healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders

Every health system depends on its highly sophisticated and reliable infrastructure as the backbone to delivering technology solutions that improve patient care, with the goal of meeting healthcare’s mission of the quadruple aim: low cost, high quality, high patient and provider experience. Health systems also work hard to establish valued partnerships with their infrastructure partners to steward...

Hospitals have been decimated financially by the COVID-19 pandemic regardless of if they had a significant load of infected patients. As incremental steps are made towards normalizing operations, health IT (HIT) teams are addressing new priorities in terms of financial targets while trying to maintain operations and deliver on committed initiatives. Not only are all options being explored, but cha...

An organization doesn’t have to be based in Silicon Valley to innovative and effective. It has to have the right structure to be able to “move forward deliberately” and “get things done,” says Richard Zane, MD, chief innovation officer at UCHealth. Source: Podcast Interview with Dr. Richard Zane: “You Have to Kiss a Lot of Frogs.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System I...

An agile network provides the foundation for healthcare to face any challenge, while improving the overall experience of service delivery to patients, providers, and IT. In this timely webinar, we'll hear from leaders who are committed to ensuring their organizations can face whatever the future brings. Source: Healthcare at the Edge: How Network Agility Enables Better Outcomes on healthsystemcio....

Testing individuals isn’t enough to stop the spread of Covid-19; it’s going to take centralized programs with interface engines, says Chuck Podesta, who talks about UConn Health’s collaboration with Jackson Labs and Epic. Source: “Testing Is the Way to Go”: How a Statewide Initiative Is Breaking New Ground in Disease Management on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT L...

Ransomware has grown into a real threat across all market verticals but healthcare seems to be a special target for this type of cyber attack.  Why is that the case?  This talk will detail what motivates the cyber criminal and how the healthcare industry can protect itself and its valuable data against these persistent threat actors. Source: Ransomware in Healthcare: Why Are We Targeted? on health...

In the behavioral health space, where the no-show rate for visitors has long been a challenge, telemedicine offers a level of convenience that could be a game-changer, says CIO Kevin Wiese. “Time will tell as we look at the data.” Source: Podcast Interview with CIO Kevin Wiese, Part 2: “We End Up Learning From Our Non-IT Staff.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT...

For UConn Health, the opportunity to leverage its interface with Jackson Laboratories – and its partnership with Epic – to help lead the initiative to deploy statewide Covid-19 testing was too good to pass up, says interim CIO Chuck Podesta in this podcast interview. Source: “Front and Center”: UConn Health’s Role in Deploying Statewide Covid-19 Testing on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webina...

Dr. John Halamka, CEO of the Mayo Clinic Platform, will provide the latest information on the government's policy-related Covid-19 measures, as well as other important updates. Source: HIT Policy Update on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Unlike long-term strategies, a short-term plan enables organizations to pivot quickly “because you don’t have that foothold in place that’s keeping you from turning,” says Craig Richardville, who talks about the importance of agility in today’s environment. Source: Podcast Q&A with Craig Richardville, Part 2: “Consumers Are Becoming the Destination.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars...

As the tide of Covid-19 cases wanes, healthcare IT executives can now "pick up where they left off," essentially dusting off and getting back to the list of projects they were working on before the world changed. This approach, of course, comes with a myriad of challenges, including those around budgeting, staffing and using outside help to get the jobs done. But it's even more complicated than th...

During an EHR migration, the CIO's most critical objective is to "involve the right people and get the right input," says Kevin Wiese, CIO at BestSelf Behavioral Health, particularly when it comes to decisions on build and workflow. Source: Podcast Interview with CIO Kevin Wiese, Part 1: “I’m Just Trying to Guide the Process.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Le...

