Committees

Global Health Conference Education Committee

The Global Health Conference Education Committee (GHCEC) is responsible for identifying and programming high quality educational opportunities at the HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition. The GHCEC consists of a group of members who each represent an industry, profession, or community within HIMSS. The planning year for the GHCEC runs January through December.

In order to apply to this committee, you must be a HIMSS member and have served as a HIMSS conference proposal reviewer for at least two (2) years.

The information below will provide you with an overview of the responsibilities of the Global Health Conference Education Committee and illustrate the importance of the committee to the success of the HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition educational programming.

GHCEC Structure

Purpose: To identify and program high quality educational opportunities at the HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition.

Committee Chair:

  • Serves 2 years on the committee by end of chair term
  • Must be a HIMSS member

GHCEC Members:

  • 16 volunteers (selections based on geographic location, topic category expertise, and years of experience within industry)
  • Must be HIMSS members and have participated as a proposal reviewer for two years
  • GHCEC members must not submit proposals during their term of service

Reviewers:

  • Volunteers approved by the GHCEC Chair
  • Must be HIMSS members

GHCEC Liaison:

  • Continuing Education Accrediting Agency Representative, Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (PACE).
  • PACE provides a staff member to attend the GHCEC planning meeting, optional.
  • The PACE representative is a non-voting member that serves in a continuing education consultant role.

HIMSS Staff Liaisons:

  • Debra Clough, Program Manager, Professional Development
  • Adrienne Whittle, MPH, Manager, Professional Development
  • Mara Daiker, MS, CPHIMS, RHIA, FHIMSS, Senior Director Professional Development

Informa Staff Liaison:

  • JoAnn Klinedinst, M.Ed., CPHIMS, PMP, DES, CPTD, LFHIMSS, FACHE, Vice President, Content and Programming, Informa Markets

Schedule

  • Monthly committee conference calls
  • Supplemental committee conference calls as necessary
  • Committee conference calls to select proposals as education sessions for the upcoming conference
  • A face-to-face meeting at the HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition

Definition of Responsibilities/Benefits

GHCEC Chair Responsibilities

  • Works with HIMSS staff to develop agendas for the GHCEC meetings and conference calls after consulting with the staff.
  • Assures that committee members are apprised of all committee business, adhere to assigned projects and meet target dates.
  • Provides feedback and counsel to HIMSS staff and committee members.
  • May be asked to represent HIMSS on "goodwill" collaborations with other organizations or serve on HIMSS special plan and scope projects.
  • Serves a one-year term under current HIMSS bylaws.

GHCEC Chair Benefits and Rewards

  • Earns 15 points for advancement to HIMSS Senior Member and Fellow Status.
  • Receives a complimentary conference registration.
  • Receives recognition on the web site and on-site.
  • Provides educational value by broadening the knowledge base of conference participants.
  • Has the opportunity to play a key role in developing the conference curriculum and direction.
  • Increases their peer networking opportunities.

Committee member responsibilities:

  • Two-year term
  • Participate in all conference calls and attend one face-to-face committee meeting during the year.
  • Review proposals within their assigned topic category.
  • Monitor work and review/evaluate results of the Reviewers.
  • Act as primary representatives for assigned topic area(s) to Reviewers and HIMSS staff.
  • Recommend proposals to schedule as sessions per assigned topic category.
  • Provide suggestions on speakers and topics for consideration at the conference.
  • Host sessions at conference, if needed.
  • Attend sessions during the conference to evaluate them.
  • Participate in conference calls to assist in the identification of Topic Categories for the conference to be held the year following the year of the conference for which they plan.  

Committee Member Benefit and Rewards:

  • Earn 7 points for advancement to HIMSS Senior Member and Fellow Status.
  • Receive a complimentary conference registration
  • Receive recognition on the web site and on-site.
  • Receive educational value by broadening their knowledge base.
  • Play a key role in developing the conference curriculum and direction.
  • Increase their opportunities for peer network.

Global Health Conference Education Committee (GHCEC) Members

Paul Brian Contino
Paul Brian Contino, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
Chief Information Officer
University Hospital, NJ
Chair
Jose Barbudo, III, RN-BC, PhD(c), CPHIMS, SHIMSS
Jose Barbudo III, RN-BC, PhD(c), CPHIMS, FHIMSS
Nursing Informatics Coordinator
Hamad Medical Corporation
Jason A. Bickford, MCSE, FHIMSS
Jason A. Bickford, MCSE, FHIMSS
Application Development Senior Manager
Cigna\Evernorth
Sophia Brown, RN, PhD
Sophia Brown, RN, PhD
Senior Program Manager
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Adam Chee, MSc, MPH, MBA, PhD, CPHIMS
Adam Chee, MSc, MPH, MBA, PhD, CPHIMS
Chief Advocacy Officer
BinaryHealthCare
Joan Imrich, MS, PMP
Joan Imrich, MS, PMP
Machine Learning & AI Fellow
Harvard DCE
Sajid Yusuf Khan
Sajid Yusuf Khan
Director, Corporate Supply Chain Management
Al Borg Diagnostics
Michele M. Krajewski, BSMT, MS
Michele M. Krajewski, BSMT, MS
Deputy Director, Health Care Security
Veteran Health Administration (VHA)
Eric Lee, MD, CHCIO
Eric Lee, MD, CHCIO
Medical Director of Clinical Informatics
AltaMed Health Services
Lisa Lyon, MSHI, RN, CDCES, SHIMSS
Lisa Lyon, MSHI, RN, CDCES, SHIMSS
Sr. Clinical Informatics Coordinator
Cherokee Nation Health, IT
Valdery Moura Junior, PhD, MBA, PgMP, PMP
Valdery Moura Junior, PhD, MBA, PgMP, PMP
Director, Data Science Technology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Benno Naaijkens
Benno Naaijkens
Laboratory Specialist in clinical chemistry
Diagnost-IQ in the Netherlands
Radha Nagarajan, PhD
Radha Nagarajan, PhD
Associate Director, Enterprise Information Services
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Pradeep S.B. Podila, PhD, MHA, MS, FACHE, FHFMA, FNAHQ, CPHIMS, CPHQ, CSSBB
Pradeep S.B. Podila, PhD, MHA, MS, FACHE, FHFMA, FNAHQ, CPHIMS, CPHQ, CSSBB
Health Scientist (Informatics)/Senior Service Fellow
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Eric Raffin, FACHE, FHIMSS, CHCIO
Eric Raffin, FACHE, FHIMSS, CHCIO
Chief Information Officer
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Laila Rasmy, PhD, RPh, MBA, FHIMSS
Laila Rasmy, PhD, RPh, MBA, FHIMSS
Assistant Professor
University of Texas Health Science Center McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics
Bev Rhodes, RN, BSc, BN, MSN, CPHIMS-CA, FHIMSS
Bev Rhodes, RN, BSc, BN, MSN, CPHIMS-CA, FHIMSS
Executive Director, Training & Health Informatics
Alberta Health Services