healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders

In a fee-for-service world, analytics are nice to have, but in a value-based one, they are the difference between operational success and failure. That's because solid analytics mean better and more timely care, while also helping avoid that which is unnecessary and repetitive. In this timely webinar, we'll speak to leaders who have specifically worked to develop the technologies and overall analytics programs required to support value-based care. Source: Implementing Analytics & Technology to Support Value-Based Care on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

George T. "Buddy" Hickman has been “very, very involved in health IT,” as a CIO for the past 24 years, and in other capacities. Now as the chief strategy officer with First Health Advisory, a global risk management and digital transformation advisory firm, he imparts his vast industry knowledge to others as part of his daily job. In this episode of healthsystemCIO’s Partner Perspective Interview Series, Anthony Guerra, founder and editor-in-chief, picks Hickman’s brain on how he sees new trends affecting CIOs, particularly the latest title of chief digital officer. Is it important to go after this title? Hickman says it depends. Sometimes, it’s just a matter of a new trendy name for the same CIO job. But if a CIO is a trailblazer, drastically driving change at his or her enterprise, it might be right to assume this new title. And by the way, don’t expect the role to come without conflict, as that comes with the territory for any C-suite IT position. Hickman offers some ways to work with it and win, along with a host of other career gems in this interview. Source: Partner Perspective: Buddy Hickman Says CIOs Adding Digital to Their Titles Must Have Other Changes Come Along With It on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

By enabling those who use systems to make decisions on the build, organizations can achieve better efficiencies while also improving long-term adoption, said Stacey Johnson, MD, Chief Applications Officer at Baptist Health. “That’s good change management.” Source: Q&A with Baptist Health CAO Stacey Johnston, Part 2: “I’m Trying to Make It as Easy as Possible.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The ultimate challenge for a CISO is to get all of an enterprise’s stakeholders to recognize that IT is not just in the security game to protect the data, it has the organization’s bottom line and care outcomes at heart, says Michael Carr, VP, CTO and CISO at Health First. Source: Q&A with Health First VP, CISO & CTO Michael Carr: “We Must Make Sure the Business Understands the Risks it is Accepting” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Both consumer desires and regulatory mandates are requiring health systems to share more PHI with more entities than ever before. While such sharing can go a long way to improving outcomes and patient satisfaction, it also presents new challenges for IT security professionals. That's because traditional cybersecurity is not designed to protect PHI and clinical workflows at the edge of decentralized, virtual healthcare. In this important webinar, we'll discuss how clinicians have become the new perimeter, leaving security professionals in the position of figuring out how to secure them without inhibiting productivity. Source: Ensuring Your Security Program Can Support the Industry’s Increasing PHI Sharing Demands on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

As Hospital for Special Surgery continues to recover from the “ghost town” effects from Covid, CIO Jamie Nelson is setting her sights on the next big thing: “digitizing supply chain, finance, and HR functions,” she said in this podcast interview. Source: Q&A with HSS CIO Jamie Nelson, Part 1: “We Can’t Let Digital Fall Behind.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

For CIOs, one of the most important skillsets is being able to articulate the organization’s vision and find people “who can deliver results,” said Rich Rogers. In this podcast, he also talked about what it takes to standardize care processes and transform vendor relationships. Source: Q&A with CIO Rich Rogers, Part 2: “Find what motivates individuals and get them involved.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The first and most important question for CISOs to ask is, “Am I risk aligned with the place where I work?” If not, they might be swimming upstream as they promote a culture of security that the organization doesn’t embrace, says Aaron Weismann, CISO with Main Line Health. Source: Q&A with Main Line Health CISO Aaron Weismann: “CISO Success Depends on Organizational Risk Alignment” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The biggest advantage in choosing a provider lead an EHR implementation? A firsthand understanding of “where we get hung up and what alerts we can eliminate,” said Stacey Johnston, Clinical Applications Officer, in this podcast. Source: Q&A with Stacey Johnston, Part 1: “We have to help each other cross the finish line.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

More than ever, healthcare IT executives are expected to take costs out of their organizations. One of the main ways they can do so is by rationalizing their application portfolios and sunsetting tools -- from EHR to ERP -- that no longer make the grade. But the process of doing so efficiently is far from simple. In this important webinar, we'll hear from leaders who have navigated the rationalization road. Source: Successfully Leading Application Portfolio Rationalization Initiatives  on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders