The following CIOs were nominated for Becker's Hospital Review's CIO of the Year.
Kumar Chatani, Mount Sinai Health System (New York City)
Trang Dawson, Emerus (Houston)
Dr. Pravene Nath, Stanford Health Care (Palo Alto, Calif.)
Frank Fear, Memorial Healthcare (Owosso, Mich.)
Ed Ricks, Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital
Pamela Arora, Children's Health System of Texas (Dallas)
Karen Thomas, Main Line Health (Philadelphia)
Dr. Shafiq Rab, Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center
Ferdinand Feola, Pocono Medical Center (East Stroudsburg, Pa.)
Dr. Jeffrey Ferranti, Duke Medicine (Durham, N.C.)
Chris Belmont, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston)
Michael Smith, Lee Memorial Health System (Fort Myers, Fla.)
Chad Brisendine, St. Luke's University Health System (Bethlehem, Pa.)
Alan Smith, Capella Healthcare (Franklin, Tenn.)
Joel Vengco, Baystate Health (Springfield, Mass.)
Pamela McNutt, Methodist Health System (Dallas)
Dr. Marc Chasin, St. Luke's Health System (Boise, Idaho)
Becker's Hospital Review is still seeking nominations for CIO of the Year. Please send nominations to Scott Becker (sbecker@beckershealthcare.com) and Akanksha Jayanthi (ajayanthi@beckershealthcare.com).
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