Cybersecurity’s Time to Shine: Breaking Down Our Top 20 Podcast Interviews of 2022

What are people talking about? What do they want to learn about?

At healthsystemCIO, answering those two questions is not just our primary objective — it’s our passion. We want to deliver perspectives on the most pressing matters, from those who are in the trenches.

What we’ve learned is that as priorities have shifted from EHR implementations to digital transformation, the need for collaboration among C-suite leaders has increased exponentially. To effectively drive change, CIOs must understand the challenges of other executive leaders and remain in lockstep.

With that in mind, we’ve expanded our interviews to include other key players such as CISOs, CDOs, CNIOs, and CMIOs — a move that has clearly been appreciated by our readers. Of the top 20 most viewed/heard podcast interviews, nearly half featured security leaders, a demographic that has been underrepresented for quite some time.

By bucking the trend and offering a platform for CISOs, we hope to provide a more compelling picture of the obstacles healthcare organizations face, while also sharing best practices on how they can be managed. That includes safeguarding data, a responsibility that no longer falls squarely on the shoulders of IS leaders.

As Kathy Hughes, CISO at Northwell Health, said during an interview, “Ultimately what we do and how we protect our systems isn’t an IT issue, it’s an enterprise issue.”

Of course, several other areas were also covered in our most popular interviews, including clinician burnout, budgeting and prioritization, the IT workforce shortage, and leadership development.

As always, we’re incredibly grateful for the many individuals who are willing to lend their time and expertise, and we look forward to more robust discussions in 2023.

HealthsystemCIO’s Top 20 Podcasts from 2022

1. Q&A with Northwell Health CISO Kathy Hughes: “BCP Requires More Preparation Than Ever.” (Kathy Hughes, VP/CISO, Northwell Health)
2. Q&A with CIO Terri Couts: “If you’re not adapting, you’re not surviving.” (Terri Couts, SVP & CIO, The Guthrie Clinic)
3. Q&A with Hospital Sisters Health System CIO Ray Gensinger: “Take It One Step at a Time.” (Ray Gensinger, MD, CIO, Hospital Sisters Health System)
4. Q&A with MultiCare CIO Bradd Busick: “It’s one thing to gather data; it’s another to do something with it.” (Bradd Busick, SVP & CIO, MultiCare Health System)
5. Q&A with Baptist Health VP/CISO James Case: It’s About Risk, Risk, Risk (James Case, VP & CISO, Baptist Health)
6. Q&A with Novant Health CIO Onyeka Nchege: “It’s about education and communication.” (Onyeka Nchege, SVP & CIO, Novant Health)
7. “It’s a Great Place to Be”: CIO Ed Kopetsky on Building a Strong & Resilient Culture (Ed Kopetsky, CIO, Stanford Children’s Health/Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford)
8. Q&A with CIO Will Walders: “You Have to Get Your Technical Debt in Order.” (William Walders, CIO & SVP of Operations Support, Health First)
9. Q&A with CIO Rick Lang: The Constant Cybersecurity Battles & What He Values Most (Richard Lang, Former CIO, Doylestown Health)
10. Q&A with Dr. David Kaelber: “We’ve saved lives because we’re able to standardize care.” (David Kaelber, MD, CMIO, The MetroHealth System)
11. Q&A with Memorial Healthcare CIO Jeff Sturman: “We’re doing great things on the digital front.” (Jeffrey Sturman, SVP & Chief Digital Officer, Memorial Healthcare System)
12. Q&A with Northside Hospital CISO Martin Fisher: Our True North is Patient Safety (Martin Fisher, CISO, Northside Hospital)
13. Q&A With Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare CISO Steve Crocker: IT Security Should “Assist Owners with How They Can Manage Risks on Their Assets” (Steve Crocker, CISO, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare)
14. Q&A with Intermountain Healthcare AVP/CISO Erik Decker: Sharing Security Best Practices Makes Us All Safer (Erik Decker, AVP/CISO, Intermountain Healthcare)
15. Q&A with UCSF CEO Suresh Gunasekaran: “The Next Decade Is Going to Focus on Health Equity.” (Suresh Gunasekaran, President & CEO, UCSF Health)
16. Q&A with Mount Sinai Health System CISO Rishi Tripathi: Healthcare Can Leapfrog Other Industries by Learning Their Lessons (Rishi Tripathi, CISO, Mount Sinai Health System)
17. Q&A with Lisa Stump: Yale New Haven Health’s Approach to Launching Hospital-at-Home (Lisa Stump, SVP & Chief Information and Digital Transformation Officer, Yale New Haven Health System)
18. “There’s Been a Lot of Action”: Aaron Martin & Sara Vaezy Discuss Digital Trends (Sara Vaezy, EVP, Chief Strategy & Digital Officer, Providence, and Aaron Martin, Former EVP & Chief Digital Officer, Providence, now VP of Healthcare, Amazon)
19. Q&A with INTEGRIS CIO Bill Hudson: “Digital is about meeting our communities where they are.” (Bill Hudson, Chief Information Officer, INTEGRIS Health)
20. Q&A with CNIO Brian Norris: “We Have Lots of Data. What Do We Do with It?” (Brian Norris, VP & CNIO, Indiana University Health)