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Indianapolis, IN-based Indiana Health Information Exchange has Appointed Charles E. Christian as Vice President of Technology
About the Company
Indiana Health Information Exchange operates the nation’s largest health information exchange, providing a secure, robust and interoperable health information technology network that connects over 100 hospitals, long-term care facilities, rehabilitation centers, community health clinics and other healthcare providers. IHIE provides the nation’s largest implementation of clinical results delivery in the country (DOCS4DOCS® Service). The organization supports the Indiana Network for Patient Care, a clinical data repository accessed via IHIE’s CareWeb application. IHIE also provides Public Health, Transitions of Care and Population Health Management Services.
About the Person
Charles Christian brings over 40 years of experience in healthcare, including 26 in the Chief Information Officer (CIO) role. He has served the CIO roles in free-standing medical facilities with over 200 beds in Indiana and Georgia. As the CIO for 26 years of Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana, Christian led the development and implementation of innovative information technology strategies and activities. Prior to his position with Good Samaritan, Christian worked in healthcare IT for Compucare and Baxter Travenol, in both management and implementation roles. Christian is a charter member and 2015 Board of Trustees Chair of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), the professional organization for healthcare CIOs and other senior healthcare IT leaders whose mission is to educate IT leaders, policymakers and the industry at large about the benefits of digitized healthcare for increased safety, improved care and reduced costs. In addition, he served as Chairman of the Board of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) in 2008. Christian is a published author, frequent industry speaker and has served on numerous advisory boards at the state and national level.
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