Why Foundation Partners Need to Defend Highly Targeted Healthcare Providers from Third-Party Risk
6.18.2019 By Ed Gaudet, CEO and Founder of Censinet Healthcare data is highly valuable, as just one medical record can be worth up to $250 on the black market (compared to $5.40 for the next highest valued record). As a result, the healthcare industry continues to be the most targeted industry by hackers, with an increasing number of reported breaches… read more
Learn moreNow Accepting Nominations for CHIME Foundation Awards
6.18.2019 By Christopher Hargrett, Membership Associate, Foundation CHIME is now accepting nominations for the CHIME Collaboration Award, CHIME Foundation Industry Leader Award, and the CHIME Foundation Partner Award. Each award is designed to recognize CHIME Foundation partners for their contributions to the healthcare IT industry. Recipients for the various Foundation awards will be recognized during the 2019 CHIME Fall CIO Forum in Phoenix in November. The CHIME… read more
Learn moreCPES Promises Outstanding Faculty with Exciting and Valuable Program
6.18.2019 By Arika Lycan, Director, Corporate Partner Services Planning began in December and January for this year’s CHIME Partner Education Summit (CPES), taking place Sept. 4-6 at the Loews Chicago O’Hare hotel in Chicago. As the CPES Planning Committee convened earlier in the year to envision the educational program, ideas, topics and names flew. Planning Committee members, most of whom have attended CPES in years past,… read more
Learn moreThe New CHIME Career Center Leverages Resources to Assist in Hiring Talent
5.21.2018 By Ashley Jester – Specialist, Membership & Professional Development We are pleased to announce the new CHIME Career Center webpage that hosts a variety of resources for hospitals and healthcare systems to find talented CIO candidates. The Career Center is accessible to CHIME Foundation partners and should be of interest to those who specialize in staffing, recruiting and hiring. In one convenient… read more
Learn moreHard Facts about Soft Skills
5.21.2019 Melissa Prusher – VP of global marketing for Avaap With intimate knowledge of the inner workings of technology consulting teams, there’s no arguing that hard skills are required for the job. From intensive bootcamps and hands-on application training to securing a range of competency certifications, there’s a lot of pressure on healthcare IT consultants to acquire hard skills for career advancement. Technical ability… read more
Learn moreCHIME 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… read more
Learn moreFoundation Members Can Bundle Advocacy Summit and CPES for Savings
5.21.2019 Leslie Krigstein – VP, Congressional Affairs Mari Savickis – VP, Federal Affairs To be effective leaders, CHIME and CHIME Foundation members need to be well educated on many fronts. Last year we added the CHIME Advocacy Summit to our educational and networking programs to help members better understand health IT-related federal policies that impact hospitals, health systems and patients. We also introduced… read more
Learn moreFoundation Partners Contributing to the Opioid Task Force
4.16.2019 Chris Hargrett, Associate, CHIME Foundation CHIME Foundation would like to thank all the Foundation partners who have contributed to the Opioid Task Force. In 2018, the CHIME Opioid Task Force was formed, with CHIME members Ed Kopetsky and Jim Turnbull as co-chairs, to address the major opioid epidemic that has impacted individuals and families… read more
Learn moreCHIME Annual Survey Provides Valuable Insights for the Future
4.16.2019 By Arika Lycan, Specialist, CHIME Foundation Every year CHIME surveys both our Foundation partners and our CHIME provider members in an Annual Member Survey. While we regularly solicit feedback on CHIME programs and events, it’s important we get a full picture of the past year as a whole. The CHIME Annual Member Survey helps… read more
Learn moreFoundation Board Chair Encourages Partners to Attend CHIME Advocacy Summit
4.16.2019 Cletis Earle, CHCIO, Chair, Foundation Board; SVP & CIO, Information Technology Kaledia Health Do you have a government relations team or a colleague responsible for keeping the company informed about the latest health IT policy developments? As your Foundation Board chair and chair of the CHIME Public Policy Steering Committee, I am pleased to… read more
Learn morePrograms Let Foundation Firms Work with Members to Shape Policy
3.19.2019 Leslie Krigstein – VP, Congressional Affairs Mari Savickis – VP, Federal Affairs The CHIME public policy team would like to hear from Foundation members as we prepare comments for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) about two recently released proposed rules. These rules will have significant implications for members and… read more
Learn moreInsight Now Accepting Articles from CHIME Foundation Partners
3.19.2019 Chris Hargrett, Associate, CHIME Foundation Have you ever seen The King’s Speech with Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush? It’s about how King George VI ascended to the throne in England with a speech impediment, with the help of his speech therapist Lionel Logue. It’s a great movie! There is one scene where King George and Logue are standing in Westminster Abbey… read more
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