Here are the three individuals CHIME honored.
1. Deborah Gash, vice president and CIO of Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke’s Health System, and Brentwood, Tenn.-based HCTec were awarded the Collaboration Award. To address issues within its workforce, Saint Luke’s teamed up with HCTec and together, they developed and implemented a strategy that reduced turnover and increased morale and productivity.
2. Connection, a Merrimack, N.H.-based health IT company, was given the Foundation Partner Award. Connection was selected as for its efforts pairing healthcare customers with technology solutions and developing a number of processes, services and tools to meet their needs.
3. Dana Sellers, co-founder and former CEO of Encore Health Resources, was recognized with the Foundation Industry Leader Award — the highest honor CHIME gives to a CHIME Foundation firm member. Ms. Sellers has been a champion for EHR strategy and health IT for her 30 yearslong career and has been praised by the CIOs she served and staff she oversaw.
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