Roundtable | Role of the CIO / IT in the age of AI

As artificial intelligence accelerates from experimentation to enterprise-wide transformation, the role of the CIO is being fundamentally redefined. Today’s technology leaders are increasingly accountable for shaping AI strategy, enabling new operating models, and driving measurable clinical and business impact, often while navigating evolving reporting structures and expanding expectations. For many organizations, this transformation starts within IT itself, using AI to modernize core functions and build the foundation to scale across the enterprise. Join Chartis partners Samme Diaz and Bret Anderson for a peer-driven discussion on how the CIO role is evolving, what’s at stake, and what it takes to lead in the age of AI.

Discussion Themes:

• The future CIO: How the role is evolving from technology and use case execution to enterprise leadership of AI-enabled transformation
• What’s at stake: Why the changing CIO role matters to the broader organization, including implications for care delivery, operational performance, workforce, and long-term value creation
• C-suite alignment and influence: How CIOs are redefining partnerships across clinical, operational, financial, and transformation leadership to ensure AI delivers meaningful outcomes
• Reporting structure as a signal: How reporting relationships (CEO, CFO, CTO, Transformation) shape the CIO’s mandate and how leaders are navigating or reshaping these dynamics
• From adoption to transformation: What changes as AI becomes embedded in care delivery and core operations and how CIOs can help lead the shift to an AI-enabled operating model
• What leaders must do next: The critical priorities CIOs, the C-suite, and boards must focus on now to position their organizations for success through 2030

Learning Objectives

By the end of this roundtable, participants will be able to:

1. Assess how the CIO role is evolving toward enterprise transformation leadership and identify the implications for their own scope, influence, and organizational positioning.
2. Evaluate how emerging capabilities, including AI, are reshaping care delivery, operations, and value creation, and apply peer insights to inform their organization’s strategic priorities.
3. Identify concrete actions to strengthen leadership, governance, and C-suite partnerships to accelerate enterprise transformation and position their organization for future success.

Chartis moderators:

• Samantha (Samme) Diaz, Partner in Digital and Technology Transformation
• Bret Anderson, Principal in the Digital Transformation Practice

Provider Panelists:

• Jeff Gautney, CIO, Rush University Medical Center
• Chad Jones, CIO, Baylor Scott and White