Episodes

For the 77th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Sameer Sethi, SVP, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Hackensack Meridian Health to talk about implementing AI! To kick this episode off, Sethi shares his thoughts on the current use of AI and where it is most useful. Then we discuss how to find the right places to use AI and how to ensure that it is benefitting both the organization and the patients. Next, we debate whether regulating AI is good or bad for ...

For the 76th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Susan Snedaker, Chief Information Officer at El Rio Health to talk about her new book, Renovating Healthcare IT: Building the Foundation for Digital Transformation! We kick this episode off by talking about the motivations behind Snedaker’s newest publication. Snedaker then passes along some advice for anyone out there who would like to write their own health IT book. Next, we discuss what takeaway every CIO ...

For the 75th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Bill Hudson, Chief Digital Strategist at Aidoc and former CIO at INTEGRIS Health and John Muir Health to talk AI! We kick this episode off by discussing the motivation behind his transition from his role as CIO to the vendor side. Then we talk about where we think AI will offer operational benefits to organizations. Next, we debate over how CIOs should be approaching the wave of AI solutions/algorithms/platfo...

For the 74th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Ray Lowe, SVP and CIO at AltaMed! We kick this episode off by discussing how the role of CIO is different at an FQHC than at other organizations. Then Lowe shares with us the patient experience projects he is actively working on and discusses how those projects have changed over time. Next, we debate over ambient clinical voice to decide if it is real or if it’s all just hype. We transition this debate into h...

For the 73rd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Michael Restuccia, CIO at Penn Medicine to talk about health IT projects! We kick off this episode by discussing the project Restuccia is currently devoting most of his time to. Then we talk about what area of health IT he finds concerning and is keeping an eye on. Next, Restuccia shares with us a project he was successful at and what made it a success. We then expand our focus to the organization as a whole ...

For the 72nd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Donald McGruder, Chief Information and Revenue Integrity Officer at South Shore Hospital. We kick off this episode by discussing how South Shore Hospital is positioning itself in the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare interoperability. Next, we discuss how interoperability influences the hospital’s strategies and operations. McGruder then talks about what drove the decision to work with Secure Exchange ...

For the 71st episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Richard Clarke, PhD, Senior Vice President and Chief Analytics Officer at Highmark Health to discuss data, analytics, and AI! To kick off this episode, we discuss Clarke’s double role working for a payer and provider and how that has allowed him to do things that would otherwise be difficult if he wasn’t. Then we take a look at the use of AI and GenAI and talk about where it is making the most impact in healt...

For the 70th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are talking to Donald Levick, MD, MBA, CPE, FAAP, FHIMSS, Consultant, Former CMIO and Pediatrician at Lehigh Valley Health Network about the role of Chief Medical Information Officers (CMIOs)! So to kick this episode off, we are taking a look at the shrinking margins and increasing demands in healthcare to discuss how CMIOs can respond to them. Then we debate who is the correct person for CMIOs to report to. Next, we go ov...

For the 69th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are talking to Dr. Michael Hasselberg, PhD, Chief Digital Health Officer at University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) about his organization’s alliance to expand healthcare access to rural communities! We kick this episode off by diving into what problem inspired Hasselberg to start this project. Then Hasselberg goes into detail about all of URMC’s partners in this project and what their roles are and a partnership tha...

For the 68th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are talking to Shafiq Rab, MD, Chief Digital Officer, System CIO and EVP at Tufts Medicine, who just recently won 2024 CHIME CIO of the Year! As the CIO of the Year, we are very excited to pick his brain on health IT and leadership, so we kick this episode off by asking Rab what his health IT top 3 are and why. Then we discuss a time Rab failed and what he was able to learn from it. Next, we get into the award of 2024 CHIM...

For the 67th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are talking to Inderpal Kohli, Vice President and CIO at Englewood Health about cybersecurity and digital transformation! We kick this episode off by discussing Kohli’s approach to cybersecurity, where he then shares a personal recommendation about cybersecurity for all healthcare CIOs. Then Kohli tells us all about his journey in digital transformation. From his personal experience, we discuss what it takes to successfull...

For the 66th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are talking to Sergio Melgar, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at UMass Memorial Health (UMMH) about his organization’s recent achievement of Epic Gold Star Level 10! First, we get into why Melgar decided to go for this incredible achievement. Then we discuss how UMMH reacted to his goal of achieving Epic Gold Star Level 10 and how they react now that they have it. Next, we get into the achievement itse...

For the 65th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are talking about teamwork and leadership with Anna Turman, System VP of Region Health at CommonSpirit Health! We kick off this episode by debating what should be the top priority of a leader in our current environment. Then we discuss how CIOs can connect their why with stories while using both IT business language and human language. Next, we take a look at remote teams and discuss various ways CIOs can effectively lead ...

For the 64th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are talking about cost optimization with Muhammad Siddiqui, Chief Digital & Information Officer at Reid Health. First, we discuss his approach to cost optimization from an IT perspective. Then he shares his process with budgets in this current uncertain environment. Next, we debate how a CIO should approach maximizing their current investments. Then we talk about what piece of technology Siddiqui is keeping an eye on becau...

For the 63rd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by CT Lin, MD, CMIO at UCHealth-Colorado to talk about patient messaging. To kick off the episode we dive into his work in sharing patient results and the efforts to keep it private. Next, we talk about how the sudden increase in patient messaging has led to some practices charging for the service to get Lin’s experience and thoughts on the topic. Then we take a look into Lin’s past projects to get his insights ...

For the 62nd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Laura Marquez, Senior Director for Digital Transformation at the University of Utah Health (UofU Health), to talk all about digital transformation! We begin this episode by looking at healthcare on the East Coast and on the West Coast to see if they are different or not. We then move on to the work Marquez has done and discuss the most successful digital transformation project she’s done and what made it that...

For the 61st episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Josh Otten, Director of IT Solutions Engineering and Design and Architecture at Adventist Healthcare to dive into the world of IT infrastructure! We kick off this episode by talking about the biggest IT infrastructure challenges Otten has faced recently. Otten shares how he was able to approach these challenges and the benefits he has received in doing so. Next, we take a look at Adventist’s PACs and see if t...

For the 60th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Rich Temple, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, at Deborah Heart and Lung Center to talk about patient engagement! To kick off this episode we talk about how patient engagement has changed over time from when Temple first started out in health IT to what it is today. Temple then shares with us some of the projects he is currently working on in the areas of patient engagement that he feels haven’t g...

For the 59th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Rob McDonald, SVP of Strategy and Field CPO at Virtru and former CIO with Colin Hung replacing John Lynn on the episode. We kick off this episode with a discussion on data privacy. Where should healthcare organizations start and what are some cost-effective strategies that won’t break the bank to implement? Next, we talk about Zero Trust policies and how being data-centric is crucial to making it work. We als...

For the 58th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Carol Boston-Fleischhauer, JD, RN, MS, SVP, Chief Clinical Officer at Banyan Medical Systems to talk about virtual nursing! We kick off this episode by getting Boston-Fleischhauer’s perspective on how the front line of healthcare is looking and how nurses are feeling today. Next, we discuss how virtual is transforming the current nursing models. Then we take a look at healthcare to see what areas virtual nurs...

For the 57th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Joe Diver, Chief Information Officer at Valley Health Systems to learn all about innovation in healthcare! To kick us off, Diver shares with us the most exciting things that he is working on today in digital health. Then we take a look at AI and ChatGPT and how Diver is looking and approaching them. We also dive into where we can see AI and ChatGPT having an impact and where it won’t have an effect. Next we a...

For the 56th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Khalid Turk, Chief Healthcare Information Technology Officer at Santa Clara County Health System! (*The thoughts expressed by Khalid Turk are his personal perspectives and may not represent the views of Santa Clara County Health System) We begin the episode by asking Turk about the best digital transformation project he’s worked on while at Santa Clara County Health System and how he was successful. Turk then...

For the 55th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Steven Ramirez, VP & CISO at Renown Health to talk about healthcare security! We kick off the episode by discussing the biggest challenges facing the healthcare industry today. And out of those, Ramirez points out the one that needs our immediate attention. Then look into zero trust and what it means for healthcare organizations. Next Ramirez shares what Renown Health’s cybersecurity looks like at a high leve...

For the 54th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Natalie Pageler, MD, CMIO at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health to talk about patient information privacy! To kick things off, Pageler shares some of the unique challenges that exist with data privacy for children. Then we shift into the roles healthcare organizations and patients/parents have in keeping information private. Next Pageler offers tips/guidance on how we can all keep our health information priv...