healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders

Meeting the COVID crisis required healthcare organizations to extend their networks with never before seen scope and at previously unimaginable speed. But many IT professionals know this was done at the expense of security considerations. This session outlines practical approaches to security and networking for the post-pandemic healthcare industry – from SASE to hybrid clouds. 

Source: Healthcare CIOs’ and CISOs’ Guide to Security-Driven Networking on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The reduced revenue, reduced throughput environment brought on by Covid is forcing healthcare organizations to more closely examine how resources are allocated, and to make some tough decisions, says Mike Hart.

Source: Podcast Interview with Mike Hart, Part 1: “Long-term Strategies Will Be Different Going Forward.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Whether to improve patient satisfaction, increase security or meet a regulatory deadline, health systems are embracing electronic prescribing of controlled substances. While the programs, once implemented and optimized, deliver serious value, there is a learning curve. In this critical webinar, we'll hear from EPCS veterans who can give you all the lessons learned and pitfalls to avoid when starting down this most important of roads. 

Source: Exploring the Fundamental Building Blocks of a Successful EPCS Program  on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

One of biggest challenges facing CIOs is the ability to effectively prioritize tasks based on the most pressing needs, and set realistic expectations, says JD Whitlock. In this interview, he talks about his team’s vision for an enterprise imaging architecture.

Source: Podcast Interview with CIO JD Whitlock, Part 1: “You Can’t Do Everything.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Promoting diversity across healthcare and moving toward a more level playing field is going to take more than simply throwing money at the problem. “We need to do a deep dive to figure this out,” says CIO Cletis Earle.

Source: Podcast Interview with Cletis Earle, Part 2: “Until We Get Uncomfortable, We Won’t Make Strides.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

With hospital budgets decimated from COVID-related surgery cancellations, CIOs are looking for every possible way to cut costs. One obvious step is to stop paying for applications that are no longer part of an organization's go-forward strategy.

Source: Finding Cost Savings with Legacy Data Management on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

This webinar will feature a discussion between Vital's Larry Sitka and Paragon Consulting Partners' Eric Rice regarding observations over the past six months as provider organizations have navigated an environment directed by the COVID pandemic.  Hear how challenges have both exaggerated issues at provider organizations as well as driven positive change with modernized solutions that have enabled patient care.  Learn how healthcare organizations have leveraged this time and their data to optimize workflows, enhance their technology and direct clinical services with a proactive approach. Learn how those environments have changed and what they revealed about how healthcare was already broken and had no ability to react to real time information.  

Source: Imaging Providers Through a Pandemic: Where We Were, Where We Are, Where We’re Going on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

As IT organizations take on a more strategic role, forming mutually beneficial partnerships with vendors will become increasingly critical, says Ryan Smith, CIO at Intermountain Healthcare.

Source: Q&A with CIO Ryan Smith, Part 2: “We Need to Start Thinking About Vendors in a New Light.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Even before COVID-19, the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) was exploding and, with it, the risk of security breaches. With workforces and patients having gone remote, the risk has only increased. In this webinar, we'll hear from leaders who are doing everything possible to ensure that better care delivered by leveraging IoMT doesn’t equate to better access for bad actors.

Source: Adjusting Your Security Posture to an IoMT World on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

In what can be considered the old days, health system executives could interview prospective new vendors face to face, where they could observe body language, eye contact, and many other cues to determine if the vendor in front of them was the right fit. In today's COVID-19 world, of course, everything has changed. Now, hospitals must establish relationships with new (and continue those with old) vendors online only. In this important webinar, we'll discuss how health systems and vendors are learning to work together in a remote environment. We'll also specifically look at such interaction as it pertains to data archiving and application sunsetting projects.

Source: Vendor Vetting & Management in a COVID World on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders