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The ability to pin down assets is a critical component of RTLS, but the true benefit is in leveraging the technology to provide visibility that’s “key to operational excellence,” said our panelists during a recent discussion. “You need to know where everything in your organization is moving.”
It wasn’t just the usual suspects of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity that peaked the interests of our readers in 2023 – although those topics did draw interest. It was also the year of improving care access, managing organizational growth, and establishing a solid foundation for innovation.
Every leader would like a bigger budget. But instead of asking for more money, CIDOs should look for ways to reduce expenses and “put savings back into IT so that we can begin to transform the organization,” said Joel Vengco of Hartford Healthcare. In this interview, he talked about how Hartford Healthcare is building a foundation for transformation.
One of the most important pieces in building and maintaining a successful digital platform? Viewing not as a technology project, but as a “business and clinical transformation story,” said panelists Joel Vengco, Rob Bart, and Scott Andrews during a recent discussion.
The digital front door can best be described as “a variety of experiences” that must be brought together “to stitch together a journey across different digital platforms,” according to our panelists, who talked about how they’re dealing with the challenges involved.
The dramatic spike in virtual visits and remote work helped push digital technology to the forefront in healthcare. Now, it’s time for leaders to “take the reins” and leverage those capabilities, said Joel Vengco and Jacki Monson during a recent discussion.
When Covid-19 hit, healthcare IT leaders were tested like never before. But for those who had the right pieces in place – and the right people managing those pieces – it was an opportunity to shine, said our CIO panelists in a recent webinar.
The goal is the same: to improve the delivery of care. But how IT and clinicians believe it can be achieved – and what they perceive to be the key obstacles – can be as different as night and day. So how can leaders close the gap?
What separates TechSpring from other innovation centers? It goes beyond the experimental, incubator phase and creates a true “connection to the organism,” says Baystate Health CIO Joel Vengco.
As EHRs are implemented, one of the CIO’s key role is in educating the board and other senior leaders about what to realistically expect with analytics, and managing expectations, says Joel Vengco.
