The American Telemedicine Association honored 11 health system leaders at its annual Leadership Awards in May in Orlando.
The winners included, according to a June 2 news release:
Leadership in Care Transformation Award
Heather Meyers, Senior Director, Virtual Care and Policy Lead, Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator, Boston Children’s Hospital
Krisda Chaiyachati, MD, Associate Vice President, Clinical Transformation, Ascension (St. Louis)
Virtual Care Champions: Virtual Nursing Leadership Award
Murielle Beene, DNP, RN, Senior Vice President and Chief Health Informatics Officer, Trinity Health (Livonia, Mich.)
Barbara Edson, RN, Executive Director, Virtual Care Center, UNC Health (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Denise Pimintel, RN, Clinical System Manager, Telehealth Network, CommonSpirit Health (Chicago)
Cynthia Salisbury, MSN, RN, Executive Director, Nursing Operations, Providence (Renton, Wash.)
Melinda Stretzinger, RN, CCRN, Manager, Critical Care Telemedicine & Virtual Nursing, Ochsner Health (New Orleans)
Beth Waters, BSN, RN, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs TeleCritical Care System — West
2026 College of Fellows Inductees
Rebecca Canino, Executive Director, Telemedicine, Johns Hopkins Health System (Baltimore)
Gerard Frunzi, Regional Director, Telehealth and Virtual Care, CommonSpirit Health Mountain region
Debbie Voyles, Director of Virtual Health, OU Health (Oklahoma City)
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