Becker’s Healthcare Podcast

Driving Value Through Digital Transformation at Jefferson Health with Dr. Luis Taveras

Feb 25, 2026
Dr. Luis Taveras, Senior VP and Chief Digital and Information Officer at Jefferson Health with decades of CIO experience. He discusses large-scale integrations and governance across hospitals, human-centered AI for clinical workflows, ambient tools for documentation, and the challenge of harmonizing systems after mergers. Topics focus on strategy, cybersecurity, bias mitigation, and turning IT into a value engine.
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INSIGHT

Integration Turned IT Into A Value Engine

  • Jefferson prioritized integration after merging with Lehigh Valley to align teams, merge technologies, and strengthen cybersecurity across the single organization.
  • Luis Taveras led governance and processes to shift IT from reactive to a value-focused partner supporting clinical excellence.
ADVICE

Build A Strategy Then Enforce Governance

  • Create a strategic plan that maps the journey from reactive IT to operational excellence and then to high performance over five to seven years.
  • Pair that plan with a clear governance model that evaluates investments and engages stakeholders across the enterprise.
INSIGHT

Keep A Human In The Middle Of AI

  • Manage AI as an augmentation tool with a human clinician always initiating and verifying AI-driven actions in clinical workflows.
  • Position AI to enhance clinician efficiency while keeping human judgment central to patient care decisions.
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