CPES Promises Outstanding Faculty with Exciting and Valuable Program


6.18.2019
By Arika Lycan, Director, Corporate Partner Services

Planning began in December and January for this year’s CHIME Partner Education Summit (CPES), taking place Sept.  4-6 at the Loews Chicago O’Hare hotel in Chicago. As the CPES Planning Committee convened earlier in the year to envision the educational program, ideas, topics and names flew. Planning Committee members, most of whom have attended CPES in years past, reviewed feedback from past programs, looked over evaluations from the most recent 2018 event, and put together a short list of hot topics that CHIME Foundation partners need to hear more about, as well as faculty that partners would most like to address those topics.  

Fast-forward to today, where the CPES Planning Committee is proud to have secured most of everyone on that initial short list. The faculty lineup is looking impressive, and the program agenda is fully fleshed out with a variety of high-quality sessions. CPES19 faculty represents a wide swath of the CHIME members and several strong CHIME Foundation partners. Two–thirds of the CPES19 faculty are first-time CPES presenters; we’re excited for you to hear their perspectives as well as that of the entire faculty on the issues that most affect their C-Suite roles. 

CPES19 faculty includes:  

  • Many CHIME Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) and a CHIME Foundation Certified Healthcare Executive (CFCHE) individuals 
  • Several CHIME Board members 
  • Past CHIME Fall CIO Forum track session presenters 
  • Several previous CHIME and industry award winners   

Take a closer look at the faculty roster for CPES19; bios are available for reference on the CPES page. We look forward to hearing from these incredible leaders at our fourth annual CHIME Partner Education Summit event, and we know you’ll find great value in the education they provide you and your teams. 

CPES 2019 Faculty 

Michael Archuleta, MBA, CIO, Mt. San Rafael Hospital  

Cara Babachicos, CHCIO, Senior VP and CIO, South Shore Health 

Erik Bermudez, Emerging Healthcare Markets & Technologies, KLAS Research 

Aaron W. Brooks, CIO at HolmstromKennedyPC 

Cyndi Vely Cahill, CFCHE, SVP Atos Digital Health Consulting 
 
David Chou, CHCIO, Chief Information & Digital Officer 

Steve Eckert, CFCHE, Senior Partner at ResourcingHQ 

Carina Edwards, CEO at Quil  
 
Spencer Hamons, CHCIO, CFCHE, FACHE Executive Architect at NetApp 

Craig Joseph, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Avaap  

Randy McCleese, FACHE, CHCIO, FHIMSS, FCHIME, LCHIME 
 
Jennifer Ramstrom, CFCHE, VP, CHIME Foundation & CHIME Tech 

Craig Richardville, MBA, CIO at SCL Health 

Sarah Richardson, MBA, CHCIO, CPC, FCHIME, Healthcare and Technology Senior Executive 
Davita/Healthcare Partners 

Tressa Springmann, CHCIO, Chief Information Officer, Lifebridge Health 

Denise Webb, Independent Health IT Strategic Consultant, former CIO at Marshfield Clinic Health System 

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