
To be considered for the study, participants had to report that their 24-hour dietary recalls were similar in quantity to that of their typical daily diet.Įven if an apple correlation was found, infrequency in doctor’s visits does not necessarily mean one is in better health. People who drink diet soda put on three times as much belly fat as those who don’t, study says.Drinking coffee decreases the odds of getting liver cancer, study finds.The study also found that daily apple-eaters were slightly less likely to use prescription medications. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receiptĭaily apple-eaters did have higher education levels, smoked less frequently, and were more likely to come from a racial or ethnic minority.And, we can spread best practices that will better enable them to adopt IT solutions that will advance improvements in patient care.

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Through partnerships like the one between CHIME and COACH, we can further elevate the role of health IT leaders as key members of the leadership team. “We know that our colleagues in Canada and around the globe are facing similar challenges to those of health IT leaders in the United States. Russell Branzell, president and CEO, CHIME said that CHIME has seen growing interest internationally for its professional development and educational programming. Through the COACH partnership with CHIME, our CHIEFs can tap into new perspectives, experiences and information about critical issues, leadership capacity building, succession planning and other important areas.” “This initiative also opens the door to CHIEF members looking to connect with industry leaders and innovators from across the United States.

“This partnership is a particularly important asset to COACH’s CHIEF members holding a chief information officer (CIO) position, as they will benefit from access to the wide variety of CHIME resources, allowing them to be better informed and positioned in meeting their current challenges, particularly around innovation and transformation in patient care and system sustainability-common challenges that healthcare leaders face across North America, and around the world,” Mark Casselman, CEO, COACH, said in a statement. The two organizations are collaborating on networking events, professional development opportunities and thought leadership exchange opportunities, including introducing the CHIME Health IT Leadership Academy to Canada’s Health Informatics Executive Forum (CHIEF) 2016 Spring Symposium in June.

Ann Arbor, Mich.-based The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and Canada’s Health Informatics Association (COACH) are teaming up on health informatics with a focus on professional development and best practices for senior health informatics leaders.
