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SURESCRIPTS ACHIEVES HITRUST CSF® CERTIFICATION TO MANAGE RISK, IMPROVE SECURITY POSTURE AND MEET COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS
HITRUST CSF Certification validates Surescripts is committed to meeting key healthcare regulations and protecting sensitive healthcare information.
ARLINGTON, VA – Feb 8, 2018 – Surescripts today announced that its Enhance Prescribing and Inform Care Decisions solutions* have earned Certified status for information security by HITRUST.
HITRUST CSF Certified status demonstrates that key platforms within Surescripts’ Enhance Prescribing and Inform Care Decisions solution structures and their supporting infrastructure* have met key regulations and industry-defined requirements and are appropriately managing risk. This achievement places Surescripts in an elite group of organizations worldwide that have earned this certification. By including federal and state regulations, standards and frameworks, and incorporating a risk-based approach, the HITRUST CSF helps organizations address these challenges through a comprehensive and flexible framework of prescriptive and scalable security controls.
Surescripts met more than 300 requirements in pursuit of HITRUST CSF Certified status. These include technical and process elements set forth by HIPAA, ISO, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies (COBIT).“Surescripts and other healthcare organizations are under great pressure to meet complex regulations,” said Tom Skelton, Chief Executive Officer of Surescripts. “Together with the Surescripts Network Alliance, we hold our responsibility to safeguard customers’ information as a top priority. Our Trust, Quality & Reliability pillars rely on the highest security levels, so we’re pleased to demonstrate our commitment to privacy, security and compliance by achieving the industry’s gold standard, the HITRUST CSF.”
“The HITRUST CSF has become the information protection framework for the healthcare industry, and the HITRUST CSF Assurance program is bringing a new level of effectiveness and efficiency to third-party assurance,” said Ken Vander Wal, Chief Compliance Officer, HITRUST. “The HITRUST CSF Certification is now the benchmark that organizations required to safeguard PHI are measured against with regards to information protection.”*The following platforms are included in the HITRUST CSF certification: E-Prescribing, Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances (EPCS), Electronic Prior Authorization, Real-Time Prescription Benefit, Medication History for Reconciliation, Insights for Medication Adherence and Medication History for Populations.
About Surescripts
Our purpose is to serve the nation with the single most trusted and capable health information network, built to increase patient safety, lower costs and ensure quality care. Since 2001, Surescripts has led the movement to turn data into actionable intelligence, and convened network participants to enhance e-prescribing, inform care decisions and advance healthcare. Visit us at surescripts.com and follow us at twitter.com/surescripts.#####
Media Contact:
Kelly Jeffers
Surescripts
(571) 384-4776
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Oxford Rated by KLAS a Top Performer for Outsourced Coding
KLAS Recognition Received in Three Categories in the 2018 Best in KLAS Report.
BEVERLY, MA – February 6, 2018 -Oxford Global Resources, a leading provider of staffing and consulting services across the United States and Europe, is pleased to announce their ratings for a fourth consecutive year. Oxford is recognized in three categories in the 2018 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report. The report recognizes top performing healthcare technology service companies who achieve the highest quality scores.
KLAS is an independently owned and operated research firm that specializes in monitoring and reporting the performance of software, services, and medical equipment vendors. In the 2018 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report, Oxford is rated in two categories: Outsourced Coding and HIT Implementation Support and Staffing. Oxford is a Category Leader, ranking #1 in Outsourced Coding. Additionally, Oxford scored above the segment average in HIT Implementation Support and Staffing, with a score of 94.1 out of 100. Oxford was also mentioned in one additional category: Go-Live Support.
One Oxford client that KLAS interviewed* specifically commented on the high level of expertise and excellent service they received: “Their consultants are certified uniquely in different applications, and they work for us in that capacity. They work not only in nursing and physician engagement on the clinical side but also in finance and revenue. The quality of the consultants is extremely high. They are well seasoned in the systems we use. They can come to a project or application team and start on day one.”
Another client commented on Oxford’s commitment to quality:* “Oxford has quality services and coders. The firm is on top of things. They make sure that their coders do quality work and communicate effectively. When we ask for a coder, Oxford quickly provides one. Their quality is outstanding. They do audits all of the time.”
“We appreciate how KLAS aggregates feedback from our clients to create our performance scores,” said Anthony Cea, Executive Vice President, Oxford Healthcare Technology. “We are honored to again be recognized in this manner for the expertise and quality we provide across multiple service lines. We feel this further attests to our ability to deliver the right talent to the hospitals and physician practices we partner with.”
*Director commentary above collected about Oxford by KLAS for HIT Implementation Support and Staffing in March 2017, and for Outsourced Coding in November 2017, respectively @KLAS Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved. For a complete view, visit www.KLASResearch.com.
About Oxford Global Resources
Oxford is known for our unmatched ability to deliver The Right Talent. Right Now.® As a leading staffing and consulting company with offices across North America and Europe, we leverage over 30 years of recruitment expertise and specialize in fields where superior resource solutions are most in demand: Information Technology, Healthcare Technology, Life Sciences and Engineering.
Our consultants in healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device organizations work with more than 150 hospitals and 165 Life Sciences companies. We offer customized solutions for project delivery, engagement management, risk management and quality management to help organizations manage their IT, regulatory, engineering and operational projects.
About KLAS
KLAS is a research and insights firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by amplifying the provider’s voice. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals and clinicians, KLAS gathers data and insights on software, services, and medical equipment to deliver timely reports, trends and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. Follow KLAS on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KLASresearch.
Contacts
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Oxford Global Resources
Laura Leighty
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Tel: 818-871-3366
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Thought Leadership Made Easy; Planning College LIVE Presentations for Maximum Impact
2.6.18
By Arika Lycan, Specialist, CHIME FoundationThere are many ways, small and big, to highlight your firm through utilizing your CHIME Foundation membership benefits. Several benefits offer the opportunity to share concepts and ideas in the realm of thought leadership. Online Focus Groups and submitting research documents through KnowledgeHub both have their own merits, but the unique educational potential of the College LIVE format should not be overlooked.
Here is a look at the College LIVE benefit and a review of tips, tricks and advice from a fellow CHIME Foundation member.
Submission basics:
- Proposal form is available on the CHIME website here
- College LIVEs are hosted at noon EST on Wednesdays
- Events are scheduled at least a month ahead of desired webinar date
- Sessions are 60 minutes in length
- Presentation will be recorded and archived on KnowledgeHub
We reached out to Bob Chaput, CEO of Clearwater Compliance LLC, a CHIME Foundation member, to get his take on Clearwater’s most recent College LIVE experience. “As a new Foundation member,” Chaput says, our goal was “simply to facilitate process of helping members come to know us, hopefully like us and begin to trust us.” College LIVE presentations have value for both seasoned CHIME Foundation members as well as new members hoping to establish their identity in the CHIME Community.
Since College LIVEs are an educational format vs. a discussion format, it’s a good idea when developing your College LIVE presentation to plan to make the most of audience engagement. Chaput suggests ideas like using polling questions, if appropriate, allowing for comments and feedback, and “providing valuable follow-up material,” to extend the impact of your engagement with CHIME CIOs.
There is always something to be learned after a “first” experience. Chaput shares some of the insights his team reflected on after their first College LIVE experience, including “have fewer slides, allow more time for Q&A, seek responses to polling questions and use as an opportunity to learn about members’ challenges.”
Results from prior webinars also indicate that highly rated College LIVE sessions involve CIOs who share best practices and value derived from utilizing Foundation Firm services and solutions.
For firms with goals like increased exposure and knowledge-sharing, hosting a College LIVE presentation can be a key part of your CHIME strategy for success. Chaput shares the way in which Clearwater Compliance LLC judged their event’s success, including “measured by positive evaluations, business contacts and additional educational opportunities.” As you reflect on the research and innovation, development and creativity that drives your company, consider sharing that energy and vision in a College LIVE presentation in the 2018-2019 membership year.
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Two Perspectives – From both sides of a Focus Group
2.6.18
By Arika Lycan, Specialist, CHIME FoundationPlanning and executing a successful focus group is an investment of time, money, staff resources and effort. With that understanding, we reached out to some long-time CHIME members with a unique perspective. These CHIME/CHIME Foundation members have experience in healthcare IT both as CIOs or the equivalent and as Industry partners.
Shane Pilcher, administrative director and CIO at Siskin Hospital, Drex DeFord, a self-described “recovering-CIO” and Spencer Hamons, executive architect and strategic adviser at NetApp, shared their views on the focus group concept, from planning and facilitation to the selection process as a CIO.
Following are some of the many valuable insights they provided.
Q: If you were to design a focus group or similar effort now, would you change the process or design? If so, how?
Pilcher (current CIO, former industry partner): “Not really. After being involved in developing and presenting numerous focus groups over the years, we learned the key goal was to stimulate meaningful conversation. There were always questions we had about how to present or package a service and in many cases we received those answers. However, so much was learned by posing meaningful and pertinent questions and letting the CIOs share from their vast experiences and knowledge. To have CIOs with 10 to 20 years’ experience in the industry around one table is invaluable. Get them to start sharing some of that knowledge and everyone attending the focus group benefits. It also helps to start or solidify relationships between your organization and that CIO. A really good focus group is memorable and stands out. The key goal remains meaningful conversation among the CIOs attending.
Q: What insight did you take away as a CIO that you would now apply if facilitating/planning a focus group?
Hamons (industry partner, former CIO): “When planning focus groups as part of NetApp, we spent a lot of time trying to avoid the time devolving to a “sales pitch,” and to frame the conversation in a way that the CIOs present in the focus group could truly provide feedback to us. Certainly, these CIOs are being paid to participate in the focus group, but more than the money, they want to be able to provide feedback. When facilitating the focus group, it is essential to keep the group engaged and involved, and have questions ready-to-go to elicit feedback if the group is not offering it outright.”
Q: When selecting Focus Groups, what do you look for and what do you hope to get from the experience?
Pilcher (current CIO, former industry partner): “I look for topics or Foundation firms that resonate at the time I select. When going to a conference, it is important to go with an agenda. That agenda can be to seek out a specific Foundation firm to have a conversation about a product you may be interested in. It also could be seeking out fellow CIOs who can provide advice and feedback you can use at your organization. Since these agendas are identified in advance, finding focus groups that fit the agenda is important. Since that message can also get drowned out among the other focus groups, it is important to create a catchy title that can stand out and ensure the description is detailed only enough to help us understand what the focus group will be about. The worst kind of focus group is one that even after attending, you cannot truly articulate its purpose. So, make sure you understand your purpose before designing your focus group, provide enough detail on what that purpose will be, and then deliver exactly what you said your focus group would deliver.
DeFord (consultant, former CIO): “I’d rather be in a session with Foundation firms and CIOs that I know are innovative and breaking new ground. My favorites are driven by facilitators who, in the very best cases, drive conversations about a hot topic, and allow the CIOs in the focus group to debate and share. As an industry partner, you should be interested in gathering intelligence, so when you create a situation where you’re essentially “eavesdropping” on CIOs talking to each other, you’ve hit a home run. Those conversations are the best part of the forum.
Q: If/when you participated in focus groups previously, what did you find most valuable?
Hamons (industry partner, former CIO): When I participated in focus groups as CIO of a health system, the most valuable part was when our discussions were robust and where we all left the room feeling as if we had learned something from each other – not necessarily from the Foundation firm.
DeFord, Pilcher and Hamons’ insights are valuable as they can see the perspective of our CHIME CIO members, but they’ve been on the business/industry partner side of the fence. They understand the objectives and value you hope to gain from implementing your focus group(s). We will be featuring thoughts on overall CIO engagement from this experienced group in a future edition of Insight, so stay tuned.
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Spencer Hamons, CHCIO, CFCHE, FACHE – Executive Architect and Strategic Adviser at NetAppHamons previously served as regional CIO for NetApp’s Healthcare Division for the past 3.5 years. In 2018, he’s made the move to NetApp’s Service Design Team, where he offers strategic guidance for all industry verticals. His healthcare CIO experience started in the Houston area in the late 1990s and has taken him to Colorado, Alaska and New Mexico, where he held positions as both CIO and COO. Hamons joined NetApp as CIO of the Healthcare Division in 2014. Outside of work, he volunteers with various veteran groups (he was a Combat Medic in the Army) and is a pilot with the New Mexico Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.
Drex DeFord, CHCIO, FHIMSS, FCHIME, FACHE – Recovering CIODeFord is an independent consultant with a long career as a healthcare executive, including his experience as co-founder and CEO of Next Wave Connect; executive vice president and CIO at Steward Healthcare in Boston; senior vice president and CIO at Seattle Children’s Health System and Research Institute; and corporate vice president and CIO at Scripps Health in San Diego. Prior to that, he spent 20 years in the U.S. Air Force, where he served as a regional CIO, a medical center CIO, and chief technology officer for the USAF Health System’s World-Wide Operations.
Shane Pilcher, CHCIO-Eligible, FHIMSS – Administrative Director and CIO at Siskin HospitalPilcher joined Siskin as their administrative director and CIO in July 2015. Previously, he was a consultant with Stoltenberg Consulting for 14 years, working with many projects as part of the implementation or optimization teams and system selections. During his time at Stoltenberg Consulting, Pilcher’s later roles included account manager, then vice president, where he designed and launched their help desk service line.
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Opportunities Available for Firms Interested in Public Policy
2.6.18
By Mari Savickis, Vice President, Federal AffairsCHIME’s public policy team in Washington, D.C., invites Foundation firms to join monthly CHIME Foundation Public Policy Update webinars every third Wednesday of the month. This month’s webinar is scheduled for 2-2:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 21.
Over the past month we held two additional webinars that may be of interest: One on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) vision for the future of quality measurement and another that provided an update on Medicare telehealth reimbursement.
- On Jan. 16, CMS leadership presented an overview of “Meaningful Measures.”
- On Feb. 1, Brian Scarpelli, senior policy counsel with ACT, Pamela McNutt, senior vice president and CIO at Methodist Health System, and Nicole Kerkenbush, chief performance officer at Regional Health, discussed telehealth reimbursement and other issues.
Foundation firm members should email us at [email protected] if you would like to sign up for our upcoming webinar or would like to review material covered in previous webinars.
We also have identified opportunities for Foundation firm members to participate on federal workgroups.
Foundation firm members who want to share their expertise with policy makers can apply to be considered for some new work groups. As part of the 21st Century Cures Act, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) formed a committee that included private sector and federal individuals. They are tasked with making recommendations around interoperability, among many other health IT topics. CHIME has both member and Foundation firm representation on the new Health IT Advisory Committee (HITAC). HITAC met publicly for the first time Jan. 18. Materials from the meeting are here.
The new body will be reviewing the recently released Trust Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). Those interested in volunteering for new HITAC workgroups, Trusted Exchange Framework Task Force and U.S. Core Data for Interoperability Task Force on TEFCA, can volunteer here.
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Kirby Partners Celebrates 29 Years of Executive Search Excellence
LAKE MARY, FL – February 5, 2018 – For the last 29 years, leading healthcare systems, consulting firms, and corporations have relied on Kirby Partners for recruiting candidates for their strategically significant positions. Kirby Partners was founded with the mission of providing the highest quality executive search services by building deep relationships and partnerships.
Nearly three decades later, Kirby Partners has retained our focus on forming meaningful connections with our candidates and clients—for us, every search is personal. We remain a woman-owned business committed to excellence and maintaining the highest levels of professional integrity. Kirby Partners has evolved substantially over the last 29 years and now provides a variety of recruiting solutions including interim leadership, cybersecurity executive search, healthcare executive search, and leadership evaluation. We have received some incredible recognition for our work including earning a spot on the Forbes “America’s Best Executive Search Firms” list.
“I consider this birthday a testament to our ability to adapt to the changing needs of our valued clients, and succeed in a highly competitive industry” said Judy Kirby, CEO of Kirby Partners. “I attribute a lot of our success to the meaningful relationships we’ve built with both our candidates and clients. It has been an honor to work with so many leading organizations to fill their key healthcare technology and cybersecurity positions with the best and brightest talent in the industry.”
“As a result of our industry expertise and longevity in the business, we’re able to serve as strategic partners to our clients,” she said. “We’ve had a booth at HIMSS since 1998 and have been members of the CHIME foundation since 2003. We’re frequently invited to present at top conferences and have in-depth knowledge of the candidate pool from our years of networking in the healthcare industry. This knowledge coupled with a highly refined recruiting process has enabled us to deliver exceptional results.”
