COVID-19

Advancing health equity: Understanding and meeting the challenges with data

by Rebecca Winokur, MD, MPH | Leah Hostetter, MPH With greater risk for COVID-19 exposure, severe illness, hospitalization and death – all people of color, as well as, Indigenous, LGTBQ+ and low-income communities – have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. Marginalized groups have also been hit harder than non-marginalized communities when it comes to mental health, food insecurity,… read more

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CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: Service with Drex DeFord, 2012 Board Chair

Healthcare is a Team Sport Tune in to this week’s 30th Anniversary podcast with CHIME’s 2012 Board Chair and CHIME Fellow, Drex DeFord. After a long and distinguished career in the United States Air Force, Drex served in numerous CIO positions across our industry and is now Executive Healthcare Strategist at CrowdStrike.  From being a… read more

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Techquity: Using technology and data insights to deliver more equitable patient care

by Cerner’s Dr. Nasim Afsar   There is a common saying that your ZIP code matters more than your genetic code. In short, where you live matters to your health risks and outcomes. But it shouldn’t. COVID-19 brought into much sharper focus the health disparities that have long existed within our communities. We better understood… read more

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CHIME Releases

• AEHIA Announces Stacey Johnston, MD as AEHIA Board Chair to Lead Association’s Efforts to Re-focus from Applications to Data


• Trinidadian Re-Appointed to State eHealth Commission and Has Been Selected to Chair the Rural Health IT Steering Committee


• CHIME and WEDI Launch the “THINK BEFORE YOU CLICK” Campaign to Arm Consumers Against Loss of Health Information


• 119 Healthcare Organizations Sign Letter to Congress Urging Removal of Ban on Funding for National Patient Health Identifier Standard