healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders

When it comes to areas like predictive analytics and security, the traditional health IT skills are no longer going to suffice, says Lisa Stump, who believes CIOs need to think out of the box.

Source: Lisa Stump, SVP & Interim CIO, Yale New Haven Health System, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

When you're a planning a complex implementation - such as going big bang with Epic's Beaker across three hospitals - you better make sure you have “boots on the ground” support, says CIO Lisa Stump.

Source: Lisa Stump, SVP & Interim CIO, Yale New Haven Health System, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

If you don’t have the clinical background that helps with understanding the complexity of healthcare, you need to bring in “trusted leaders that will give you truth and honesty,” says CIO Kathryn Crous.

Source: Kathryn Crous, Network CIO, Kings County Hospital, NYC Health & Hospitals, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The biggest advantage in entering an organization as a consultant? It’s a chance to “test-drive the job,” says Kathryn Crous, who talks about how she was able to build trust with her team.

Source: Kathryn Crous, Network CIO, Kings County Hospital, NYC Health & Hospitals, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Michael Elley weighs the pros and cons of being at both large and small organizations, how the CIO role has evolved in the past decade, and why it’s not realistic to create 5-year plans in today’s world.

Source: Michael Elley, System VP of IT, OhioHealth, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

It doesn’t get much more complex than planning an EMR migration and building interfaces while the organization itself goes through major changes, but CIO Kathryn Crous is up to the task.

Source: Kathryn Crous, Network CIO, Kings County Hospital, NYC Health & Hospitals, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

One of the many lessons OhioHealth has learned by collaborating with other industries? The more flexibility and power organizations give consumers, the better relationship will be, says Michael Elley.

Source: Michael Elley, System VP of IT, OhioHealth, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The factor that plays the biggest role in determining a project's success? Having a staff that's invested and engaged, says Michael Elley. The best way to ensure that? By having both operations and IT take the lead.

Source: Michael Elley, System VP of IT, OhioHealth, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Chuck Christian speaks candidly about why “the jury is still out” on FHIR, the toughest component of interoperability, and why he decided to leave the CIO role.

Source: Chuck Christian, VP of Technology and Engagement, IHIE, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Merging two IT cultures isn’t easy, but it can be done if leaders are willing to listen and to ask some key questions, says CIO Bobbie Byrne. And even then, there are going to be landmines.

Source: Bobbie Byrne, MD, EVP & CIO, Edward Elmhurst Health, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders