Pam Matthews, Director Business Information

Teresa Singley, President, Georgia HFMA

Pam Matthews, FHIMSS
Director of Business Information Systems
HIMSS

Pam Matthews, FHIMSS, serves as the Sr. Director of Business Information systems for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). As part of the Industry Affairs team, she directs the Society’s initiatives in the areas related to RHIOs, HIEs, state level HIE initiatives, financial and business services, and related technology. Ms. Matthews supports both the Healthcare Information Exchange (HIE) Steering Committee and the Financial Systems Steering Committee within the HIMSS community membership. In addition, she supports HIMSS’ external relationships and affiliations with eHealth Initiatives, Internet2, and CAQH CORE initiatives.
Prior to joining HIMSS in 2006, Ms. Matthews served five years in the role of CIO of a private healthcare provider supporting 88 locations nationwide. She has over twenty five years experience in health care with the last fifteen in information systems. Prior to serving in role of CIO, Ms. Matthews worked for KPMG Peat Marwick and Superior Consultant Company focused on healthcare information technology (IT), strategic planning, system selections, IT department operations and governance. Additional work areas in both firms included assessments and business strategy work for venture capitalist clients and other healthcare industry clients. Prior to consulting, Ms. Matthews worked at various healthcare providers in the IT Department including Emory University and Promina Healthcare Systems. Ms. Matthews is a Registered Nurse with a bachelors in Industrial Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration.

She is Fellow of HIMSS and has served in various capacities within HIMSS including HIMSS Vice Chair, HIMSS Board of Directors member, HIMSS Foundation Chair and Council member. She has served in various other HIMSS committees and workgroup at both the national level and the state HIMSS chapter level.
Ms. Matthews makes numerous presentations and has frequently written articles on topics related to healthcare information systems and technology, strategic planning, clinical practice automation and healthcare globalization. Her last presentation was October 17, 2006, at the 2nd Nationwide Health Information Network Forum as a co presenter on the topic “Auditing Data Access.”

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Teresa Singley, President, Georgia HFMA

Teresa has been in patient accounting for the past 22 years. For the past three and one half years she has been employed at Newnan Hospital as the Business Office Director. Prior to current position, she was at Crawford Long Hospital for four years. Teresa has been very active with HFMA, serving on numerous teams and chairing several committees. She served on the Georgia HFMA board for 2001-2002 and she has served as the Chapter's Treasurer. Teresa also serves on Medicare's focus group for the state of Georgia and has served in this capacity for four yea

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