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Navigating HIMSS18 as Women in Health IT
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Join HIMSS to find out more about HIMSS18 networking and mentorship opportunities, as well as get introduced to the 2017 Most Influential Women in Health Information and Technology award recipients. With 45,000 attendees and 300 educational events it can be difficult to navigate HIMSS Annual Conference. Speakers will share insights on how to get the most out of HIMSS18 while participating in Women in Health Information and Technology activities throughout the week.
Learning Objectives:
- Take an insider look at the Women in Health Information and Technology Networking Reception and first Mentor Meet-Up
- Explore education sessions that help chart the course to break the glass ceiling
- Discuss highlights from the new Compensation and Workforce surveys
Carla Smith
Executive Vice President
HIMSS North America
Bio info: Carla Smith is Executive Vice President of HIMSS, a global organization focused on better health through information...
Carla Smith is Executive Vice President of HIMSS, a global organization focused on better health through information and technology. HIMSS leads efforts to optimize health engagements and care outcomes using information and technology.
As a HIMSS executive, Smith leverages her thought leadership, and extensive experience in nonprofit management, to achieve HIMSS’s mission and maintain its financial health.
Smith has 30 years of experience in the information and technology field, two-thirds of it focused on healthcare. She champions transformational innovations in the health sector, ensuring the right knowledge is available to the right people at the right time to make the right health- and care-related decisions.
In addition to her responsibilities at HIMSS, Smith holds an appointment to CMS’s Outreach and Education Federal Advisory Committee, Chairs the Advisory Board of the Global Center for Health Innovation, serves as an advisor to the University of Michigan’s Health Informatics and Learning Health System programs, and is a publicly-elected official for the Village of Barton Hills, Michigan.
In both 2017 and 2018, Health Data Management named Ms. Smith as one of the most influential women in health IT. In 2015, Ms. Smith received similar recognition from Fierce Healthcare.
Before joining HIMSS in 2001, Ms. Smith served for seven years as the Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Healthcare Information Management (CHIM). Prior to entering the health sector, Ms. Smith focused on information and technology-related innovations within the manufacturing and banking sectors. She holds a Master’s degree, and has earned a Nonprofit Management Certification from Case Western Reserve University, and as well as her HIMSS Fellow status.
Lorren Pettit
Vice President of Research
HIMSS North America
Bio info: Lorren Pettit, leads the HIMSS U.S. Compensation Survey. He is Vice President, HIS and Research for HIMSS: a global,...
Lorren Pettit, leads the HIMSS U.S. Compensation Survey. He is Vice President, HIS and Research for HIMSS: a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information and technology.
In this role, Pettit oversees HIMSS's thought leadership research efforts as well as responsibilities for HIMSS' expanse into select emerging health IT markets including Long-Term/Post-Acute (LTPAC) and Behavioral Health, Connected Health, and Canada.
Before joining HIMSS in 2011, Lorren served as Managing Consultant with Press Ganey Associates, Inc. while working with hospital executives throughout Canada and the United States, driving efforts to improve relationships between administrators and physicians/employees. Pettit has been a healthcare strategist for over 20 years, with experience in healthcare operations and corporate planning. He has held strategic planning roles in various acute and non-acute healthcare settings, as well as within the hospital group purchasing and hospital services industries.
Details

Event Type : On Demand
Date : Jan 26, 2018 10:00 AM CT
Collection Cost : Complimentary
Credits : CPHIMS, CAHIMS
Speaker(s) : Carla Smith, Lorren Pettit
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