In August, SHIEC held its annual conference, which continues to grow in momentum with more than 600 attendees gathered this year to address new and innovative ways to address interoperability, data quality and much more.<\/p>\n
Many HIEs throughout the nation are implementing highly innovative, data-driven programs, making the organization\u2019s annual awards one of the most exciting aspects of the conference. This year\u2019s nominees and finalists include the following<\/a>:<\/p>\n Government Relations and Advocacy Award Winner: <\/strong> Community Partnership Award Winners:<\/strong> Innovation Award Winner:<\/strong> Quality and Quality Data Award Winner:<\/strong> Leadership Award Winner:<\/strong> Congratulations to all of the SHIEC 2019 award winners and finalists!<\/p>\n IMAT Solutions has a long history of helping HIEs to advance their missions through data. We enable HIEs to increase services by aggregating all data sources \u2013 faster and more accurate than ever before.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Melissa Kotrys, CEO of Health Current<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 East Tennessee Health Information Network — Leigh Sterling, CEO & Exec. Dir
\n\u2022 North Carolina Health Information Exchange Authority — Christie Burris, Exec. Dir
\n\u2022 Georgia Regional Academic Community HIE — Tara Cramer, Exec. Dir, Coastal Connect —
\n\u00a0\u00a0Yvonne Hughes, CEO<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 CRISP Staff, David Horrocks, President; and Craig Bremmer and Ryan Bramble, Exec. Dirs<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Jaime Bland, CEO of Nebraska Health Information Initiative<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Dan Porreca, Executive Director of HEALTHeLINK<\/p>\n