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CHIME Names Nuance Communications VP Kali Durgampudi 2018 Foundation Industry Leader
SAN DIEGO, CA, Nov. 1, 2018 – When the public policy team at the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) put out an urgent call for a subject matter expert to travel to Capitol Hill to brief the Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus on the technology’s potential, Kali Durgampudi, vice president of innovation and mobile… read more
Learn moreCHIME Opioid Task Force Launches Campaign to Support Health IT Action Center
SAN DIEGO, CA, Nov. 1, 2018 – The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Opioid Task Force launched a fundraising campaign today to support the newly created CHIME Opioid Health IT Action Center, a web-based repository for healthcare organizations seeking resources and knowledge on the opioid crisis. The drive, which has already raised $130,000… read more
Learn moreCHIME Names Allina Health and Health Catalyst Winners of 2018 Collaboration Award
SAN DIEGO, CA, Nov. 1, 2018 – For a decade, Allina Health and Health Catalyst have been learning and growing together in a partnership that involves sharing technology, personnel and financial risk. The strong ties they have developed over the years have led to fewer readmissions for congestive heart failure, fewer complications after spinal surgeries… read more
Learn moreCHIME Innovator of the Year Combines Creativity with Compassion to Help Pediatric Patients
SAN DIEGO, CA, Oct. 31, 2018 – Compassionate care is a hallmark in healthcare, and compassion is what motivated the informatics team at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, to develop an innovative approach to help pediatric burn victims through their recovery. Under the leadership of Chief Research Information Officer Simon Lin, they collaborated with… read more
Learn moreCHIME Presents Longtime Member and 2006 Chair Bill Spooner with Legacy Award
SAN DIEGO, CA, Oct. 31, 2018 – The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Board of Trustees awarded longtime member and 2006 CHIME Board Chair William Spooner with the Legacy Award in honor of his many contributions to CHIME and to the industry. He received the award today during the 2018 CHIME Fall CIO… read more
Learn moreNavicent Health’s Omer Awan Wins 2018 CHIME Transformational Leadership Award
SAN DIEGO, CA, Oct. 31, 2018 – Two years ago, Omer Awan joined Navicent Health in Macon, Ga., as senior vice president and CIO. In that short period of time, he has changed the culture in his department to make his team valuable contributors who work collaboratively with others to find creative solutions that benefit… read more
Learn moreMost Wired Trends Report Highlights Gains and Challenges for Providers
SAN DIEGO, CA, Oct. 31, 2018 – Interoperability is taking a step in the right direction, but providers may find themselves challenged in coming years, according to an analysis of data collected in the 2018 CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired survey. William Spooner, chair of the Most Wired Board of Governors, Drex DeFord, a member of… read more
Learn moreCHIME’s Third Opioid Webinar Focuses on Innovative Way to Help Pediatric Burn Victims
ANN ARBOR, MI, Oct. 15, 2018 – The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the CHIME Opioid Task Force will host a free and open webinar on Oct. 17 as part of an educational initiative to reduce opioid addiction and death rates in the U.S. Simon Lin, chief research information officer at… read more
Learn moreCHIME and AISIS Announce Plans to Launch Chapter in Italy
ANN ARBOR, MI, Oct. 15, 2018 – The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and Associazione Italiana Sistemi Informativi in Sanità (AISIS) announced today that they have signed a letter of intent to establish a CHIME chapter in Italy. This will be the first CHIME chapter to open in Europe. “We are thrilled to… read more
Learn moreCHIME Announces 2020 Officers and Incoming Board of Trustees Members
CHIME Announces 2020 Officers and Incoming Board of Trustees Members ANN ARBOR, MI, Oct. 11, 2018 – The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is excited to share the CHIME Board of Trustee’s selection for officers in 2020 and announce the names of three new members who will join the board in 2019. CHIME’s… read more
Learn moreIntermountain CIO Marc Probst Wins CHIME Federal Public Policy Award
ANN ARBOR, MI, Oct. 4, 2018 – Marc Probst, a nationally recognized healthcare IT leader who has served on the influential Federal Healthcare Information Technology Policy Committee, was named the winner of the 2018 College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Federal Public Policy Award for CIO Leadership. The honor was announced today at the CHIME Advocacy Summit… read more
Learn moreIn the News – August 2018
Mari Savickis, CHIME vice president of federal affairs, made a case for easing anti-kickback rules to let resource-strapped healthcare organizations receive donated cybersecurity assistance in an article in HealthcareInfoSecurity.com. Twelve members of CHIME or members of the CHIME Foundation firms who currently serve on a CHIME board made Becker’s “Female Health IT Leaders to Know”… read more
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