Women In Health IT
Remote Patient Monitoring
By moving chronic care management from occasional visits to daily RPM, the Michigan health system has significantly improved outcomes for diabetes, heart failure and hypertension patients. Its physician head of primary health describes those and other benefits.
Helen Hill, VP and CIO of Michigan-based SEMHIE and a HIMSS26 Founder Changemaker awardee, has helped launch MiHIN, the Michigan health information exchange. She also chairs its interoperability task force and runs a small sub-HIE.
Success Stories & ROI
Data became six times more accurate than with manual EHR entry, an operations director says. And event updates were delivered in less than a minute compared to previous delays of up to 45 minutes.
Colorado Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera, a HIMSS26 Policy Influencer Changemaker, is working to make healthcare more accessible and affordable, having experienced the healthcare system both as a legislator and a cancer patient.
Leigh Burchell, VP for policy and public affairs at Altera Digital Health and a HIMSS26 Policy Influencer Changemaker, says giving patients visibility into procedure costs can reduce surprise billing and drive prices down through competition.
No one gets to their position alone, says Julie Luengas, DNP, RN, Stony Brook Medicine's chief nursing officer. Collaboration, mentorship and collective effort are the true engines behind career growth, she says.
As healthcare systems accelerate digital transformation, roles such as CNIOs, digital midwives and AHP informaticians are becoming essential, acting as a bridge between technology and frontline care.
As medical devices become more complex, the roles of clinical engineers and IT professionals in safeguarding them are becoming more intertwined, says McLaren Health Care's Samantha Jacques, a HIMSS26 Changemaker Award recipient.
Data segmentation and computable consent help protect sensitive information while enabling more equitable interoperability, explains Cambridge Health Alliance's Dr. Hannah Galvin, a HIMSS26 Health Equity Changemaker Awardee.
Sepi Browning, HIMSS Changemaker awardee for veterans' health, says new healthcare IT leaders should evaluate their organization's level of readiness, governance and infrastructure to determine which technologies and approaches will work best.