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CHIME Statement on Meaningful Use Stage 3 NPRM
Released March 20, 2015
CHIME is closely evaluating both the CMS Meaningful Use rule and the ONC certification rule. Based on our initial review, we are pleased to see flexibility built into the Stage 3 proposed objectives.
CHIME Statement on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Hearing
Released March 18, 2015
Statement from CHIME Vice President of Public Policy, Jeffery Smith, M.P.P.
CHIME Issues National Patient ID Challenge
Released March 17, 2015
Leading healthcare IT association to launch $1 million challenge for innovative solution to patient matching, rallies industry-wide support
CHIME and AMDIS Sign Management Services Agreement, Appoint New Executive Vice President of Medical Informatics and Patient Safety for CHIME
Released March 9, 2015
CHIME announced it has a new agreement to provide management services to the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS), the nation’s largest professional association for physicians dedicated to and responsible for health information technology.
CHIME and Health Forum/AHA Formalize Agreement on HealthCare’s Most Wired™
Released March 5, 2015
CHIME announced it has formalized an agreement with Health Forum, a subsidiary of American Hospital Association (AHA), to utilize HealthCare’s Most Wired™ survey and benchmarking study of hospital and health system information technology practices.
Healthcare CIOs Praise ONC for Standards ‘Playbook’
Released January 30, 2015
Building on the announcement from HHS yesterday, pledging much-needed changes to the Meaningful Use program, healthcare IT leaders praised the release of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) “2015 Interoperability Standards Advisory,” calling it an essential component of the newly released Interoperability Roadmap. The nation’s chief information officers (CIOs) say the new document will enable broad discussion over the use of specific standards – both current and future – in health IT.
Statement from Flex-IT Coalition on CMS Announcement of a 90-Day Meaningful Use Reporting Period:
Released January 29, 2015
The members of the Flex-IT Coalition commend CMS for their announcement which will allow more providers to engage in the meaningful use program and adapt new technologies.
CHIME Applauds Intent by CMS to Shorten 2015 EHR Reporting Period
Released January 29, 2015
Statement from CHIME President and CEO Russell P. Branzell, FCHIME, CHCIO
Statement from CHIME President and CEO Russell P. Branzell, AMDIS CEO Rich Rydell, and AMDIS Board Chairman William Bria, MD on the appointment of Dr. Michael James McCoy as ONC’s first Chief Health Information Officer
Released January 21, 2015
CHIME and AMDIS welcome Dr. McCoy to the role of Chief Health Information Officer.
2015 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study Now Open
Released January 16, 2015
The 2015 Most Wired Survey is now open, the American Hospital Association’s Health Forum and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) announced today.
Statement from CHIME President and CEO Russell P. Branzell, FCHIME, CHCIO on Administrator Marilyn Tavenner’s Departure from CMS
Released January 16, 2015
CHIME appreciates Administrator Tavenner’s service and her many years of leadership within the healthcare industry.
Healthcare Leaders Praise Reintroduction of the Flex-IT Act
Released January 12, 2015
Strong, Bipartisan Support for Increasing Meaningful Use Flexibility