Statement on 2016 Election and Continuing Advancement of Health IT Policies

ANN ARBOR, MI, November 9, 2016 – Statement by CHIME President and CEO Russell Branzell on the 2016 election:

As the nation moves past a divisive election season, we must continue working together build a better healthcare delivery system. The federal government and providers have invested billions of dollars and countless hours to deploy complex information systems and digitize healthcare. We’ve reached a stage where we are seeing the fruits of that labor; health IT is pushing us toward better, safer, more efficient care.

At the same time, we face some immense challenges. Cybersecurity threats are proliferating and becoming harder to detect. Additionally, we still confront a disjointed infrastructure that limits our ability to adequately exchange patient information.

We look forward to working with the new Congress and administration in a bipartisan way to continue advancing sensible health IT policies.

About CHIME
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is an executive organization dedicated to serving chief information officers and other senior healthcare IT leaders. With more than 2,000 CIO members 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
Matthew Weinstock
Director of Communications and Public Relations, CHIME
734.249.8917
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