CHIME Foundation Member Benefits

Networking Opportunities
Forums
LEADS
Boot Camp
Focus Groups
College Lives
Roundtables

Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorship opportunities are exclusive to CHIME Foundation Firms!
The exclusive CHIME CIO event is a program focused on learning and networking with healthcare CIOs. Make certain you are noticed by this lucrative audience via the numerous sponsorships available at all of CHIME’s educational programs.

Spring CIO Forum
The Spring CIO Forum is held in conjunction with the Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition and is scheduled for the Sunday before the conference starts. The Spring CIO Forum is a one day, members-only educational event and also includes a golf tournament and a welcoming reception the day before the program.

Fall CIO Forum
The Fall CIO Forum is CHIME’s most prominent event, held annually in October. This Forum features three days of CIO-focused education and networking events, including keynote speakers, track sessions, Foundation focus groups, social and recreational networking activities, and receptions.

Focus Groups
The Focus Group process provides a structured, organized method to collect valuable input from organization members. It is a quick, effective way to stimulate new ideas and simultaneously build interest and commitment to change.

Surveys
Foundation members can conduct Surveys to the entire CHIME membership, (based on availability) on subjects of the Foundation firm's choice, subject to Board review. Typically these are online surveys. The CHIME Foundation staff assists in conducting these surveys. CHIME Foundation staff will reduce the results and will distribute summaries to participating CIO members and the originating Foundation member firm. Foundation members will be asked if they are willing to share the results with the other members.

College Live
College Live is a compelling alternative to traditional, classroom-style education and provides a unique forum for CHIME members to collaborate, interact, and learn!

College Live represents a new standard for delivering education over the Internet and utilizes state-of-the-art technology to stream live presentations, workshops and training sessions. Interactivity is achieved through a combination of streaming audio and video, text-based chats, instantaneous surveys and polls, and more... all delivered to your desktop!

Benchmarking Data
BenchmarkIT allows you to generate six benchmarking reports based on selective IT Budget, Financial, and Staffing data submitted by more than 2,500 participating facilities from the 2005 AHA Annual Survey. Reports include: IT operating spending per employee, Workers supported per IT staff, Outsourced personnel as percentage of total IT staff, IT operating spending as a percentage of organizational operating spending, IT capital spending as % of organization capital spending, and IT capital spending as a percentage of Total IT Spending.

You may select up to three (3) comparison groups for your reports, including CHIME Members and All AHA. Select “Create a User Defined Group” to create a customized comparison group based on the following facility demographics: Census Region, State, Teaching Status, Bed Size, Organization Type, System Status, and Type of Service.

CHIME Foundation Website
Contains information specific to current CHIME foundation firms.

Your personalized member page contains:

• Details of your firm’s history with the CHIME foundation
• Links to Foundation firms benefits information
• Your firm’s benefits list, summarizing utilized and remaining benefits for the current year
• Links to enter your benefits ratings
• Links to add and update your Products and Services grid information
• Chime Board Liaison contact information
• Your firm’s primary contact information

• Foundation Firm Logos
• Foundation Member Directory
• Foundation Member Profile Page
• Online Products and Services Grid
• Press Releases
• Career Resource Center
• IT Warehouse

• Facilitates Foundation member attendance at Forums, especially this year as we seek to get more high level Foundation firm executives attendance at the Fall Forum
• Fosters introductions to establish new relationships, particularly during receptions, Forums, ect.
• Serves as an informational resource for utilizing membership benefits and answering questions about CHIME
• Constitutes a vital role in keeping communication lines flowing between Foundation Firm representatives, the CHIME office staff, and the general CIO membership of CHIME.

• Elected to serve on the CHIME foundation Board of Directors.
• Appointed to serve on CHIME committees (such as the Fall CIO Forum Planning Committee).
• Invited to speak or submit proposals to speak at CIO events (ie., Fall Forum Track Sessions).