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Pivot Point Consulting’s Jon Melling Appointed HIMSS Health Business Solutions Committee Chair

Melling to Chair the HIMSS Health Business Solutions Committee Through Fiscal Year 2015

BELLEVUE, Wash. and CHICAGO, Jan. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Pivot Point Consulting, LLC (Pivot Point) announced today that Jon Melling, FHIMSS, has been appointed as Chair of the Health Business Solutions Committee (HBSC) for the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) through Fiscal Year 2015.  Previously, he served as Co-Chair.  Mr. Melling has been a member of the HIMSS organization for fourteen (14) years and has been actively involved with multiple task forces and committees.  He is a Past President and currently serves as Board Member of the Arizona HIMSS Chapter.  He was awarded Chapter Leader of the Year for 2011.

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"I am delighted to Chair this important committee.  It addresses a number of the key regulatory and financial challenges that the healthcare industry is facing both in the short-, medium- and long-terms.  Our goal as a committee is to help our members better understand and deal with these complex issues within their own organizations," said Jon Melling, Partner.

About Pivot Point Consulting

Pivot Point Consulting specializes in providing strategic, advisory, and project implementation consulting services to healthcare organizations nationwide. Pivot Point works with hospitals and clinic systems to improve their strategy, project management offices, operations, and technology with unique, forward-thinking, and intelligent solutions.

Jon Melling: Biography

Mr. Melling is a management consultant with over 30 years' experience working in health informatics in the United States and internationally. He also works with technology vendors looking to enter new markets or introduce new products into existing markets. Mr. Melling is a leading authority in planning for and implementing ICD-10, as well as health information exchange and interoperability strategy. His specialties include IT Strategies; Systems Procurement; Program Management; Change Management; Vendor Business Planning and Marketing Strategies; and Health Strategies.

Mr. Melling is active in HIMSS as Chair of the Health Business Solutions Committee, Member of the ICD-10 Task Force, and Member of the Accountable Care Organization Task Force.

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