CHIME Applauds Administration’s Support for Patient-centered Care
ANN ARBOR, MI, March 6, 2018 – The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) applauds the administration’s announcement today to put patients at the forefront of their care through the “MyHealthEData Initiative” and Blue Button 2.0. We strongly support the drive to reimagine the future of healthcare as one where all patients have unfettered access to their medical records and data and where providers use systems that present information when they need it, where they need it and in a manner that best supports care delivery.
Our members’ ability to support clinicians and patients is hampered by today’s system that still is far too contingent upon inefficient workflows, costly interfaces and systems that are driven by billing requirements rather than clinicians’ needs.
“It is still too difficult to share data in a universal and interoperable way,” said CHIME Board Chair Cletis Earle, CIO of Kaleida Health in Buffalo. “These important initiatives will facilitate collaborations spanning both the public and private sectors.”
We also agree that the Meaningful Use program and Quality Payment Program warrant substantial changes. We welcome a renewed focus on interoperability and one that reduces the cost and time required for compliance.
“We commend CMS for recognizing the challenges providers are up against and for providing a supportive regulatory environment,” said CHIME Public Policy Steering Committee Chair Liz Johnson, MS, FCHIME, FHIMSS, CPHIMS, RN-BC, and CIO of Acute Care Hospitals & Applied Clinical Informatics, Tenet Healthcare Corporation. “CHIME stands ready to work with the administration to realize these important goals.”
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.
Contact
Candace Stuart
Director of Communications and Public Relations, CHIME
734.665.0000
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