healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders

When you’re a Marine, you may be asked at any time to step into a leadership role and demonstrate your knowledge, says CIO Brian Thomas, reflecting on the many lessons he has learned.

Source: Brian Thomas, VP & CIO, Swope Health Services, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

At Wake Forest Baptist, patient engagement goes beyond just offering a portal. It’s working with communities and families to find better, less disruptive ways to manage care, says CIO Dee Emon.

Source: Dee Emon, VP & CIO, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The biggest mistake health IT leaders are making with vendors? Failing to continually reassess contracts and look for savings, says Brian Thomas, who talks about the need for true partnerships.

Source: Brian Thomas, VP & CIO, Swope Health Services, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The most important career advice Karen DeSalvo can offer? Be open to different opportunities, and learn as much as possible so that you’re prepared when it comes knocking.

Source: Karen DeSalvo, Former National Coordinator for Health IT, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

When the same workflow issues surface again and again, it’s time to stop applying band-aids and get to the root of the problem, says CIO Brian Thomas, who talks about his “structured change management process.”

Source: Brian Thomas, VP & CIO, Swope Health Services, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The gap between supply and demand for cybersecurity talent is wide, and it’s only going to grow, according to Mary Alice Annecharico and Meredith Harper, who say it’s time to get creative.

Source: Time To Get Creative: How Henry Ford’s Leaders Are Growing Cybersecurity Talent on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Karen DeSalvo’s time as Commissioner of Health for the City of New Orleans enabled her to see firsthand the enormous impact that actionable data can have on improving public health – a crusade she continues to this day.

Source: Karen DeSalvo, Former National Coordinator for Health IT, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The key to building a strong security program? Communication, whether that means going on the road to build support, training and re-training the staff, or engaging in dialogues with device manufacturers, say Mary Alice Annecharico and Meredith Harper.

Source: Continuing Education: One Team’s Approach To Warding Off Ever-Changing Security Threats on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

For Karen DeSalvo, serving as National Health IT Coordinator offered the opportunity to “think big and do big things,” and made for an extremely memorable three years.

Source: Karen DeSalvo, Former National Coordinator for Health IT, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

At Henry Ford Health System, the key to successfully restructuring the information privacy and security office was in finding a balanced approach to people, process, and technology, say Mary Alice Annecharico and Meredith Harper.

Source: Structured For Success: How A Realignment Helped Elevate Security at Henry Ford on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders