CHIME Appoints New Board Members
ANN ARBOR, MI, January 13, 2017 – The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) today announced the appointment of Michael Martz to its board of trustees. Martz, vice president and chief information officer of Ohio Valley Health Services & Education, replaces Cindy Peterson, who recently announced her retirement as vice president and CIO of Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital. Martz’s appointment received unanimous support from the CHIME board; he’ll serve a three-year term.
Martz has been extremely active in CHIME, especially on the public policy front. He is an active member of the organization’s Policy Steering Committee, providing valuable insights into the real-world implications of legislation and regulations. Martz has also served on committees shaping CHIME’s education and professional development programs.
“Having served with Michael Martz on the Policy Steering Committee, I’ve seen firsthand how focused and committed he is to making sure that our federal partners understand the many ways in which health IT touches patients’ lives,” said CHIME Board Chair Liz Johnson, MS, FAAN, FCHIME, FHIMSS, CHCIO, RN-BC, chief information officer of acute care hospitals and applied clinical informatics at Tenet Healthcare. “He also a strong advocate for advancing the role of the healthcare CIO.”
Johnson congratulated Peterson on her retirement and offered praise for her more than 30 years in the industry, noting that she helped craft education programming at CHIME as a member of the CIO Fall Forum planning committee. She also served on the advisory board for the Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Applications, a CHIME affiliate.
CHIME also announced that Steve Eckert, president and chief operation officer at Divurgent; and Kali Durgampudi, vice president at Nuance Communications; were appointed to the CHIME Foundation Board of Directors.
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.
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Matthew Weinstock
Director of Communications and Public Relations, CHIME
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