Richard P. Covert, Ph.D., LFHIMSS Scholarships for Management Systems
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
Award: $5000 – $5000
Deadline: September 9.
To support a student members who exhibit academic excellence and future leadership potential in the healthcare information and management systems industry. Qualifications: Applicant must be a member in good standing of HIMSS; must be a member of National HIMSS and the Southern California Chapter; must be attending a school in the Southern California area; primary occupation of the applicant at the time the scholarship is awarded must be that of student in an accredited undergraduate, Masters or PhD program related to the healthcare information management systems field; specific degree program is not a critical factor, although it is expected that programs similar to those in industrial engineering, operations research, healthcare informatics, computer science and information systems, mathematics, and quantitative programs in business administration and hospital administration will predominate; undergraduate applicants must be at least a first-term junior when the scholarship is awarded; previous foundation scholarship winners are ineligible. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on the committee criteria. How to apply: resume or curriculum vitae; educational data; professional achievement and academic society activity; leadership/community Involvement; HIMSS Involvement; technical paper or essay; official transcript(s); two (2) letters of recommendation; letters of recommendation should include the applicants name, institution name and name of scholarship for which are applying; letters of recommendation must contain author's full contact information. Focus: Health care services.