5 Risk Factors for COVID-19 Breakthrough Infections
by Cerner’s Christy Dueck While vaccinations are one of our most effective strategies to significantly mitigate the spread and most severe health consequences of COVID-19, they’re not 100% effective. Since last year, we’ve seen spikes in breakthrough COVID-19 cases. Data is key to helping us better understand COVID-19 and be more proactive in preventing its serious complications…. read more
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True Leaders Don’t Just Talk—They DO
Talking about health IT challenges is simply not enough. True digital health leaders must assess their current state – and then evolve plans that optimize and innovate for the future. First, you must assess the system to ensure it’s not effective or getting the needed results. You must determine whether the system is worth revamping… read more
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CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: ACTION with Randy McCleese, 2014 Board Chair
Tenacity, Trustworthiness and Persistence in Learning Russ welcomes CHIME’s 2014 Board Chair, Randy McCleese, to today’s 30th Anniversary podcast. Having led a long and renowned career in digital health in first Tennessee and then Kentucky, Randy now runs his own healthcare IT consulting business. Enjoy a few moments of levity and Randy’s special memories –… read more
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Leader to Leader: The Journey: Provider to Partner; CIO to CEO with Ed Marx
The Journey: Provider to Partner; CIO to CEO Ed Marx Chief Executive Officer, Divurgent In this Leader to Leader podcast, Russ visits with long-time CHIME Member, CIO Boot Camp Graduate and CHCIO, Ed Marx. After years of holding numerous CIO executive positions in addition to serving as a Digital Strategy Executive, Ed has recently added a… read more
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Family: In Good Times and Tough Times
Family is the most important thing to so many of us. They are the ones who come running when we have a problem. They are the people who drop everything to make sure we’re okay. They’re who we talk to when we’re going through a tough situation or facing a difficult challenge. They build our… read more
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Challenge, Change, and Resilience with Michael Jefferies
Michael Jefferies, MBA, FACHE, CHCIO Chief Information Officer of Boulder Community Health Challenge, Change, and Resilience In this episode, Russ chats with Michael Jefferies, the Chief Information Officer of Boulder Community Health in Boulder, Colorado. Michael is a long-time and dedicated CHIME Member and is a CHIME Certified CIO. He’s well known for his passion… read more
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CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: FAMILY with Chuck Christian, 2015 CHIME Board Chair
CALLED TO COMMUNITY & PARTNERSHIP Take a break today with our 30th Anniversary podcast featuring Russ and long-time CIO, industry thought leader, and CHIME’s 2015 Board Chair, Chuck Christian, the current VP of Technology for Franciscan Health. Chuck is well known and highly respected in our CHIME community, having received both the CIO of the… read more
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Relationships: The CHIME That Echoes Around the World
Why does CHIME resonate with so many people? What’s the draw? When many of our Members share with us what being a part of CHIME means to them, they are most passionate about the friendships they’ve developed here. Friendships that have spanned across years, organizations, and even borders. Members don’t join CHIME just for programming… read more
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Impacting Positive Change with Andrea Daugherty
Andrea Daugherty, Interim CIO and Director of Security & Infrastructure Dell Medical School & UT Health Austin, UT Austin Join the conversation with Russ Branzell and Andrea Daugherty, the Interim CIO and Director of Security & Infrastructure for the University of Texas, the Dell Medical School and UT Health Austin. With more than fifteen years… read more
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CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: Relationships With Marc Probst, 2016 CHIME Board Chair
This week’s 30th Anniversary Podcast features CHIMES’s 2016 Board Chair and 2019 CHIME CIO of the Year, Marc Probst, CIO of ELLKAY. Not only does Marc talk about his professional journey and perspectives from both sides of the table that have helped shape his career, he shares what his next exciting phase in life is… read more
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CHIME and Education
by Angela Duncan Diop, ND, CHCIO, Vice President of Information Systems “CHIME’s commitment to providing educational opportunities for its members has afforded me the greatest return.” Over the last decade, CHIME has been a support for me through every aspect of navigating my career as an IT leader. Since joining CHIME, I have received invaluable advantages… read more
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An Organization Designed to Educate and Serve its Members
by Charles E. Christian, CHCIO, LFCHIME, LFHIMSS It’s difficult to believe that it has been thirty years since The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives or CHIME was moved from the thoughts of several pioneers in the HIT leadership world into reality. It was very early in the formation of a new professional role, the… read more
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