CHIME Foundation Names Philips Winner of 2018 Partner Award

ANN ARBOR, MI, Nov. 14, 2018 – A hospital has its highly publicized go-live threatened by a burst pipe that destroys critical monitoring technology. Another hospital has a double-whammy of circumstances that grinds central monitoring and automatic data charting in its EHR to a halt. A hospital looks for a partner who is willing to customize its technology for its pediatric population. In each case, Philips stepped up to the plate, according to the senior healthcare IT executives who experienced these situations.

Philips rushed to replace the damaged monitors before the go-live, developed workarounds to maintain clinical workflow until a patch was available and offered a custom pediatric program with state-of-the art equipment that was cost effective. These examples, all submitted by members of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), have earned Philips their customers’ highest praise and the 2018 CHIME Foundation Partner Award.

“Our CHIME members rely on partners in industry to deliver patient care,” said Liz Johnson, CHIME Foundation Board chair and chief innovation officer at Tenet Health. “Having a partner like Philips with a mission and culture that aligns with our organizations helps us all succeed.”

The award recognizes a CHIME Foundation firm that has made outstanding contributions and demonstrated exceptional dedication and support to the healthcare IT industry. It was announced today at the 2018 CHIME Fall CIO Forum in San Diego.

“Over the past few years, Philips has transitioned to a strategy that focuses specifically on healthcare technology,” said Sara Coulter, Global Leader, Medical Affairs and Clinical Innovation at Philips. “Central to that strategy is a commitment to be true partners with our customers in every way. We are honored that our provider customers in CHIME value our relationships as much as we do.”

Philips has been a longtime CHIME Foundation firm, and Coulter has been a strong advocate for CHIME and CHIME’s mission. Coulter served on the CHIME and CHIME Foundation boards and helped launch and expand CHIME’s international initiative.

About CHIME

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is an executive organization dedicated to serving chief information officers (CIOs), chief medical information officers (CMIOs), chief nursing information officers (CNIOs) and other senior healthcare IT leaders. With more than 2,800 members in 51 countries and over 150 healthcare IT business partners 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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