Foundation Insight: CHIME’s International Expansion Creating Opportunities for Foundation Members
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7.18.17 By Jessica Hadley, Executive Director, CHIME Education Foundation & Fundraising |
Recently, CHIME announced a new partnership with HIMSS that broadens the reach of our education and professional development programs internationally. The program is providing opportunities for our Foundation members to become involved, from thought leadership to sponsorship.
The partnership reflects a growing recognition that health IT leaders on a global level are seeking opportunities to grow their careers and are eager to share best practices as they strive to improve patient care. HIMSS/CHIME International Education offers a variety of leadership-focused, highly interactive education sessions. Each session is delivered by experienced healthcare CIOs who have been actively involved as faculty members in CHIME’s leadership education programs. Facilitators include HIMSS and CHIME CIOs, and other HIT senior leaders, who present the sessions from a real-world perspective.
The programs apply CHIME’s research-based CIO Success Factors that address the critical competencies for healthcare CIOs and HIT leaders. Several program formats are offered, including a day or day-and-a-half Leadership Academy, which includes training on each of the Success Factors, in addition to a small group case exercise. Facilitators guide participants to think about how to apply key concepts to their work environments while also working with them to forge a personal action plan for themselves when they return to work.
Some of the goals of CHIME international expansion include:
- To carry globally the CHIME vision of “Exceptional Leaders Transforming Healthcare”
- To support the development and enhancement of the CIO role around the world and;
- To provide leadership knowledge and experiences to CIOs
Sponsorship opportunities are available to Foundation members for the HIMSS/CHIME International programs. You may view sponsorship opportunities for the upcoming Leadership Academy, which focuses on cybersecurity, and is scheduled Sept. 11 in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands here. Additionally, there are tremendous sponsorship opportunities available for the HIMSS Asia Pacific conference being held Sept. 11-14 in Singapore; you may view more about the program and those opportunities here.
Find out more about the program and sponsorship opportunities here.