HIMSS celebrates 50 years with 50 awards

By Healthcare IT News
01:00 PM

HIMSS celebrates its 50th anniversary this year by honoring 50 health IT professionals, academicians and others with the 50 in 50 Award – a recognition of memorable achievements in the field or contributions to the body of knowledge of healthcare information technology and management systems.

Ten individuals are recognized for each of the five decades since the founding of the organization in 1961.

Nominations opened in November 2010, and recipients of the HIMSS 50 in 50 Award will be recognized at the 2011 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 20-24.

"Our fellow members of HIMSS have worked tirelessly for 50 years to create and improve IT and management systems," said former HIMSS Board Chair (1982) and retired HIMSS member Justin Myrick. "It has been a labor of love for our members to provide tools for those medical professionals who give hands-on quality care to people in need – often during times of their greatest need."

The awards reflect accomplishments during the particular decade of consideration for the candidate. Other eligibility requirements included contributions to the field of health IT and management systems and to HIMSS, improvement of healthcare through technology and professional accomplishments, contributions to the body of professional knowledge, thought leadership and organizational leadership, as well as HIMSS membership.

With the development and evolution of new member communities within HIMSS during the last 50 years, nominees also could demonstrate membership activity with HIMSS, or similar activity with any former organizations now part of HIMSS, such as:

  • Healthcare Management Systems Society – HMSS;
  • Center for Healthcare Information Management – CHIM;
  • Computer-based Patient Record Institute – CPRI-HOST
  • Midwest Alliance of Nursing Informatics – MANI;
  • Association for Electronic Health Care Transactions – AFECHT; and
  • Medical Banking Project – MBP. 

 

In the coming weeks, Healthcare IT News will publish a series of slideshows with photos and biographical information on each of the 50 recipients.

Additionally, Healthcare IT News will publish a commemorative issue, titled "HIMSS 50 in 50: Memorable Contributors throughout HIMSS' 50 Year History," which will be available at the HIMSS11 Annual Conference in Orlando, Feb. 20-24.


The 50 in 50 Award recipients, listed in alphabetical order by decade, from the 1960s through the 2000s, can be found on the following page.

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