The healthcare information technology field is ever-expanding and seemingly limitless. It’s no wonder so many bright rising stars are making a name for themselves in the industry. The following individuals were nominated for a spotlight in Health Management Technology, and deservedly so. These men and women are shaping and changing the future of healthcare IT, for the better.
I was in the Masai Mara-Serengeti, sitting on a hill on top of a plateau that overlooked what felt like a thousand-mile expanse of the dry semi-arid desert below. In the far distance, I saw a Masai woman. She was balancing a jug of water on her head, and a baby swaddled onto her back. The distance between the woman and that village seemed so far. This was her fate. She was destined to the same life as her mother and her mother’s mother. The distance between that Masai woman and me was worlds apart. But we were connected. By age. By gender. By race. Yet, there I was, the world before me with infinite opportunity. Infinite choice. At that moment, I chose a path where the work I do supports the fundamental right to health. I chose to be a doctor.
Ultimately, I specialized in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, caring for adults and children across life’s continuum, cradle to grave, individual to populations.