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

Our organization has an informal climbing team made up of administrators and clinicians who tackle a couple of summits each year. We have lofty aspirations—the ultimate goal is to climb six of the "Seven Summits." Self-funded, the team's previous climbs have included Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount...
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You might think that as a career matures, things would slow a little and afford some opportunities for activities that are not directly connected to work. Sadly, this is not the case.
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Last month, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives celebrated its 20th Fall CIO Forum "back home" where the first one was held, the Coachella Valley in the Southern California desert.
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The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives is looking for someone from the CIO ranks to serve as its new president and CEO.
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Call it a health information network, a regional health information organization or a health information exchange—the concept of exchanging health records has been around for more than a decade. Unfortunately, by any name, it hasn't become mainstream, and records-exchange challenges persist.
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Regarding “Develop a culture of privacy, ONC's Pritts says”: I agree with the concept of a privacy culture in all medical facilities. I also believe that patients must also develop a culture of privacy.
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Healthcare leaders should foster a culture of privacy and security protection within their organizations or risk facing adverse consequences, according to Joy Pritts.
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When we survive major failure, we come out changed and our true character is fused into what we're going to be, said Adam Savage, the final keynote speaker at the CHIME 2012 Fall CIO Forum.
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Modern Healthcare reporter Joseph Conn discusses final sessions of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives 2012 Fall CIO Forum, which included a grilling of HHS regulators and a talk on privacy from Joy Pritts, chief privacy officer at the Office of the National Coordinator for...
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The afflicted had their opportunity to confront their afflicters during a Q&A session with two top federal rulemakers for the EHR incentive-payment programs.
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