On Wednesday, May 17, Health Data Management hosted the Most Powerful Women in Healthcare IT awards at the Sheraton Boston. The event brought together nearly 150 women from healthcare organizations, technology companies, and industry thought leaders.
Dimensional Insight sponsored the event for the second year. For us, this provided an opportunity to honor the contributions of our female leaders at Dimensional Insight, as well as the female leaders at our hospital and health system customers. Here are a few highlights from the event.
Power vs. powerful
In her keynote, Katie Stebbins, assistant secretary of innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, talked about the difference between “power” and “powerful”. She noted that “power” is something personal that people wield over others. On the other hand, “powerful” is something that is enabling. Powerful people use their passion to make an impact for the public good.
Katie also talked about how women often don’t recognize their leadership qualities, saying, “We’re not always witness to our own power.” She discussed the importance of mentoring other women and sharing power with each other.
Mentorship vs. sponsorship
Maia Hightower, CMO of University of Iowa Health Care, presented on “The Diversity Algorithm: How to Boost Team Innovation in the Era of Big Data.” Maia presented some compelling statistics that showed the value of diverse teams. Teams with diversity actually have higher financial returns and greater productivity than non-diverse teams do.
Hightower also discussed the importance of not just mentoring women, but sponsoring women. The difference between the two is that mentoring is sharing ideas and helping others sharpen their skills, while sponsorship is identifying and promoting talent. It’s helping others see the leadership potential in women vs. just helping women work on their own leadership skills. Hightower also said that people should be selective in who they sponsor.
Why we sponsored the event
Susan Mays, vice president of customer services here at Dimensional Insight, had the honor of announcing the Most Powerful Women in Healthcare IT award winners from the podium. As Susan noted in her remarks:
“We have chosen to support the Most Powerful Women in Healthcare IT event because it supports one of Dimensional Insight’s key cultural values. At our core, we believe in the value of people. We put all of our resources into supporting our customers and into supporting our employees. This means supporting the contributions of everyone – including women – to healthcare IT. While technology is important, it’s the people that drive innovation and transformation.”
Congratulations to honorees
We congratulate the 75 women who were named Most Powerful Women in Healthcare IT. We would also like to extend special congratulations to one of our employees and three of our customers who were presented with awards. Those honorees are:
- Nora Lissy, director of healthcare, Dimensional Insight
- Angela Burgess, CIO, Randolph Hospital
- Beth Grimes, director of enterprise analytics, Gwinnett Medical Center
- Doris Peek, CIO, Broward Health
Thank you not just to all of you who attended the event, but also to all of you who support our women leaders. We look forward to attending next year’s conference!
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Kathy started her career in television news writing and producing. She then worked at a public relations agency and as a freelance writer before joining Dimensional Insight in 2013.
Kathy has presented at several events in both healthcare and wine & spirits, including the Healthcare Innovation Summit, the Healthcare IT Marketing & PR Conference (HITMC), and the WSWA Women’s Leadership Council (WLC) Conference. Kathy is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and a member of Women of the Vine & Spirits.
She is also host of the Smarter Healthcare Podcast (www.smarthcpodcast.com) and is a member of the Forbes Communications Council.
Kathy holds a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Boston University.
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