Karen Davis Elected President of NCHICA

PRLog (Press Release) - Sep. 20, 2012 - RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – Karen Davis, the Vice President for Research and Computing at RTI International, is the new President of the North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc. (NCHICA). She was elected by the NCHICA Board of Directors at their Annual Meeting on September 11, 2012.

Davis has served as RTI’s representative to the NCHICA Board of Directors since 2007 and has held various leadership positions, including Treasurer and First Vice President. Her goal for the coming year is to continue to deliver on the organization’s mission “to assist NCHICA members in accelerating the transformation of the U.S. healthcare system through the effective use of information technology, informatics and analytics.”  According to Davis, “There is still a lot to be done for the healthcare community, and ultimately the consumers, to benefit from the advances in health information technology. NCHICA, through its committees and workgroups, is uniquely positioned to help our members benefit from these investments.”

Davis joined RTI in 1999 and was named Vice President of the Research and Computing Division in 2005. Her division employs over 160 systems, research, and software professionals who provide systems, web, data collection and data management solutions for a wide range of research projects, including large surveys, data repositories, health informatics and bioinformatics.

She earned bachelor’s degrees in Mathematics and English from Cedar Crest College and a master’s degree in Management with a concentration in Information Systems from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.



NCHICA is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to “assisting NCHICA members in accelerating the transformation of the U.S. healthcare system through the effective use of information technology, informatics and analytics.” Members include leading organizations in healthcare, research and information technology. For more information, visit www.nchica.org.