Women In Health IT

Angela Velkova, who manages the WHIT community for HIMSS Europe, discusses how women executives and clinicians are coming together to elevate each other and to stand up against the discrimination they still face in the workplace.

itra Director Jaana Sinipuro discusses the ideals and successes that have defined Finnish healthcare as one of the most impactful systems in the world.

Indu Subaiya, co-founder of Health 2.0 and executive vice president at HIMSS, discusses the value of bridging the gap between the start-up community and European hospital IT leaders.

Karina Tellinger McNeil, strategist for the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, breaks down her country's ambitious plan to lead the world in the digitization of healthcare.

Joanne Bosanquet, deputy chief nurse at Public Health England weighs the benefits of tech adoption with the need to give nurses the support and time they need to embrace change.

Naila Siddiqui Kamal, MD, senior lecturer at Imperial College London, discusses ways doctors can rise above the worries tied to IT adoption and instead embrace the ways that digital technology can assist them in caring for our populations.

Women-only spaces facilitate the kinds of conversations and sharing that can lead to informal mentoring relationships. 

Emily Vaughn of Change Healthcare explains how blockchain provides an integrity check with event data.

Tina Joros of Allscripts talks about "creating a new mentality of innovation" to improve workflows.

HIMSS is conducting a short survey to determine what challenges women face and what opportunities they have leveraged along their career path.