healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders

There’s no doubt the Covid-19 pandemic constitutes one of the greatest crises to hit the US healthcare system in history. As such, there’s no playbook that instructs IT professional on what to do. But that hasn’t stopped CIOs and other executives from figuring things out as they go along, on the front lines, in the trenches with their teams. In this timely webinar, we’ll hear leaders share their unfolding Covid-19 war stories — both the battles they’ve won and lost — so you can be better prepared for your fight.

Source: Covid-19 Update: Stories & Lessons From the Front Lines of IT on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The best way to manage an environment in which things are constantly changing, and there is no blueprint? With a dynamic, agile approach that includes frequent huddles, says Tom Andriola, Vice Chancellor of IT at UC Irvine.

Source: Q&A with Tom Andriola, Part 2: “We’ve adopted almost a wartime mentality.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

One of the CMIO’s most important roles – especially during the COVID-19 pandemic – is to “protect providers” by ensuring they’re getting useful information, and not just data dumps, says Mark Weisman, MD.

Source: Q&A with CMIO Mark Weisman, Part 2: “We don’t want data; we want information.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

One of the main ways health systems are battling the Covid-19 fight is ensuring that as many clinicians and other employees can work remotely as possible. And, as anyone who has seen frightening images of Covid-19-damaged lungs knows, imaging has been and will continue to play a huge role in the fight. Taken together, those two factors mean it’s critical to optimize your remote reading capability for radiologists and others who need access. In this timely webinar, we’ll hear imaging experts offer guidance on how to ensure those who want to care for patients at home can do so.

Source: Optimizing Your Imaging Approach for the Covid-19 Fight on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

When it comes to COVID-19, the problem isn’t a lack of information, but a lack of credible information, says Tom Andriola, who believes the onus is on health systems to “help people pragmatically make decisions that are going to keep them safe.”

Source: Q&A with Tom Andriola, Part 1: “We Want to Be Seen as a Source of Truth.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

If the Covid-19 pandemic has shown us anything, it’s that life can change on a dime. No matter what plans or strategies CIOs had in place, they’ve all gone out the window to deal with the onslaught. That is, unless those strategies called for the organization to become more nimble and flexible. And that’s just what many say about taking applications to the cloud — it might not be cheaper, but it certainly puts them in a position to respond quickly to events. In this timely webinar, we’ll hear from those in the trenches about how their cloud approach has put them in a good position to deal with the ever-changing circumstances of today.

Source: Covid-19 & The Cloud: How Life Off-Prem is Helping Health Systems Fight the Pandemic on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Even during a healthcare crisis, the CMIO’s goal should remain the same: “to make sure we have the tools in place that providers need,” said Mark Weisman, MD. In this podcast, he talks about how his team at Peninsula Regional is working to achieve that.

Source: Q&A with CMIO Mark Weisman, Part 1: “What can we optimize to make life easier?” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders