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The CIO podcast by Healthcare IT Today brings you the most practical healthcare CIO insights and perspectives. We know your job is challenging and we want to help you be more successful. On this podcast, you'll be on the front row to learn from the top

John Lynn and Colin Hung


    • Jun 2, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 24m AVG DURATION
    • 96 EPISODES


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    CIO Podcast - Episode 96: The Role of CIOs with Christopher Kunney

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 30:35


    For the 96th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Christopher Kunney, Managing Partner at IOTECH Consulting, to talk about the role of CIOs! We kick this episode off by discussing how the role of CIO has changed since Kunney first started. Then we talk about the skills […]

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    CIO Podcast - Episode 95: Private 5G Networks with Christian Lindmark

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025


    For the 95th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Christian Lindmark, CTO at Stanford Health Care and Stanford School of Medicine, to talk about private 5G networks! We kick this episode off by discussing the importance of connectivity in Lindmark's hospital and some of the challenges he […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 94: Lessons from Rugby with Albert Oriol

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025


    For the 94th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Albert Oriol, Former CIO, to talk about the different ways rugby can be applied to healthcare IT! We kick this episode off by discussing what lessons from rugby can be applied to healthcare IT. Next, we take a […]

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    CIO Podcast - Episode 93: California Laws and Regulations with David T. Ford

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025


    For the 93rd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by David T. Ford, VP of Health Information Technology at California Medical Association (CMA) to talk about some of California's laws and regulations for health IT! We kick this episode off by discussing what is happening at the state […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 92: Change Management with Bradd Busick

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 17:09


    For the 92nd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Bradd Busick, SVP, Chief Information Officer at MultiCare Health System to talk about change management! We kick this episode off by discussing how Busick has been thinking about and approaching digital transformation in his organization as an action […]

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    CIO Podcast - Episode 91: Sustainability Through Technology with Her Excellency Dr. Mubaraka Ibrahim

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 24:54


    For the 91st episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Her Excellency Dr. Mubaraka Ibrahim, CEO of AI and Acting CIO at Emirates Health Services to talk about sustainability through technology! We first kick this episode off by taking a look at how Dr. Ibrahim and her team […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 90: AI Use Cases with Barry Stein

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025


    For the 90th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Barry Stein, MD, MBA, VP and Chief Clinical Innovation Officer at Hartford HealthCare to talk about AI use cases! We kick this episode off as Stein shares how Hartford HealthCare has been approaching AI. Then we discuss what […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 89: Healthcare IT Data with John Lee

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 47:35


    For the 89th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by John Lee, MD, FAAEM, FAMIA, FHIMSS, Founder at HIT Peak Advisors and Former CMIO to talk about healthcare IT data! We kick this episode off by discussing how the consumer has evolved in healthcare and its impact on […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 88: A Healthcare Perspective on Southern California Wildfires with Ray Lowe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 17:11


    For the 88th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Ray Lowe, SVP and CIO at AltaMed to talk about the wildfires in Southern California. As an LA native, Lowe gives us an update on what it's like in Southern California right now. Next, we talk about the […]

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    CIO Podcast - Episode 87: CHIME and KLAS Synergy Awards with Jeffrey Sturman

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 29:50


    For the 87th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Jeffrey Sturman, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Information Officer at Memorial Healthcare System to talk about their recent wins of the CHIME and KLAS Synergy Award! We kick this episode off with Sturman sharing what it means […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 86: Cybersecurity Needs with Kate Pierce

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024


    For the 86th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Kate Pierce, Senior vCISO and Executive Director of Govt Affairs at Fortified Health Security and a Former CIO and CISO at a provider organization, to talk about cybersecurity! We kick this episode off by discussing the recent administration […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 85: Epic Cloud Migration with Tim Calahan

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024


    For the 85th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are talking about migrating Epic to the cloud with this episode's special guest, Tim Calahan, MS, MBA, DBA, Chief Technology Officer at Michigan Medicine and CEO of EHC Consulting! We kick this episode off by discussing why migrating Epic to the […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 84: AI Champion with Avi Sharma

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024


    For the 84th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Avi Sharma, MD, Radiologist and Director of AI at Jefferson Einstein to talk about AI! We kick this episode off by discussing how you should approach being an AI champion in your organization. Then, Sharma shares how he […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 83: Health Equity with Leigh Williams

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 15:22


    The 83rd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today was recorded at the MEDITECH Live conference! We were joined by Leigh Williams, Assistant CIO at Augusta Health, to talk about health equity! We kick this episode off with Williams sharing what she is most looking forward to at this conference. Then we […]

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    CIO Podcast - Episode 82: Mental Health with Erin Osbourn

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024


    For the 82nd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Erin Osbourn, Chief Information Officer at Child Mind Institute, to talk about mental health! We kick this episode off by discussing how being a CIO of a mental health organization differs from being a CIO of other healthcare […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 81: MEDITECH Expanse with Nolan Hennessee

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024


    The 81st episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today was recorded at the MEDITECH Live conference! We were joined by Nolan Hennessee, CIO and Vice President at St. Joseph's/Candler Health System to talk about the use of MEDITECH Expanse in his organization. Hennessee has been a strong advocate for MEDITECH as his […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 80: Security and Awareness Culture with Brian Shea

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024


    For the 80th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Brian Shea, Chief Information Officer at MedOne Healthcare Partners to talk about security! We kick this episode off by discussing the “bricks and mortars” things that are often neglected in favor of shiny objects. Next, we look into […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 79: The CrowdStrike Outage with Mike Mainiero

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024


    For the 79th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Mike Mainiero, SVP and CDIO at Catholic Health to talk about his experience with the CrowdStike outage! We kick this episode off by discussing how Mainiero and his team responded to the outage. Then, we talk about how […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 78: The Current State of Nursing in Healthcare with Yolanda VanRiel

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024


    For the 78th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Yolanda VanRiel, PhD, RN, MEDSURG-BC, OCN, CNE, ANEF, Associate Professor and Department Chair of Nursing at North Carolina Central University (Also available at NCCU Online) to talk about the state of nursing in healthcare today! We kick this […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 77: Implementing AI with Sameer Sethi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024


    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. […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 76: Renovating Healthcare IT, a Health IT Book by Susan Snedaker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024


    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. […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 75: AI Benefits with Bill Hudson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024


    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 […]

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    CIO Podcast - Episode 74: Ambient Clinical Voice with Ray Lowe

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024


    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 […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 73: Health IT Projects with Michael Restuccia

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024


    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 […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 72: South Shore Hospital with Donald McGruder

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024


    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 […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 71: Data, Analytics, and AI with Richard Clark, PhD

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 17:19


    For the 71st episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Richard Clark, PhD, Senior Vice President and Chief Analytics Officer at Highmark Health to discuss data, analytics, and AI! To kick off this episode, we discuss Clark's double role working for a payer and provider and how that […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 70: Chief Medical Information Officers with Donald Levick, MD

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024


    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 […]

    CIO Podcast – Episode 69: Rural Healthcare with Dr. Michael Hasselberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2024 40:57


    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 […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 68: Health IT and Leadership with 2024 CHIME CIO of the Year Shafiq Rab

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024


    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 […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 67: Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation with Inderpal Kohli

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2024


    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. […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 66: Epic Gold Star Level 10 with Sergio Melgar

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024


    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. […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 65: Teamwork and Leadership with Anna Turman

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023


    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 […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 64: Cost Optimization with Muhammad Siddiqui

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023


    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, […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 63: Patient Messaging with CT Lin, MD

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2023 30:51


    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 […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 62: Digital Transformation with Laura Marquez

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 22:24


    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 […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 61: IT Infrastructure with Josh Otten

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2023 20:31


    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 […]

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    CIO Podcast – Episode 60: Patient Engagement with Rich Temple

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023 26:28


    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 […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 59: Data Privacy with Rob McDonald

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2023 22:35


    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 […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 58: Virtual Nursing with Carol Boston-Fleischhauer, JD, RN, MS, SVP

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2023 34:07


    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 […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 57: Innovation in Healthcare with Joe Diver

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2023 29:43


    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 […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 56: Digital Transformation with Khalid Turk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 25:15


    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 […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 55: Healthcare Security with Steven Ramirez

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 19:39


    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 […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 54: Patient Information Privacy with Natalie Pageler, MD

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2023 25:26


    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 […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 53: Informatics and Analytics with Ray Gensinger, MD

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 23:07


    For the 53rd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Ray Gensinger, MD, Former CIO who is now Sr. VP and CMO at Tegria. To kick off this episode Gensinger tells us what it was like to move from being a doctor to a CIO to CMO at […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 52: Data Management with Rob Carey

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 27:28


    For the 52nd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by our very special guest, Rob Carey, Former Deputy DOD CIO and Navy CIO, President of Cloudera Government Solutions as we dive this episode's topic of government vs commercial healthcare and data management! Carey kicks off the episode by […]

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    CIO Podcast - Episode 51: EMRAM with Tanya Townsend

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 23:45


    For the 51st episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by a very special guest: Tanya Townsend, Sr. Vice President and Chief Information Officer at LCMC Health! We first kick off the episode by getting to know Townsend a little better and discuss the biggest challenge she is currently […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 50: California Health IT with David T. Ford

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2023 25:35


    For the 50th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with David T. Ford, VP of Health Information Technology at California Medical Association (CMA). With the big spring CMA Health IT Conference coming up on May 22nd, Ford kicks the episode off with sharing what he expects the hot […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 49: Frictionless Billing with Joanne Mizell

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2023 18:45


    For the 49th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Joanne Mizell, Chief Operating Officer at Banner|Aetna to talk about Frictionless Billing, an initiative to improve the patient billing process.  Mizell shares with us some of the financial and revenue pressures that healthcare organizations are facing today and […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 48: Remote Patient Monitoring with Jason Swoboda

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 10:56


    For the 48th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Jason Swoboda, Director of Innovation at Tampa General Hospital to talk about Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM). First, Swoboda shares what he has been seeing at CES and his approach to RPM. Next we get into how to address […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 47: Healthcare VR and Innovation with Dr. Ami Bhatt

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2023 17:55


    For the 47th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Dr. Ami Bhatt, Chief Innovation Officer of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) to talk about her work in healthcare VR and innovation. First, we take a look at what the keys are to making a real difference […]

    CIO Podcast - Episode 46: Cybersecurity with Francois Bodhuin

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 19:53


    Kenneth Reiher, VP Operations at ComplyAssistant once said “Many organizations have a difficult time tracking their vendor relationships, let alone their implemented security controls. I recommend a strong third-party management program to complete the following: Organize all vendor relationships and associated contacts, assign an inherent risk level to each vendor based on their access to […]

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