HIMSS is launching the HIMSS Executive Institute, a community of senior leaders at provider organizations that have achieved either EMRAM Stage 7 or Davies Award recognition.
“These people represent the most sophisticated providers, the best and the brightest,” HIMSS Executive Vice President Carla Smith said. “These already high-performing executives can participate in the HIMSS Executive Institute to take their IT even higher to ultimately improve health. These are people who want the best for patients and clinicians.”
HIMSS Analytics honors health systems with its Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model which recognizes a truly paperless enterprise as Stage 7. JoAnn Klinedinst, HIMSS Vice President of Professional Development explained that a Stage 7 recognition represents a significant accomplishment in technology execution. And Smith added that earning a Davies Award is yet another big step technologically.
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HIMSS launched the Executive Institute in November of 2015 and has since conducted monthly webinars on topics including: maximizing value from HIT investments, revalidating Stage 7 status, EMRAM 2.0, HIMSS16.
HEI has 87 members from 49 North American-based providers.
HEI’s executive committee, meanwhile, is comprised of nine familiar faces in the health IT fray:
Pam Arora, SVP/CIO, Children’s Health
Ray Gensinger, MD, CIO, Hospital Sisters Health System
Brian Jacobs, MD, CIO & CMIO, Children’s National Health System
Kyle Johnson, CIO & System Vice President, Eastern Maine Medical Center
John Kenagy, PhD, Senior Vice President & CIO, Legacy Health
Don Reichert, CIO, MetroHealth System
Patty Sengstack, RN, CNIO, Bon Secours Health System
Ferdi Velasco, MD, CHIO, Texas Health Resources
Greg Wolverton, CIO, ARcare
At HIMSS16, HIMSS Executive Institute members will meet for a number of briefings and private meetings, including a roundtable on cybersecurity challenges particular to EHRs. Members will also have access to the Executive Institute Lounge, get reservations for the SuperNAP Data Center Tour and receive VIP seating at HIMSS16 keynotes.
A range of IT executives are eligible to become members, including CIOs, chief information security officers, chief technology officers, chief medical officers, chief health information officers, chief nursing informatics officers, chief clinical innovation officers, to name just a few.
Smith said that because EMRAM 7 and Davies winners are two IT-oriented designations, technology professionals are the tip of the spear for Health Executive Insight membership, and the long-term plan is to expand that to any executives at Davies or EMRAM Stage 7 winners.
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“At some point we’re going to be interested in attracting CEOs, CFOs and COOs,” Smith said, “because technology executives often report to them and because those leaders increasingly understand the power of clinical and business intelligence in successfully running their business.”
Smith added HEI is global in scope, though in different parts of the world it operates under various names and has other membership criteria. In other countries, for instance, membership is open to senior executives at Davies-winning hospitals as well as EMRAM Stage 6 and 7 achievers.
“One of our aspirations is to have face-to-face meetings at member’s facilities wherein they host in-depth tours including education and networking,” Smith said. “It’s the opportunity to interact with your true peers, very high achieving individuals at very high achieving IT shops at providers doing remarkable things.”
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