CHIME Focus Group Committee Initiated, Off to a Great Start


5.21.2019
Chris Hargrett, Associate, CHIME Foundation

The CHIME Focus Group Committee held its first meeting on Tuesday, April 30, at 10 a.m. via teleconferencing. This committee has been in development for several years and has now come to fruition after some careful planning. Designed to enhance the experience of in-person and online focus groups, the committee to will review and address both Foundation and CHIME member input on the CHIME focus group experience.

In the first meeting, members reviewed responsibilities and commitments of serving on the committee. Going forward, they will lay out a plan for improving the quality and engagement of the current processes of focus groups; the awareness and participation of members and partners currently not involved in focus groups; and address the concern of attendance and active participation in the focus groups. 

Along with these purposes, the committee intends to have three defined, overarching goals focused on: 

  • Enhancing the experience of in-person and online focus group sessions 
  • To Increase the awareness and benefit of scheduling focus groups for Foundation partners 
  • To Increase the awareness and benefit of actively participating in focus group sessions by CHIME members 

Focus Group Committee membership is comprised of a mix of Foundation partners and CHIME members, with the former being the majority. CHIME Foundation firms who held In-person Focus Groups the week of HIMSS19 were asked to participate in a survey about their Focus Group experience and to evaluate the process, logistics, etc., and Committee input was solicited through the survey.  

Committee structure will include two divisions – the In-person Focus Group Division and the Online Focus Group Division – with each one being responsible for formulating, coordinating and implementing strategies to assist in the active participation of CHIME members and Foundation partners.  

For more details about the Focus Group Committee or to learn more about committee involvement, please contact the Foundation team via email at [email protected]. Thank you to all our Committee members for devoting their time and energy to making this core piece of the CHIME experience even more valuable for Foundation and CHIME members alike. 

CHIME Focus Group Committee members: 
David Baumgardner, Union Hospital 
Nick Bonvino, Greater Houston Healthconnect 
Audrey Brislin, Forward Advantage 
Tim Brown, Infor 
Bob Cash, KLAS Research 
Tye Cook, Bluetree Network 
John Curin, Burwood Group 
Corrine Cutler, NTT Data 
Marvin Harper, Harvard Children’s Hospital 
Judy Kirby, Kirby Partners 
Mark Hess, Stoltenberg Consulting, Inc. 
Lydon Neumann, Impact Advisors 
Jolean Sheffield, QliqSOFT 
Bonnie Templin, Google 
Rebecca Whaley, Allscripts

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