CHIME Opioid Task Force launched a fundraising campaign to support the newly created CHIME Opioid Health IT Action Center, a web-based repository for healthcare organizations seeking resources and knowledge on the opioid crisis.
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Harlow on Healthcare episode NOW on Demand. Host David Harlow talks with Leslie Krigstein who comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient.
Sanjay Gupta. Emily Chang. Daniel Pink. CHIME will feature these acclaimed journalists and authors at the 2018 CHIME Fall CIO Forum October 30 – November 2 in San Diego. Register to attend.
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) will host an educational conference dedicated to healthcare IT policy issues on Oct. 3-5 in Washington, D.C.
By Peyman Zand – The CHIME17 Fall CIO Forum attracted more than 600 CIOs from a variety of organizations across the globe. The topics discussed included interoperability, telemedicine and digital transformation, but a few key themes emerged that will shape future conversations and activities.
lifeIMAGE, the nation’s leading medical image exchange technology connecting health care networks, providers and patients to improve care quality, released the findings of a survey it commissioned from members of CHIME.
Imagine a scenario in which a patient goes to a doctor’s office or a hospital and is misidentified or matched to the wrong medical record. Imagine a doctor making critical decisions based on someone else’s medical history. Imagine if that patient is a loved one. Unfortunately, this scene plays itself out too often in today’s healthcare environment — potentially as high as 20 percent of the time — largely because there’s no universal way of accurately identifying a patient, regardless of where they seek care.
By Sarianne Gruber – The prize is $1 million dollars. The challenge is a 100% accurate universal Patient ID. Designed as a crowd sourcing competition, innovators from around the world are invited to submit a solution. CHIME, a professional organization for Chief Information Officers and other senior healthcare IT leaders, held a press conference to officially launch the competition.
The Meaningful Use program has had a profound impact on the adoption of health information technology and furthering the digitization of the healthcare delivery system. CHIME members have long supported the underlying goals of the program and the industry has made significant progress in implementing IT systems to improve patient care, reduce costs and create a more efficient delivery system.