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 […]
iPads Have Much Potential, But Significant Challenges Remain
Who knew that an article entitled, “iPads in Healthcare: Not So Fast” — including quotes from my trusted CTO, Wes Wright — would cause such a stir. I’ve seen tweets, facebook posts, comments on Linked-In, and rebroadcasts of portions of the article in other articles. Most of the stuff I’ve read has been negative-ish about […]
Drex DeFord, SVP/CIO, Seattle Children’s Hospital And Research Institute, Chapter 3
Drex DeFord, SVP/CIO, Seattle Children’s Hospital And Research Institute, Chapter 2
Drex DeFord, SVP/CIO, Seattle Children’s Hospital And Research Institute, Chapter 1
Becoming The Mayor Of Gemba
After talking shop the other day with a new sponsor, the individual said, “You really seem to enjoy your work – how did you come to focus on CIOs?” I responded that since I was clearly right-brained, those graced with the productivity of both hemispheres elicited my admiration, and curiosity. This admiration was first roused […]