CHIME presents awards at Fall CIO Forum

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) honored several players in the health IT space for their contributions to the industry at its Fall CIO Forum in Scottsdale, Ariz.

A breakdown of award winners:

Collaboration Award—Michigan-based CHE Trinity Health and Cerner Corporation, which partnered to develop a series of evidence-based strategies to detect early warning signs and meet the needs of accelerating an accurate diagnosis and treatment of sepsis. In two years, Trinity Health saw a drop in mortality rates related to sepsis in 23 hospitals from 15.8 percent to 13 percent. CHE Trinity Health now is working with Cerner to deploy an additional cloud-based sepsis screening solution across legacy Trinity Health facilities using the Cerner EHR.

Federal Public Policy Award—Pam McNutt, senior vice president and CIO of Methodist Health System, and Bill Spooner, senior vice president and CIO of Sharp HealthCare, for demonstrating leadership in educating policymakers on the value of health IT, testifying before federal workgroups or congressional committees, visiting representatives and providing feedback on federal initiatives.

Industry Leader Award—Larry Grandia (retired), member of the board of directors at Salt Lake City-based Health Catalyst, who pioneered the process of applying computer technology to the provision of care in the 1960s and led the IT direction and strategy at Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare for two decades.

Innovator of the Year Award—Sutter Health, for equipping more than 1,000 home care clinical staff with tablets, which resulted in more timely and personalized care.

Outstanding Service Award—Gary Barnes, CIO, Medical Center Health System in Odessa, Texas, for showing dedication to CHIME.

Transformational Leadership Award—CIO Myra Davis and President and CEO Mark A. Wallace at Texas Children’s Hospital, for their data-driven initiatives involving the hospital's clinical data warehouse and streamlined reporting that yielded $4.5 million in direct benefits.  

CHIME also announced its new fellows:

• Geoffrey “Geoff” Brown, senior vice president and CIO at Inova Health System in Falls Church, Va.
• Rodney Dykehouse, CIO at Penn State Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine
• Skip Hubbard, senior vice president and CIO at Bon Secours Health System in Marriottsville, Md.
• Stephen Stewart, CIO at Henry County Health Center in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa