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In this episode, Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital, AI, and Information Officer at Seattle Children's, joins Laura Dyrda to share how his team is leveraging AI to transform pediatric care. He also reflects on evolving leadership roles in health IT, the importance of stakeholder engagement, and what it takes to drive meaningful change in a rapidly shifting healthcare landscape.
May 1, 2025: Zafar Chaudry, MD, SVP/Chief Digital, AI, and Information Officer at Seattle Children's Hospital. Discover how Seattle Children's is changing traditional approaches to clinical decision-making through a new Google partnership, harnessing the power of a century of clinical writings. Is artificial intelligence a threat to healthcare professionals or their most powerful ally? Dr. Zafar offers his perspective, urging that the synergistic potential of human-AI collaboration is the future of healthcare. From transformative Gartner experiences to pioneering Epic implementations in the UK, this episode explores Zafar's vision: the intersection of compassion and technology. Key Points: 01:14 Career Journey and Mission 08:43 AI Pathways Innovation 17:43 AI: Collaboration Over Competition 21:07 Lightning Round X: This Week Health LinkedIn: This Week Health Donate: Alex's Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer
In this episode, Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior VP, Chief Digital, AI, and Information Officer at Seattle Children's, discusses the intersection of technology and pediatric care. He shares insights on AI integration, digital transformation, and the challenges of evolving healthcare systems—all while ensuring a patient-centered approach.
In this episode, Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior VP, Chief Digital, AI, and Information Officer at Seattle Children's, discusses the intersection of technology and pediatric care. He shares insights on AI integration, digital transformation, and the challenges of evolving healthcare systems—all while ensuring a patient-centered approach.
Nobody likes change. Unfortunately for CIOs, that means they're rarely the most popular people in the building. For Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer at Seattle Children's, decades of experience has taught him that keeping the patient in mind goes a long way to staying positive. But it still […] Source: Focusing on Patient Care Can Help IT Leaders Weather the Job's Sometimes Painful Challenges on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.
Sponsored by ELLKAY In this episode, Russ Branzell, President and CEO at CHIME is joined by Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer at Seattle Children's, and Ajay Kapare, President & Chief Strategy Officer at ELLKAY.
In this healthsystemCIO interview, Anthony Guerra, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, sits down with Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer at Seattle Children's. In this discussion, Dr. Chaudry covers the topic of his CHIME Fall Forum presentation – “Stay Calm and Operate On: Cybersecurity Meets Patient Care Continuity.” Dr. Chaudry sheds […] Source: Clinical Continuity Planning Getting More Attention, But Work Remains, Says Seattle Children's SVP, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Dr. Zafar Chaudry on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.
Join us for a discussion with Ajay Kapare of ELLKAY and Dr. Zafar Chaudry from Seattle Children's as they explore the core elements defining true innovation in healthcare IT. Discover the enablers and barriers to innovation, the critical role of leadership in fostering an innovative culture, and how ELLKAY's approach to data is transforming healthcare outcomes. Learn why reliable data is essential for the success of AI and machine learning initiatives in this thought-provoking episode.This episode is sponsored by ELLKAY.
September 10, 2024: Dr. Zafar Chaudry, SVP and CDIO of Seattle Children's, interviews Majdi Daher, Founder of Denali Advanced Integration, questioning how healthcare systems can reconcile the need for technological advancement with the challenge of growing expenses. Are we ready to balance the hype of AI with its practical benefits, and how do we decide between building in-house solutions versus adopting external services? The discussion delves into the fragmentation of healthcare services and shifting towards more centralized or standardized support. Listeners are invited to consider how the healthcare industry can address these issues while ensuring compassion and profitability.Key Points:00:46 Challenges in Healthcare Costs02:29 Build vs Buy: Technology Solutions07:25 Shared Services and Cost Reduction13:45 Future of Healthcare Technology Investments19:40 Conclusion and Final ThoughtsSubscribe: This Week HealthTwitter: This Week HealthLinkedIn: Week HealthDonate: Alex's Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer
September 3, 2024: Dr. Zafar Chaudry, SVP and CDIO of Seattle Children's, interviews Majdi Daher, Founder of Denali Advanced Integration, to explore the evolving dynamics between healthcare providers and payers, delving into the challenges that technology introduces in an already complex system. How do providers balance innovation with the necessity of cost-cutting? Can the healthcare industry truly afford to adopt AI when even basic technology investments are a struggle? Has technology improved patient outcomes, or has it merely driven costs higher? Key Points:00:44 Meet the Hosts and Guest05:18 Financial Struggles of Healthcare Providers06:33 Technology and Healthcare Costs13:35 Advice for CIOs and CTOs21:30 Balancing Innovation and CostsSubscribe: This Week HealthTwitter: This Week HealthLinkedIn: Week HealthDonate: Alex's Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer
Welcome to healthsystemCIO's interview with Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer at Seattle Children's. In this conversation, we dive into Seattle Children's journey to modernize their ERP system, exploring the rationale behind this transformation, the decision-making process that led to choosing Workday, and the unique strategies employed to optimize […] Source: Understanding Availability of Consulting Resources is Critical in Workday ERP Implementation Plan, Says Zafar Chaudry, MD, SVP, Chief Digital & Information Officer, Seattle Children’s on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.
