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For Karen Marhefka, serving in an advisory role to Liz Johnson provided an opportunity to hone her skills in navigating “the politics and nuances” of the healthcare IT world, while also watching her “blind side.”
As tech leaders, we have a responsibility to attract the best talent to our teams – including women, says Michael Saad, CIO at University of Tennessee Medical Center. In this blog, he talks about the hurdles women face in technology, and how leaders can break them down.
Becoming a digital organization is about much more than just adding technology to the mix; it’s about “looking at a completely different way of providing care,” said Beth Lindsay-Wood, CIO at Moffitt Cancer Center.
The CIO role is just as much about quality of care and patient satisfaction as it is about upgrades and go-lives, says Myra Davis. Recently, she shared her thoughts on fostering innovation, the importance of learning, at the “different level of conversation” that should be happening.
Effective leadership isn’t about knowing all the bits and bytes; it’s knowing how the whole system works together, said CIO Sheree Mcfarland. “That’s what you offer the business. You’re a business executive first, and a technologist second.”
