Allscripts CEO honored with lifetime achievement award

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The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Foundation, which represents more than 1,400 of the healthcare industry’s leading CIOs, named Glen Tullman, CEO of Allscripts, the 2011 winner of its Lifetime Achievement Award. Presented Oct. 27 at the CHIME11 Fall CIO Forum in San Antonio, Texas, the award recognizes contributions to the healthcare IT industry throughout the recipient’s entire career. CHIME cited Tullman as “one of the nation’s leading advocates for the electronic, real-time sharing of healthcare information to improve patient care, lower costs and drive collaboration among physicians, hospitals and others in the healthcare community.”