AHA to Co-Sponsor CHIME Award

Ann Arbor, MI, April 18, 2008 – CHIME is pleased to announce that the American Hospital Association (AHA) has signed on to be a co-sponsor of CHIME’s Transformational Leadership Award.

The award was designed to honor an organization that has excelled in developing and deploying transformational information technology that improves the delivery of care and streamlines administrative services. The first Transformational Leadership Award was presented to the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in 2006 in recognition of their physician-driven IT initiatives. Last year’s award was presented to Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network in recognition of their commitment to transforming patient care through investment in information technology.

Rich Correll, President & CEO of CHIME, says that collaborating with the AHA on the award will be beneficial to CHIME, as well as to the award itself. “We are grateful for the AHA’s support of this important award. The award provides unique recognition to organizations that are advancing healthcare IT in creative and innovative ways, which is a worthy goal that both CHIME and the AHA are committed to advocating.”

To learn more about the Transformational Leadership Award, visit the CHIME website at www.cio-chime.org or call (734)665-0000.


About CHIME

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) was formed with the dual objectives of serving the professional development needs of healthcare CIOs and advocating the more effective use of information management within healthcare. CHIME's events and activities were designed to reflect that purpose, including CIO-oriented surveys, education programs, and networking activities. With membership of over 1,200 CIOs, CHIME has established itself as the premier organization serving the needs of healthcare CIOs. CHIME's educational initiatives are supported by the CHIME Foundation, a group of 55 providers of healthcare IS products and services. To learn more about CHIME and the CHIME Foundation, see www.cio-chime.org.

Contact:

Anne Wizauer
Director of Communications
CHIME
(734)665-0000
awizauer@cio-chime.org
www.cio-chime.org

UPDATED: 4/21/2008 8:39:00 AM