A Look at Past Award Winners and How You Can Participate
7.25.19
By Zach Donisch, By Zach Donisch, Director, Membership Services
The deadline for submitting applications and nominations for CHIME and CHIME Foundation awards is rapidly approaching. Would you like to be a contender, or know someone you think is worthy? Here is a look at three past award winners and their contributions to healthcare: Liz Johnson; 2014 Federal Public Policy Award for CIO Leadership; Randy McCleese, 2017 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year Award; and Dana Sellers, 2017 CHIME Foundation Industry Leader Award.
Liz Johnson, 2014 Federal Public Policy Award for CIO Leadership
Liz Johnson started in healthcare as a nurse, and she has never lost sight of the needs of clinicians and patients in the next phase of her career in health IT. Liz retired this year as chief innovation officer at Tenet Healthcare following three years as CIO of Acute Care Hospitals and Applied Clinical Informatics at Tenet and more than a decade in other executive informatics roles. Along the way she developed a passion for public policy that made her a standout in the CHIME Policy Steering Committee and in Washington, D.C. Read more here.
Randy McCleese, 2017 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year Award
“I grew up as one of 10 children on a hardscrabble farm in northeast Kentucky, so this award is tremendous. However, it was not possible without the tremendous support of my family and coworkers.” So said Randy McCleese about being recognized at the CHIME HIMSS Spring CIO Forum for being named winner of the 2017 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year Award. Randy has been a strong advocate for small and rural healthcare systems and an inspiration for many of his colleagues. Read more here.
Dana Sellers, 2017 CHIME Foundation Industry Leader Award
Dana Sellers has had a myriad of successes in her career. The co-founder of Trinity Computing Systems and Encore Health Resources, she began her career as a systems engineer for IBM but was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug. As the then-retired CEO of Encore, she added another title to her long list: the 2017 CHIME Foundation Industry Leader Award. Read more here.
This year some outstanding members from CHIME and the CHIME Foundation will be named winners of CHIME awards. Learn about CHIME’s various awards and eligibility criteria here. Nominations will close on July 29.