Mission Focused
A CHIME awards series journey in five acts. For our fifth and final installment, we talked with Ed Kopetsky, 2018 recipient of the John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year Award. Ed is a mission focused and servant leader with a long track record of success, and respect across the healthcare industry. Learn more about his work in our community, and how you can make a difference.
Learn morePioneering Leadership – Dana Sellers’ 2017 Foundation Industry Leader Award
When starting a new business, it’s tough to be successful. Doubly so, to be successful twice. Dana Sellers, co-founder of Trinity Computing Systems and Encore Health Resources managed just that –building and steering companies that grew alongside the growth of computing technology and helped to transform health and care. She began her career as a… read more
Learn moreNo Other Place – Liz Johnson’s 2014 Federal Public Policy Award for CIO Leadership
A CHIME awards series journey in five acts. For our second installment, we talked with Liz Johnson, 2017 Board chair, recipient of the 2014 Federal Public Policy Award for CIO Leadership, and much more across CHIME’s many programs. She explains why there’s no other place quite like CHIME.
Learn moreWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Healthcare IT – Randy McCleese’s 2017 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year Award
A CHIME awards series journey in five acts. For our first installment, we talked with Randy McCleese, 2014 CHIME Board Chair, recipient of the John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year award. As CIO of a small hospital, Randy has his ear to the ground every day.
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Am I any good? Banishing self-doubt with the Digital Academy
I remember keenly entering a large auditorium on day one of my first Digital Academy residential. We sat down and were warmly welcomed. An online polling app was used and we all duly whipped out our phones and said, in one word, how we were feeling. In the word cloud on the screen at… read more
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Hard Facts About Soft Skills
With intimate knowledge of the inner workings of technology consulting teams, there’s no arguing that hard skills are required for the job. From intensive bootcamps and hands-on application training to securing a range of competency certifications, there’s a lot of pressure on healthcare IT consultants to acquire hard skills for career advancement.
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My Advice For Young Executives Managing Older Experienced Staff
These days, it is not uncommon to see fresher and younger talents tackle management positions and working together with the more experienced and older colleagues.
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Health Care CIOs Balance Innovation and Keeping the Lights On
Download and read the PDF What’s it like to be a chief information officer in today’s ever-changing health care landscape? In a few words: “exciting,” “disruptive,” “fun,” a “roller coaster.” Four CHIME Speakers Bureau faculty CIOs – Michael Archuleta, Theresa Meadows, Daniel Nigrin and Tressa Springmann – shared advice, experiences and thoughts on what’s ahead… read more
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500 Days…Key Actions in Your New Job
First Days. The typical executive switches jobs 5-7 times during their career. How do you ensure a smooth and successful transition? This five-part series is intended to compliment what others have written over the years with fresh perspective and expanded time horizons. In this post, I will start with recommended actions during an oft-ignored time period:… read more
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Privacy, the Unicorn of Our Digital Age
Daily Dose of Breach Reality I don’t seem to be able to get through a morning’s reading without seeing one or more instance of a data breach; information being either locked up by ransomware or removed/copied by the thousands and sometimes, tens of thousands of records. Having spent a good portion of my career with… read more
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Here We Are, But How Did We Get Here?
I won’t go too far in the way-back machine, but I don’t believe we can have a good conversation about where we are unless we talk a little bit about where we started. I’m thinking this may require more than one post, but we’ll see.
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The Face of IT
For any business, long-term goals are unattainable without leveraging the advantages of information technology. However, IT teams in various organizations often work under shadow of other teams and departments— and hence remain detached from the rest of the team. This creates many problems, the biggest of which is the perception (and hence the use) of… read more
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