Schooler Named CIO of the Year

Rick Schooler, CIO, Orlando Health

Rick Schooler, senior vice president and CIO at Orlando Health, has been named the 2011 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year. Schooler is in his 12th year as CIO at Orlando Health and has been in the health IT industry for more than two decades. He is a Fellow of CHIME and was [...]

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DeFord Named CHIME Board Chair

Drex DeFord, VP/CIO, Seattle Children’s Hospital

Drex DeFord, CIO and senior vice president of Seattle Children’s Hospital, has been named 2012 Chair of CHIME’s Board of Trustees. DeFord, who serves on the healthsystemCIO.com Advisory Panel, is a CHIME fellow and Certified Healthcare CIO. He has been on CHIME’s board for three years, and has been a member of the organization for 13 [...]

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How To Sell Yourself Without Bragging

Bonnie R. Siegel, Partner, Sanford Rose Associates

Based on my recent calls and emails, the start of 2012 seems to have stirred thoughts of career change, advancement or movement among a number of health system CIOs.  That is good news. As mentioned in Anthony Guerra’s survey in December (Survey Shows CIO Migration In The Offing), some CIOs are looking for a change [...]

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Who Says You Can’t Go Home?

Kate Huvane Gamble, Managing Editor, hsCIO.com

Who says you can’t go back? Been all around the world and as a matter of fact, there’s only one place left I want to go. Who says you can’t go home? –Bon Jovi What better way to begin my initial column than with a reference to the pride of New Jersey, Jon Bon Jovi? [...]

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Gamble Joins healthsystemCIO.com As Managing Editor

Kate Huvane Gamble, Managing Editor, hsCIO.com

healthsystemCIO.com has named Kate Huvane Gamble to the position of Managing Editor. Gamble, who previously worked for healthsystemCIO.com as a copy editor, will conduct interviews with hospital CIOs, write original news articles and analysis columns, and attend industry conferences. “I’m thrilled to be back working in such a dynamic industry, and there’s no place I’d [...]

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David Miller, Vice Chancellor/CIO, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Chapter 1

David Miller, Vice Chancellor/CIO, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

*Moving from University of Chicago Medical Center to UAMS
*Taking on a larger role, relocating
*About UAMS
*Best of breed (Eclipsys, GE, McKesson) with an eye towards an enterprise future
*”A best-of-breed shop is in trouble … do I sweep the decks and start over?”

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Mostashari Tapped to Lead ONC

Farzad Mostashari, M.D., National Coordinator for Health IT, ONC

Farzad Mostashari, M.D., has been selected as ONC’s new National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Mostashari joined ONC in July 2009, serving as the Deputy National Coordinator for Programs and Policy. Previously, he served at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as Assistant Commissioner for the Primary Care Information Project. Mostashari replaces [...]

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De Witte Replacing Wanchoo at GE

Jan De Witte, President/CEO, GE Healthcare IT

Jan De Witte, currently president and CEO of GE Healthcare’s Performance Solutions division, has also been named president and CEO of its Healthcare IT business, replacing Vishal Wanchoo who was recently named SVP of Growth Initiatives for GE India. De Witte was named president and CEO of GE Healthcare Performance Solutions in June 2010. According [...]

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Hats off to the “K” in KLAS

I remember 15 years ago when my father told me he was quitting his job at Sunquest and jumping headfirst into a new, crazy endeavor. Many were skeptical, including me. But Kent was committed. He was passionate about creating more accountability and transparency in the industry, and was willing to step into the unknown to [...]

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