Stephanie Thomas received her award at the 2013 HIMSS Awards Banquet, held during the HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans, Louisiana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThanks to her two searches, she is a member of the inaugural group in the MSHI&MS program and the recipient of the 2012 HIMSS Southern Florida Chapter Scholarship. The HIMSS Foundation Scholarship Review Board determined ten winners, selecting applicants \u201cwho have achieved academic excellence and have the potential to be future leaders in the healthcare information and management systems industry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStephanie represents the kind of students we have drawn to the program: intelligent, hardworking and with great potential,\u201d said Neera Bhansali, faculty director. \u201cSince our program is new, and since the HIMSS criteria are so demanding, we are especially proud to have one of our students win the $5,000 scholarship from the South Florida Chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n
With \u201ca passion for helping people,\u201d she decided to pursue the degree because she \u201cwas not impressed with how information was being exchanged across the board among healthcare professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n
Currently completing her internship at OurKids of Miami-Dade\/ Monroe, Inc. in the IT department, Thomas expects to graduate in August 2013 and feels that the degree \u201cwill help tremendously in a field that has so much to offer—from health information exchange through the use of electronic devices to medical passports, and much more,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The program also has been significant for \u201chelping me understand the importance of leadership as a manager and is bringing a different perspective in the management of health records,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Thomas received the award at the 2013 HIMSS Awards Banquet, held during the HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition, which ran March-3-7, 2013, in New Orleans, Louisiana.<\/p>\n
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