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MEMBERSHIP


Membership in AEHIT is in an individual’s name and is non-transferable and non-refundable. Dues will be charged upon acceptance into AEHIT – you will have an opportunity to pay via our online portal, by check, or over the phone.


Free for CHIME and CHIME Affiliate members*


$109 for AEHIT membership


*As the highest-ranking IS/IT executives at a healthcare provider or payer, CHIME members are eligible for complimentary membership in AEHIT and its sister organizations, AEHIS and AEHADA. Membership in the affiliated associations will be concurrent with CHIME membership; should a member wish to retain an AEHIS, AEHIT or AEHADA membership but allow their CHIME membership to lapse.


Technology leaders who also perform applications or security-specific functions for their organizations would qualify for inclusion in CHIME’s affiliated associations, AEHADA or AEHIS. If you are interested in becoming a member of multiple associations, please include relevant details pertaining to your job skills and scope in your membership application and we will continue to process your membership application without delay. If you have questions about necessary qualifications, please contact [email protected] for more information.

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Membership Criteria

Membership in AEHIT is targeted for those principally in charge of healthcare information technology at a payor or provider facility. While those who qualify will generally be the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) or the highest ranking executive responsible for information technology, those in charge of technology for major divisions and/or regions of large corporate or integrated delivery systems will also be considered for membership. The healthcare community will include 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.

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)


Healthcare Payer/Insurance Organizations

  • Insurance
  • HMO


Management Service Organizations & Other Healthcare IT Related Organizations

  • Organizations related to healthcare IT but whose primary business does not include selling memberships, OR selling hardware, software or consulting services to healthcare CIOs.
  • Qualified organizations normally provide or are otherwise linked to direct patient care. Such organizations may include: radiology groups, disease management companies, RHIOs, state or federal government agencies and state hospital associations.
  • If an organization has multiple business units, 50%+ of the organization’s primary business must meet the above noted membership criteria. For example, if 25% of an organization is dedicated to physician staffing but the remaining 75% of an organization is dedicated to IT consulting, the CTO from such an organization would not be qualified.
  1. Highest ranking technology executive OR
  2. Regional, market area, or facility level technology executive This person will normally be responsible for overall service delivery and budget accountability OR
  3. Contract CTOs (either employed by a consulting or vendor firm, or are self-employed)
  4. If the IS function of a health services delivery organization or a payer organization is outsourced, and there is no CTO employed by the organization itself, then that outsourced CTO (who may be an employee of a consulting or vendor firm, or self-employed) is eligible for membership. In this case, the outsourced CTO must be working full time as the CTO at the specified healthcare or payer organization.
  5. If the applicant or renewing member is self-employed (usually as a consultant) and actively looking for a permanent CTO role, he or she may continue with his or her membership for one year. To qualify as a self-employed CTO, the member cannot be on contract with a consulting firm or have a paid staff of consultants OR
  6. IS executives who are not corporate CTOs but who have regional or facility-level CTOs reporting directly to them OR
  7. CHIME Members in good standing OR
  8. Corporate Senior IT Executives. CHIME Applicants who do not meet criteria 1-3 above may also be qualified to join. If the corporate Senior IT Executives are assessed to have a sufficient level of authority in their organization (using a point-based criteria), they are entitled to full membership in AEHIT.

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

  1. Has overall technology responsibility. Additional duties may include telecommunications, medical records, management engineering, etc.
  2. Leads the technology strategy for the organization, as evidenced by reporting relationship and committee involvement.
  3. Has a significant technology organization, including multiple business/clinical applications and complex technical environments.