Chuck Podesta, CIO, Renown Health; Roshan Hussain, SVP and Chief Data Analytics Officer, RWJBarnabas Health; and Sarang Deshpande, VP, Data and Analytics, Franciscan Alliance, discuss the data platform modernization required to support agentic AI in healthcare. The panelists cover Databricks and Snowflake migrations, the case for in-house development as Epic build cycles lengthen, and fast-track AI governance models that preserve speed without sacrificing ethics and security. Source: Healthcare Data Leaders Say Legacy Platforms Can Stall AI Strategy on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Anthony Guerra, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of healthsystemCIO, revisits Shelby Foote's Civil War narrative and finds a lesson waiting in the margins: technology always gives and takes. HITECH's rushed rollout offloaded administrative burden onto physicians and fueled clinician burnout. As agentic AI emerges as healthcare's next transformation, Guerra argues CIOs should carry forward HITECH's hardest lesson and keep the focus where it belongs: on what new technology frees clinicians from doing. Source: Technology Giveth and Taketh Away on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Healthcare’s AI supply chain is riddled with hidden vendor dependencies and unreported risks that traditional tools can’t catch. A new 109-page HSCC guide introduces a seven-phase lifecycle to surface them. Source: HSCC Unveils 3rd-Party AI Risk & Supply Chain Transparency Guide on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Providers want stricter gatekeeping on TEFCA, and the National Coordinator says changes are coming. What enforcement tools does a government-administered network actually bring to the table? Source: ONC’s Keane Says Government Will Strengthen TEFCA Onboarding to Address Provider Privacy Concerns on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Anthony Guerra, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of healthsystemCIO, explores the often-overlooked leadership skill of inspiring others to reach their potential. Drawing on the remarkable story of Julia Sand, an invalid who wrote a series of letters challenging President Chester Arthur to rise above his corrupt past, Guerra connects history to his own experience being called to account early in his career. The result is a compelling case for why honest intervention is a leader’s most important tool. Source: Julia Sand & The Art of Inspiration on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Most health systems are deploying AI tools faster than they can evaluate them. Penn State Health’s informaticists explain why piloting with discipline and designing for the clinician workflow separates lasting gains from expensive disappointments. Source: Penn State Health’s DeFlitch & Hijjawi Say Past Lessons Can Help Guide Today’s AI Implementations on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Most health systems drill for ransomware and physical threats separately. Health-ISAC’s 2025 exercise series reveals what breaks when both happen at once and what unified response demands. Source: Cyber-Physical Security Gaps Demand Attention, Health-ISAC’s 2025 Exercise Series Finds on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

A half-day boat excursion in the Bahamas turns harrowing when a series of small, easy-to-dismiss decisions stack up fast. High winds, deep water, inadequate equipment, and a healthy dose of ego combine to put your columnist in real trouble in the open ocean. The takeaway hits closer to home than you might expect. Source: Sink or Swim in the Bahamas on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Most health systems trust vendors to solve their population health data problems. Corewell’s Associate CMIO explains why that approach collapsed and what his team built instead to bridge the gap between clinical complexity and enterprise analytics. Source: Corewell Health’s Jarve Says Population Health Data Challenges Demand Internal Builds on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

How should health systems prepare to operate when their EHR goes down? In this healthsystemCIO webinar sponsored by Interlace Health, three healthcare IT leaders share how their organizations approach operational resilience during planned and unplanned downtime events. Source: IT Leaders Say Downtime Prep is a System-Wide Responsibility; Practicing the Plan is Essential on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Most CIOs are still focused on getting the EMR right. One health system has already moved past that and into spatial computing, with a practicing surgeon leading the charge. The path they followed holds lessons for everyone else. Source: Sharp HealthCare’s Korn Says Spatial Computing Gives Clinicians Superpowers, But Demands a Strong IT Foundation on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

We all want to maximize revenue. But there comes a point at which your efforts to do so make your products or services no longer palatable to your customers. A new restaurant's opening night reveals what happens when the numbers drive every decision and customer experience becomes an afterthought. Source: The Big Squeeze on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Most health systems think their EHR works fine because no one complains. Three physician-leaders explain why that silence is the real problem and how strategic governance and workflow rigor set the stage for AI that actually delivers. Source: Leaders Break Down Keys to EMR Optimization; Warn Unaddressed Friction Speeds Burnout on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Panel discussion on EMR optimization with Dr. Hannah Galvin, Dr. Ash Goel, and Dr. Marc Tobias. Source: EMR Optimization: Why Ambient AI Can’t Fix a Broken EHR on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Your adversary may be at the end of its strength at the exact moment it appears to have reached its peak. From the Battle of the Marne to the Battle of Britain to Napoleon's march on Moscow, history shows that the one who refuses to quit often outlasts the one who looks unbeatable. The lesson for leaders: be stubborn, be resilient, and never be the one to voluntarily walk away. Source: Too Stubborn to Surrender on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders