Maryland Delegate Shane
Pendergrass is one of honorees
Washington, DC (June 6, 2006) - The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) announced that the winners of the 2006 Advocacy Award are Dr. Carolyn Clancy, director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Maryland Delegate Shane Pendergrass from District 13.
"We are honored to present the 2006 Advocacy Award to both Dr. Clancy and Ms. Pendergrass who are visionary leaders in our field," said HIMSS President and CEO H. Stephen Lieber, CAE. "Dr. Clancy has been a true leader who is working to transform healthcare using information technology and has enthusiastically shared her vision with our members and worked closely with all stakeholders to advance the nation's healthcare system using information technology and management systems. Since the awards inception in 2003, Delegate Pendergrass is the first elected state official selected to receive this award. She was one of five state elected officials selected by the National Conference of State Legislatures to participate in HIMSS Project HITCh (Health Information Technology Champions) at the 2006 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition in San Diego as well as the HIMSS Public Policy Forum in Washington, D.C., in October 2005."
The 2006 Advocacy Day Award was presented to both recipients by June Lowe, vice chair of HIMSS Board of Directors, on June 6 during HIMSS Advocacy Day Networking Reception.
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About HIMSS
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of human health. Founded in 1961 with offices in Chicago, Washington D.C., and other locations across the country, HIMSS represents approximately 20,000 individual members and more than 275 member corporations that employ more than 1 million people. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare public policy and industry practices through its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives designed to promote information and management systems' contributions to ensuring quality patient care. Visit www.himss.org for more information.
