College of Healthcare Information Management Executives

College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
Name	College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
Abbreviation	CHIME
Formation	1992
Type	Professional association
Headquarters	Ann Arbor, Michigan
Region served	United States, International
Membership	Healthcare CIOs, CISOs, digital health leaders
Leader title	President & CEO

College of Healthcare Information Management Executives

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives is a professional association serving senior information and digital health leaders in hospitals and health systems. Founded in the early 1990s, the organization connects chief information officers, chief digital officers, and chief information security officers with peers, vendors, and policymakers. It operates across North America and engages with international institutions, academic centers, technology vendors, and standards bodies to advance health IT leadership.

History

The organization emerged in the aftermath of rapid Health Level Seven International adoption and amid debates involving Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Joint Commission, American Hospital Association, and executives from institutions such as Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Kaiser Permanente. Early convenings included leaders from University of California, San Francisco, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Duke University Hospital, and Stanford Health Care, while interacting with vendors like Cerner, Epic Systems Corporation, Allscripts, McKesson Corporation, and Siemens Healthineers. Influential policy moments linked the organization to national initiatives led by Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and collaborations with American Medical Association, Health Information and Management Systems Society, and regional associations such as HIMSS chapters.

Mission and Membership

The stated mission aligns with leadership development and strategic adoption of interoperability standards promoted by HL7, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise, and consortia involving National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration, World Health Organization, and academic partners like Harvard Medical School, Yale School of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania Health System, and University of Michigan Health. Membership comprises chief information officers from hospitals and systems including Providence Health & Services, Ascension (healthcare), HCA Healthcare, Sutter Health, Intermountain Healthcare, and international participants from organizations such as NHS England, Health Canada, and Australian Digital Health Agency. The college engages executives from specialty systems like Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and community systems including CommonSpirit Health and AdventHealth.

Programs and Services

Programs include executive education, leadership development, and peer networking events held alongside conferences featuring speakers from Harvard Business School, Wharton School, Kellogg School of Management, and partners like Stanford Medicine X and MITRE Corporation. Services extend to CIO forums, cybersecurity readiness involving collaborations with National Institute of Standards and Technology, incident response coordination with Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and workforce programs tied to American Nurses Association and Association of American Medical Colleges. The organization runs certificate programs, mentorship with leaders from Geisinger Health System, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Providence St. Joseph Health, and vendor-neutral advisory services interacting with Accenture, Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Publications and Research

The college publishes white papers, benchmarking reports, and surveys that cite analytics from institutions such as Optum, Truven Health Analytics, Kaiser Family Foundation, Doximity, and research partnerships with universities including University of California, San Diego, University of Washington, Johns Hopkins University, and Northwestern University. Research topics cover interoperability, population health analytics, and artificial intelligence in medicine referencing regulatory frameworks like 21st Century Cures Act and standards from Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources. Regular publications are disseminated alongside reports from The Commonwealth Fund, RAND Corporation, Pew Charitable Trusts, and measurement initiatives linked to National Quality Forum.

Advocacy and Policy

Advocacy work engages federal agencies including Office of Management and Budget, Congress of the United States, United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and collaborates with stakeholder organizations such as Consumers Union, Physician Professional Societies, American College of Healthcare Executives, and National Rural Health Association. Policy positions address privacy rules under Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, interoperability mandates from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and security guidance aligned with NIST Cybersecurity Framework. The college has submitted comments on rulemaking alongside organizations like Electronic Frontier Foundation and coalitions involving College of American Pathologists and American Medical Informatics Association.

Governance and Leadership

Governance is conducted by an elected board of trustees and executive committee composed of executives from member organizations including Children's National Hospital, Scripps Health, Mount Sinai Health System, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and representatives from academic medical centers like Oregon Health & Science University and Emory Healthcare. Past and current leaders have experience with operations at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Veterans Health Administration, World Economic Forum, and have participated in panels with figures from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and international forums such as the International Telecommunication Union. Committees oversee finance, policy, education, and ethics, coordinating with accreditation and standards bodies like Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education and Joint Commission.

Category:Health care organizations based in the United States