Nancy Beale, PhD, RN, NI-BC, FAMIA

A healthcare professional for more than 39 years, Dr. Beale’s experience spans clinical care, operations, vendor, consulting, and IT operations. Nancy was recognized as the 2019 HIMSS-ANI Nursing Informatics Leader of the Year. In 2024, Nancy joined Catholic Health Services in Long Island, New York as the vice president of clinical informatics and chief nursing informatics officer. Prior to joining Catholic Health Services, Nancy served as CNIO and President of Telemetrix and Affiliates. Additional past executive experience includes a leading clinical systems and integration for a large academic health system achieving HIMSS-6, HIMSS-7, HIMSS-Davies Award, and several innovation partnerships. Her work has included the development of an offshore partnership and leadership for the clinical systems implementation of a digital hospital in Manhattan. Nancy holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, focused on clinical technology adoption with a minor in human factors and design thinking. She received her master’s degree from Loyola University of Chicago in nursing with an emphasis in Health Systems and Healthcare Informatics and is also board certified in nursing informatics.