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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.
“Everything we do has a digital component to it; therefore, everything we do has a cybersecurity component,” said Andrea Daugherty. In this podcast interview, she talks about the innovative work her team is doing, the challenges of recruiting top IT, and how she hopes to elevate cybersecurity as a career.
The key to impressing Kent Sona, VP and CIO at Methodist Health System? Take ownership of a problem, even if it doesn’t fall under your purview. “Own and run with it,” he said during a recent interview. Sona also talked about forming strong vendor partnerships, addressing social determinants, and understanding the why.
“What did we learn? How can we make the next one better?” During a ViVE23 panel, Michelle Stansbury, B.J. Moore, and Karen Murphy shared best practices on how vendors can successfully partner with them and leverage the “knowledge and experience gold mine” to improve their products.
It’s not about bringing technology solutions forward, but about “being able to drive thoughtful dialogue with our partners,” said our panelists during a discussion about the CIO’s role in communicating the value of IT, why numbers aren’t always important, and the initiatives that shouldn’t be overlooked.
