Joyce Sensmeier, MS, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, FAAN

Joyce Sensmeier MS, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, FAAN is Vice President, Informatics for HIMSS North America, a strategic business unit of HIMSS, the global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information technology (IT). In her current role she is responsible for the areas of clinical informatics, standards and interoperability programs and initiatives. An internationally recognized speaker and author of multiple book chapters, articles and white papers, Sensmeier is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, the highest honor in the nursing profession. She is also co-founder and ex-officio chair of the Alliance for Nursing Informatics, a global collaboration of 30 distinct nursing informatics groups that represents a unified voice for nursing informatics professionals. Sensmeier is president of IHE USA which serves as a voice representing national health IT efforts for fostering the national adoption of a consistent set of information standards to enable interoperability of health IT systems.