healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders

For CISOs, the ability to make a strong business case is becoming critical – especially when it means transitioning to a new strategy. “You need good data points and good rationale,” said Ron Mehring. Source: Q&A with CISO Ron Mehring, Part 2: “You Can’t Do It Without Good Data.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

healthsystemCIO Founder & Editor in Chief Anthony Guerra talks with Sven Krause, CIO at Hillrom, about the top trends impacting health systems, how Hillrom is expanding to help hospitals address those trends, and why everyone needs to be focused on security.   Source: Partner Perspective: Standardization, Experimentation & Cybersecurity Must be Top-of-Mind for Healthcare CIOs on healthsystemcio.co...

It's only natural for individuals to focus on the short term during a pandemic; the CIO's role is to "step back and think bigger," says Chris Belmont, who talks about his core objectives at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, and where the key opportunities exist for opportunity. Source: Q&A with CIO Chris Belmont, Part 2: “Sometimes You Have to Be the Facilitator.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews...

As an IT security professional, the last thing you want is for people to have unanswered questions – not just because it’s frustrating, but because it can lead to workarounds, says CISO Ron Mehring in this podcast interview. Source: Q&A with CISO Ron Mehring, Part 1: “You Have to Start Thinking Differently.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Although HSS has taken a financial hit during the pandemic, it’s also done some of its most effective work, says CIO Jamie Nelson. In this podcast, she talks about how they’re surging ahead with digital health and looking to promote inclusion. Source: Q&A with CIO Jamie Nelson, Part 2: “It Almost Feels Like Another Industrial Revolution.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health...

One of the most common mistakes an IT department can make? Focusing too much on running systems and not enough on supplying the best solution for the business, says CIO Chris Belmont in this podcast interview. Source: Q&A with CIO Chris Belmont, Part 1: “It’s All About Making Decisions Based on the Data.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Welcome to healthsystemCIO's Partner Perspective Interview Series. I'm Anthony Guerra, Founder & Editor in Chief of healthsystemCIO. Today we're talking with Ryan Witt, Managing Director of Healthcare at Proofpoint, about the main security threats facing hospitals, how cybercriminals are targeting the supply chain using business email compromise attacks, and  what health systems can do to protect...

"As a CISO, you need to think about what’s in it for the business," says Dan Bowden of Sentara. In this podcast, he talks about how the role has evolved, what he learned during his time in banking and in the military, and why mentoring is so critical. Source: Q&A with CISO Dan Bowden, Part 2: “You Learn to Pick Your Battles.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Lea...

While improving patient communications has long been the goal of health systems, managing the massive Covid-19 vaccine rollout makes this absolutely critical. In this timely webinar, we'll hear from leaders who are reimagining patient communication so their rollout goes according to plan, no matter how many times that plan changes. Source: Managing Patient Communications During the Covid-19 Vaccin...

The foundation for achieving outcomes includes three components: people, process, and technology, says HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf. “You cannot put technology out and expect it to work.” Source: Q&A with HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf, Part 2: “You Can’t Put Technology Out and Expect It to Work.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

For healthcare IT leaders, it’s not enough just to keep transactional systems working or introduce new digital capabilities if you’re not able to leverage data to make better decisions and achieve insights, says Andy Crowder. Source: Q&A with CIO Andy Crowder, Part 2: “We Need to Focus on Deep Insights in a Much Broader Way.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Lea...

Tasks like getting patches deployed and securely onboarding new teams members have become even more challenging since Covid-19 hit. But with the right processes and the right culture, they can be accomplished, says CISO Dan Bowden. Source: Q&A with CISO Dan Bowden, Part 1: “We’re Going to Come Out Better on the Other Side.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leade...

For healthcare IT leaders, the real question now is, “as we pull away from emergency declarations, what will the new normal look like?” In this interview, HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf talks about Covid’s impact on the industry, and how leaders can forge a new path. Source: Q&A with HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf, Part 1: “We Threw a Lot Against the Wall. Now We Have to Step Back.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews &...

Quality patient care is always the top priority. But at the same time, leaders must be focused on new customer acquisition, says CIO Andy Crowder. “If you don't make it easy for people to find the things they want, you're not going to have market growth.” Source: Q&A with CIO Andy Crowder, Part 1: “We Don’t Want to Be Looking in the Rearview Mirror.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars...

When it comes to building a successful IT team, engagement and satisfaction aren’t the same thing, says CIO Tom Kurtz. Engagement means “making sure everyone is rowing in the same direction.” Source: Q&A with CIO Tom Kurtz, Part 3: “Our Strategic Objectives Are Very Clear and Easy to Understand.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Becoming a digital organization is about much more than just adding technology to the mix; it’s about “looking at a completely different way of providing care,” said Beth Lindsay-Wood, CIO at Moffitt Cancer Center. Source: Q&A with CIO Beth Lindsay-Wood, Part 2: “Everything Is on the Table Now.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

2020 was the year that changed everything. In this webinar, we'll hear from industry luminaries about their priorities and what they see as keys to success for healthcare IT executives in the coming year. Source: Future State: Envisioning 2021 & Beyond on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Optimization isn't a one-time thing; it's an "ever-present project for us to continue to make the system more efficient, make it more user-friendly and take advantage of all of the features and functionality it has to offer," says CIO Tom Kurtz. Source: Q&A with Memorial Healthcare CIO Tom Kurtz, Part 2: Collaboration “Is Incredibly Important.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with H...

According to a recent Gartner report, digital transformation must be accompanied by a sophisticated identity governance and administration program. Of course, as with anything else, the devil is in the details. In this timely webinar, we'll discuss the finer points of how best to implement this critical security approach. Source: Assuring Digital Transformation with Identity Governance & Administr...

As a cancer organization, one of Moffitt’s key objectives is to provide the best treatment as quickly as possible, says Beth Lindsay-Wood, who talks about how her team is leveraging high-end analytics to accelerate the process and ensure care is personalized. Source: Q&A with Beth Lindsay-Wood, Part 1: “Cancer Care Has to Continue.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System...

Today's healthcare organizations are leveraging data from real-time locating systems to create value far beyond being able to locate inventory. Learn how organizations are using location-based intelligence to give remote visibility to patient flow, enable innovative workflows such as self-rooming and structure and keep continuity among system upgrades and transitions to virtual care. Source: Achie...

Zero-trust describes a comprehensive approach to security, based on the premise that nothing should be automatically trusted. Leveraging least-privilege access and segmentation implementations, zero-trust aims to ensure users and devices are who they say they are and have access to only the resources they legitimately should be using. In this timely webinar, we'll hear from leaders what an effecti...

One thing CIOs can’t underestimate? The value of the infrastructure team, and the “very nuanced, very complicated” work they do, says John Henderson, who reflects on the key lessons he has learned during his career. Source: Q&A with CIO John Henderson, Part 2: “Don’t Feel Like You Have to Sugarcoat Things.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Like every organization, you've got security challenges, such as phishing and other network vulnerabilities. But the remedy to those challenges can't be worse than the problem itself. Enter multifactor authentication solutions: a combination of technology and process that -- when implemented right -- can improve security and user satisfaction. In this timely webinar, we'll hear from leaders who ha...

One of the key components in Memorial Healthcare’s multipronged Covid-19 response was setting up alternative care sites, an initiative that required “significant coordination from many areas,” according to CIO Tom Kurtz. Source: Q&A with Memorial Healthcare CIO Tom Kurtz, Part 1: “We Were Ahead of the Game.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders