CHIME Statement on HIMSS CEO Appointment

ANN ARBOR, MI, July 26, 2017 – The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) today announced that Harold “Hal” Wolf III was appointed president and CEO. He will replace H. Stephen Lieber, who is retiring.

Statement by Liz Johnson, CHIME Board Chair and CIO of Acute Care Hospitals and Applied Clinical Informatics at Tenet Healthcare, and CHIME President and CEO Russell Branzell on the appointment of Harold Wolf III.

Hal Wolf’s depth of experience and leadership skills will help keep HIMSS at the forefront of innovation in health IT. HIMSS has played a prominent role in the development of health IT globally and continues to be a leading resource for health IT professionals and industries across the world. Hal, whose background includes leadership positions at Kaiser Permanente Foundation and The Chartis Group, has the vision to ensure that health IT contributes to healthcare solutions.

Under Steve Lieber’s leadership, HIMSS has brought together thought leaders from across the world at industry-leading conferences and other events. In recent years, HIMSS has been a generous partner to CHIME as we have broadened our outreach in Europe, Asia and elsewhere. We wish him well in this next stage of his life and thank him for his service to the community. We will miss him.

About CHIME
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is an executive organization dedicated to serving chief information officers (CIOs) and other senior healthcare IT leaders. With nearly 2,400 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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