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The College of Healthcare
Information Management Executives (CHIME) was formed
with the dual objectives of serving the professional
development needs of healthcare CIOs and advocating
the more effective use of information management
within healthcare.CHIME's events and activities
were designed to reflect that purpose, including
CIO-oriented surveys, education programs, and networking
activities. More than 1,300 members strong, CHIME
is the premier association dedicated to serving
the professional development needs of healthcare
CIOs and advocating the more effective use of information
management in healthcare. Through a variety of education
and networking events and research tools, our members
stay connected with each other and stay on top of
the cutting edge trends in the healthcare IT industry.
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KLAS helps healthcare
providers make informed technology decisions by
offering accurate, honest, and impartial vendor
performance information. KLAS independently monitors
vendor performance through the active participation
of thousands of healthcare organizations. KLAS uses
a stringent methodology to ensure all data and ratings
are accurate, honest and impartial. Research results
are offered to healthcare providers. Since 1997,
KLAS has been gathering ratings on the performance
of healthcare software vendors. Providers use these
ratings to help them make the best possible purchasing
and negotiating decisions. Since 2004, KLAS has
been gathering ratings on firms that deliver services
to healthcare providers. KLAS reports on several
services markets, a few of which include: implementation,
planning and assessment, vendor selection, technical
consulting, IT outsourcing and business process
outsourcing. In 2005 KLAS began a research initiative
on medical equipment. KLAS continues to research
medical equipment topics, such as CR/DR and MRI
scanners. Online performance ratings for medical
equipment vendors and products are now available.
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The Healthcare
Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
is the healthcare industry's membership organization
exclusively focused on providing global leadership
for the optimal use of healthcare information technology
(IT) and management systems for the betterment of
healthcare. Founded in 1961 with offices in Chicago,
Washington D.C., Brussels, Singapore, and other
locations across the United States, HIMSS represents
more than 23,000 individual members and over 380
corporate members that collectively represent organizations
employing millions of people. HIMSS frames and leads
healthcare public policy and industry practices
through its advocacy, educational and professional
development initiatives designed to promote information
and management systems' contributions to ensuring
quality patient care.
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The
Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals
was founded in 1990 and is the leading advocate
and resource for rural and community hospitals in
Texas. TORCH is the only hospital association in
the state that is dedicated solely to the needs
of rural and community hospitals. Big enough to
help... Small enough to care. As the Texas Organization
of Rural & Community Hospitals rounds the corner
to two decades of service to rural hospitals in
Texas, we take aim at challenges both old and new.
To a large degree, the struggle for rural hospitals
has been to survive the rigors of increasing costs
and decreasing reimbursements. The professionals
with TORCH Management Services do not use a "cookie
cutter" approach to achieving goals. Instead,
they enhance the operations and service of healthcare
facilities using a dynamic and diverse system that
generates positive bottom line results. In addition
to specialized management services, TORCH Management
Services provides hospitals an array of outstanding
endorsed vendors that provide equipment and services
specifically of benefit to smaller rural and community
hospitals.
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