

healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders
Anthony Guerra | Veteran Healthcare IT Journalist
Candid journalism and leadership insights for the modern Hospital CIO. healthsystemCIO is the definitive resource for Health System executives navigating Cybersecurity, AI Governance, and Digital Transformation. Hosted by Anthony Guerra, a veteran Healthcare IT Journalist.
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Apr 12, 2026 • 43min
ONC’s Keane Says Government Will Strengthen TEFCA Onboarding to Address Provider Privacy Concerns
Providers want stricter gatekeeping on TEFCA, and the National Coordinator says changes are coming. What enforcement tools does a government-administered network actually bring to the table?
Source: ONC’s Keane Says Government Will Strengthen TEFCA Onboarding to Address Provider Privacy Concerns on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Apr 9, 2026 • 52min
Penn State Health’s DeFlitch & Hijjawi Say Past Lessons Can Help Guide Today’s AI Implementations
Most health systems are deploying AI tools faster than they can evaluate them. Penn State Health’s informaticists explain why piloting with discipline and designing for the clinician workflow separates lasting gains from expensive disappointments.
Source: Penn State Health’s DeFlitch & Hijjawi Say Past Lessons Can Help Guide Today’s AI Implementations on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Apr 1, 2026 • 38min
Corewell Health’s Jarve Says Population Health Data Challenges Demand Internal Builds
Most health systems trust vendors to solve their population health data problems. Corewell’s Associate CMIO explains why that approach collapsed and what his team built instead to bridge the gap between clinical complexity and enterprise analytics.
Source: Corewell Health’s Jarve Says Population Health Data Challenges Demand Internal Builds on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Mar 26, 2026 • 55min
IT Leaders Say Downtime Prep is a System-Wide Responsibility; Practicing the Plan is Essential
How should health systems prepare to operate when their EHR goes down? In this healthsystemCIO webinar sponsored by Interlace Health, three healthcare IT leaders share how their organizations approach operational resilience during planned and unplanned downtime events.
Source: IT Leaders Say Downtime Prep is a System-Wide Responsibility; Practicing the Plan is Essential on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Mar 26, 2026 • 39min
Sharp HealthCare’s Korn Says Spatial Computing Gives Clinicians Superpowers, But Demands a Strong IT Foundation
Most CIOs are still focused on getting the EMR right. One health system has already moved past that and into spatial computing, with a practicing surgeon leading the charge. The path they followed holds lessons for everyone else.
Source: Sharp HealthCare’s Korn Says Spatial Computing Gives Clinicians Superpowers, But Demands a Strong IT Foundation on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Mar 24, 2026 • 59min
Leaders Break Down Keys to EMR Optimization; Warn Unaddressed Friction Speeds Burnout
Most health systems think their EHR works fine because no one complains. Three physician-leaders explain why that silence is the real problem and how strategic governance and workflow rigor set the stage for AI that actually delivers.
Source: Leaders Break Down Keys to EMR Optimization; Warn Unaddressed Friction Speeds Burnout on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Mar 20, 2026 • 59min
EMR Optimization: Why Ambient AI Can’t Fix a Broken EHR
Panel discussion on EMR optimization with Dr. Hannah Galvin, Dr. Ash Goel, and Dr. Marc Tobias.
Source: EMR Optimization: Why Ambient AI Can’t Fix a Broken EHR on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Mar 18, 2026 • 42min
Rush University Medical Center’s Rojas Explains How IT & Clinicians Can Truly Partner
When clinicians and IT leaders build together from the start, the results speak for themselves. Rush's Associate CMIO shares the partnership playbook behind a handoff tool adopted by 25 health systems and an AI chatbot built in two weekends.
Source: Rush University Medical Center’s Rojas Explains How IT & Clinicians Can Truly Partner on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Mar 11, 2026 • 42min
Catholic Health’s Keith Duemling: Why Cybersecurity is a Chronic Condition, Not an Episode
Keith Duemling explains why Catholic Health treats cybersecurity as a chronic condition requiring continuous management rather than an episodic fix. Managing cybersecurity at a health system is less like performing surgery and more like treating diabetes. That is the operating philosophy Keith Duemling, VP/CISO at Catholic Health, brought to his first year leading the security […]
Source: Catholic Health’s Keith Duemling: Why Cybersecurity is a Chronic Condition, Not an Episode on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Mar 10, 2026 • 34min
CTG’s Kochan Says Patient-Centric Workflow Mapping Exposes Gaps Product-Focused IT Teams Can Miss
Christina Kochan, Healthcare Solution Architect at CTG, explains why organizing clinical informatics teams by service line instead of by application reveals workflow gaps that product-focused IT structures miss, and how value stream mapping can follow the patient across every handoff, system, and care setting to eliminate friction.
Source: CTG’s Kochan Says Patient-Centric Workflow Mapping Exposes Gaps Product-Focused IT Teams Can Miss on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders


