





HIE Excellence Awards
The HIE Excellence Awards (formerly the Health IT Awards) are presented at the annual Arizona HIE Summit & Trade Show. The HIE Excellence Awards are non-monetary recognitions of achievement for an organization and individual leader. These prestigious awards recognize a Health IT leader who demonstrates leadership in the use of health information technology, as well as an organization that develops or demonstrates innovative uses of health information technology, to achieve the Triple Aim of better care, better outcomes and lower costs. All recipients will be recognized through Contexture promotions.
Judging Committee:
The independent judging committee will screen all nomination applications received by the deadline and determine whether each nominee has met the eligibility requirements and criteria for innovative and interoperable uses of health technology in population health management. The committee will then score each eligible nominee according to category criteria and select the awardees.
Nomination Deadline: August 26, 2022
HIE Excellence Award Leader Nomination Form: Click Here
HIE Excellence Award Organization Nomination Form: Click Here
Prior Year Recipients
2021 ACHIEVE Award
Anita C. Murcko, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics, College of Health Solutions & Interim Director
Arizona State University Center for Health Information and Research (CHiR)
2021 Health IT Leadership Award
Dr. Kishlay Anand
Apricus Health
2021 Health IT Innovation Award
Kingman Regional Medical Center
2020 ACHIEVE Award
Sonora Quest Laboratories
2020 Health IT Leadership Award
James Whitfill, MD
HonorHealth
2020 Health IT Innovation Award
Equality Health
2019 Health IT Leadership Award
Heather Carter
State Senator, Arizona Senate District 15
2019 Health IT Innovation Award
Pendleton Pediatrics
2018 Health IT Leadership Award
Peter Vermilyea, Clinical Applications Coordinator & Captain, United States Public Health Service
Winslow Indian Health Care Center (WIHCC)
2018 Health IT Innovation Award
Horizon Health and Wellness
2017 Health IT Leadership Award
Dr. Bradford D. Croft, DO
East Flagstaff Family Medicine
2017 Health IT Innovation Award
El Rio Health
2016 Health IT Leadership Award
Lorie Mayer, Health IT Coordinator
Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)
2016 Health IT Innovation Award
Phoenix Children’s Care Network