healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders

One of the most valuable assets CIOs can bring – especially those who have worked outside of the provider space is an understanding of “what works and what doesn’t work,” says Erik Pupo. Source: Erik Pupo, CIO, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The CIO’s job isn’t to try to make every customer happy. It’s to make sure everyone’s voice is heard and their questions are answered, says Erik Pupo. Source: Erik Pupo, CIO, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

If healthcare is to move forward, leaders need to accept that what has been historically built is no longer what’s going to serve consumers, says Craig Richardville. Source: Health IT Influencers: Former CIO Craig Richardville, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

One of the biggest lessons Craig Richardville has learned since leaving the CIO role? The companies you’ve never heard of – and wouldn’t open your door to – maybe be the ones that can benefit your organization most. Source: Health IT Influencers: Former CIO Craig Richardville, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

For most organizations, Y2K was a “non-event.” But for Carolinas HealthCare, it helped lay the foundation for clinical transformation, says former CIO Craig Richardville, who reflects on 20 years with the organization. Source: Health IT Influencers: Former CIO Craig Richardville, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The most frustrating thing about young entrepreneurs – an unwillingness to delve into the "complex" healthcare realm – is also the greatest area of opportunity, says CIO Darren Dworkin. Source: Darren Dworkin, CIO, Cedars-Sinai, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

One of the best pieces of advice Dana Sellers can offer to CIOs? Focus less on producing reports, and more on how to deliver “true value and insights” that will change the organization. Source: Health IT Influencers: Encore Co-founder & Former CEO Dana Sellers, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Sometimes it’s the solutions that would have otherwise been rejected right off the bat that can make the biggest impact, says CIO Darren Dworkin, who talks about how Cedars-Sinai’s Accelerator Program is driving innovation. Source: Darren Dworkin, CIO, Cedars-Sinai, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

One of the key takeaways from years of implementing EHRs? Governance isn’t merely a reporting mechanism – it’s a way of guiding a project and getting the organization on board, says Dana Sellers. Source: Health IT Influencers: Encore Co-founder & Former CEO Dana Sellers, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Although consumers have become much more comfortable with technology than in years past, there’s still an education component when it comes to managing their data, says CIO Darren Dworkin. Source: Darren Dworkin, CIO, Cedars-Sinai, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

When it comes to landing CIO roles, the numbers are trending in the wrong direction. And so it’s up to health IT leaders – and professional associations – to find out why and help remedy the situation, says Tressa Springmann. Source: Women in HIT Leadership, Part 4: A Call to Action on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

For Dana Sellers, the best part of being in consulting was meeting with clients and working to solve their problems. But inevitably, she was the one who’d end up learning something. Source: Health IT Influencers: Encore Co-founder & Former CEO Dana Sellers, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

As outside influences continue to disrupt healthcare, a number of technology leadership roles will emerge, and it’s part of the CIO’s job to help define new professional development paths, say our panelists. Source: Women in HIT Leadership, Part 3: The Future of the CIO Role on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Are the leadership traits in men and women inherently different, or is a product of the environment? Our CIO panelists talk about what they believe to be true, and the responsibilities all leaders have to create a “safe environment.” Source: Women in HIT Leadership, Part 2: Challenging Gender Stereotypes on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

There’s a lot of debate as to what it will take to achieve interoperability. One thing we know isn’t the answer? Trying to solve every use case at once, says former CIO Bill Spooner. Source: Health IT Influencers: Bill Spooner, Former Sharp Healthcare CIO, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

One of the key competencies of today’s leaders? Being able to diffuse awkward situations and put people at ease, says CIO Tressa Springmann, in the first installment of our Women in IT Leadership discussion. Source: Women in HIT Leadership, Part 1: Identifying the Core Leadership Skills on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Improving the experience of both patients and employees doesn’t necessarily require a seismic shift, says Bill Spooner. Sometimes, in fact, it’s the “simple things that can make a world of difference.” Source: Health IT Influencers: Bill Spooner, Former Sharp Healthcare CIO, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Not only has serving in the US Army provided Lt. Col. Chani Cordero with experiences she wouldn’t have otherwise had, it’s taught her “how to influence, motivate, and bring an organization to change.” Source: Lt. Col. Chani Cordero, CIO, Education & Training Directorate, Defense Health Agency, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The most valuable lessons Bill Spooner learned during his CIO tenure still hold true today: make smart investments, do the research, and don’t buy anything you don’t really need. Source: Health IT Influencers: Bill Spooner, Former Sharp Healthcare CIO, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Even if an interaction with a vendor doesn’t result in a purchase, there can still be value in it, says CIO Chani Cordero, who talks about the importance of maintaining strong partnerships. Source: Lt. Col. Chani Cordero, CIO, Education & Training Directorate, Defense Health Agency, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Identifying initiatives that align with the organization’s overall strategy, yet can be done within a certain time frame, is a challenge for any CIO – but even more so for those in a limited tenure roll, says Lt. Col. Chani Cordero. Source: Lt. Col. Chani Cordero, CIO, Education & Training Directorate, Defense Health Agency, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health Syst...

Although the industry has made great strides in terms of usability, a lot still needs to be done to ensure that technology is working for clinicians – and not the other way around, says CNIO Nancy Yates. Source: Nancy Yates, CNIO, Providence St. Joseph Health, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

No matter which vendor an organization chooses, being able to reach out to existing customers is important. But when that vendor happens to be Epic, it’s more than important – it’s vital, says CIO Mike Mistretta. Source: Mike Mistretta, CIO, Virginia Hospital Center, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The critical role informatics plays in usability discussions? Helping clinicians to focus on the problem that needs to be solved, and figure out the best way to do that using their input, says CNIO Nancy Yates. Source: Nancy Yates, CNIO, Providence St. Joseph Health, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

By limiting the number of consultants they used while implementing Epic, VHC was able to not only save costs, but also develop in-house talent that will benefit them down the road, says CIO Mike Mistretta. Source: Mike Mistretta, CIO, Virginia Hospital Center, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders