CIO Spotlight (25)

The chief information security officer talks about cybersecurity and patient safety, navigating an expanded threat landscape – and how health systems should build their defenses amid cyber risk from the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

The chief information and informatics officer discusses the concept of digital health as a growth strategy, and offers a sneak peek of his HIMSS22 Accelerate Health session on practicing medicine in the era of private equity and VC investment.

The chief digital officer and system CIO at Wellforce describes the strategic opportunities – and the challenges – of moving the health system's entire Epic infrastructure and app ecosystem to AWS cloud.

The longtime chief information officer discusses the challenges of remote work for IT staff, having to hit pause on a big implementation due to the pandemic and what it means to serve the community during times of crisis.

The chief information officer describes how her Baltimore-based health system has adapted its EHR and IT systems for complex COVID-19 vaccine scheduling and administration – and how it plans to capitalize on shifting provider-consumer paradigms.

The health system's chief digital and information officer talks about pursuing growth amid rapid consumer changes. She also says what she'll be seeking at HIMSS22 – and offers some restaurant recommendations in the Orlando area.

The chief digital and information officer describes how the health system developed a new Alexa Skill designed for home care patients, and discusses larger emerging trends around artificial intelligence and remote patient monitoring.

He previews his HIMSS22 presentation on leadership and building a "culture of honor" among IT staff. He also talks strategic priorities for 2022, and tells what he’ll be looking to learn in Orlando in March.

The IT leader talks about how Penn State has managed population health during the pandemic with help from EHR tweaks, telehealth, data sharing via CommonWell and more. He also highlights some things healthcare can learn from other industries.

The longtime chief information officer and practicing physician at Boston Children's discusses what it's like to take on a new top job during a pandemic, and describes his plans for vaccine distribution, telehealth and remote monitoring across Maine.

Rob Havasy, senior director of connected health with HIMSS, speaks with Troy Keyser, director of Carilion Innovation for Carilion Health, about adapting and accelerating innovation on a smaller but just as important scale.

The CMIO describes how he devised a safety initiative that integrated NLP with EHR work queues – helping review and track clinical notes to ensure radiology reports are capturing incidental findings that could impact patient outcomes.