About Kirby Partners
Kirby Partners is a retained executive search firm that places exceptional healthcare information technology and cybersecurity leaders. Kirby Partners has conducted over 60 executives searches in the last three years. Learn more at kirbypartners.com.Contact
Heather Lujan
Vice President of Marketing
Kirby Partners
407.788.7305
[email protected]Posted 2.5.2018 -
HealthCast Inc. Ranked #1 Single Sign-On for 2018 (KLAS Category Leader)
BOISE, ID, February 2, 2018 – HealthCast Inc. is pleased to announce that its Identity and Access Management Solutions have once again been ranked the #1 Single Sign-On solutions by KLAS Research, the healthcare industry’s leading independent software and professional services research firm (“2018 Best in KLAS: Software and Services” report, released January 30, 2018).
“We are delighted to once again win this prestigious award from KLAS Research, this time 2 years in a row”, said Joan Mehn, HealthCast CEO. “It confirms our leadership position in the healthcare industry, the strength and value of our solutions and services, and our commitment to our clients’ long-term success.”
HealthCast’s Identity & Access Management solutions are deployed in hundreds of hospitals in North America and Australia, strengthening patient data security, improving hospital compliance with HIPAA regulations, and increasing physician acceptance of EHRs, as well as their satisfaction, and productivity. HealthCast will be at HIMSS18, in booth #10128, from March 5-9 in Las Vegas, NV. Please visit us to see what’s new from HealthCast, including positive patient identification (facial and iris), touchless multi-factor authentication, and more.
For a comprehensive list of KLAS 2018 U.S. winners, Global (Non-U.S.) Best in KLAS winners, and Category Leaders, visit:
https://klasresearch.com/report/2018-best-in-klas-software-and-services/1253.About HealthCast:
HealthCast has been delivering award-winning software solutions for over 20 years. Understanding healthcare organizations’ mission-critical needs combined with our dedication to the industry and to our clients has enabled HealthCast to become an industry-leading Identity & Access Management solutions provider. For more information, please visit us online at www.gohealthcast.com.About KLAS:
KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare executives and clinicians, KLAS gathers data on software, services, medical equipment and infrastructure systems to deliver timely reports, trends and statistical overview. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving supplier performance. KLAS was founded in 1996, and since then they have been providing information with the ideals of being “Accurate, Honest, and Impartial.” Find out more at www.klasresearch.com.Posted 2.2.2018 -
Kroll Investigations and Cyber Expertise Rated Best By National Law Journal Readers
Kroll Ranked Best Global Risk & Investigations Consultant, Best Corporate Investigations Provider, & Best Litigation Dispute Advisory Services Consultant, Best Cyber Security Provider, Best Data Security Provider, and Best Managed IT Service Provider
New York, NY – February 1, 2018 – Kroll (“the Company”), a global leader in risk mitigation, investigations, compliance, cyber resilience, security, and incident response solutions, today announced that the recently released “2018 Best of the National Law Journal” report names Kroll as “Best Global Risk & Investigations Consultant”, “Best Corporate Investigations Provider”, “Best Litigation Dispute Advisory Services Consultant”, “Best Cyber Security Provider”, “Best Data Security Provider”, and “Best Managed IT Service Provider”.
This marks the third consecutive year that National Law Journal readers have recognized Kroll as the Best Cyber Security Provider and Best Litigation Dispute Advisory Provider, and the second consecutive year as the Best Corporate Investigations Provider. In recognition of its consistently high performance in the Survey, Kroll also has been named to the “National Law Journal Best of 2018 Hall of Fame”.
The National Law Journal’s Seventh Annual Best of Reader Choice Survey awarded top honors in dozens of distinct categories. Winners and finalists were selected following a vote by approximately 7,500 National Law Journal readers, including private practitioners, judges, corporate general counsel, government attorneys, and other members of the legal community.
“Once again, we are honored to have been recognized by the law firms and legal departments with which we work closely, and that are uniquely positioned to judge our capabilities as well as assess the value we bring to client engagements,” said David Fontaine, Chief Executive Officer of Kroll and its parent, Corporate Risk Holdings. “These awards underscore how our professionals consistently help organizations and their counsel address multifaceted and rapidly changing risk challenges, where our capabilities in the areas of complex investigations, due diligence, forensic accounting, data analytics, cyber services, and leading-edge technology help to define and produce positive client outcomes. To a person, our organization is committed to delivering for our valued clients and partners. We appreciate that these efforts are being recognized.”
Previous Press Releases:
Kroll Investigations and Cyber Expertise Rated Best By National Law Journal Readers 2017
Kroll Selected Best Cyber Security Consultancy 2016Media Contact:
Infinite Global
Ada Oni-Eseleh
646-685-8075
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Inside CHIME: CHIME Opioid Task Force Gets Under Way and Welcomes Member Participation
2.1.18 
Ed Kopetsky, LCHIME, FCHIME, CIO, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital 
Jim Turnbull, LCHIME, FCHIME, CIO, University of Utah HealthLast week, CHIME convened the first meeting of the CHIME Opioid Task Force. Those of you who attended the CHIME Fall CIO Forum in San Antonio may recall that one of us – Jim Turnbull – announced from the stage that CHIME planned to launch a task force to address the opioid crisis in the United States. The impetus for this decision came from a tragedy experienced by another one of us – Ed Kopetsky.
That tragedy was the recent loss of a son to opioids. Tim Kopetsky died from an overdose at the young age of 31.
This is a tragedy that touches many lives. Opioid addiction is often called an invisible disease. It strikes families from all demographics and age groups, sadly even newborns whose first experience out of the womb is feeling the pangs of withdrawal. It entraps youths prescribed powerful pain killers after an injury and adults under treatment (or overtreatment) for chronic pain.
As co-chairs of the CHIME Opioid Task Force, we invite CHIME and CHIME Foundation members to join us in a fight against opioid addiction. We believe CHIME is well positioned to help bend the curve of this exploding epidemic. Why? Because CHIME members have the data, the knowledge and the commitment as healthcare IT leaders to find and share solutions to this problem. In addition, CHIME has strong relationships with many organizations and institutions that can help us raise awareness and meet our goal.
During the first day of our meeting in Washington, task force members heard presentations from two experts in the field of addiction: Kana Enomoto, senior adviser to the U.S. Surgeon General and former acting administrator at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or SAMHSA; and Chris Wilkins, founder and president emeritus of Loyola Recovery Foundation. It became clear that the challenge is critical and immense. Immense but not immutable.
“Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.” Enomoto shared that quotation from Martin Luther King Jr. during her talk, and it is a sentiment we embraced as we broke into work groups to begin defining our scope and purpose.
The next day, a panel of Congressional staffers and legislative aides updated us on key bills and issues. We had some lively discussions about Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, which vary across states. (You likely will hear more on this subject from the task force in the future.) For the present, we are developing an action plan, based on the insights and recommendations of our work groups.
One thing is clear about the opioid epidemic: It affects all of us. Many of us have personal stories involving family members, friends and acquaintances who struggle with addiction.
Tim died after fighting addiction to opioids for 10 years, and he was in successful recovery for the last five years. The devil is never far away, though. In helping a friend who relapsed and survived an overdose, Tim came into contact with heroin and lost control. He died that evening. His friend returned from the hospital and died of a second overdose the next day.
We believe something good can come from this tragedy. It is our turn as CIOs and healthcare IT executives to step up, to lead and to show others the way forward. The staircase may be long. It may be steep. But we have faith and we have taken the first step.
Please join us in this journey. You can learn more about the task force here. To get involved, please go here.
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Inside CHIME: CHIME Members to Be Honored at HIMSS Gala in March
2.1.18
By Candace Stuart, Director, Communications & Public RelationsSeven members of CHIME will receive prestigious awards on March 8 at the HIMSS Awards Gala in Las Vegas. Other members will be recognized as chapter leaders and for other accomplishments.
As CHIME reported earlier, Randy McCleese, CIO of Methodist Hospital in Henderson, Ky., will receive the 2017 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year award. The award is given annually to a CIO who has shown significant leadership and commitment to the healthcare industry during his or her career. The recipient is selected jointly by the boards of CHIME and HIMSS. He has been a member of CHIME since 1998 and has held numerous leadership positions, including a member of the CHIME Board of Trustees from 2012-2015; CHIME Board chair in 2014; CHIME Foundation Board chair in 2015; and chair of the CHIME Policy Steering Committee in 2015. In 2016, he won both the CHIME Federal Public Policy Award for CIO Leadership and the Outstanding Service Award.
Colin Banas, M.D., will receive the HIMSS/AMDIS Physician Executive Leader of the Year Award. The HIMSS-AMDIS Physician Executive Leader of the Year Award recognizes a physician leader who demonstrates significant leadership in optimizing health engagement and care outcomes through information technology.
Banas is a board-certified internist, CMIO and an associate professor in internal medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. He heads the Office of Clinical Transformation, a group of clinicians and support staff that drives innovation and optimization into the application of information technology at the point of care. His interests center on novel forms of clinical decision support – those that are outside of the realm of traditional rules and alerts – and include real-time dashboarding for the health system’s Safety Dashboard and Early Warning System and intuitive usability designs.
Liz Johnson, chair of the CHIME Foundation Board and CIO of Acute Care Hospitals & Applied Clinical Informatics at Tenet Healthcare Corporation, will receive the Distinguished Fellows Service Award. The award recognizes commendable and long-standing contributions to HIMSS made by a fellow member.
In addition, Susan Snedaker, director of IT infrastructure and operations at Tucson Medical Center, will be honored with the Book of the Year Award for “Leading Healthcare IT: Managing to Succeed” and three CHIME members – Diane Carr, CIO at North Bronx Healthcare Network; Patricia Hale, M.D., Ph.D., associate director of informatics at Albany Medical Center; and Michael Zaroukian, M.D., Ph.D., vice president and CMIO at Sparrow Health System – will receive HIMSS North America Board of Directors Service awards.
The awards ceremony will take place during HIMSS18. HIMSS18 follows the 2018 CHIME-HIMSS CIO Forum, which is scheduled for March 4-5 in Las Vegas. To learn more about the 2018 CHIME-HIMSS CIO Forum and to register, please go here.
More Inside CHIME
- News of Note – Candace Stuart
- CHIME Opioid Task Force Gets Under Way and Welcomes Member Participation – Ed Kopetsky & Jim Turnbull
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Inside CHIME: News of Note
2.1.18
By Candace Stuart, Director, Communications & Public RelationsHere is a roundup from CHIME of recent news and upcoming events:
CHIME launching ‘Coffee with CHIME’ on Facebook Live: Be among the first to participate in CHIME’s latest service, Coffee with CHIME on Facebook Live, set to launch at 8 a.m. EST today (Feb. 1). It is our way to bring members CHIME news and information in a quick and easy format, with dedicated time to engage members and answer questions. Can’t catch it live? Coffee with CHIME segments also will be shared on the CHIME Facebook feed. Check it out on CHIME’s Facebook page.
Boot camp scholarship deadline is Feb. 9: The CHIME Education Foundation is making scholarships available to CHIME members to attend the CHIME Healthcare CIO Boot Camp on April 7-10 in Chicago. Leading CIOs will teach boot camp participants using presentations, small group discussions, case studies and interactive problem-solving. Scholarship applications are due Feb. 9. To apply, go here. Want to stand out as an applicant? Here is a tip.
Use Focus Groups at Vegas to earn CEUs: CHIME members who plan to be in Las Vegas March 6-8 have an opportunity to learn more about the industry and earn CEUs at the same time. They need not attend either the 2018 CHIME-HIMSS CIO Forum on March 4-5 or the HIMSS18 conference that follows to participate in CHIME Focus Groups. Participants will engage in high-level discussions with fellow CIOs and hear what Foundation firms’ current initiatives are and how they are managing them. Participants can earn 1.5 CEUs toward Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) accreditation and will qualify for an honorarium. With 14 sessions being offered, that’s up to 21 credits and $2,500. Focus Group selection is available here.
CHIME CMIO Leadership Academy is May 18-20: If you are a CMIO looking to enhance your career, mark your calendar for May 18-20. The CHIME CMIO Leadership Academy will kick off May 18 at the Renaissance Chicago O’Hare Suites with an orientation, case study and reception followed by two days of presentations, small group discussions, case study analysis, progressive problem solving and personal mentoring. The CHIME CMIO Leadership Academy is an advanced, executive immersion program designed primarily for physicians currently in a CMIO or associate CMIO role seeking to advance their career. Enrollment is limited. To learn more, go here.
More Inside CHIME
- CHIME Opioid Task Force Gets Under Way and Welcomes Member Participation – Ed Kopetsky & Jim Turnbull
- CHIME Members to Be Honored at HIMSS Gala in March – Candace Stuart
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