For healthcare IT leaders, “having a balance of technical and operational leadership is increasingly important,” said Denao Ruttino, Chief Innovation Officer at Southern Illinois Healthcare. In this podcast interview, he talks about the challenges facing rural health organizations, how his team is working to improve access, and why accountability is so critical.
The Secret Sauce of Digital Transformation
“A Great Step Forward”: Leaders Share Lessons Learned from the Road to Digital
The CIO’s Evolution from “Techies and Propellor Heads” to Change Management Architects
The Dangers of Staying in Your Lane
By focusing solely on the tasks and responsibilities within your job description, healthcare IT leaders miss out on critical opportunities to collaborate with other departments, work on cross-functional projects, or take on new initiatives, according to Bradd Busick, SVP and CIO at MultiCare Health System.
Q&A with RWJBarnabas CTO Jordan Ruch: “Standardization is critically important.”
Investing heavily in go-live support, laying the right groundwork, and having the right people in place are all critical to the success of a major initiative. But perhaps the most important component, said Jordan Ruch, CTO of RWJBarnabas Health, is the ability to “adapt to, and highly function throughout, periods of transformation.”
“Creating an Ecosystem”: Leaders Get “Pragmatic” about Artificial Intelligence
Q&A with CDIO Jason Joseph, Part 2: “Strategy Is about the Work We Do; Culture Is about How We Work Together”
Creating a healthy culture in the workplace starts by asking some simple questions – both of your team and yourself as a leader, according to Jason Joseph, Chief Digital and Information Officer at Corewell Health. In this podcast, he explores those questions, discusses his approach to change management, and shares the advice he would offer his younger self.
Q&A with Corewell Health CDIO Jason Joseph, Part 1: “Be Very Clear about Your Goals.”
Q&A with Memorial Healthcare CDO Jeff Sturman, Part 1: “We’re doing great things on the digital front.”
Although every health system has distinct qualities, the reality is that “the way we deliver care and the way we take care of our employees is very common,” said Jeff Sturman. In this podcast, he talked about the need for collaboration, the patient flow challenge, and the hardest part of any initiative.