 Cara Babachicos, FCHIME, CHCIO
Sr VP & CIO, South Shore Health System
About Cara
| Cara Babachicos is Senior VP and CIO at South Shore Health System, a regional community health system located just south of Boston. |
| Babachicos earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Boston College in the School of Management. She received her Master of Science Degree in Health Care Administration from the University of New Hampshire. |
| Babachicos has over 25 years of experience working in healthcare information systems with a career that spans across acute care, non-acute, for profit-vendors and consulting. She values the importance of the healthcare continuum and seeks to enhance IT services to allow patient care in the home and/or other setting most suitable for the patient. Her hope is that IT will continue to provide better services to allow patients to stay in their home while receiving complex care. |
| In her current role, Babachicos oversees all aspects of IT and has led major organizational transformation with a $175M project to revamp technology and software across the health system. She is of the firm belief that IT enables change and that true success comes from partnering with the business. She demonstrates that change is enabled by IT both in her current role as Senior VP/CIO at South Shore Health System, and in her previous role as CIO and Corporate Director of Information Systems for the Community Hospitals and Non-Acute sites at Partners Healthcare. |
| Babachicos was a member of the CHIME Board of Directors 2014-2106. She is on the faculty of CHIME and teaches in the Healthcare CIO Boot Camp™. Babachicos also teaches in the master’s program for Health Informatics at Northeastern University where she authored an online course focused on the patient experience. Previously, Babachicos was on the faculty at Harvard School of Public Health where she taught a course in executive project management. |
 Daniel Barchi (Associate Faculty)
SVP and CIO of New York Presbyterian
About Daniel
| Daniel Barchi is SVP and CIO of NewYork-Presbyterian, one of the largest healthcare providers in the US and the university hospital of Columbia and Cornell. He leads 1,000 informatics and technology specialists who deliver the tools and data that physicians and nurses use to deliver acute care and manage population health. |
| Daniel previously led healthcare technology as CIO at Yale and earlier as CIO of the Carilion Health System. He was President of the Carilion Biomedical Institute and Director of Technology for MCI WorldCom. Daniel graduated from Annapolis, began his career as a U.S. Naval officer at sea, and was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal for leadership and the Southeast Asia Service Medal for Iraq operations in the Red Sea. |
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 Russ Branzell, FCHIME, CHCIO
President & CEO, CHIME
About Russ
| Prior to joining CHIME, Russ Branzell was the VP of IS/CIO, Poudre Valley Health System (PVHS) and the President/CEO of Innovation Enterprises (PVHS’ for profit IS entity). PVHS is an integrated health system with a reputation for excellence and innovative care. They most recently are the recipients of the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the highest Presidential honor given to US businesses and organizations that demonstrate performance excellence, the Colorado Performance Excellence Peak Award (first and only organization in the state), Solucient’s 100 Top Hospitals, Health Grades Distinguished Hospital Award, Magnet Hospital for Nursing Excellence designation, Avatar International 5 Star National Award, and US News and World Report-America’s 50 Best Hospitals. In addition to these honors and awards, the Information Services Division was recognized with Information Week Magazine’s Top 500 Award for innovative technology usage and also received the Business Technology Optimization Excellence Award for IT Governance Best Practices (2004). |
| Prior to joining PVHS, he was the Regional Deputy CIO and Executive Director of Information Services for Sisters of Mercy Health System in St. Louis, MO. |
| Before his time in St. Louis, Branzell served on active duty in the US Air Force and continues to serve in the Air Force Reserves. While on active duty, Branzell served in numerous healthcare administration positions including CIO for the Air Mobility Command Surgeon General’s Office. In 1996, he was selected for the Air Force Medical Service Fellowship program and completed a CIO Internship at the Unity Health System in St. Louis, MO. |
| Branzell is a past member of the CHIME Board of Directors (2004-2008), past Chairperson of the CHIME Education Committee (2004-2008), and past Program Director for CHIME’s Healthcare CIO Boot Camp™ (2006 – 2009). He was instrumental in the development and ongoing success of CHIME’s LEAD Forum and CHIME Foundation Boot Camp education programs, serving both as Program Director and as a member of faculty for both since their inception. |
