healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders

Rady Children's Hospital CISO Sahan Fernando says, for people in his position, knowing technology is critical, but understanding and solving business problems is even more important. Source: Q&A with Sahan Fernando, CISO, Rady Children’s Hospital: “This role is a strategic business leadership position” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Survival is certainly the top priority during a crisis – but it can’t be the sole focus, said Edmondo Robinson, MD, in this podcast. Leaders also need to focus on “what have we learned and how that learning should influence our strategy going forward.” Source: Podcast Q&A with CDO Edmondo Robinson, Part 1: “Digital Powers Our Strategy.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health Sy...

John Halamka, MD, president of the Mayo Clinic Platform, provides the latest updates on national HIT policy and prognosticates on future direction. Source: HIT Policy Update with John Halamka, MD on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

“When you’re a physician and you’re put into a leadership role, there’s not a great training pathway for that,” says Dirk Stanley. In this interview, he talks about why he started a blog, the CMIO’s role as translator, and the moment his career changed. Source: Podcast Q&A with CMIO Dirk Stanley, Part 2: “It’s Important to Engage with All Stakeholders.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webina...

Health system leaders find themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place. On one side are the demands of their organizations' growth strategies, including facility expansion, merger/acquisition, and digital innovation; on the other side, the expectation the org will be “perfect” where cybersecurity is concerned. Come hear from leaders who’ve worked through these problems talk about how they’ve...

One of the costliest mistakes leaders make? Neglecting the long-term vision while dealing with a crisis, said CIO Donna Roach. “You still have to carve out time to work on your strategy and where you need to be.” Source: “You Have to Make It Understandable”: CIO Donna Roach on Improving the Care Experience on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Whether due to M&A activity, regulatory requirements, or simply evolving user preferences, health systems regularly need to move data from sunsetting applications to the go-forward choices. Unfortunately this process can be fraught with workflow and technical challenges. In this webinar, we'll hear from leaders who have migrated data successfully to learn the best practices they picked up along th...

For providers, there’s nothing more frustrating than encountering “a missing step” while caring for a patient, says Dirk Stanley, MD, CMIO at UConn Health. In this interview, he talks about how creating Blueprints Before Build can prevent it from happening. Source: Podcast Q&A with CMIO Dirk Stanley, Part 1: “Good Ideas Can Go Wrong.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health Syst...

Michael Erickson, CISO, Baptist Health System of Kentucky and Indiana, talks about how security professional ignore hardware risks at their peril. Source: Q&A with Michael Erickson, CISO, Baptist Health System: “Attack tools are getting more sophisticated and smaller.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

With COVID (hopefully) in retreat, healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) can renew their focus on the Quadruple Aim of healthcare. Every HDO has thousands of medical devices used by thousands of nurses, and each costs thousands of dollars. By improving the utilization and management of these devices, HDOs can significantly lower the per capita cost of delivering care and enhance the quality of...

It's not enough to survive Covid; if organizations want to stay "healthy," leaders need to "make sure we're digitally transformed," according to CIO BJ Moore, who discusses his team's strategy in this interview. Source: Podcast Q&A with CIO BJ Moore, Part 2: Storytelling, Data Streams & Doubling Down on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

healthsystemCIO Founder & Editor-in-Chief Anthony Guerra talks with Children’s Mercy Kansas City CISO TJ Mann about how he's keeping his organization safe, and what it takes to be an outstanding security leader. Source: Q&A with Children’s Mercy Kansas City CISO TJ Mann: “CISOs would be blind without threat intelligence.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The HIPAA Journal recently estimated the 2020 cost of ransomware attacks to US Healthcare at $21 billion. This reflects the impact these attacks have on downtime to patient care, as well as the ransom payouts. It's critical for organizations to have a robust, current, and rehearsed ransomware incident response plan. In this webinar, we'll hear from leaders about what that kind of plan should inclu...

“Having bits and pieces isn’t enough. You need to have a full digital framework and architecture,” said CIO Donna Roach. In this podcast, she talked about how her team is working toward that goal, and what it was like to step in during Covid. Source: “Everything in IT is Digital”: CIO Donna Roach on Accelerating the Strategy on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Lead...

If cybersecurity challenges are mounting for health systems in today’s increasingly risky global environment, why would it be any different for their third-party vendors — especially the smaller ones? What’s clear is that even the largest of health systems can only be as safe as their partners. In this episode of healthsystemCIO’s Partner Perspective Series, Anthony Guerra, editor-in-chief and fou...

In this podcast, BJ Moore talks about why Providence decided to combine IT and real estate, the new staffing model that he believes will “create more elasticity,” and why moving to the cloud is like “cleaning out your garage.” Source: Podcast Q&A with BJ Moore, Part 1: From “Bubble Gum and Bailing Wire” to Operationalizing on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leader...

During COVID last year, some health systems that rushed to use the cloud are finding themselves with a suboptimal setup, according to Marc Mangus, principal specialist solution architect for global healthcare with Red Hat. In this episode of healthsystemCIO’s Partner Perspective Series, Anthony Guerra, founder and editor-in-chief, asks Mangus what health system CIOs can do after extending their or...

Digital transformation -- including telemedicine and remote patient motioning -- is causing an explosion of network-connected IoMT devices and, with it, a greatly enlarged cyber-attack surface. In this webinar, we'll hear from leaders about the strategies and security controls they are using to mitigate the risks posed by these un-agentable devices. Source: Securing the Network-Connected Devices F...

The CDO role may differ from organization to the next in terms of structure, but the overall objective is the same: to bring together critical areas like IT, research informatics, and AI under one vertical and help drive transformation, says Mark Hulse. Source: Podcast Q&A with Mark Hulse, Part 2: “If You’ve Seen One CDO, You’ve Seen One CDO.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with He...

One result of the rise in ransomware attacks has been a more difficult and costly cyber-insurance buying process. No longer are healthcare organizations simply shopping for the best price; today, they are jumping through hoops to buy insurance at almost any price by demonstrating a sufficient mix of cybersecurity tools, risk management processes, and other policies. In this webinar, we'll hear fro...

Clinicians are laboring under conditions that are leading to more and more burnout. From onerous check-the-box regulatory requirements; to less than invisible security measures; to user unfriendly applications; most health systems have a wide range of technology demanding attention from clinical staff. In this timely webinar, we'll hear from IT leaders who are working to ensure that technology ser...

Discovering evidence within the data doesn’t have much of an impact unless it can influence decision-making at the point of care, said Mark Hulse. In this podcast, he talks about how City of Hope is leveraging information to provide real-time guidance. Source: Podcast Q&A with Mark Hulse: “There’s a Lot We Can Learn” from the Data on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System I...

Data is powerful, and with the proper tools and strategies, healthcare organizations can maximize the information stored in their EHR to guide decisions and enhance patient care. In this webinar, learn how data and solutions such as toolkits, registries, and surveillance can support quality initiatives. Source: Harnessing Data to Advance Quality of Care on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webina...

Melissa Rappl, CISO at Omaha, Neb.-based Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, says relationships and storytelling are key to CISO success. Source: Q&A with Children’s Hospital & Medical Center CISO Melissa Rappl: “What makes a person effective in this role is relationships.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Ransomware is the number one security threat to health systems. In this webinar, leaders will discuss practical best practices for assessing readiness posture, and building a plan to increase prevention, incident response and recovery capabilities.  Source: Exploring the Key Aspects of Ransomware Readiness  on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders