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The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare Episode 2 - Sue Schade:  “Own your Own Career”Today, on our second episode, host Meg Escobosa welcomes Sue Schade, a Principal at Starbridge Advisors and interim CIO at Boston Children's Hospital.Meg and Sue discuss Sue's early days in paper-based health data as a chart secretary and programmer; The evolution of health IT over 35+ years; The essential role of IT teams in making a difference in healthcare; Sue's legacy as a role model developing the next generation of health IT leaders; What will enable increased diversity in health IT leadership; Some of the risks Sue has taken & lessons learned; The importance of finding mentors & what Sue learned about being a more effective leader; Sue's observations about the evolution of Healthcare, C-Suite, information technology roles; and Promising healthcare startups that intend to increase access to basic and virtual healthcare.About Sue Schade:Sue Schade, is a Principal at Starbridge Advisors, a consulting firm that provides IT leadership advisory and interim management services to healthcare organizations. Sue has over 35 years of experience in healthcare information technology management. She has served as interim CIO for many distinguished organizations, including the University of Vermont Health Network, Stony Brook Medicine on Long Island, University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio and most recently for Boston Children's Hospital.  Prior to this, for almost 13 years, she served as CIO for Brigham & Women's Hospital and then moved on to become the CIO of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers for several years. In 2015, under Sue's leadership, the University of Michigan Health System made the “HealthCare's Most Wired” list and achieved the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model Stage 6. That same year, she won the “CHIME-HIMSS John E. Gall, Jr. CIO of the Year Award.”Sue is currently serving as the Vice Chair of Health IT for the board of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation® (AAMI) which is a nonprofit organization focused on the development, management, and use of safe and effective health technology. Sue achieved fellow status with both HIMSS and CHIME for which she also served as a board member.In addition, Sue is an investor/advisor to two organizations: Excelerate Health Ventures which is helping to usher in innovation in the realm of virtual care, and AlyxHealth, a platform that enables nurses and non-physician clinicians to deliver patient care as independent business owners and entrepreneurs by providing virtual, mobile, and primary care. LinkedIn | Twitter: @sgschadeFind Sue's weekly blog, HealthIT Connect, HERE!Further Reading: Starbridge Advisors | Boston Children's Hospital | John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year Award Winners | Health IT Connect Blog | CHIME Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | AlyxHealthEpisode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced, edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. Theme music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. Intro and outro voiced by John Parsons. Artwork by Paul Huber.©2021 The Krinsky Company

If you've worked in health IT for any reasonable amount of time, you've no doubt heard of Marc Probst. Probst recently retired as CIO for Intermountain, has been on a number of health IT government committees and recently received the John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year award. As I've found with a number of CIOs, their idea of "retirement" is a little different than most and the same is true with Probst who was recently announced as the new CIO of ELLKAY. Enjoy this interview with Marc Probst where we talk about his work at Intermountain, his transition to ELLKAY, and advice he has for healthcare CIOs. Learn more about ELLKAY: https://www.ellkay.com/

Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are not just "the computer people" anymore. Technology is no longer relegated to the category of operational overhead. Technology is a strategic imperative. It's a competitive differentiator, it's a driver of success in today's connected era, an era increasingly dependent on outcomes-based revenue. On the other hand, when something goes wrong, technology gets blamed even if the real problem is a shabby process or insufficient training. Today, I have a candid conversation with Sue Schade from StarBridge Advisors about the what and how of being a CIO. Sue is the perfect person to have this conversation because she's had the opportunity to serve in the role of CIO or interim CIO at 4 health systems in 4 geographies with 4 different cultures and levels of sophistication and leadership teams. Sue is a Principal at StarBridge Advisors, LLC. A nationally recognized health IT leader, she recently served as interim CIO at Stony Brook Medicine on Long Island and at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to joining StarBridge Advisors, she was a founding advisor at Next Wave Health Advisors. Sue has more than 30 years' experience in health care information technology management, and was recognized as the CHIME-HIMSS John E. Gall, Jr. CIO of the Year in 2014. Sue served as CIO for the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers from 2012-2015, providing direction and oversight to information technology initiatives and working closely with the CIO for the U-M Medical School. Under her leadership, University of Medicine and Health Sciences made the HealthCare's Most Wired list in 2015 and achieved the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model Stage 6 in 2014. For over 12 years, Sue served as CIO of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Her previous experience included 12 years in positions of increasing responsibility at a large integrated delivery system in the Chicago area. She led the software division for a start-up health care software and outsourcing services vendor for several years and worked as a senior manager in the health care information technology practice at Ernst & Young. An active member of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), Sue served on the CHIME Board from 2004 to 2006, and chaired its Education Foundation Board from 2006 to 2009. She served on the HIMSS Advocacy and Public Policy Steering Committee from 2009-2011 as well as the CHIME Policy Steering Committee. Sue achieved fellow status with both HIMSS and CHIME. She is currently serving on the board and executive committee of AAMI and the CHIME Education Foundation Board. She is a regular speaker and writer within the HIT industry, including a weekly blog called "Health IT Connect" at www.sueschade.com. She holds an MBA degree from Illinois Benedictine College in Lisle, Illinois. 00:00 What are the common issue areas in health care system organizations? 02:40 “Look at the alignment between IT and the executive team.” 03:00 Looking at service management. 03:27 “Is the infrastructure stable and reliable?” 03:40 Evaluating the security program. 04:10 Assessing the strength of the application area. 06:35 The evolution of IT within an organization. 09:50 Advice for CIOs to finding a balance between strategy and IT. 14:00 Obtaining that priority-level list. 19:00 Balancing short-term and long-term goals and impacts. 28:50 Data governance. 34:00 Volume to value. 37:00 Mergers and acquisitions. 40:00 You can learn more at starbridgeadvisors.com or at sueschade.com.