| In addition, he has served as Chairperson of CHIME’s Spring and Fall CIO Forum Planning Committees and currently serves on the CHIME Education Foundation Board. |
| Branzell is a Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO), a fellow of CHIME and HIMSS, and board certified through the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). He was awarded the 2005 ACHE Regent’s Award as the Young Healthcare Administrator of the Year for the State of Colorado. PVHS has received numerous industry awards in recognition of its commitment to the advancement of healthcare informatics. |
| Branzell serves on numerous editorial, volunteer, community and management boards. Additionally, he has been a speaker at regional, national, user groups and vendor conferences. |
| A native of San Antonio, TX, Branzell earned an undergraduate degree in business administration specializing in human resource management and labor relations from the University of Texas. In 1995, he earned a Master’s degree in Administrative Science from Embry-Riddle University with an emphasis in management. |
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 Charles Christian, FCHIME, FHIMSS, LCHIME, CHCIO
VP of Technology and Engagement, Indiana Health Information Exchange
About Charles
| Charles (Chuck) Christian is the VP of Technology and Engagement of the Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE), the nation’s largest Health Information Exchange. |
| Prior to joining IHIE, Christian served as the VP/CIO of St. Francis Hospital, a free-standing, acute care, community hospital in west Georgia, a position he held for two years. Before his role at St. Francis, Christian served as the CIO for Good Samaritan Hospital, in Vincennes, Indiana. A position he held for almost 24 years. Before joining Good Samaritan Hospital, Christian worked in healthcare IT for Compucare and Baxter Travenol, in both management and implementation roles. Christian started his career in healthcare as a Registered Radiologic Technologist, serving in various Radiology roles for 14 years. Christian studied natural sciences at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Lacrosse University. |
| Christian has delivered presentations on diverse healthcare technology topics and is frequently quoted and published in national trade publications. More recently he and co-authors, Judy Kirby and Steve Bennett published “Make I.T. Known-Marketing Strategies and Cases Studies in the Healthcare Environment.” Christian is also a frequent author of the CHIME-Time segment in Modern Healthcare. |
| During Christian’s tenure, both St. Francis and Good Samaritan Hospital achieved the HIMSS’ EMRAM Level 6 designation. Good Samaritan Hospital received the McKesson VIP Award in 2004, identified as a Solucient Top 100 Hospital – Quality Improvement Leader in 2005, listed as Most Wired (small and rural) in 2004 & 2005, a 2006 recipient of the VHA Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence and a 2008 recipient of the VHA Leadership Award for Supply Chain Excellence. Good Samaritan was recognized as a Magnet hospital in 2010 and received a renewal of that status in 2013, by the ANA. |
| Christian is a Fellow of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and is a Past Chair of the HIMSS Board of Directors, and past Chair of the HIMSS BOD Executive Committee. Christian was previously a member of the HIMSS Analytics Board of Directors. Christian is a Fellow and charter member of College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME) and served on the CHIME BOD from 2003 through 2004 during which time he chaired the Membership Committee of the CHIME BOD. Christian is credentialed by CHIME as a Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO). Christian is a charter member of the re-established Indiana Chapter of HIMSS and served as a BOD member from 2000 – 2009. Christian served as a member of the Executive Advisory Board for Advance for Health Information Executives magazine. Christian served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Indiana Health Informatics Corporation by appointment of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels. Governor Daniels also appointed Christian the Indiana Healthcare Information Technology Board of Directors. |
| Christian is currently serving on the CHIME Board of Directors as Chair, and is the Past-Chair of the CHIME Policy Steering Committee. Christian served on the Georgia HIMSS Board of Directors from 2013-2015, the KLAS Advisory Group from 2009-2013, and the CDW-Healthcare CIO Advisory Council from 2005-2010. Christian was recently asked to join the AHA Strategic Development Advisory Committee as a charter member. Christian is a past member of the Symantec Healthcare Advisory Group, and several other industry advisory groups/councils. |
