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As IT organizations take on a more strategic role, forming mutually beneficial partnerships with vendors will become increasingly critical, says Ryan Smith, CIO at Intermountain Healthcare.
Sometimes the best way to prepare for the CIO role is to step outside of it, says Ryan Smith. In this interview, he talks about his first days at Intermountain, and the “huge opportunity we have to leverage data, business intelligence tools, analytics to make transformative changes.”
The one area that can’t be overlooked when decommissioning applications and migrating data? User experience, according to Marc Probst, Cara Babachicos and Kamal Patel, who shared their thoughts during a recent panel discussion.
The best way to build trust with users? Make sure the system works for them, says Marc Probst, CIO at Intermountain Healthcare. In this interview, he talks about recovering from poor decisions, why he believes Meaningful Use was necessary, and the need for leaders who are “visionaries.”
Although health systems are moving toward integrated platforms, providers still need to access legacy data, which means CIOs have to find a way that make that happen, as seamlessly as possible, according to Marc Probst and Nick Szymanski.
