healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders

A successful partnership between hospital leaders and vendors requires a true give-and-take, says CIO Cindy Peterson, which means participating in focus groups and even including vendors in IT strategic planning.

Source: Cindy Peterson, VP & CIO, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

If you want determine whether your staff members are truly engaged, there’s a simple question you can ask, says CIO Dan Howard, who discusses his leadership style as well as the attributes he values most.

Source: Dan Howard, Site CIO, Loma Linda University Health, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

What separates TechSpring from other innovation centers? It goes beyond the experimental, incubator phase and creates a true “connection to the organism,” says Baystate Health CIO Joel Vengco.

Source: Joel Vengco, VP & CIO, Baystate Health, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

One of the most interesting facets of the CIO role? Positioning IT as a value accelerator, says Dan Howard, who discusses his communication strategy, as well as how he has benefited from project management training.

Source: Dan Howard, Site CIO, Loma Linda University Health, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

As EHRs are implemented, one of the CIO’s key role is in educating the board and other senior leaders about what to realistically expect with analytics, and managing expectations, says Joel Vengco.

Source: Joel Vengco, VP & CIO, Baystate Health, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Meeting the needs of local organizations while ensuring alignment with the organization-wide strategy is a balancing act, and one that often involves “interesting conversations,” says CIO Dan Howard.

Source: Dan Howard, Site CIO, Loma Linda University Health, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

If organizations want to reap the benefits of digitized records, they need to start with a solid data architecture and strategy, says Joel Vengco, who talks about his team’s efforts at Baystate Health.

Source: Joel Vengco, VP & CIO, Baystate Health, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Small and rural organizations need to start collaborating if they’re going to survive, says Randy McCleese, who talks about how CIOs must evolve to meet the changing needs of today’s health IT landscape.

Source: Q&A With CHIME Public Policy Award Recipient Randy McCleese, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

If health IT executives want their organizations to stay relevant, they need to find the point of integration between collaborating with core vendors and innovating with startups, says Lisa Stump.

Source: Lisa Stump, SVP & Interim CIO, Yale New Haven Health System, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The biggest issue with the current regularly environment in health IT? Unless changes are made, physicians can’t practice medicine and vendors can’t innovate — and that simply won’t do, says Randy McCleese.

Source: Q&A With CHIME Public Policy Award Recipient Randy McCleese, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders