Professional and Advocacy Groups

Hospitals are driving value in their communities Affordable health care is one of the biggest concerns facing families, employers and government, and America’s hospitals are tackling the challenge head on. Through AHA’s The Value Initiative, we are leading the health care field on the issues of affordability and value. The Value Initiative: Frames the issues…

In 1997, Dr. William Bria, Chairman of the Board and Rich Rydell, MBA, CEO, started the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS), to fill a necessary gap – a professional organization for physicians involved in health information technology. Since its formation, AMDIS has evolved to become the premier professional organization for physicians responsible…

AMIA, the leading professional association for informatics professionals, is the center of action for 5,400 informatics professionals from more than 65 countries. As the voice of the nation’s top biomedical and health informatics professionals, AMIA and its members play a leading role in assessing the effect of health innovations on health policy, and advancing the…

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives is an executive organization dedicated to serving chief information officers and other senior healthcare IT leaders. With more than 1,800 CIO members and more than 150 healthcare IT vendors and professional services firms, CHIME provides a highly interactive, trusted environment enabling senior professional and industry leaders to collaborate;…

KHIN is a provider-led organization and is renowned as one of the largest, most successful health information exchanges (HIE) in the country with more than 1,500 participating organizations, hospitals, clinics and other health care related facilities and over 9800 participating providers. KHIN provides a suite of products and services including query based exchange, personal health…

At the National Parkinson Foundation, we make life better for people with Parkinson’s through expert care and research. Everything we do helps people actively enjoy life with their friends, families, children and grandchildren until there is a tomorrow without Parkinson’s. For more information, please visit parkinson.org.

Portland, Oregon-based nonprofit OCHIN is one of the largest and most successful health information and innovation networks, serving hundreds of organizations comprised of more than 10,000 clinicians nationwide. OCHIN’s Health IT solutions improve the integration and delivery of health care services across a wide variety of practices—with an emphasis on safety net clinics and small…