Macadamian Director of Healthcare User Experience, Lorraine Chapman, Appointed Chair of HIMSS Health IT Usability (HIT) Committee
Gatineau, Quebec (PRWEB) June 12, 2014 -- Macadamian Director of Healthcare User Experience, Lorraine Chapman has been selected to serve as the Chair for the HIMSS Health IT Usability (HIT) Committee. The focus of the Committee is to educate and work on improving awareness and maturity of the user experience across the Health IT community. This includes vendors, application providers and hospital networks.
HIMSS is a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information technology (IT). HIMSS leads efforts to optimize health engagements and care outcomes using information technology.
“As the Chair, I am looking to forward to working with the committee to address the larger user experience issues in Health IT, not just focusing on safety enhanced design. As such, the committee will be looking to highlight success stories that the health IT industry as a whole can learn from.” - Lorraine Chapman, Director Healthcare User Experience, Macadamian
As digital technologies continue to transform virtually all aspects of how we live, they are now beginning to revolutionize healthcare. From conception through to design, with a focus on user experience, technology and quality, Macadamian ensures our customers healthcare applications stand out in the market.
“We are extremely proud of Lorraine. Her incredible depth and breadth of experience in both Healthcare and User Experience design will definitely help to bring value to the HIMSS, the EMR industry, and raise the importance of user experience in designing engaging and usable healthcare software.“ - Didier Thizy, Vice President Consulting, Healthcare, Macadamian
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About Macadamian (http://www.macadamian.com)
Macadamian is a full-service software design and development firm that creates meaningful and compelling user experiences for mobile, web and desktop. With more than 1000 completed projects worldwide, Macadamian has partnered with some of the biggest brands including McKesson | MED3OOO, Elsevier, Varian, Vitera and Microsoft. From napkin sketch to market ready, we are dedicated to ensuring that our healthcare solutions improve interdisciplinary team effectiveness, patient engagement and outcomes. Macadamian is headquartered in Gatineau, Canada and also has offices in the United States, Armenia, and Romania. Visit http://www.macadamian.com or contact via phone at +1 877 779 6336.
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