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CHIME Names Liz Johnson 2019 CHIME Outstanding Service Award Winner

Released November 4, 2019


PHOENIX, AZ, Nov. 4, 2019 – When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a 1,000-page-plus proposed rule in 2019, there was one healthcare IT leader who gleefully rubbed her hands before diving into the murky prose. Her goal: to help her colleagues assess the policy’s impact and provide a clear and insightful response to… read more

Navicent Health’s Omer Awan Wins Innovator of the Year Award

Released November 4, 2019


ANN ARBOR, MI, Nov. 4, 2019 – Healthcare is notoriously siloed, which poses a costly barrier to coordinated care. Omer Awan, senior vice president and chief information and digital officer at Navicent Health, and his team successfully used health IT to tear down barriers across the system, improving quality and the patient experience while saving… read more

CHIME Announces Officers, New Members for Board of Trustees

Released October 11, 2019


ANN ARBOR, MI, Oct. 11, 2019 – The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is pleased to share new officer and membership announcements for the CHIME Board of Trustees.    The Board has selected officers for the 2021 Board, effective Jan. 1, 2021. Tanya Townsend, senior vice president and CIO at LCMC Health, as… read more

October is Cybersecurity Month – Free Resources and Tools

Released October 8, 2019


Below are several free activities and tools available for you for the month of October which is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Webinar: Cybersecurity Information Sharing in Healthcare: Deciphering A Widely Misunderstood Policy Landscape. Join us on Oct. 23 from 2-3:30 p.m. ET for a webinar that tackles common misunderstandings and perceptions separating fact from fiction around information sharing…. read more

CHIME Awards 2019 Federal Public Policy CIO Leadership Title to Theresa Meadows

Released September 26, 2019


ANN ARBOR, MI, Sept. 26, 2019 – Theresa Meadows, senior vice president and CIO at Cook Children’s Health Care System and co-chair of an influential federal cybersecurity task force, was named winner of the 2019 Federal Public Policy Award for CIO Leadership, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) announced today. The award is given… read more

HL7 FHIR Survey

Released September 25, 2019


We are requesting your input to help shape our public policy efforts in Washington, D.C.   Hospitals and clinicians are required to make available patient data via application programming interfaces (APIs). According to a proposed rule published in March, HL7’s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) will be the required API. Specifically, the Office of the National Coordinator… read more

CHIME Statement on Hill Oversight of ONC Interoperability Rule

Released September 23, 2019


The 21st Century Cures Act absolutely will help spur better interoperability across healthcare and the administration is taking seriously their task to further this with the proposed interoperability rules released earlier this year. The Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) rule makes several improvements to the way certified products work, requirements for electronic health record (EHR)… read more

16,138 Health Organizations Represented in CHIME’s 2019 Most Wired Survey

Released September 17, 2019


ANN ARBOR, MI, Sept. 17, 2019 – Participants in the 2019 CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired survey are continuing to use their health IT resources to improve health and care in their communities, according to the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). Many organizations have shown progress as they adapt to an ever-changing healthcare industry, with… read more

CHIME and BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT Launch Chapter in the UK

Released September 4, 2019


ANN ARBOR, MI, Sept. 4, 2019 – The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and BCS The Chartered Institute for IT, announced today that they have opened an international chapter of CHIME in the UK. The partnership allows BCS to manage the benefits of CHIME membership including access to CHIME’s online materials and admission… read more

HHS Published Long-awaited “Part 2” Rule on Substance Abuse Info Sharing

Released August 22, 2019


Today the Administration published the long-anticipated 42 CFR Part 2 proposed rule involving consent requirements associated with the release of substance abuse history. CHIME has long advocated to the Administration and Congress the need to streamline consent policies associated with sensitive health information, aligning these policies with the consent policies under the Health Information Portability… read more