The Innovator of the Year Award recognizes CHIME members who have made a significant impact within their organizations by leveraging technology in innovative ways to achieve key strategic business goals. This award celebrates creativity in solving complex challenges and driving meaningful change within the healthcare industry.

Recipients of this award are not only recognized for their accomplishments but also provide an opportunity for their solutions to be shared with the broader CHIME community. By sharing these innovations, CHIME fosters a culture of collaboration, enabling other healthcare organizations to apply similar solutions to improve their operations.

The award highlights the transformative use of technology across various sectors of the healthcare industry, including providers, payers, and more, showcasing how digital tools can be harnessed to advance care, efficiency, and outcomes.

The recipient must be a CHIME member with a minimum of three years of membership (cannot be a current CHIME Board Member)

1. There must be a direct correlation between the IT initiative and accomplishment of a documented organizational objective.
2. Achieved benefits from initiative must be quantifiable and sustained.
3. Concept must be transportable and have application to other healthcare organizations.
4. Accomplishment must have written acknowledgment from the organization’s CEO and or representative of the Board of Directors.
5. The IT initiative must have been completed within two years of the submission date for the award.