We are incredibly proud to announce that Medecision CEO Deborah Gage has been named to the list of Women to Watch in Health IT by Becker’s Hospital Review.
Like Deb, many of these women have been pioneers in the field for many years and are recognized based on their significant contributions to health IT. Deb’s passion for creating a culture of liberation within Medecision and across the healthcare industry has made a positive impact on our employees, customers and partners. She is joined by other distinguished leaders from the nation’s leading hospitals, health systems and health IT companies on this list, including:
Karen Murphy, PhD, RN, Chief Innovation Officer at Geisinger
Paola Arbour, Executive Vice President and CIO at Tenet Healthcare
Joanne Burns, Chief Strategy Officer at Cerner
Suja Chandrasekaran, Chief Information and Digital Officer at CommonSpirit Health
Kolaleh Eskandanian, PhD, Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Children’s National Health System
Shirley Gabriel, Vice President of Information Systems and CIO at University Health Care System
Karen Ignagni, President and CEO at EmblemHealth
Rebecca Kaul, Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at MD Anderson
Amy Merlino, MD, Enterprise Chief Medical Information Officer at Cleveland Clinic
Jeana O’Brien, MD, CMIO at Baylor Scott & White Health
Stephanie Reel, Vice President for Information Services and CIO at Johns Hopkins University and Health System
Terri Steinberg, MD, Chief Health Information Officer and Vice President of Population Health Informatics at ChristianaCare
Deanna Wise, Senior Vice President and CIO at Banner Health
Karley Yoder, Vice President and General Manager of Artificial Intelligence at GE Healthcare
This distinction marks yet another honor for Deb, as she’s also been named one of 17 female health IT CEOs, one of the top women in med tech and among the women to know in health IT in recent years.
A little more to know about Deb
Deb Gage is a proven business transformer, having built her career as an entrepreneur founding and leading healthcare technology companies, including operational and leadership experience in start-up and growth businesses in the analytics, financial and clinical sectors of healthcare IT. She was an early team member at Truven Healthcare (then MEDSTAT), and then became CEO of several venture-backed healthcare IT firms including SolutionPoint®, Inc., a provider of database management and decision support software products for hospitals and integrated delivery systems; GTESS Corporation, a SaaS-provider of claims automation solutions for healthcare payers; and RosettaMed (acquired by Kryptiq), an electronic medical record patient intake application.
Now, as president and CEO at Medecision, Deb oversees the company’s mission to lead the digital transformation of healthcare through consumer engagement solutions that help health plans and care delivery organizations manage and care for their members, patients and caregivers. Under her leadership, Medecision has transformed from its beginnings as a powerful care management workflow engine for health plans, into a market-leading provider of big data, visualization, workflow and engagement solutions, as noted by Gartner and IDC. Learn even more about Deb and Medecision’s leadership team here.