June 11, 2024: Zafar Chaudry, CDO & CIO at Seattle Children's, speaks with Clara Lin, CMIO and Associate VP at Seattle Children's. They explore whether AI is a real help or just hype by discussing its practical applications and the risks involved. How can AI be integrated without compromising patient safety? What governance structures are essential to mitigate AI-related risks? How do we balance the high costs of AI innovation with the financial constraints of healthcare systems? The episode also highlights the evolution of AI use cases, emphasizing the need for a strong governance framework and the importance of clinician involvement in designing and implementing of AI solutions.Categories: Emerging Technologies & GovernanceSubscribe: This Week HealthTwitter: This Week HealthLinkedIn: Week HealthDonate: Alex's Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer
Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital & Information Officer at Seattle Children's joins the podcast to discuss his background, top priorities, evolution of his role, digital management in healthcare, and more!
Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital & Information Officer at Seattle Children's joins the podcast to discuss his background, top priorities, evolution of his role, digital management in healthcare, and more!
December 29, 2023: In this end of year keynote episode, several healthcare leaders share their highlights from 2023. From EHR implementations to integrating new AI technologies, there is a lot to celebrate. They share some future prospects, like new hospitals or generative technology, they are looking forward to in 2024. Finally, they share a moment of gratitude, acknowledging something they are thankful for from this season of life. Check out this episode featuring Matt MacVey, Theresa Meadows, Myra Davis, Jeff Tweed, Shakeeb Ahkter, Zafar Chaudry, Joseph Hales, and John Henderson.Key Points:2023 Accomplishments2024 ProspectsGratitudeSubscribe: This Week HealthTwitter: This Week HealthLinkedIn: Week HealthDonate: Alex's Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer
This episode recorded live at the 8th Annual Becker's HIT + DH + RCM Conference in Chicago features Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Seattle Children's. Here, he discusses the combination of different modalities that improve patient care, the future of automation, and more. In collaboration with Philips.
This episode recorded live at the 8th Annual Becker's HIT + DH + RCM Conference in Chicago features Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Seattle Children's. Here, he discusses the combination of different modalities that improve patient care, the future of automation, and more. In collaboration with Philips.
In Network's Designing for Health: Interview with Zafar Chaudry, MD Hosts Craig Joseph, MD, and Jerome Pagani, PhD, invite Seattle Children's CIO Zafar Chaudry, MD. Dr. Chaudry shares his thoughts on the importance of communication and inclusivity in human-centered design, how data play a valuable role in health equity, why the 80/20 rule must be embraced, the benefits of a continuous improvement mindset, and interoperability. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen
Hosts Alan Sardana & Dr. Joshua Liu speak with Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Chief Digital & Information Officer at Seattle Children's, about Learning From the UK System for Digital Health, Earning Your Title Every Day, Listening to Gen Z for Innovation, and more. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/
This episode features Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President, Chief Digital Officer and Chief Information Officer at Seattle Children's. Here, he discusses his clinical background & what led him to his current technology focused roles, how he is looking at AI & machine learning in healthcare, a risk or investment worth making this year, and more.Want to network with peers and hear more conversations like this? Apply to be one of our complimentary guest reviewers at our upcoming HIT + Digital Health + RCM Meeting Oct, 3-6 2023 here.
This episode features Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President, Chief Digital Officer and Chief Information Officer at Seattle Children's. Here, he discusses his clinical background & what led him to his current technology focused roles, how he is looking at AI & machine learning in healthcare, a risk or investment worth making this year, and more.Want to network with peers and hear more conversations like this? Apply to be one of our complimentary guest reviewers at our upcoming HIT + Digital Health + RCM Meeting Oct, 3-6 2023 here.
On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Zafar Chaudry, MD, MS, MIS, MBA, Senior Vice President & Chief Digital Information Officer at Seattle Children's, about "Learning From the UK System for Digital Health, Earning Your Title Every Day, Listening to Gen Z for Innovation, and more..."
Zafar Chaudry, SVP and Chief Digital & Information Officer at Seattle Children's, illuminates how data can improve the quality of care and reduce inequitable disparities in patient outcomes.
Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer of Seattle Children's, joined the podcast to discuss upgrading IT infrastructure and tech to improve patient care.
Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer of Seattle Children's, joined the podcast to discuss upgrading IT infrastructure and tech to improve patient care.
This episode features Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer at Seattle Children's. Here, he joined the podcast to talk about how tech teams are evolving, leadership and digital strategy.
Communication is central to a powerful tech stack. To make your cloud-based solutions work efficiently and for the betterment of your organization, you need digital products that are easy to use and adaptable, enfranchising your entire healthcare team in the process. Implementing cloud-based solutions, driving productivity, and building a happier, more efficient workplace is a top priority for Seattle Children's Hospital.In this episode of The Connected Care Team, Dr. Chaudry discusses the hospital's pandemic-related challenges, his IT vision for 2022 and beyond, and the importance of communication.Related: Connect with Dr. Zafar Chaudry on LinkedIn. Learn more about the TigerConnect Product suite. Follow TigerConnect on LinkedIn for the latest episodes, news, and announcements. Subscribe to The Connected Care Team on your favorite platform to get notified of new episodes.
In this podcast episode, Russ chats with Dr. Zafar Chaudry, SVP, CDIO, Seattle Children's, about the need for digital health leaders to share best practices for common scenarios and projects that characterize the journey to digital transformation. Chaudry reveals his phased process for engaging stakeholders in a major change such as an ERP implementation. He also discusses his goals for cloud migration that will allow his IT team to focus on strategic work by delegating some nuts-and-bolts maintenance to partners. This episode is brought to you by ELLKAY.
In a recent conversation with Zafar Chaudry, MD, MS, MIS, MBA, Sr. Vice President – Chief Digital & Information Officer at Seattle Children's, and Sunita Pradhan, VP Customer Success Hospital and Health Systems at ELLKAY, it was impressed upon me how important a healthcare organization's work in data management is to an organization and more importantly their patients. Doing it wrong can have major negative consequences on both those in the organization and the patients it serves. Learn more about ELLKAY: https://ellkay.com/ Find more great health IT content: https://www.healthcareittoday.com/
We conducted close to 50 interviews with industry leaders. We heard some recurring themes and we heard some exciting new solutions to old problems. Today we feature clips from our conference interviews. Andy Crowder, Cara Babachicos, Cletis Earle, Jamie Nelson, John Kravitz, Kevin Shimamoto, Matt Sullivan, Michael Pfeffer, Ray Lowe, Ryan Witt, Scott MacLean, Zafar Chaudry and others. I hope you enjoy.
March 8, 2022: Today we bring you an #InterviewInAction from the ViVE 2022 conference. Our first guest https://www.linkedin.com/in/drzafarchaudry/ (Zafar Chaudry) from Seattle Children's, shares insight into his IT team and their work in mental health. #InterviewInAction #CIO
Dr. Zafar Chaudry, senior vice president and chief digital and information officer at Seattle Children's, joined the podcast to talk about talent acquisition, cybersecurity and the role of IT in community outreach.
Dr. Zafar Chaudry with Seattle Childrens stops by to top of mind issues for a CIO on our next https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=interviewinaction&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6861274400612868096 (#interviewinaction) from https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=chime21fall&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6861274400612868096 (#chime21fall). Great conversation, hope you enjoy.
This episode features Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital & Information Officer at Seattle Children's. Here, he joined the podcast to talk about talent acquisition, cybersecurity and the role of IT in community outreach.
Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Seattle Children's Hospital, provides a coronavirus and vaccine update. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg Opinion Columnist John Authers talk about the story “Hindsight Capital's 2020 Was Great. Wasn't Yours?” Bloomberg News Technology Reporter Dana Hull discusses Tesla being poised for expansion after just missing its 2020 target. And we Drive to the Close with Aaron Kennon, CEO at Clear Harbor Asset Management. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Doni Holloway. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
This episode features Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President & CIO at Seattle Children's. Here, he discusses his top priorities in the coming weeks, the transition from in person to online work in his hospital, and more.
In this episode, Dr. Chaudry talks about the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of his team and the tools he uses to help keep moral high. He also shares the impact of COVID on funding a children's hospital; challenges in working for publicly funded health systems; and the world of analytics and informatics to drive better outcomes.
Is it really a smart move to equip doctors & nurses with smartphones? If yes, just how much should they rely on them to record/inform patient care? International healthcare tech expert Dr. Zafar Chaudry answers these questions+more.
Is it really a smart move to equip doctors & nurses with smartphones? If yes, just how much should they rely on them to record/inform patient care? International healthcare tech expert Dr. Zafar Chaudry answers these questions+more.
Senior Vice President & CIO at Seattle Children's Hospital, Dr. Zafar Chaudry, joins us to discuss utilizing technology to develop cures and treatments for childhood cancer & The Cure Factory, a manufacturing center that translates lab discoveries into cell therapies for patients using immunotherapy and gene therapy.