices down through competition, according to HIMSS Policy Influencer Changemaker Leigh Burchell, VP for policy and public affairs at Altera Digital Health.
Since its inception two years ago, Changemaker honoree John Paganini says the Northern Ohio HIMSS AI Center of Excellence's diverse roster of members is working to advance healthcare AI in the region.
Attending HIMSS events enables professors to learn about new healthcare IT trends and align their curricula to industry realities, according to Changemaker Award recipient Cedric Truss of Georgia State University.
Stony Brook Medicine CNIO and Women in Health IT Changemaker Award recipient Julie Luengas, DNP, RN, says her involvement in HIMSS has led to mentorship, leadership roles and advancement in her nursing informatics career.
McLaren Health Care's Samantha Jacques, HIMSS Changemaker Award recipient, explains how, as medical devices become more complex, the roles of clinical engineers and IT professionals in safeguarding these tools intersect.
Cambridge Health Alliance's Dr. Hannah Galvin, Health Equity Changemaker Award recipient, talks about her work in advancing standards that would allow patients to selectively share health data to protect sensitive information.
Mayo Clinic's Dr. Vitaly Herasevich, Chapter Leader Changemaker award recipient, says local chapters need clinicians and IT leaders who can speak and understand each other's "language" to advance digital transformation.
Changemaker Award honoree for veterans' health, Sepi Browning, says that after attending HIMSS events for years, she has built a trusted network of close friends that work together to solve shared challenges.
Susan Hull of the MITRE Center for Transforming Health talks about working with diverse communities over two decades of involvement with HIMSS to simplify clinical workflows and restore a focus on patient care.
Women in Health IT Changemaker Award recipient Hiyam Nadel of Massachusetts General Hospital discusses how bringing clinicians to the digital tool design process can improve the tools' effectiveness and reduce staff burnout.