| Christian, along with co-authors Judy Kirby and Steve Bennett, received the 2010 CHIME Collaboration Award for their work “Make I.T. Known – Marketing Strategies and Case Studies in the Healthcare Environment.” |
| Christian is the recipient of the Charles E. Christian Leadership award, presented annually by the Indiana Chapter of HIMSS. |
| Christian is the recipient of the 2010 John E. Gall, CIO of the Year Award, presented by CHIME and HIMSS. |
| Christian was named among the top 100 Healthcare CIOs to know, 2013, 2014, and 2015 by Becker’s Hospital Review. |
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 Myra Davis
Sr VP & CIO, Texas Children’s
About Myra
| Myra Davis is the Senior VP of Information Services and CIO at Texas Children’s, an internationally recognized health care organization for pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology, research center and teaching hospital affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine. |
| For 30+ years she has been in the profession of bridging the gap leading and communicating the opportunities and benefits of technology. Davis has served at Texas Children’s Hospital as the Director of Customer Service in Information Services; Assistant VP of Information Services and VP of Information Services. Prior to joining Texas Children’s her career included serving roles of software development; project management; leadership positions and various consulting roles where she has not only lead technology implementations but she’s had to influence the change management that’s often forgotten and required for adoption and acceptance of technology to be successful. |
| In 2011, CIO magazine recognized Texas Children’s Hospital as one of most innovative organizations by naming the facility as winner of the CIO 100 award, which exemplifies the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology. In 2013, for the very first time Texas Children’s received Most Wired and Most Wired Innovation Award. In 2014, Texas Children’s received 2014 ComputerWorld Data + Award and Most Wired. |
| Davis currently serves on the Board of Directors for CHIME (College of Health Information Management Executives) – a professional organization for CIOs and other senior healthcare IT leaders. Board of Directors for GenesysWorks – a non-profit organization focused on giving underprivileged high school students the opportunity to work in corporate environments. Davis has also served on the CIO Advisory Forum of the Child Healthcare Corporation of America (CHCA), the Strategic Advisory Board of the Help Desk Institute (HDI) and the CIO Executive Council of the Executive Women in IT Steering Committee. She also is a member of the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS). |
| Davis has an B.S. Computer Sciences, Loyola University, New Orleans, La, and M.S. Software Development, St. Thomas University, Minneapolis, MN and is professionally certified in Medical and Healthcare Management, ITIL Foundation (Gartner Institute of Project Management), Facilitative Leadership, Consulting as an IT Professional, Negotiating as an IT Professional, Conflict Management, Advance Project Management and E-Business Rapid Technology Development. |
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 Adrienne Edens, MA, FCHIME, LCHIME, CHCIO
VP of Education, CHIME
About Adrienne
| Adrienne Edens, FCHIME, LCHIME, CHCIO is VP of Education for CHIME. Her career in healthcare information systems extends over 40 years including experience in HIT consulting and 25 years as a CIO. |
| As the VP and CIO for the Valley Area of Sutter Health, Edens lead the consolidation of the IS organizations of 2 previous regions into an integrated operational unit supporting 10 hospitals and 2000 foundation physicians. While at Sutter she was involved in a number of strategic initiatives to improve operational performance and completed the Rona Certified Lean Workshop Leader program. |
| As the CIO for St. Luke’s Health System in Boise, Idaho, she engaged the organization in developing a physician led strategy for the electronic medical record to consolidate EHRs from 14 to one. This approach provided the means to integrate a widely distributed system of hospitals, physician offices, clinics and rural critical access hospitals. While at St. Luke’s she served as a member of the board of the state wide HIE, the Idaho Health Data Exchange. |
| As the Information Officer for National Health Plan systems for Kaiser Permanente she led the program to achieve compliance with Medicare Part D for the Kaiser regions and developed the first deductible plan capabilities for the California regions. |
| As Regional CIO for the Sacramento Region and Information Officer, Northern California for Dignity Health (formerly Catholic Healthcare West), Edens managed the process of integrating systems for hospitals joining the region. She also developed and implemented IT governance, strategic plans and shared systems for multiple regions within the organization. |