The most valuable tool for clinicians is one that goes beyond simply providing information and delivers actionable data that can guide in decision-making, says Adam Glasofer, MD, Chief Innovation Officer at Virtua Health. Source: Podcast Interview with Dr. Adam Glasofer, Part 2: “This Has Rapidly Raised the Bar.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Even before Covid-19, healthcare organizations were rapidly expanding beyond the four walls of the hospital into physician practices, retail clinics and homes. With Covid-19, that expansion exploded as employees needed to access systems remotely and doctors needed to see patients virtually. Unfortunately, with remote access came a wave of cybercrime, leaving health systems scrambling to lock down...

If you want to survive a disaster – particularly one in which both patients and employees are homebound – you need to view your organization “as a tech company,” says Craig Richardville, and that means being “fast and efficient.” Source: Podcast Interview with Craig Richardville, Part 1: “The Crisis Has Allowed Us to Disrupt Ourselves.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health Sy...

With healthcare organizations coming off a period of enormous growth, particularly in terms of digital health, the timing is perfect for clinical and IT departments to sit down and figure out how to partner more effectively, says CMIO Brett Oliver. Source: Podcast Interview with CMIO Brett Oliver, Part 2: “We Won’t Go Back to the Status Quo.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Hea...

The Covid-19 pandemic has tested the leadership skills of even the most seasoned healthcare IT executives. Those skills include the abilities to stay calm when others are losing their heads, inspire confidence when it falters among the troops, and select the best path from countless options. In this webinar, we'll hear anecdotes of healthcare IT leadership at its best during one of the most trying...

Contrary to popular belief, innovation isn’t always clearly defined. In fact, Dr. Adam Glasofer of Virtua Health believes “it’s relative to who you are and what you do.” Source: Podcast Interview with Dr. Adam Glasofer, Part 1: “There Are Some Great Ideas Out There.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Convincing clinicians they need to do a better job isn’t the easiest task. James Barr, MD, had his epiphany when he looked at his own delivery of care about 20 years ago, and wasn’t pleased with his level of consistency delivering evidence-based medicine. He’s out to change that for the 5,000 doctors who practice at Atlantic Health System, especially as more patients are being treated through its...

Gus Malezis joined Imprivata as its CEO in 2016, and in addition to improving the company’s bottom line, he instituted a renewed focus on customer service. That powered a resurgence in the company and a redefinition of the services it would provide to healthcare customers, with an increasing focus on digital identity services. That new direction for its product line seems prescient, as the healthc...

If managing security can be described as a bear, then medical device security can only be called an octopus. That's because it seems to be the one security challenge healthcare IT professionals have the most trouble getting their arms around. This point is made abundantly clear by the fact that most health systems can't even get a good inventory of what devices they have or exactly where they are;...

If a second wave of Covid-19 hits, Virginia Hospital Center will be "better prepared," says CIO Michael Mistretta. In this podcast, he talks about how disaster planning has evolved, his team's "incredible" level of preparedness, and the value of partnerships. Source: Podcast Interview with CIO Michael Mistretta, Part 2: “Everyone Has Taken Ownership.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars...

As the Covid-19 pandemic (or at least its initial iteration) recedes, health system IT executives are taking a moment to reflect on its lasting impact, and consider the ways it has changed the industry forever. From technical advancements -- such as those around telehealth -- to astounding accomplishments of teamwork, many health systems have achieved what, before the crisis, they would have consi...

For IT teams, the idea of rolling out solutions that aren’t fully tested can be difficult to swallow, says Brett Oliver, MD, CMIO at Baptist Health. That’s where leaders need to provide assurance that ‘it’s okay to let this go.” Source: Podcast Interview with CMIO Brett Oliver, Part 1: “It’s Been an Overnight Culture Change.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Lea...

When a pandemic hits, it’s not just the IT strategy that goes out the window, but the list of responsibilities tied to each role, says CIO Michael Mistretta, who talks about how Virginia Health Center responded to Covid-19. Source: Podcast Q&A with Michael Mistretta, Part 1: “Nothing Can Prepare You for Something Like This.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Lead...