Affiliate Program Criteria

Primary  |  Membership for CIOs, CMIOs & CNIOs

Membership for Corporate Senior IT/IS Executives (non-CIOs)  |  Affiliate Program Criteria

General:

Affiliate status with CHIME is limited to senior level IT executives in the healthcare sector who are direct reports to current CHIME member CIOs.

*Please note: the qualifications for the CHIME Affiliate Program significantly differ from the qualifications for full CHIME membership. The healthcare community includes delivery systems, payer/insurance organizations and other healthcare-related organizations. Because of the rapidly changing healthcare landscape, these criteria serve as primary guidelines, which may evolve as industry and IS strategies change.

Employment Criteria:

1. Health Services Delivery Organization(s)
• Hospital/Acute Care
• Medical Groups (e.g., PPOs, Group Practices)
• Long Term/Extended Care
• Home Health Care/Hospice/Long-term Care
• Public Health Care Agencies (providing direct care services)
2. Healthcare Payer/Insurance Organizations
   • Insurance
   • HMO
3. Organizations related to healthcare IT, but whose primary business does not include selling memberships, or selling hardware, software, or IT services to healthcare CIOs. Such organizations could include radiology groups, RHIOs, state or federal government agencies, disease management companies, etc.

Job Responsibilities:

Senior level IT professional in the healthcare sector

Reporting Relationship:

Must be a DIRECT report to a current CHIME member CIO in good standing

Termination/Status Change:

1. Change of Employment
   1. If at the time of renewal, you have been promoted to the position of CIO (or otherwise fill the role of the highest ranking IS executive), we encourage you to apply for full CHIME membership. Please see the CHIME membership criteria included in this handbook for more information.
   2. If at the time of renewal, you have changed jobs and no longer meet the affiliate criteria, you are ineligible for renewal and your affiliate status will be terminated.
   3. If the new employer is a vendor or consulting firm, and you still meet the affiliate criteria, you are ineligible for renewal and your affiliate status will be terminated.
   4. At the time of your renewal, if your organization has merged/integrated/ consolidated and you retain your current position and otherwise meet the affiliate criteria, you will be eligible for renewal. If your responsibilities change and you no longer meet the affiliate criteria, you will retain your affiliate status for the current year only and you will be ineligible for renewal.
2. Change due to Unemployment
   Affiliate status will be allowed to continue until it expires and you will be ineligible for renewal.
3. Non-payment of Dues
   Affiliate status will be terminated if dues are not paid on an annual basis.
4. CMIOs and CNIOs. Applicants who are the highest-ranking clinical informatics professionals in the medical or nursing areas at their organization may be qualified to join. The organization’s CIO must also be a member and write a letter of support for the CMIO or CNIO to join.

Reporting Relationship:

Generally reports to CEO, COO, CFO, or CIO of the delivery system.

Scope of Responsibility:

1. Has overall IS responsibility. Additional duties may include telecommunications, medical records, management engineering, etc.
2. Leads the IS strategy for the organization, as evidenced by reporting relationship and committee involvement.
3. Has a significant IS organization, including multiple business/clinical applications and complex technical environments.
For CMIO/CNIO members:
4. Has overall responsibility for clinical informatics in the organization (for CMIO/CNIO applicants only). Must be the highest-ranking clinical informatics professional.

Termination/Status Change:

1. Change of Employment
   1. If at the time of renewal, the member has changed jobs and no longer meets our membership criteria, the membership will be terminated. For members who have not changed jobs but do not meet our current criteria (due to organizational changes), CHIME will continue to renew their memberships as an act of good will because they met the membership criteria when they joined.
   2. If the new employer is a vendor or consulting firm, and the member meets the membership criteria, the member will be allowed continued membership. However, the member will not be allowed to serve on CHIME Board of Trustees. If the new employer is a vendor or consulting firm and the member does not meet the membership criteria, the membership will be dropped immediately.
   3. If a member’s organization is merged/integrated/consolidated, and the member retains or increases responsibilities consistent with the membership criteria, the member will retain membership status. Otherwise, the member will be allowed to complete their current year of membership only.
   4. For CMIO/CNIO members: if an organization’s CIO changes, the new CIO must be a member of CHIME and support the CMIO/CNIO’s membership in order for the CMIO/CNIO to renew.
2. Change to Unemployment/Retirement
   Member will be allowed to continue their current year plus one year of membership as long as they are not employed by a vendor or consulting firm.
3. Non-payment of Dues
   Membership will be terminated if dues are not paid on an annual basis.

Online-only membership
is available exclusively for CIOs at organizations outside the United States and/or for CIOs at small and rural organizations (facilities must have fewer than 125 beds or less than $75 million in annual revenue). Online-only members are not eligible to attend any of our face-to-face educational programs or conferences.

Last updated May, 2008