November 22, 2021

CIO Podcast - Episode 20: Bryan Bliven on Innovation and Project Prioritization

26 minutes

For the 20th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Bryan Bliven, Chief Information Officer at MU Health Care. MU Health Care was recently awarded the HIMSS Davies Award as one of only nine healthcare organizations that have been selected as a Davies award winner twice. In this episode, we talk about their HIMSS Davies Award submission and the impact these efforts have had on patients and their organization.

Along with talking about their recent win, we also ask Bliven about how he approaches innovation as CIO and how he prioritizes projects amidst requests from across the organization. He also shares some of the projects that have made the biggest difference for patients and some insights into how they’ve been able to collaborate across teams at MU Health Care. Bliven also shares about their unique Tiger Institute for Health Innovation and ends off with some career advice for CIOs and aspiring CIOs.

Here’s a look at the questions and topics we discuss on this episode:

What IT projects do you think have made the biggest difference on patients? What’s been the impact?

You mention the portal. Many people don’t like the portal. What have you done to make your portal effective?

MU Health Care was recently named a HIMSS Davies Award Winner, what do you think set your awards submission apart? What’s been the impact of the project you submitted?

What you submitted requires cross-functional teams. What’s been the key to being able to collaborate across teams?

You have a unique approach to health IT operations led by your Tiger Institute for Health Innovation (private-public partnership between University of Missouri and Cerner). Tell us how that works and is this a model other healthcare organizations should follow?

How do you approach prioritizing projects as CIO? Any tricks to governance and priorities?

What’s the best piece of career advice you’d give a new CIO or aspiring CIO?

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