Technology Informatics for Global Education and Readiness (TIGER) Global Community

  • Technology Informatics for Global Education and Readiness (TIGER) Global Community

    Mission, Vision, and Values

    The HIMSS TIGER Global Community is dedicated to advancing interprofessional healthcare informatics education globally.

    We bring together informatics professionals passionate about improving global health to offer diverse interprofessional education, subject matter expertise, and thought leadership supporting HIMSS's mission and vision.

    The community is committed to promoting lifelong learning and professional development in healthcare informatics, facilitating networking and knowledge sharing, and encouraging diverse global representation and varying viewpoints through respectful idea exchange.

    Our TIGER members advocate for equitable access to health informatics education by supporting all HIMSS informatics community strategic initiatives.

  • Resources

  • Want to join us?

    Log in to your profile, select “Chapter & Community Participation,” then select the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) Global Community from the Professional Communities dropdown menu.

  • Community Chairs

  1. Gabriela Mustata Wilson, PhD, MSc, FHIMSS

    Director, Louisiana Center for Health Innovation, Professor, Dr. J. Robert Rivet Endowed Chair, University of Louisiana at Lafayette - A Carnegie R1 Research University

  2. Patricia MacTaggart, MBA, MMA, CAHIMS

    Teaching Instructor, HPM Program Director of Health Informatics, The George Washington University

  • Community Liaisons

  1. Mayfair Afiah Aboagyewah, RM, MSN, MNS, MSc

    Education Service Manager, Mount Sinai Hospital, Liaison to the Nurse Informatics Committee

  2. Shareefa Alabdulmunem

    Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Liaison to the Physician Committee

  3. Tony Black, MBA, FHISS, CAHIMS

    Global Director, Healthcare/Privacy/Digital Transformation, Liaison to the Cybersecurity Committee

  4. Vibhor Mathur

    Consultant Emirates Health Services, Liaison to the Long Term and Post Acute Care Committee

  5. Stephan Schug, MD

    Chief Digital Health Strategist, IQmed Healthcare Consultants, Liaison to the Interoperability Committee

  6. Tiffiny Shockley, PhD, MBA, CPHIMS

    Professor, Queens University of Charlotte, Liaison to the Social Determinates of Health Committee