CHIME and KLAS Announce First Trailblazer Award At ViVE 2025

NASHVILLE, February 17 – The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and KLAS Research announced today that Abridge had won the first annual Trailblazer award for their generative AI platform for clinical conversations. Russ Branzell, president and CEO of CHIME, and Adam Gale, CEO of KLAS, presented the award at ViVE 2025 today. The Trailblazer award celebrates a vendor that exemplifies the pinnacle of innovation and impact in healthcare. Eligible recipients must demonstrate a commitment to advancing health and care through exceptional leadership and transformative innovation.

Recipients are selected based on their outstanding KLAS performance scores, meaningful client feedback, and measurable contributions to industry progress. These vendors stand out as innovators and creators of true connections, pioneering transformative solutions that drive the healthcare industry forward. Abridge was recognized for achieving the highest KLAS score, demonstrating strong impact, being newly founded, and serving big, complex customers.

According to Abridge, their enterprise-grade AI solution for clinical conversations—integrated directly inside Epic’s system—cuts documentation time, improves well-being, and decreases system-wide clinician burnout. On February 5, 2025, Abridge received the 2025 Best in KLAS award for the Ambient Speech segment.

“We depend on trailblazers to advance healthcare in ways we didn’t think possible,” said Gale. “Abridge has gone above and beyond to deliver impactful, transformative results with their AI solution.”

“We are witnessing the beginning of an AI-fueled innovation cycle that will revolutionize the delivery and impact of healthcare technology,” said Branzell. “Abridge is truly a trailblazer in showing how this is done.”

About CHIME

CHIME is an executive organization dedicated to serving chief information officers (CIOs), chief medical information officers (CMIOs), chief nursing information officers (CNIOs), chief innovation officers (CIOs), chief digital officers (CDOs), and other senior healthcare IT leaders. With more than 5,000 individual members in 58 countries and 2 US territories and over 180 CHIME Foundation healthcare IT business and professional service firm members, CHIME and its three associations provide a highly interactive, trusted environment, enabling senior professional and industry leaders to collaborate, exchange best practices, address professional development needs, and advocate for the effective use of information management to improve the health and care in the communities they serve. For more information, please visit chimecentral.org.

About KLAS

KLAS is a research and insights firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by amplifying the voice of providers and payers. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals and clinicians, KLAS gathers data and insights on software, services, and medical equipment to deliver timely reports, trends, and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider and payer voice and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. Follow KLAS on X and LinkedIn. Learn more at klasresearch.com.

Contacts

For CHIME:

Calli Dretke

Executive Vice President & Chief Digital and Marketing Officer

CHIME

412-6255

[email protected]

For KLAS:

Joshua Schneck

President

Snow Communications

612-709-8500

[email protected]