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    CIOs Rank Top Healthcare IT Priorities and Pressures for 2024 (Part 1)

    CIOs Rank Top Healthcare IT Priorities and Pressures for 2024 (Part 1)

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    Healthcare executives, all CHIME (College of Healthcare Information Management Executives) members, shared feedback in an online survey* about IT priorities and pressures facing their health system.  

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