Women In Health IT

Dr. Eldesia Granger of The MITRE Corporation guides healthcare leaders on how to work with consumer-generated data. At HIMSS20, she’ll highlight MITRE’s framework for handling this emerging information source.

Dr. Tamara Sunbul, medical director of clinical informatics at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in the KSA, says that identifying and training physician champions while planning ahead are key factors in a successful EMR "go live."

Dr. Khulood Mohamed Alsayegh, head of clinical standards and guidelines at the Dubai Health Authority, says that the drive toward leveraging telehealth to empower patients is aimed at utilizing technology and the human factor to improve the patient experience.

Overall immunization process time at the hospital has dropped from about 48 hours per month to 2.5 hours. And four steps have been cut from the process.

The annual recognition is meant to celebrate women who are working to harness the power of information and technology to transform health and healthcare.

Atefeh Riazi comes to MSK Cancer Center from the United Nations, where she was chief information technology officer.

Deep Dive: While women are increasingly gaining leadership roles in the health industry, equal representation in the field has a long way to go.

Like adulthood and childhood, "elderhood" is a phase of life that includes different stages, but older adults live in a world where they are invisible, says Dr. Louise Aronson, professor of geriatrics at UCSF. 

Renza Scibilia, manager of type 1 diabetes and consumer voice at Diabetes Australia, says diabetes is a data-driven health condition and those with the disease should be provided choices of treatment plans and supported in their choices.

Professional Records Standards Body Chair Maureen Baker discusses the work of the PRSB and its collaboration with providers of health and social care in the UK and abroad.