Divurgent joins CHIME Foundation

Healthcare consulting firm Divurgent has joined the Foundation of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).

Established in 1994, the CHIME Foundation allows providers of healthcare IT services the opportunity to support the educational initiatives of the CHIME organization. According to the Chicago-based CHIME, as a member of the CHIME Foundation, the Virginia Beach, Va.-based Divurgent will support CHIME's mission by participating in the sharing of industry-best practices, delivering educational programs and advocating for the use of health IT.

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