Category: HIT Speaker Series – Q&A

The ‘firefighting mentality’ in hospitals has to go, healthcare leader says

A CCTO goes in-depth about how healthcare needs to rethink how it operates.Rick van Pelt, MD, is the chief clinical transformation officer at Birmingham, Ala.-based UAB Medicine.Dr. van Pelt will serve on the panel “How to be a Daredevil Innovator in H…

1 vice president is growing and creating new career paths to combat staffing shortages 

Nursing and healthcare technology have an unforeseeable future, so a healthcare leader is taking matters into his own hands. Raymond Lowe is the senior vice president and chief information officer at Los Angeles-based AltaMed Health Services.Mr. L…

Digital data is in, physical paperwork is out

Many advancements in healthcare directly affect healthcare workers and patients, mostly for the better. Chris Carmody is the chief technology officer at Pittsburgh-based UPMC. Mr. Carmody will serve on the panel “The Next Evolution of CIOs an…

How 1 CMIO is anticipating the workplace transition in a post-pandemic society

Foreseeing the change in the workplace is necessary for employers, so a healthcare leader explains what challenges are coming over the next two years. Dusadee Sarangarm, MD, serves as the chief medical information officer at Albuquerque-based Univ…

The pressure to deliver top-tier patient care with 1 vice president

A healthcare leader discusses how technology is positively affecting healthcare patients.Niobis Queiro serves as the senior vice president of revenue cycle management at Boston-based Tufts Medicine. Ms. Queiro will serve on the panel “Healthcare i…

The pressure to deliver top-tier patient care with 1 vice president

A healthcare leader discusses how technology is positively affecting healthcare patients.Niobis Queiro serves as the senior vice president of revenue cycle management at Boston-based Tufts Medicine. Ms. Queiro will serve on the panel “Healthcare i…

The future of maintaining privacy and security in healthcare 

With cybersecurity becoming more of a priority in healthcare, a leader discusses what she’s doing to improve it. Jenn Behrens (She/Her/Hers), PhD, is partner and executive vice president of privacy and security at Kuma.Dr. Behrens will serve on th…

Digital is the new enabler in healthcare, leader says

A vice president goes in-depth about digital transformation in healthcare. Robbie Freeman, MSN, RN, serves as the system vice president of clinical innovation and chief nursing informatics officer at New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System.M…

‘Cybersecurity needs to be a part of every organization’s DNA,’ this CIO says

Brian Shea serves as CIO at Columbus, Ohio-based MedOne Hospital Physicians. 

Why CalvertHealth’s Melissa Hall is creating ‘data warehouses’

Melissa Hall, BSN, MSN, RN, serves as CIO at CalvertHealth Medical Center in Frederick, Md.