In Celebration of International Women's Week

eHealth Leadership: Women in Leadership

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In Parternship with CHIMA: Canadian Health Information Management Association

Instructor: Candace Gibson - Director, Center for Collaborative Command and Leadership, CMU & Western University
Introduction of Session by: Gail Crook - Chief Executive Officer & Registrar, CHIMA

What are the skills and knowledge required to be an eHealth leader. What are the implications for the advancement of eHealth? What are the implications for the HIM, HI and eHealth professions? What do HIM, HI and eHealth professionals need to do?

Women have made great strides in the past few decades in business, academia, politics, and government. We can point to sterling examples of powerful, intelligent women at the head of companies – Meg Whitman (HP), Melissa Mayer (Yahoo), Bonnie Brooks (The Bay), Heather Reisman (Indigo); politics – Hillary Clinton (USA); associations – Stacey Allaster (WTA); governments – Angela Merkel (Germany); and universities - Drew Faust (Harvard). Although there are a few high profile women who’ve made it to the top, in general women are still underrepresented in executive positions. The health information management (HIM) field is predominantly female, while leadership in eHealth (which includes Health Informatics and HIM) is predominantly male. Sheryl Sandberg’s book – Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead – suggests that women fail to “lean in” or step forward for management and leadership positions. We’ll look at some of the leadership and career opportunities in eHealth for HIM and HI professionals and suggest a path for career advancement and leadership...and ask that you lean in based on Sheryl Sandberg’s book – "Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead in” and step up!

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CHIMA Canadian Health Information Management Association	NIHI National Institutes of Health Informatics