College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) news and information

Patient engagement is one of the hottest topics today in healthcare reform, as more attention is paid to improving results from care delivery.How exactly to bring about this engagement remains a matter of debate, as providers and patients see the root of the problem differently.
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Two major health information technology groups have announced a partnership under which they will work together on research and education and other projects.
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Moore (Okla.) Medical Center, a satellite site of Norman (Okla.) Regional Health System, took a direct hit from the terrible tornado that killed 24 people and injured 377 others May 20. It will most likely never open its doors again. However, as Modern Healthcare reported, the medical center had...
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Providers realize that reimbursement for healthcare delivery is changing. The economic and cultural forces now buttressing accountable care and value-based healthcare delivery have never been stronger.
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We are all coming to grips with the reality that healthcare IT staffing and recruitment is a vexing problem. The executive team at Holy Spirit Health System—particularly the human resources vice president and chief financial officer—now tacitly accepts that I cannot fill vacancies and...
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Here in Iowa, we like to get going early. That's particularly the case with my hospital.We started our EHR journey in 2004.
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Healthcare organizations have a lot to learn from health information exchanges.
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With the Oct. 1, 2014 deadline for the transition to ICD-10 diagnosis and procedures codes apparently set in stone, technology experts like Stephen Lieber, president and CEO of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, forecast how the change will unfold.
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George Hickman, executive vice president and chief information officer at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center and chairman of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, discusses some strategic changes takiing place at CHIME, with Joseph Conn, reporter, at the HIMSS 2013 Annual...
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Joseph Conn, reporter for Modern Healthcare, previews the highlights of the HIMSS 2013 Annual Conference & Exhibition, which is scheduled for March 3 to March 7, in New Orleans.
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