Baldrige Names CHIME CEO Russ Branzell Cybersecurity Leadership Award Recipient
ANN ARBOR, MI, March 5, 2018 – The Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award today named the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) President and CEO Russell Branzell recipient of the 2018 Baldrige Foundation Awards for Leadership Excellence in the Cybersecurity sector.
Russ Branzell, FCHIME, CHCIO, President & Chief Executive Officer, CHIME
Cybersecurity is one of six sectors that the foundation highlights with its Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards. The other sectors are: business (manufacturing, service, small business); nonprofit; government; healthcare; and education. Each sector award recognizes one individual for outstanding leadership in support and promotion of the Baldrige Framework. The awards were authorized by the Foundation Board of Directors.
“There are so many people doing such important work promoting the quality field and the Baldrige principles, and Russ Branzell has been a critical proponent of the development and promotion of Baldrige principles applied to cybersecurity,” said Foundation President and CEO Al Faber. “Russ has been an important partner to the Foundation and continues to advocate for widespread adoption of the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder.”
Cybersecurity is a critical concern for CHIME and its membership of more than 2,500 chief information officers (CIOs), chief medical information officers (CMIOs), chief nursing information officers (CNIOs) and other senior healthcare IT leaders. Cybersecurity is a top priority for CHIME’s Public Policy Steering Committee and policy team in Washington, D.C.; and of the CHIME affiliate, the Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Security (AEHIS). Both CHIME and AEHIS support members with education, career development, networking and advocacy resources and opportunities.
“Last year’s WannaCry and Petya cyberattacks underscore how critical it is for all organizations to have a robust cybersecurity program,” Branzell said. “In healthcare we need to be especially vigilant because it is not only money at stake, but patients’ lives. The Baldrige Foundation provides excellent resources for organizations in any industry to assess and improve their cyber risk management efforts. It is an honor to contribute to this and the many other outstanding initiatives Baldrige offers.”
Baldrige is a leadership and management framework with a systems-level, customer-driven organizational assessment and design approach that has proven to enhance the performance of organizations across every sector of the economy compared to their non-Baldrige peers. Baldrige generates an empirically documented return on investment of $820 in cost savings and performance enhancements for each $1 spent supporting the Baldrige Enterprise. To review the relevant data, click here: https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/how-baldrige-works/about-baldrige/baldrige-impacts
About CHIME
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is an executive organization dedicated to serving chief information officers (CIOs), chief medical information officers (CMIOs), chief nursing information officers (CNIOs) and other senior healthcare IT leaders. With more than 2,500 members in 51 countries 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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