Membership in the Center

CHIDS offers two levels of membership with differing financial commitments. Potential members include health systems, hospitals, technology companies that produce health IT, consulting companies that have health-care practices, pharmaceutical companies, and any firm with an interest in the application of information and decision technologies to the delivery and improvement of healthcare. Both levels of membership – Premier and Associate – offer the benefit of being acknowledged on all CHIDS-generated publications, websites and presentations. In addition, members are given priority consideration for presentations and panel participation at our annual CIO Forum and Netcentricity Conferences. Premier membership is available at $50,000 per year, and Associate Membership at $25,000. Our partners typically make a three year membership commitment.

Premier Members

Premier Members in the Center will have the following privileges and priority advantages.

  • Representation in CHIDS Advisory Board and Research Council for the membership period
  • Participation in the Strategic Review and Specific Project Reviews
  • Will be identified as a supporter of the research output of CHIDS on papers written by CHIDS associates
  • Will be prominently featured as a member of CHIDS in brochures, marketing literature, bi-annual conferences, and public relations releases
  • Participate, through their high-level executives, in the annual CIO Forum and Netcentricity Conference
  • Contract with the University to conduct sponsored research in CHIDS on topics of particular interest and application to them. Sponsored research may be conducted solely by University employees or jointly by University employees and Associate Member employees
  • Will have access to Smith School faculty worldwide in the form of two faculty consulting days per year
  • Will have priority access to student researchers (PhD, MBA and undergraduate) participating in CHIDS projects and MBA Group Field Consulting Projects (GFP)
  • Notice of the availability for licensing of University-owned intellectual property developed in CHIDS
  • Early insights from research papers and publications
  • Recruiting assistance within the Smith School undergraduate and MBA programs.

Associate Members

Associate Members in the Center will have the following privileges and advantages.

  • Representation in the CHIDS Research Council
  • Opportunity to participate, through their high-level executives, in the annual CIO Forum and Netcentricity Conference
  • Contract with the University to conduct sponsored research in CHIDS on topics of particular interest and application to them
  • Sponsored research may be conducted solely by University employees or jointly by University employees and Associate Member employee
  • Access Smith School faculty worldwide in the form of two faculty consulting days per year; access to student researchers (MBA and undergraduate) participating in CHIDS projects
  • Notice of the availability for licensing of University-owned intellectual property developed by  CHIDS
  • Early insights from research papers and publications
  • Recruiting assistance within the Smith School undergraduate and MBA programs.