Few of the most influential women in health information technology will be honored on the day of May 12 in Boston for their leadership in assisting the healthcare industry achieves the Triple Aim of improving care and patient outcomes while reducing costs.
The day-long event, entitled “Most Powerful Women in Healthcare IT” and hosted by Health Data Management, will recognize award winners in 3 categories—HIT Leader, Senior Executive and Industry Thought Leader/Influencer—for their achievements and innovation in solving organizational and technical issues by deploying technology and shaping the regulatory environment.
HDM’s event will also display an agenda of speakers and sessions to address the pressing problems confronting the industry, as well as provide an opportunity for professional development and networking with visionary leaders.
Keynote speaker Joan Reede, MD, dean for diversity and community partnership and an associate professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS), will discuss her attempts to promote the increased recruitment, retention and advancement of underrepresented minority, women, LGBT, and faculty with disabilities at HMS, in a talk entitled “Beyond the Numbers: What Should We Strive for with Inclusion Efforts?”
Additionally, keynote speaker Eileen Pollack, author of The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science is Still a Boys Club, will deal the social, interpersonal, and institutional barriers standing in the way of women—and minorities—in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields.
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