Randy McCleese Honored for Outstanding Service to CHIME and the Health IT Industry

PHOENIX, AZ, November 2, 2016 – For nearly 20 years, Randy McCleese, LCHIME, CHCIO, has had an immeasurable impact on the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), its members, and the industry overall. CHIME today honored McCleese with its 2016 Outstanding Service Award for his commitment to the profession and his work to transform healthcare.

“It’s almost impossible to fully capture what Randy has done for CHIME and our members,” said CHIME President and CEO Russell Branzell, FCHIME, CHCIO. “He has volunteered his time and energy to virtually every part of the organization, from education and professional development to public policy. ‘No’ is not in his vocabulary when it comes to advancing CHIME’s vision of exception leaders transforming healthcare. As an inspirational leader at a small hospital, Randy has also been extremely influential in bringing that important perspective to all of CHIME’s activities.”

The vice president of information services and CIO at St. Claire Regional Medical Center, a 159-bed hospital in northeast Kentucky, McCleese has been an active member of CHIME since 1998. He has been on the CIO forum planning committee and the Certified CIO advisory panel. McCleese has also participated in more than 75 College LIVE events. McCleese was on the CHIME board of trustees from 2012-2015, serving as board chair in 2014 and chair of the CHIME Foundation board in 2015. He became a fellow in 2012 and earned CHIME lifetime status in 2014. McCleese currently serves on CHIME’s Policy Steering Committee.

“CHIME has allowed me to grow as a leader within healthcare IT and translate those learnings into my everyday work,” McCleese said. “There are so many regulations and changes affecting healthcare that I cannot keep up with all of them. CHIME staff and other members have been an invaluable source of information. I hope that I have been able to give back a little of what I have gotten from CHIME. On a personal level, CHIME has provided me the opportunity meet some of the most caring and sincere people from around the country.”

To learn more about the CHIME Outstanding Service Award, click here.

About CHIME
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is an executive organization dedicated to serving chief information officers and other senior healthcare IT leaders. With nearly 2,000 CIO members and over 150 healthcare IT vendors and professional services firms, CHIME provides a highly interactive, trusted environment enabling senior professional and industry leaders to collaborate; exchange best practices; address professional development needs; and advocate the effective use of information management to improve the health and healthcare in the communities they serve. For more information, please visit chimecentral.org.

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