Sue Schade, CIO at University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, has been named recipient of the 2014 John E. Gall, Jr. CIO of the Year Award.
“I am very honored,” said Schade. “I am passionate about my work in healthcare and IT. With talented and dedicated IT teams over the years, we’ve been able to make a positive difference in the lives of so many people. I’m happy to be able to give back, both personally and professionally through organizations like CHIME and HIMSS where we are developing the next generation of HIT leaders.”
Schade’s career in healthcare IT spans 30 years, half of which have been spent as a CIO. Prior to joining University of Michigan in 2012, she spent 12 years as CIO at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where under her guise, the organization earned national recognition for its Balanced Scorecard initiative. Schade previously held leadership roles with organizations including Advocate Healthcare in Chicago and Ernst and Young.
“Sue is truly one the great and influential forces in health IT,” said CHIME President and CEO Russell Branzell. “Her vision and passion for healthcare transformation have made an enduring impact on our industry, and she continues to serve as a vital and credible source of knowledge and inspiration to her peers. It is with great pleasure that we are able to recognize her many career accomplishments, and honor her leadership, dedication and contribution to the field.”
A CHIME Fellow, Schade previously served on the Board of Trustees and chaired the Education Foundation Board, and is currently a member of the CHIME Policy Steering Committee. Additionally, she is a member of the Michigan Hospital Association Health IT Strategy Committee and current board and executive committee member of the Great Lakes Health Connect (HIE). Schade is also the first CIO to serve on the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) Board of Directors.
She is also active with HIMSS, where she has been a Fellow and member since 2005, and served its Advocacy and Public Policy Steering Committee for two years. In 2011, Schade was named the New England Chapter of HIMSS CIO of the Year.
“Sue is a consummate professional who brings innovation, creativity and strategic vision to our information technology and data management requirements, in support of a complex patient-care enterprise,” said T. Anthony Denton, acting CEO and COO of U-M Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers. “She is a talented leader of various teams dedicated to effective management of organizational priorities and providing excellent and responsive service.”
Andrew Rosenberg MD, CMIO at Michigan, concurred, adding that Schade “personifies the ideals for which this award was created and the legacy of the man for whom it is named. Sue has been instrumental in the reorganization of our information services and has helped to re-shape the two largest state HIE organizations into a cohesive single entity.”
Schade has been nationally recognized by both CIO and Computerworld magazine as one of the “Top 100 IT Leaders” in 2008 and 2010. She was also named one of the “10 CIOs You Should Follow on Twitter Today” in 2014 by FierceCIO, a “Top 10 Women Powerhouses in Health IT” by Healthcare IT News in 2013, and among one of the “8 Influential Women in Health IT” by FierceHealthIT in 2012.
Last year, Schade launched Health IT Connect, a leadership blog dedicated to sharing lessons learned and developing the next generation of health IT leaders. She recently participated in a podcast series for healthsystemCIO.com featuring four influential female CIOs, and has spoken at numerous industry events.
Schade holds an MBA degree from Illinois Benedictine College.
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