AMDIS/CHIME partner in shared goal of HIT transformation
The Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS) and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) have formed a strategic alliance intended to benefit both organizations and their respective members in the advancement of health IT adoption and transformation.
Under the terms of the alliance, CHIME will provide operational support to AMDIS, primarily in the areas of education and public policy. This includes representing AMDIS on public policy matters and developing an education support plan.
AMDIS will serve as the primary physician informatics advisor to and for CHIME, while CHIME will serve as the primary health IT advisor to and for AMDIS.
"CHIME strongly believes that the formation of closely aligned partnerships can enable true IT transformation and progress in healthcare," said CHIME President and CEO Russell P. Branzell, FCHIME, CHCIO. "This alliance demonstrates the commitment of both organizations to support the industry's leading IT professionals and their pivotal role in the delivery of healthcare."
The two organizations will remain separate entities, legally and financially, while continuing to seek ways to collaborate more efficiently. Most recently, the organizations introduced the CHIME/AMDIS CMIO Boot Camp, an education program providing professional development support to clinicians embarking on chief medical information officer or chief information officer roles.
"Both organizations have a shared understanding of the unprecedented need for health IT in supporting the transformation of care delivery," said AMDIS CEO Richard L. Rydell, FACHE, LFHIMSS. "Our enhanced relationship will enable meaningful collaboration and accelerate HIT benefits realization."
AMDIS Board Chairman William F. Bria, MD, said, "It has never been more important for all those who understand information instruments and patient care to come together to achieve the transformation of American medicine. Our goal is nothing less than to demonstrably improve the care of our fellow man."
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