| Prior to these positions she served as Practice Director, Pacific Northwest, for First Consulting Group where she led a number of strategic IT planning engagements, vendor selections, contract negotiations and application implementation projects for healthcare financial and clinical systems. |
| Her background includes experience as a consultant at Arthur Andersen & Co. and as Product Manager for clinical systems development and Director of Implementation for system projects to support 90 hospitals and associated divisional and corporate users at American Medical International. |
| Edens holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English from the University of California at Davis and a Master’s Degree in Applied Psychology from the University of Santa Monica. She is a charter member and past Board member of CHIME and a past Board member of HIMSS, HIMSS Analytics, and the Boise Art Museum. She is currently serving as a member of the panel of judges for the first annual HIMSS Most Influential Women in Health IT Awards and as a mentor to one of the Carole C Emmott Fellows. |
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 Keith Fraidenburg
Executive VP & Chief Operating Officer, CHIME
About Keith
| Keith Fraidenburg has more than 24 years of experience working within the healthcare IT industry, including nearly 20 years of association management experience. In his role, he is responsible for providing overall leadership and execution of the organization’s business strategies and plans, setting comprehensive goals for performance and sustainable growth. He also maintains primary responsibility for the organization’s advocacy and public policy efforts and its platform of education programs and services. In his prior role as Chief Strategy Office, he was responsible for identifying and cultivating new business opportunities in support of the organization’s long-term strategic goals. |
| As a member of the senior leadership team, he works closely with healthcare IT executives, key industry leaders and industry association partners, including the American Hospital Association (AHA), American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and others to keenly understand the issues, concerns and needs of healthcare information executives. |
| In his previous role as Vice President of Education and Communications for CHIME, Fraidenburg was responsible for leading the education, marketing and communications programs and services available through CHIME. |
| In addition to his responsibilities within CHIME, Fraidenburg is a member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). |
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 George Hickman, FCHIME, LCHIME, LFHIMSS, CPHIMS, CHCIO
Executive VP & Systems Chief Information & Analytics Officer, Albany Medical Center
About George
| George Hickman is Executive Vice President and Systems Chief Information and Analytics Officer for Albany Medical Center in New York’s Capital Region. He is responsible for overseeing all information technology, biomedical engineering and data analytics activities throughout the academic health sciences system, its hospitals, physician faculty practice and medical college. Prior to joining Albany Med, he was a healthcare IT partner with Ernst & Young LLP. |
| This is Hickman’s third academic CIO post. He also has worked with Price Waterhouse Coopers and started his career as a hospital project engineer. He has worked with health provider organizations across the US as well as for the Ministry of Health in Singapore and the UK Health Authority and publishes frequently on healthcare IT and operational change topics. |
| He was awarded the 2007 CHIME/Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) John E. Gall, Jr. CIO of the Year. |
| Hickman is a former board chair, former Foundation board chair, a charter member, the current Education Foundation board chair, and is a Life member and Fellow of CHIME. |
| He is past board chair, past executive compensation committee chair, and a Life Fellow member of HIMSS. He is also a HIMSS Analytics past board member. |
| Hickman is the board secretary for MedAllies, the service delivery organization Hudson Valley area HIE and a national HISP for Direct exchange, and a past board and executive committee member for the Health Information Exchange of New York (Hixny). He sits on the Cerner Corporation CIO Strategic Advisory Council and the Allscripts Touchworks Executive Forum. He also serves on his organization’s regional Medicaid Reform (DSRIP) board of directors. He is an advisory board member emeritus for KLAS and sits on the editorial advisory board for healthsystemcio.com as well as several associational, local, state and vendor industry committees. |
| He is a frequent speaker and lecturer on a variety of health IT related topics and has published extensively on a variety of health IT-related topics, including co-authoring, “The Healthcare IT Planning Fieldbook.” |
| He holds a BS and an MS in engineering from the University of Tennessee. |
