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The rapid rise of telehealth during the early stages of Covid made an enormous impact for organizations like LVHN with a large rural population, but it wasn’t just about the scale, said CIO Mike Minear in this interview. “It was the richness of how we did it.”
Todd Bell, CISO and executive director of IT compliance at Valleywise Health in Phoenix, used to fight fires in the Colorado wildlands. Now he fights cybersecurity fires.
Once considered a revolutionary way to keep patient data secure and easily accessible, blockchain continues to look for its sweet spot, according to John Halamka, MD, and Paul Cerrato of Mayo Clinic Platform. In this piece, they examine what we know the technology – and what remains unknown.
One of the most important components of the CIO role in acknowledging that one person can’t provide all of the leadership for an organization, said Rick Lang in a recent interview. “You have to be able to delegate and empower your direct reports and the people that report to them.”
For digital leaders, the true “wins” come from leveraging technology to increase efficiency, improve workflows, and provide “targeted education” that can help patients better prepare for visits – and reduce no-shows, said Jeff Johnson of Banner Health.
