2011-top-25-women-leaders-in-healthcare-pamela-mcnutt

One of the foremost experts in health information technology, Pamela McNutt has spent nearly 20 years as the chief information officer of Methodist Health System in Dallas. In 2001, McNutt spearheaded a five-year technology replacement plan that standardized clinical and billing information practices across the system. McNutt, 53, is a sought-after expert on healthcare IT. She chairs the policy steering committee of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, which crafts the group's comments on proposed regulations. McNutt has been especially active in educating colleagues about rules for meaningful use of health information technology.