healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders

Hugo Lai says the key to CISO peace of mind is being thoughtful and conscientious, documenting steps taken, and then not worrying endlessly. Source: Q&A with Temple Health CISO Hugo Lai: Conscientious CISOs Have Nothing to Fear on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

CISOs and CIOs who keep a close eye on the threat intelligence landscape have a leg up on peers who lack focus on this important source of information. Case in point: recently, virtualized environments have become a favorite attack vector following the release of nefarious tools on the dark web. But there are ways to protect those environments, and it all starts with being aware of the new danger. In this important webinar, we'll talk with leaders about how to incorporate threat intelligence into a comprehensive cyber-defense, and how to keep newly-targeted virtualized environments secure. Source: Virtualization in the Crosshairs: Leveraging Threat Intelligence to Enhance Your Cybersecurity Posture on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

In order to comply with both regulations and patient demand, health systems must provide patients with electronic access to their designated record set. But considering that patient information often resides not only in the EHR but other applications and archives, providing access to all that information in one patient portal, or even through your current Release of Information process, is tricky. That's because while patients may have a unique identifier in the main EHR, it doesn't carry over to those other data sources. Enter the need for an organization-wide unique identifier that can facilitate bringing it all together. In this timely webinar, we'll speak to leaders about how they are working to satisfy growing patient demand for access to their data and comply with the 21st Century Cures Act. Source: Developing a Multifaceted Patient Matching Strategy to Fuel Interoperability on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

“Protecting workstations in their traditional form is not a technique that scales any longer,” says Keith Duemling, director of cybersecurity technology protection at the Cleveland Clinic. In this interview with healthsystemCIO Founder and Editor-in-Chief Anthony Guerra, Duemling talks about how he and his team of cybersecurity engineers have no small task tackling “the sheer magnitude and scale of security” at the clinic, which involves literally thousands of vendors. Third-party risk is a key trend to watch, but so is the increase in patient-owned devices being used for diagnostic purposes, Duemling says. “It's really challenging because obviously you can't deploy traditional tools onto someone's privately owned device, but you are, to some degree, still responsible for the protection of their information, and certainly their protection when it comes to the care that they receive.” Ultimately, it requires building strong relationships in the enterprise and getting out in front of demand when it comes to IT. Source: Q&A with Cleveland Clinic’s Director of Cyber Keith Duemling: Show the Business You’re an Ally on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Although every health system has distinct qualities, the reality is that “the way we deliver care and the way we take care of our employees is very common,” said Jeff Sturman. In this podcast, he talked about the need for collaboration, the patient flow challenge, and the hardest part of any initiative. Source: Q&A with Memorial Healthcare CDO Jeff Sturman, Part 1: “We’re doing great things on the digital front.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The ultimate goal for healthcare leaders to create a digitally-driven experience to “support the expectation of an evolving consumer base,” said Brian Norris. Doing so, he believes, is going to require “the triad leadership of the CIO, the CMIO and the CNIO working in concert together.” Source: Q&A with CNIO Brian Norris, Part 2: “There’s a lot of low-hanging fruit.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

While funding and staffing for IT security teams may not be on the rise, the number of third-parties that health systems are using – and thus the number of potential attack vectors into those health systems – is, leaving CISOs in the unenviable position of having to figure out how to more with less, says Alfonso Powers, CISO at Asante. To accomplish that, he’s looking at automation and other technologies. In this interview with healthsystemCIO Founder and Editor-in-Chief Anthony Guerra, Powers goes into detail on how he manages third-party risk, his experiences navigating a ransomware event, and how he tries to ensure a healthy work/life balance for him and his team. Source: Q&A with Asante CISO Alfonso Powers: CISOs Must Figure out How to do More With Less on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Economic headwinds have left health systems' margins thinner than ever, with the result that IT budgets and past investments are being put under the microscope. Now, CIOs and other IT leaders must show that currently allocated money is being well spent and planned outlays aren't the equivalent of throwing good money after bad. But unfortunately the news for leaders gets worse, as other parts of healthcare (vendors, payers, consultants) are poaching away much-needed IT talent with promises of more money, better hours and less overall stress. In this timely webinar, we'll hear from leaders who are focused on bringing their shops through the storm by being more efficient, focusing on ROI and retaining employees with all the tools at their disposal. Source: Doing More With Less: How to Run an Efficient IT Shop in Tough Times on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

In this interview, Sonney Sapra talks about the pendulum swing that’s coming – and how leaders must adjust; the ‘IS norms’ his team is implementing to keep staff engaged; and what he believes is the most important criteria when making a career move. Source: Q&A with Samaritan Health CIO Sonney Sapra, Part 2: “We Have to Be Able to Adjust.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

After more than a decade of collecting data, “it’s time to figure out how to best leverage that information to drive insight and drive change,” said Brian Norris in this interview. And CMIOs should be one of the leaders helping to navigate that path. Source: Q&A with CNIO Brian Norris, Part 1: “We Have Lots of Data. What Do We Do with It?” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders