Scaling Success in Healthcare IT for Alberta Health Services
Today, my guest is Penny Rae.  Penny is the Chief Information Officer for Alberta Health Services.  AHS is the health delivery organization for the province of Alberta in Canada.  AHS is the largest health care delivery organization in North America. And with nearly 150,000 employees and contractors, it's one of the top five employers in all of Canada.  The IT department alone is 2,500 people. So the scale of Penny's operation is massive. 

Penny has spent the last few years leading a rollout of the EPIC health care management system as a wholesale replacement for hundreds of individual healthcare information management systems.  It's one of the largest IT projects in Canada. And in an industry where only 30% of IT projects like this reach success. Penny's approach is beating all the odds. 

You're going to hear Penny talk about culture and trust as the driver for success and her own philosophy about how to lead technical teams.  I hope you enjoy the conversation. 
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Resource Links:

• Greg Price story, Falling Through the Cracks [2017]
• Cynefin Model
• Sense and Respond
  • Wikipedia | Amazon | Kobo. | Indigo
• Penny Rae - National recognition for AHS Chief Information Officer (2018)
• AHS selected Epic Systems Corporation as the partner for Connect Care. (link to FAQ PDF)
• https://northern.co/311-podcast

Recorded in May 2023

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