CHIME17 Forum Focuses on Healthcare IT Challenges, Future Directions

ANN ARBOR, MI, Sept. 27, 2017 – Dozens of healthcare IT thought leaders and industry luminaries will discuss cybersecurity, strategies for maximizing health IT, leadership skills and more at the CHIME17 Fall CIO Forum Oct. 31-Nov. 3 in San Antonio, Texas. The forum, presented by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), will include keynote addresses by three prominent authors, special sessions on public policy, women in the workforce and more.

New to this year’s forum is Leadership from the Edge, three TED-like sessions that focus on health IT in the future and how CIO leadership can prepare for it. Leadership from the Edge will be live streamed, as will be the keynote speakers.

“Healthcare IT is now integrated into every part of patient care,” said Sarah Richardson, California Market CIO at DaVita Medical Group and the Fall Forum Planning Committee chair. “Today’s CIOs need to have the technical knowledge to make EHRs, integrated networks, security systems and other technologies facilitate care. But they also need leadership skills to be effective torch bearers of change within their hospitals and healthcare systems. We developed a forward-thinking educational program that covers all their professional needs.”

While it is noted for its educational value, the forum also provides an opportunity for CIOs and senior healthcare IT leaders to share time together, network and have fun. Those who arrive on Oct. 31 can enjoy a charity golf outing that pits golfers against CHIME President and CEO Russell Branzell, a giving back event and a welcome reception and dinner. On Nov. 2, the Southern rock band 38 Special will perform.

“For our members, CHIME is a community of CIOs who share a mission to provide quality care that is safe, affordable and accessible,” said Michael Martz, Market Information Officer at Ascension and Fall Forum Planning Committee vice chair. “We learn from each other, we support each other and we inspire each other to be better. The planning committee selected keynote speakers and presenters who will challenge us to be even more ambitious in our efforts.”

Keynote presenters include:

• Kelly McGonigal, a health psychologist and a pioneer of the field “science-help,” who will kick off the forum on Nov. 1 with a talk about well-being. She is a lecturer at Stanford University and author of the international best seller The Willpower of Instinct and The Upside of Stress.
• Abraham Verghese, M.D., will share a vision on Nov. 2 of future healthcare that marries technological innovation with the traditional doctor-patient relationship. A National Humanities Medal recipient, he is a prolific writer whose work includes the best-selling novel Cutting for Stone and numerous books and publications.
• Don Tapscott, digital visionary and author of Wikinomics, Paradigm Shift, The Digital Economy and most recently Blockchain Revolution, will provide the closing keynote Nov. 3 with a presentation on blockchain and how it applies to healthcare and other industries.

A full agenda with details about the sessions and other events is available here. CHIME17 is open to CHIME members only. Membership information is available here.

Note to editors: Members of the media who are interested in attending the CHIME17 Fall CIO Forum should contact Candace Stuart, CHIME director of communications and public relations, at [email protected] or call 734-275-0104.

About CHIME

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is an executive organization dedicated to serving chief information officers (CIOs) and other senior healthcare IT leaders. With nearly 2,400 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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