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 Edward W. Marx, FCHIME, FHIMSS
CIO, Cleveland Clinic
About Edward
| Edward Marx, is the CIO for the Cleveland Clinic. Partnering with C-Suite peers, responsibilities include development and execution of strategic planning and governance, driving optimal resource utilization, team development and organizational support. Ultimately he will develop leaders and leverage digital healthcare technologies to enable superior business and clinical outcomes. |
| Marx began his career serving in the OR prior to physician services at Poudre Valley Health System. Recruited to Parkview Episcopal Medical Center, he served as CIO for its management services organization and director over physician systems. In 1997, he joined HCA as chief technologist for its physician services organization. In 1999, Marx moved to University Hospitals, a multi-hospital academic health system. In 2003, he became CIO and served five years before being recruited by Texas Health. Marx served as the Senior VP/CIO of Texas Health for almost eight years. As an organization, his team went on to win every major healthcare award for technology to include the Davies Award and CIO of the Year. In 2015, he spent over two years as executive vice president of the Advisory Board on loan to New York City Health & Hospital where he reported to the CEO and provided technology leadership. Concurrent with his healthcare career, he served 15 years in the Army Reserve, first as a combat medic and then as a combat engineer officer. |
| Marx is active with professional organizations, advisory boards and higher education. He is a Fellow of both CHIME and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). He is on the CHIME Faculty for the CIO Boot Camp, training aspiring health care technology professionals. He served as president of the Ohio and Tennessee Chapters of HIMSS and chaired the Membership Services Committee. Marx served on the CIO advisory boards for HP, Cisco, AT&T, KLAS and Microsoft. He also served on boards for Texas Christian University, University of Texas at Dallas, and Southern Methodist University. Additionally, Marx was the governor-appointed chairman of the Texas Health Services Authority, providing leadership over health information exchange for Texas for over eight years. |
| The HIMSS/CHIME 2013 CIO of the Year, Marx is branded as one of the top 10 disruptive forces in healthcare. Team accolades include perennial rankings on the Computer World “100 Best Places to Work,” HIMSS “Top Ten Places to Work,” American Hospital Association “Most Wired,” Health Leaders “Marketing Awards,” CHIME, AHA and CIO “Most Innovative,” Information Week “Top 100,” and the Project Management Institute “Top Projects.” Several of his team have been recognized as “Ones to Watch.” Marx was recognized by both CIO and Computer World as “Top 100 Leaders” and the Dallas Business Journal as “Newcomer of the Year.” He has won the coveted “People’s Choice” award (HISsies) for top health care CIO four years in a row (2010-2013). Texas Health hospitals and clinics achieved the EMRAM Stage 7 designation and won the coveted “Davies Award” for best use of technology to enable business and clinical outcomes. Beckers identified him as the “Top 25 most influential executives in healthcare” as well as the “Top 26 smartest healthcare IT professionals.” Beckers identified Marx as the 2015 “top healthcare IT executive” and the 2016 “17 Most Influential Leaders in Healthcare.” |
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 Marc Probst,CHCIO
CIO – Intermountain Healthcare
About Marc
| Marc Probst is the CIO and VP at Intermountain Healthcare, an integrated delivery network (IDN) based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Additionally, he has been appointed to serve on the Federal Healthcare Information Technology Policy Committee which is assisting in developing HIT Policy for the US Government. |
| Probst has been involved with Information Technology and Healthcare services for the past 30 years. Prior to Intermountain, he was a Partner with two large professional service organizations; Deloitte Consulting and Ernst and Young, serving healthcare provider and payer organizations. He has significant interest in the use of information technology to increase patient care quality and lower the costs of care. He is experienced in information technology planning, design, development, deployment and operation as well as policy development for HIT related issues. |
| Probst serves as a Board Member of several healthcare related organizations including the University of Utah School of Nursing and the Utah Food Bank. |
| Probst is a resident of Utah. Prior to living in Utah, he and his family have lived in Reston, VA and Tampa, FL. He is married with five children who span in age from 29 years old to nine. |
| Probst is a graduate of the University of Utah in Finance and received a Master’s in Business Administration from George Washington University. |
