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Welcome to healthsystemCIO’s interview with Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer at Seattle Children’s. In this conversation, we dive into Seattle Children’s journey to modernize their ERP system, exploring the rationale behind this transformation, the decision-making process that led to choosing Workday, and the unique strategies employed to optimize […]
With organizations heavily focused on EHR rollouts and optimizations, the “critically important” administrative systems took a back seat, said Craig Kwiatkowski. In this interview, he talks about the “major overhaul” Cedar-Sinai has undergone to centralize services, the keys to success with its Accelerator program, and his interesting career background.
With its recent launch of a full suite of supply chain, finance, and HR modules, MultiCare Health System has taken a major step toward redesigning business process to maximize efficiency and leverage automation, according to CIO Bradd Busick. The other benefit? Making “22,000 customers happy.”
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.
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.
“There’s a lot more than can be done” with modern ERP systems, said our panelists during a recent webinar, but in order to reap those benefits and achieve true transformation, CIOs need to follow some key steps.
As Hospital for Special Surgery continues to recover from the “ghost town” effects from Covid, CIO Jamie Nelson is setting her sights on the next big thing: “digitizing supply chain, finance, and HR functions,” she said in this podcast interview.
It’s not enough to ensure projects occur on time and on budget; IS leaders need to “provide the right talent for the initiatives that are most important to the organization, and make sure we stay in lockstep with clinical and operational leaders,” says Maureen Hetu.
No initiative – particularly one as complex as modernizing the infrastructure – is going to happen “because the CIO said so,” according to Bradd Busick. Rather, it’s about having a solid strategy, and the support of the leadership team and business partners, he said in this podcast.
What does Oracle’s acquisition of Cerner mean for the two vendors – and more importantly, for their customers? Michael Saad, CIO at University of Tennessee Medical Center, shares his thoughts.
