{"646881":{"#nid":"646881","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Undergrad Kettle Wins Health IT Society Scholarship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAbby Kettle already knew she was headed to grad school, ready to pursue a master\u0026rsquo;s degree in health systems. Now, she\u0026rsquo;ll have some help paying for it, courtesy of the professional organization for healthcare IT.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKettle has received a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ga.himsschapter.org\/gahimss-david-cowan-scholarship-information\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDavid Cowan Scholarship from the Georgia Chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society\u003C\/a\u003E (HIMSS) for her commitment to the future of healthcare information management and health information technology. The scholarship is named for a now-retired Georgia Tech senior research scientist.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This scholarship means a lot for me, because it will help me afford the master\u0026rsquo;s program and allow me to continue my education,\u0026rdquo; said Kettle, who will graduate in May with her biomedical engineering bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInterestingly, Kettle had never heard of the society or the scholarship until its namesake, David Cowan, encouraged her to apply. Kettle had taken Cowan\u0026rsquo;s Healthcare Design of the Future course, and it turned out the society was a great resource for her. After graduate school, Kettle said she hopes to work for a hospital, where she can use her training to help improve the efficiency and flow of patient care.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe said other students also would benefit from the network of 1,600 Georgia members from some of the state\u0026rsquo;s largest hospitals and healthcare facilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;HIMSS is a great society with many opportunities for anyone interested in healthcare, and I think it could be a good society to join for BME students,\u0026rdquo; Kettle said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAbby Kettle will pursue her master\u0026#39;s in health systems with the support of the Georgia Chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Abby Kettle will pursue her master\u0027s in health systems with the support of the Georgia Chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society"}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2021-04-26 15:15:48","changed_gmt":"2021-04-26 15:15:48","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"646880":{"id":"646880","type":"image","title":"Abby Kettle, BME undergrad","body":null,"created":"1619449812","gmt_created":"2021-04-26 15:10:12","changed":"1619449812","gmt_changed":"2021-04-26 15:10:12","alt":"Abby Kettle headshot","file":{"fid":"245572","name":"Kettle-Abby-v.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Kettle-Abby-v.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Kettle-Abby-v.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":236856,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Kettle-Abby-v.jpg?itok=w_BBGoAI"}}},"media_ids":["646880"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ga.himsschapter.org\/gahimss-david-cowan-scholarship-information","title":"David Cowan Scholarship \u2013 Georgia Chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society"}],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187643","name":"Abby Kettle"},{"id":"15312","name":"health it"},{"id":"8677","name":"health information technology"},{"id":"187644","name":"Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society"},{"id":"1613","name":"Biomedical Engieering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}