healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders

For healthcare organizations, it’s always been about the patient; Covid-19 only amplified that, said Tracy Elmer. In this podcast, she talks about how TrueCare is “meeting patients where they are,” why an inquisitive approach is so important, and why she loves her job. Source: Q&A with TrueCare CIO Tracy Elmer, Part 2: “Innovation is all about problem solving.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The key to cyber success is having team security on team patient safety, not the other way around, according to Martin Fisher, CISO at Northside Hospital in Georgia. Source: Q&A with Northside Hospital CISO Martin Fisher: Our True North is Patient Safety on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

A huge part of what IT executives do is manage vendor relationships. If done right, those relationships yield the best of what the product or service provider has to offer, while doing it at a fair price to the organization. If done wrong, these relationships can sap the vitality of the health system, leaving it in a weakened position when it comes to serving its own customers. In this important webinar, we'll speak to leaders who have made turning key vendors into partners a focus of their leadership efforts, and in the process have often gotten the best out of these companies. Source: Keys to Establishing & Maintaining Successful Vendor Relationships on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

It’s not enough to ensure projects occur on time and on budget; IS leaders need to “provide the right talent for the initiatives that are most important to the organization, and make sure we stay in lockstep with clinical and operational leaders,” says Maureen Hetu. Source: Q&A with Penn Medicine AVP Maureen Hetu, Part 1: “Remote or Not, Our Teams Delivered.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

No initiative – particularly one as complex as modernizing the infrastructure – is going to happen “because the CIO said so,” according to Bradd Busick. Rather, it’s about having a solid strategy, and the support of the leadership team and business partners, he said in this podcast. Source: Q&A with MultiCare CIO Bradd Busick, Part 2: “This Journey Is Not for the Faint of Heart.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Covid-19, and the subsequent great resignation, has exacerbated the staffing shortages hospital IT departments have always experienced. Unfortunately, with an ever-increasing thirst for technologies to optimize clinical and business operations, the need for talent is higher than ever. In this timely webinar, we'll speak to healthcare leaders who have leveraged staffing firms. These leaders will identify the areas they found suited for outside help, how they went about procuring it, and the lessons learned along the way. Source: Strategies for Leveraging Supplemental Staffing as a Solution to In-House Talent Gaps on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

James Case, VP/CISO with Baptist Health, says the CISO role is all about understanding and communicating IT risk to operational leaders, and including them in prioritization. Source: Q&A with Baptist Health VP/CISO James Case: It’s About Risk, Risk, Risk on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

As remote and hybrid models become the norm, the onus is on leaders to “find ways to collaborate and connect when we don’t pass each other in the hallway,” said Tracy Elmer, Chief Innovation Officer at TrueCare, who talked about the value of listening. Source: Q&A with Chief Innovation Officer Tracy Elmer, Part 1: “It has to be as authentic as possible.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

John Halamka, MD, president of the Mayo Clinic Platform, provides the latest updates on national HIT policy and prognosticates on future direction. Source: HIT Policy Update on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

By implementing a fluid strategy, rather than a 5-year plan, organizations are able to pivot quickly and reallocate resources based on changing needs, said Bradd Busick, CIO at MultiCare Health System. "That's the magic in this process." Source: Q&A with MultiCare CIO Bradd Busick, Part 1: “It’s one thing to gather data; it’s another to do something with it.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders