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Podcast Interview with CIO JD Whitlock, Part 1: “You Can’t Do Everything.”

If you aren’t willing to say ‘no’ once in a while, perhaps the CIO role – especially at a relatively small pediatric organization – isn’t for you. Because the reality is that it’s going to happen mor…

00:12:15 | Thu 27 Aug 2020

Podcast Interview with Cletis Earle, Part 2: “Until We Get Uncomfortable, We Won’t Make Strides.”

When Cletis Earle stepped in as CIO at Penn State Hershey at the start of 2020, he barely had time to walk through the door before having to deal with a major disruption. By the time the organization…

00:14:57 | Wed 26 Aug 2020

Finding Cost Savings with Legacy Data Management

With hospital budgets decimated from COVID-related surgery cancellations, CIOs are looking for every possible way to cut costs. One obvious step is to stop paying for applications that are no longer …

00:51:42 | Wed 26 Aug 2020

Imaging Providers Through a Pandemic: Where We Were, Where We Are, Where We’re Going

This webinar will feature a discussion between Vital’s Larry Sitka and Paragon Consulting Partners’ Eric Rice regarding observations over the past six months as provider organizations have navigated …

00:50:43 | Fri 21 Aug 2020

Q&A with CIO Ryan Smith, Part 2: “We Need to Start Thinking About Vendors in a New Light.”

When Ryan Smith first started as a software engineer at Intermountain Healthcare, he probably wouldn’t have guessed he’d come back one day as CIO. But he did aspire to become someone who could “influ…

00:12:09 | Wed 19 Aug 2020

Adjusting Your Security Posture to an IoMT World

Even before COVID-19, the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) was exploding and, with it, the risk of security breaches. With workforces and patients having gone remote, the risk has only increased. In…

00:50:53 | Wed 19 Aug 2020

Vendor Vetting & Management in a COVID World

In what can be considered the old days, health system executives could interview prospective new vendors face to face, where they could observe body language, eye contact, and many other cues to dete…

00:52:27 | Fri 14 Aug 2020

Podcast Interview with Cletis Earle, Part 1: “We Need Everybody to Help Address This.”

When Cletis Earle stepped in as CIO at Penn State Hershey at the start of 2020, he barely had time to walk through the door before having to deal with a major disruption. By the time the organization…

00:13:48 | Wed 12 Aug 2020

Q&A with CIO Ryan Smith, Part 1: “We Have to Flex Our Muscles and Move Quickly.”

When Ryan Smith first started as a software engineer at Intermountain Healthcare, he probably wouldn’t have guessed he’d come back one day as CIO. But he did aspire to become someone who could “influ…

00:11:06 | Thu 06 Aug 2020

Q&A with CIO Michael Saad, Part 2: “Technology Is Transforming Healthcare As We Know It.”

Communication is an essential part of leadership — particularly during a crisis. There’s no disputing that. But in order to have a real impact, it must go beyond merely speaking with your direct repo…

00:13:35 | Wed 05 Aug 2020

Telehealth: Redefining Delivery of Care & Igniting Radical Change

Though a few were far down the telehealth road, many organizations only stood their programs up in response to the COVID-19 pandemic which exposed systemic issues in healthcare. Now, the opportunity …

00:53:07 | Fri 31 Jul 2020

Q&A with CIO Michael Saad, Part 1: “Data Is Absolutely Critical as We Make Decisions.”

Communication is an essential part of leadership — particularly during a crisis. There’s no disputing that. But in order to have a real impact, it must go beyond merely speaking with your direct repo…

00:15:14 | Tue 28 Jul 2020

Leveraging Data Center Infrastructure to Meet the Quadruple Aim

Every health system depends on its highly sophisticated and reliable infrastructure as the backbone to delivering technology solutions that improve patient care, with the goal of meeting healthcare’s…

00:57:29 | Fri 24 Jul 2020

Grappling With a COVID-Impacted Budget: The Art of Leaning Up While Staying Strong

Hospitals have been decimated financially by the COVID-19 pandemic regardless of if they had a significant load of infected patients. As incremental steps are made towards normalizing operations, hea…

00:56:13 | Fri 17 Jul 2020

Podcast Interview with Dr. Richard Zane: “You Have to Kiss a Lot of Frogs.”

Finding the right innovation partner is not easy. In fact, the reality is that when you vet as many companies as UCHealth has as part of its ongoing goal to disrupt and reinvent healthcare, you’re go…

00:12:21 | Thu 16 Jul 2020

Healthcare at the Edge: How Network Agility Enables Better Outcomes

An agile network provides the foundation for healthcare to face any challenge, while improving the overall experience of service delivery to patients, providers, and IT. In this timely webinar, we’ll…

00:55:17 | Wed 15 Jul 2020

“Testing Is the Way to Go”: How a Statewide Initiative Is Breaking New Ground in Disease Management

In today’s healthcare landscape, it’s rare that organizations are presented with a no-brainer (or, as close to that concept as is realistically possible). UConn Health, however, has come awfully clos…

00:12:35 | Tue 14 Jul 2020

Ransomware in Healthcare: Why Are We Targeted?

Ransomware has grown into a real threat across all market verticals but healthcare seems to be a special target for this type of cyber attack. Why is that the case? This talk will detail what motiv…

00:53:09 | Fri 10 Jul 2020

Podcast Interview with CIO Kevin Wiese, Part 2: “We End Up Learning From Our Non-IT Staff.”

When you have timelines in place and milestones to meet, as CIOs always do, the last thing you want is to delay them. But when disaster strikes – and poses a strain on your team’s resources – difficu…

00:14:40 | Tue 07 Jul 2020

“Front and Center”: UConn Health’s Role in Deploying Statewide Covid-19 Testing