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26 Healthcare IT News s April 2008 www.HealthcareITNews.com Feinberg promotes collaboration, student participation in Chapter Dan-Ari Feinberg, the recipient of FEBRUARY SPIRIT OF HIMSS AWARD the February Spirit of HIMSS Award, has been a member of the New England Chapter of HIMSS (NEHIMSS) board of directors for the past three years and currently serves as chair of NEHIMSS' Membership Committee. Mr. Feinberg graduated in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree in politics, in the middle of his second successful technology startup. After six years, he sold his business to move into the healthcare industry. “I wanted to make a real difference in people's lives, and I saw the rapidly evolving technology in healthcare. It seemed the perfect place for me,” he said. In 2006, Mr. Feinberg earned an MBA in healthcare from Boston University, where he became the student liaison to NEHIMSS' Board. In this role, he linked the Chapter with several local universities to generate student participation in HIMSS. Since graduating, he has applied his technical experience and new healthcare skills to build RetinaCheck, a company that uses telemedicine to test for diabetic retinopathy in the primary-care environment. Over the past several months, Mr. Feinberg has led the management of a new series of events for NEHIMSS: “After Hours Social and Networking.” On the day of the monthly Chapter Board meeting, following the business agenda, Mr. Feinberg hosts a complimentary networking event at a local restaurant, rotating the meetings throughout central New England. Each month, a pertinent healthcare IT topic is selected; topics have included nursing informatics and EHR optimization. The dialog, usually led by a guest speaker, is informal and generates SPIRIT OF HIMSS [continued on page 27] Congratulations CPHIMS Recipients! Congratulations to the following individuals who achieved or renewed the Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) credential Feb. 1 - March 15. The CPHIMS program enhances and promotes the healthcare information and management systems profession by providing the premier credential in the industry. Richard Algoo - New Brunswick, N.J. Ryan Allen - Birmingham, Ala. Phyllis May Bachand - Monee, Ill. Steve Baker - Columbus, Ind. Douglas Bankston - Hammond, La. Art J. Billman - Chicago, Ill. Agnes Bouldin - Martinsville, Va. Jacqueline Bowers - Aviano Air Force Base, Italy Elizabeth Brown - Monroeville, Pa. John N. Brugger - Randolph, Vt. Jeffrey H. Burdick - Charleston, S.C. A.J. Burke - Asheville, N.C. Janis Coates - Jackson, Miss. Jay Cullen - Cocoa, Fla. Andrew Daniels - Galion, Ohio Mark Daniels - Charleston, S.C. Christine Dieckhaus - Memphis, Tenn. Joe Diver - Pittsfield, Mass. Sharmayne Donley - Florence, S.C. Bryan Downs - Orlando, Fla. Cheryl Elmore - Waggoner, Ill. Ari Entin - Miami, Fla. Karen Fitzmaurice - Indialantic, Fla. Melissa Forinash - Charleston, S.C. Patrick Frye - Malvern, Pa. Dan Furlong - Charleston, S.C. William Furniss - Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Bernard Galla - Pikeville, Ky. William Gammie - Township, Pa. Marilyn Goodloe - Colorado Springs, Colo. Nilish Gupte - New Hyde Park, N.Y. Drew Hanscom - Franklin, Tenn. Thomas Hogan - Niagara Falls, N.Y. David Hotchkiss - San Antonio, Texas Amey Hugg - Prospect, Ky. Elaine Hunolt - Alexandria, Va. Linda Jansen - Fort Myers, Fla. Brian Jones - Universal City, Texas George Kepler - Valley Cottage, N.Y. Thomas Kerwin - Colorado Springs, Colo. Kimberly Klein - Vienna, Va. Nanda Lahoud - Arlington, Texas Von Lambert - Omaha, Neb. Peggy LeVora - Bloomington, Ind. Greg Lockridge - Birmingham, Ala. Keri McCrensky - Boston, Mass. Chuck McDevitt - Greenwood, S.C. Jason Meaux - Seattle, Wash. Marie Ann Medenbach - Colorado Springs, Colo. Aimee Morales - Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Tai Nguyen - Houston, Texas Sam Norton - Cleveland, Tenn. Whiyie Sang - San Juan, Puerto Rico Margaret F. Schulte - Grand Rapids, Mich. Henry Scott - Newnan, Ga. Mary Sellers - Seattle, Wash. Patricia P. Sengstack - Damascus, Md Suzanne Sharpe - Knoxville, Tenn. Anunaya K. Shrivastava - Bethesda, Md. Mark Singleton - Salt Lake City, Utah Manoj Thomas - Walnut Creek, Calif. Rita Torkzadeh - Las Vegas, Nev. Kelly A. Vinson - Daphne, Ala. Timothy Wade - Franklin, Tenn. Terry Wagner - Denver, Colo. Richard Walker - Fairfax, Va. James White - Colorado Springs, Colo. Karen Widenski - Nashotah, Wis. Mary B. Wilkerson - Broomfield, Colo. Russell Witte - Victoria, Texas Craig Young - Albany, N.Y. To join this elite group and find out more about the CPHIMS certification program and see a full listing of certificants, visit www.himss.org/getcertified. http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.himssanalytics.org http://www.himssanalytics.org http://www.himss.org/getcertified http://www.himssanalytics.org http://www.himss.org/getcertified

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