Ozarks Healthcare’s Dr. Priscilla Frase Named to Becker’s “100+ Women in Health IT to Know” List

Ozarks Healthcare is proud to announce that Dr. Priscilla A. Frase, Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) and Interim Director of Information Technology, has been named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s 2025 “100+ Women in Health IT to Know” list.

Recognized nationally for her visionary leadership and impact, Frase is a driving force behind Ozarks Healthcare’s clinical and IT transformation. In her dual roles, she has led the integration of all specialties, including behavioral health, into a unified electronic health record (EHR), significantly improving clinical efficiency and provider satisfaction across the rural health system.

Under her guidance, Ozarks Healthcare received the prestigious 2024 KLAS Arch Collaborative “EHR Breakthrough Award,” with top-tier scores in EHR support and training. Frase’s strategic leadership has also helped the system become a certified community behavioral health clinic and expand services through the launch of a crisis stabilization center.

“Dr. Frase’s ability to connect technology with compassionate, efficient care has elevated every aspect of our system,” Lacey Carter, Chief Operating Officer at Ozarks Healthcare, said. “Her work is not only improving patient outcomes and access - it’s making life better for our providers, too. She is truly deserving of this national recognition.”

In addition to her work at Ozarks Healthcare, Frase was nationally honored as the 2024 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) “Changemaker” and College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) “Innovator of the Year.” She is a sought-after speaker and contributor across leading health IT platforms.

Becker’s Hospital Review’s annual “Women in Health IT to Know” list honors female leaders who are leveraging technology to drive meaningful change in healthcare.

Ozarks Healthcare is a not-for-profit health system that serves more than 160,000 residents across south-central Missouri and northern Arkansas. With its main campus residing in West Plains, Missouri, the health system offers a full spectrum of healthcare for all ages through its 114-bed hospital, behavioral health, therapies, pharmacies, rehabilitation, and home care services, along with specialty and family medicine clinics. Ozarks Healthcare has rural locations across an eight-county service area and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations.

Dr. Priscilla Frase, Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) at Ozarks Healthcare