Local Leadership with National Impact: The Utah HIMSS Annual Awards

Each year we recognize leaders in Healthcare IT who have made an impact on our work. Our membership nominates leaders in many categories, and votes based on impact, involvement, and the future of healthcare IT.  Our categories for 2023 include:

Healthcare Tech Leader of the Year

Recognizing influential healthcare IT leaders who demonstrates significant leadership in healthcare and the advancement of information system.

Nominees:

Diego Ize-Ludlow, MD

Chief Health Information Officer at Intermountain Healthcare

Albert Marinez, MBA

Incoming Chief Analytics Officer, Cleveland Clinic

Kensaku Kawamoto, MD, PhD, MHS, FACMI, FAMIA

Associate CMIO and Vice Chair for Clinical Informatics

ONC HITAC Committee Member

Viet Nguyen, MD

Chief Standards Implementation Officer, HL7

Tina Marriott Larson

President and COO, Recursion

Most Influential Woman in IT

This award celebrates individuals who harness the power of information and technology to transform health and healthcare and are inclusive of all women of influence, no matter where they may be in the health information and technology field.

Nominees:

Susan Matney PhD, RNC-OB, FAAN, FACMI, FHIMSS, FHL7

Pioneer in LOINC data terminologies standardization

Janae Sharp

Founder, Sharp Index

Catherine Staes, PhD, MPH, BS-RN FAMIA, FACMI

Professor of Nursing Informatics, Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah

Kalyani Yerra, MBA MHA, FHIMSS

Principal Architect- Digital Health Cloud at CVS Health

Clinical Leader of the Year

Recognizing influential clinicians who demonstrate significant leadership in optimizing health engagements and care outcomes through information and technology.

Nominees:

Becky Fox, MSN RN-BC

Chief Clinical Information Officer, Intermountain Healthcare

Melissa Welch, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer, Health Catalyst

Bruce Bray, MD

Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah

Lauren Pearson, DO, MPH

Chief Medical Officer, ARUP at University of Utah Health Associate Professor (Clinical)

Innovative Project of the Year

Recognizing an individual or team that has contributed to innovation in their organization.  The innovative project of the year will recognize outstanding innovation and improvement to healthcare.  Some of these projects represent years of work. 

Nominees:

Health Care Innovation Blueprint (SLC Mayor Mendenhall)

Digital Health Initiative (University of Utah)

Winner of HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence: Multimodal Pain Management (Intermountain- Ryan Caron, PharmD and Farukh Usmani, MD)

Digital Mammogram Screening (Intermountain- Tejal Williams, MD)- Allowing consumers to digitally self-schedule for screening mammograms.

Mental Health Leader of the Year

Recognizing a leader in mental health in Utah. In cooperation with Sharp Index Awards

Nominees:

Rep Chis Stewart

Co-sponsor of the 988-suicide prevention hotline bill. Co-Chair of the Mental Health Caucus.

Tamara Moores Todd, MD, Emergency Medicine Physician

Co-Director of the Simulation Lab and Medical Director for Care Transformation at Intermountain.

Peter Weir, MD, MPH Executive Director of Population Health University of Utah Health. Studies the integration of behavioral and physical health and how that impacts healthcare including a Utah task force to integrate behavioral health services into Medicaid programs.

Matt Thiese, MD, PhD Dr. Matt Thiese is a researcher at the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. He specializes in studying the intersection between an individual’s job and their health. He current research includes mental health, among other health outcomes.

Winners are Announced at the Utah HIMSS 2023 Fall Conference