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 George Reynolds, MD, MMM, FAAP, CHCIO
Retired CIO & CMIO, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center – Omaha
About George
| Dr. Reynolds retired in 2015 from Children’s Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha, NE where he served as the CIO and CMIO. He now advises healthcare organizations on a range of Healthcare IT initiatives including analytics and data governance, population health management, patient and physician engagement and IT governance. He has a special interest in helping organizations develop efficient, lean project leadership and staffing. |
| Reynolds is board certified in Clinical Informatics, Pediatric Critical Care and General Pediatrics. Prior to his transition to the CIO role, he directed the PICUs at Children’s and the Nebraska Medical Center. He also holds a master’s degree in Medical Management from Carnegie Mellon University. He has been recognized as Healthcare Informatics’ Innovator of the year for Children’s Analytics program, as well as the AMDIS Award in Applied Medical Informatics. Modern Healthcare named him one of the 25 top Clinical Informaticists and Becker’s Healthcare included him in their 25 CMIOs to know list. |
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 Tim Stettheimer, PhD, FACHE, FCHIME, CHCIO, CPHIMS
VP & Regional CIO – Ascension Health Information Services (South & Central Regions)
About Tim
| Timothy Stettheimer, PhD, is the Regional CIO for the South and Central Region of Ascension Information Services (AIS), which is made up of five Health Ministries and five Community Health Centers. As RCIO, Stettheimer is the regional leader responsible for AIS service delivery including IT operations, budget management (operating and capital), technology procurement, information technology projects and technology visioning. He also serves as the point of escalation for all service and delivery issues. |
| Stettheimer collaborates extensively with peers within the AIS Executive Council. He is responsible for balancing organizational priorities in developing a cohesive IT strategic plan, including the collaborative creation of cross-enterprise business engagement opportunities. He actively manages strategic vendor relations in concert with resources from Clinical Information Systems, Symphony, Service Provider Administration, and the Office of the Chief Technology Officer and works to develop and ensure execution of associated communication strategies. He guides governance models, serves on Ascension-level committees and supports diverse AIS functions such as goal sponsorship, compensation committee efforts, IT general control oversight, infrastructure governance, and AIS Model Community Survey action planning. |
| Prior to his current role, Stettheimer served as the Senior VP and CIO for St. Vincent’s Health System, Birmingham. In this role, he was responsible for managing the Health Ministry’s technology strategy, portfolio and operations, while serving as the Health Ministry’s technology service delivery senior escalation point. He has also served in leadership roles at Adventist Health System and Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. |
| Stettheimer is a graduate of the Ascension Executive Management Formation program. He earned a doctorate in information services focused in medical informatics, information theory and design and information policy and management from the University of North Texas in Denton. He holds a master’s degree in applied cognition and neuroscience from the University of Texas in Dallas, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. He is a fellow with both the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and CHIME. He is a member of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), holds the Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) credential, is a certified professional in healthcare information management systems (CPHIMS), and is a member of the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS). He served as a fellow through a National Institute of Health grant during his doctoral studies. He has held faculty positions with the University of North Texas and the University of Alabama – Birmingham. |
| Stettheimer has earned the Certified Healthcare CIO distinction from CHIME. He also served as the CHIME 2010 Board Chair, the 2011 CHIME Foundation Board Chair and the 2013-1014 CHIME Education Foundation Board Chair. |
| Stettheimer lives Birmingham, AL, with his wife, Carol, and their four children. |
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October 27-30, 2017 | JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa | San Antonio, Texas
Healthcare CIO Boot Camp™ attendees are eligible to receive up to 32 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) toward the Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) Program. 
