Inside CHIME: It’s Time — Run for the Board, Update your Profile, Nominate an Exceptional Leader

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7.7.16 by Michelle Patterson
Director of Membership, CHIME

CHIME wants to celebrate the tremendous work members are doing to create a safer and more efficient healthcare delivery system.

Throughout 2016, we’ve asked CHIME members to reflect on the organization’s incredible 25-year journey. Founding member John Glaser talked about how CHIME has helped elevate the CIO from a “back office manager” to a true strategic partner with the rest of the C-suite. Larry Grandia, who served on the first board of trustees, shared his reflections on how membership has helped forge lifelong professional and personal connections. We know that there are many other amazing stories to be told and we’d love to hear from you.

It doesn’t stop there. Every day, CHIME members are living up to the vision statement: Exceptional Leaders Transforming Healthcare. We want to celebrate the tremendous work CHIME members are doing to create a safer and more efficient healthcare delivery system. There are few membership initiatives underway to help in this effort:

  • Board of Trustees election: CHIME’s board is actively involved in shaping the mission and vision of the
    organization. Board members engage in public policy discussions, help direct such initiatives the
    Patient ID Challenge, and interact with senior CHIME staff to ensure that the organization is positioned to
    meet member needs. Elections for three slots will take place this summer. The newly elected trustees will
    serve three-year terms beginning January 1, 2017. The deadline to apply is July 25.

The CHIME Foundation is also conducting its annual board of directors election. The Foundation board plays
a critical role in guiding the overall direction of the organization and ensuring that the Foundation is
well positioned to support CHIME education and professional development activities. The deadline to apply
for the CHIME Foundation board is July 25.

  • Membership profiles: To continue offering high-quality programs that meet your needs, we need to
    fully understand how your roles are changing. CHIME members are encouraged to log into the site and
    update their member profiles Much like your organizations need accurate data to target population
    health strategies, we need accurate membership data to ensure that CHIME’s programs keeping pace with
    industry trends. As a bonus, members who update their profiles will be entered into a lottery to win a few
    prizes, with a grand prize to be announced at the CHIME16 Fall CIO Forum.

Please contact me if you have questions about these initiatives or other membership programs. Thanks for all you do to transform healthcare!

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