Honoring the Amazing Work of Dirk Stanley on 9/11

I realize this is a day late, but I try not to work on weekends and so I figured a day late was better than never. Many in the health IT community know Dirk Stanley (check out his CMIO blog) very well, but I have a feeling that most people don’t know the amazing work that Dirk did on 9/11 as a 3rd year medical student. Check out this news report where Dirk recounts the experience:

If any of you know Dirk, this story will likely not come as a surprise. My most common memory of Dirk is him introducing me to some CMIO attending HIMSS for the first time and his sincere efforts to make them feel welcome at the conference. This memory is so vivid for me because it’s happened over and over again. It’s one of the reasons I’m always so excited to see Dirk at conferences. I know I’ll not only get to see him, but also his entourage.

It’s hard for me to believe that 15 years has passed since September 11th. It’s true that I’ll #NeverForget even all this time later. I’m reminded of it every time I see an airplane flying above me. I feel lucky to associate with people like Dirk who made a difference that day in so many people’s lives.

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John Lynn

John Lynn is the Founder of HealthcareScene.com, a network of leading Healthcare IT resources. The flagship blog, Healthcare IT Today, contains over 13,000 articles with over half of the articles written by John. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 20 million times.

John manages Healthcare IT Central, the leading career Health IT job board. He also organizes the first of its kind conference and community focused on healthcare marketing, Healthcare and IT Marketing Conference, and a healthcare IT conference, EXPO.health, focused on practical healthcare IT innovation. John is an advisor to multiple healthcare IT companies. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can be found on Twitter: @techguy.

   

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