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Kaleida Health CIO Cletis Earle Takes Helm as 2018 CHIME Chair
Released January 16, 2018
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) announced today that after nearly two years of work and a great deal of deliberation, CHIME Healthcare Innovation Trust has decided to suspend the National Patient ID Challenge. CHIME remains committed, however, to finding a national solution that accurately identifies a patient 100 percent of the time, and will continue to make it a top priority.
CHIME and HIMSS Name Randy McCleese CIO of the Year
Released January 15, 2018
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) announced today that after nearly two years of work and a great deal of deliberation, CHIME Healthcare Innovation Trust has decided to suspend the National Patient ID Challenge. CHIME remains committed, however, to finding a national solution that accurately identifies a patient 100 percent of the time, and will continue to make it a top priority.
NHS England CIO William Smart to Serve on CHIME Board
Released January 10, 2018
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) announced today that after nearly two years of work and a great deal of deliberation, CHIME Healthcare Innovation Trust has decided to suspend the National Patient ID Challenge. CHIME remains committed, however, to finding a national solution that accurately identifies a patient 100 percent of the time, and will continue to make it a top priority.
CHIME Sharpens Focus on Patient Identification Mission, Encourages Stakeholders to Join in Solution
Released November 15, 2017
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) announced today that after nearly two years of work and a great deal of deliberation, CHIME Healthcare Innovation Trust has decided to suspend the National Patient ID Challenge. CHIME remains committed, however, to finding a national solution that accurately identifies a patient 100 percent of the time, and will continue to make it a top priority.
CHIME Foundation Names Connection 2017 Partner Award Winner
Released November 2, 2017
Healthcare organizations and the CIOs who are responsible for selecting, implementing and managing their IT systems need reliable, compatible technologies to ensure safe, quality healthcare. They also need experienced and informed partners in industry who support them in their mission.
Retired Encore CEO Dana Sellers Receives 2017 CHIME Foundation Industry Leader Award
Released November 2, 2017
Dana Sellers, co-founder and retired CEO of Encore Health Resources, has spent her 30-year career championing the use of healthcare IT to improve patient care and outcomes. A skilled leader, she has been praised by the chief information officers (CIOs) she served and the staff she oversaw for her people-focused, solutions-driven approach.
Saint Luke’s Health System, HCTec Share 2017 CHIME Collaboration Award
Released November 2, 2017
About three years ago, the IT department at Saint Luke’s Health System (SLHS) in Kansas City, Mo., was stretched at the seams. SLHS was implementing a new electronic medical record (EMR) and a revenue cycle management system that added to the workload and required frequent switching between tasks. Staff were required to manage projects that didn’t always suit their capabilities and interests, and turnover began to increase.
Medical Center Health System’s CIO, CEO Turn Massive EHR Project into Award Winner
Released November 2, 2017
When the Medical Center Health System (MCHS) in Odessa, Texas, learned five years ago that the electronic health record (EHR) software it had been using for 25 years was being sunsetted, the leadership embraced it as an opportunity to bring about change. CEO William Webster and Gary Barnes, the system’s longstanding CIO, created a plan to implement a new EHR. What they and supportive staff throughout the system achieved was much more: a unified organization that puts the patient at the center.
CHIME Honors Indiana HIE VP Chuck Christian with Outstanding Service Award
Released November 1, 2017
Charles (Chuck) Christian’s commitment to the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) predates his present position as a vice president at the Indiana Health Information Exchange in Indianapolis, his two-year stint as a vice president and CIO at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Ga., and goes well into his 23-year tenure at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Ind.
‘Smart Ribbon’ Tool Earns Digital Leader CHIME’s Innovator Award
Released November 1, 2017
Imagine a setting where physicians have at their fingertips not only the cost of a medication, a lab test or of a scan but also the adverse drug reactions, the estimated blood loss and consequent risk of anemia or the patient’s cumulative exposure to radiation from imaging tests. Add to this scenario that the information appears unobtrusively with no clicking and on any electronic medical record (EMR) at any point of care.
CHIME Announces New Board Members for 2018
Released October 16, 2017
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is pleased to announce the election of three healthcare IT leaders to its board of trustees. Sheree McFarland, John Kravitz and Rusty Yeager will begin their terms on the CHIME Board of Trustees, starting Jan. 1, 2018.
KLAS-CHIME Study: Healthcare Industry Moving Ahead with Telehealth Despite Concerns
Released October 10, 2017
Telehealth has the potential to revolutionize healthcare with both healthcare organizations and legislators hoping it will lower costs, improve patient access and improve clinical outcomes. But it is still in the early stages of adoption. KLAS and CHIME worked together to develop and conduct the study to assess how healthcare organizations currently use telehealth solutions and identify barriers to its adoption.