24 Industry Representatives Earn CFCHE Designation

10.10.17
By Ashley Jester, Specialist, Membership & Professional Development, CHIME

A total of 24 CHIME Foundation members earned the CHIME Foundation Certified Healthcare Executive (CFCHE) certification, making them the first to receive the designation.

Congratulations to the inaugural round of recipients. They are:

  • Charlotte Abdon, Sectra
  • Mikael Anden, Sectra
  • Zane Burke, Cerner Corporation
  • Cyndi Cahill, Pursuit Healthcare Advisors, LLC
  • Dan Clark, Sectra
  • Kali Durgampudi, Nuance
  • Steve Eckert, Divergent
  • Jonathan Fritz, Symphony Corporation
  • Petra Granlund, Sectra
  • Anthony Grise, Sectra
  • Carter Groome, First Healthcare Advisory Solutions
  • Spencer Hamons, NetApp
  • Melissa Hendricks, Cerner Corporation
  • Curtis Hess, DrFirst
  • Anne Hughes, General Dynamics Health Solutions
  • Jerry Morin, Connection
  • Tim Needham, Burwood Group
  • Lydon Neumann, Impact Advisors
  • Frank Nydam, VMware
  • Jennifer Ramstrom, Connection
  • Laura Rogers, Connection
  • Arron Runyan, Sectra
  • Sumit Sehgal, McAfee
  • Laurel Vine, Cerner Corporation
  • Peyman Zand, Pivot Point Consulting

The CFCHE exam is designed to assess the knowledge of an experienced healthcare IT industry employee and ensure that a recipient shares the same commitment to quality as a chief information officer (CIO). It consists of 100 multiple choice questions, including scenario-based and independent questions. It was developed using the same standards, item writing protocols, validation and reviewing processes as the Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) exam.

The first in-person exam was offered Sept. 15 at the second annual CHIME Partner Education Summit in Chicago. The exam also became available at local Kryterion testing centers across the country, beginning Aug. 1. The next available in-person examinations are coming up Oct. 30 and 31 in San Antonio, Texas.

More information about the CFCHE program and certification are available here.

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