Upcoming Dialogues

Upcoming Dialogues

DIALOGUE 2026 | CISO | From Individual Readiness to Collective Defense: Building Healthcare’s Cyber Resilience Together

October 5, 2026, 11:00 am - 11:55 am CDT

As cyber threats increasingly target clinical continuity and emerging technologies expand the digital attack surface, securing executive alignment on cyber risk, intelligence sharing, and defensive strategy is more critical than […]

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DIALOGUE 2026 | CIO | Paying for Progress: Aligning AI Investments with Health System Strategy and Budget

October 15, 2026, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CDT

With cost optimization ranking among top CIO priorities, health system leaders face tough choices around emerging AI pricing models. Edmund Siy, FHIMSS, FCHIME, CHCIO, CDH-E, Chief Information & Technology Officer […]

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DIALOGUE 2026 | CTO and VP Applications | Bridging the Divide: Leadership and Technical Playbooks for Post-Merger/Acquisition EHR Consolidation

October 15, 2026, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm CDT

Elizabeth Johnson, Senior Director, Clinical and Revenue Cycle IT, Michigan Medicine. The consolidation of disparate EHR platforms into a single instance of Epic is one of the most complex challenges […]

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DIALOGUE 2026 | Clinical Informatics | From Approval to Accountability: Governing Clinical AI

November 12, 2026, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CST

Join discussion hosts Cheng-Kai Kao, MD, CMIO at UChicago Medicine and Christy Harris Lemak, PhD, FACHE, SI EVP Learning & Research, and your fellow clinical informatics leaders for a candid, […]

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Past Dialogues

Past Dialogues

Dialogue 2026 | Clinical Informatics | From Insight to Action: Clinical Informatics Dialogue on SI Annual Conference & AI Symposium & EPIC XGM Learnings

July 8, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CDT

Join co-hosts Priti Patel, MD, CMIO, John Muir Health and James Blum, MD, CHIO, University of Iowa Health, for an interactive Clinical Informatics Affinity Group Dialogue exploring key takeaways from Epic’s XGM and the SI's AI Symposium and Annual Conference. Drawing on Priti’s experience at XGM - where leaders shared approaches to optimization, AI integration, automation, and clinician experi...

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DIALOGUE 2026 | CISO | Strategic Priorities, Plans, and Perils for 2026

April 7, 2026, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT

Janet Guptill, FACHE, CPHIMS, President & CEO, Scottsdale Institute What’s in store for 2026 for leading health system CISO? Join your Scottsdale Institute peers to share your priorities, plans, and perils as you navigate the year ahead. To guide our discussion, we are asking each member health system to complete a brief five-minute survey which CISOs will receive via their invitation. We’...

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DIALOGUE 2026 | Population Health, Care, and Access + Virtual Care | “Healing from Afar: A Model Telepsychiatry Program Empowering HBCU Students”

March 17, 2026, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT

Ryan Baker, MHA, Administrator, Center for Telepsychiatry, ECU Health.This session highlights how ECU Health is expanding access to behavioral health services through an innovative telepsychiatry model designed to support students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). “Healing from Afar” showcases a scalable, increased access approach that reduces barriers to care and streng...

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DIALOGUE 2026 | CIO | Strategic Priorities, Plans, and Perils for 2026

February 5, 2026, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Janet Guptill, FACHE, CPHIMS, President & CEO, Scottsdale Institute What’s in store for 2026 for leading health system CIOs? Join your Scottsdale Institute peers to share your priorities, plans, and perils as you navigate the year ahead. To guide our discussion, we are asking each member health system to complete a brief five-minute survey which CIOs will receive via their invitation. We...

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POP-UP DIALOGUE 2025 | CISO | HSCC Cybersecurity Semi Annual All-Hands Meeting – Debrief and (SMART) Case Study Review – Erik Decker, Intermountain Health

December 4, 2025, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Erik Decker, VP & CISO, Intermountain HealthDialogue Digest

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POP-UP DIALOGUE 2025 | “Navigating the NIH Funding Landscape: A Member Discussion on Recent Cutbacks”

December 2, 2025, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Majid Afshar, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Director, Institute for Clinical and Translation Research (ICTR) Learning Health System, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Affiliate, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Affiliate, Data Science Institute Christy Harris Lemak, PhD, FACHE, EVP, Research and Learning, Scottsdale Institute &...

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POP-UP DIALOGUE 2025 | CISO | “Health Industry Cybersecurity Sector Mapping and Risk Toolkit (SMART)”

October 16, 2025, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

Samantha Jacques, PhD, FACHE, AAMIF, Vice Chair of the Health Sector Coordinating Council Cybersecurity Working Group and Co-Lead of the SMART Task Group & VP, McLaren Clinical Engineering Services, McLaren Health Care         Join us for a conversation exploring a new resource designed to help healthcare organizations better track and manage critical third-party services t...

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Pop-Up DIALOGUE 2025 | Population Health, Care, and Access | “Navigating the Future Through the Power of Partnerships”

August 28, 2025, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

Sherry Norquist, MSN-RN, Executive Director, Community Engagement & Impact, Sentara Health Surviving the Big Beautiful Bill Is Possible, But It Won't be Easy Recent events have caused growing concern across the nation including changes to programs under newly passed federal legislation — the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The concern is valid. People and non-profits will face difficult decisio...

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DIALOGUE 2025 | AI + Clinical Informatics | “Harnessing AI in a Safety Net Hospital: Challenges, Opportunities and Responsible Implementation”

June 26, 2025, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

Yasir Tarabichi, MD, MSCR, Chief Health AI Officer, MetroHealth, & CMIO, Ovatient David Kaelber, MD, PhD, MPH, Chief Health Informatics Officer, Vice President of Health Informatics and Patient Engagement Technologies, MetroHealth

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DIALOGUE 2025 | Innovation + Digital Health + Virtual Care | “Launching a Premier Innovation Hub at Henry Ford Health to Accelerate Healthcare Solutions and Drive Economic Development”

June 12, 2025, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

Lisa Prasad, Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer, Henry Ford HealthDialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE 2025 | Innovation, Digital Health, and Virtual Care | “Strategic Approaches to Innovation Intake and Prioritization: Managing Abundant Ideas with Limited Resources”

April 15, 2025, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

Sharon Markman, MHA, Executive Director, Clinical Excellence Innovation & Engagement; Director, Center for Healthcare Delivery Science & Innovation (HDSI); Cheng-Kai Kao, MD, FACP, SFHM, Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Chicago Medicine. Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE 2025 | CISO | “Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity at UCSD”

March 20, 2025, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT

Dr. Christian Dameff, M.D., M.S., FACEP, Medical Director of Cybersecurity, University of California San Diego Health, and Co-Director of the UC San Diego Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity.         Bio: Dr. Christian Dameff is an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine, Biomedical Informatics, and Computer Science (affiliate) at the University of California San Diego. He se...

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DIALOGUE 2025 | Clinical Informatics | “Inboxology: Bringing Passion Back Into Medicine”

March 19, 2025, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

Rima Shah, MD, MBA, Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Ambulatory Care and Population Health, Corewell Health Dialogue Digest Presentation Slides In-basket Optimization. FAQ 2025 Inboxologist Executive Summary

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DIALOGUE 2025 | Health Equity + CNIO + Compliance | “Language Access: A Key to Health Equity at Children’s Health”

March 18, 2025, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

Melina Kolbeck, Senior Director Language Access Services, Children's HealthDialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE 2025 | IT Business Operations | “Strategies for Improving Financial Performance and Growth”

February 26, 2025, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CST

Michelle Fanner, Executive Director of Business Operations, Stanford Health CareDialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE 2024 | CIO | “What’s the Fuss About Consumer Convenience?”

December 18, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Praveen Chopra, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Emplify HealthDiscussion Questions: Is retail disruption dead? How do you justify the investment in the name of consumer convenience? How do you manage cultural shift in the new paradigm?  Presentation Slides Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE 2024 | Clinical Informatics + Innovation + Digital | “Cedars-Sinai Nursing Innovation Center: Leveraging Innovation to Foster a Paradigm Shift in Nursing”

December 11, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Margo B. Minissian, PhD, ACNP-BC, NEA-BC, FAHA, FAAN, Executive Director, Geri & Richard Brawerman Nursing Institute, Simms/ Mann Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Nurse Education, Innovation and Research, and Assistant Professor, Cardiology; and Jennifer Elad, DNP, ACNP-BC, Nursing Transformation Officer, Innovation and Research Faculty, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Pr...

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DIALOGUE 2024 | Analytics | “The Analytics of Risk Capture, the Dirty Underbelly of Healthcare System Performance”

November 21, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Justin Pestrue, Senior Director of Analytics, University of Michigan Health System In this discussion, Justin will highlight the growing analytic and ethical challenge of capturing patient risk as well as discuss ongoing work at the University of Michigan Health to completely and accurately capture that patient risk in various forms.  This data is critical to system priorities such as national ra...

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DIALOGUE 2024 | Clinical Informatics | “How to Burndown Provider and Nursing Burnout”

November 20, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Lacy Knight, MD, MS, Chief Health Information Officer; Mary Kane, MS, RN, NI-BC, CNIO; Christie Wright, Director Provider Solutions; Bindu Manocha, MD, Associate CMIO; and Kat Potts, Director Program Operations and Strategy, Piedmont HealthcareDialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE 2024 | Health Equity | “Texas Health: Advancing Health Equity Through Innovative Programs and Collaboration”

November 14, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Laurie C. Long, PhD, Program Director, Community Health Improvement, Strategic Initiatives, and Saundra Denise Brown, MSN-ED, RN-BC, Program Manager Faith Community Nursing, Texas Health Resources Presentation Slides 2023-Social Purpose Report At-A-Glance Community Hope Overview Flyer Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE 2024 | Digital, Innovation, Telehealth | “Envisioning Tomorrow: Transforming the Consumer Patient Experience in Digital Rooms of the Future”

November 12, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Ganesh Persad, MSBI, CHCIO, CDH-E, Director, Digital Patient Experience, Emory Healthcare Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE 2024 | Analytics + AI | “Buy or Build? Navigating AI Implementation Strategies – A Collaborative Discussion”

October 23, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

Rosalia Tungaraza, PhD, AVP, Artificial Intelligence, Technology and Digital, Baptist Health South Florida Are you facing the challenge of deciding whether to buy off-the-shelf AI solutions or build custom AI in-house? Join us for a collaborative brainstorming session where we will discuss this pivotal decision. We'll openly share experiences, ideas, and questions to collectively explore the appro...

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DIALOGUE 2024 | IT Business Operations | “Yearly Debrief, Project Updates, and What’s to Come!”

September 10, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

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Pop-Up DIALOGUE 2024 | CISO | CrowdStrike Debrief for CISOs

July 29, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

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Pop-Up DIALOGUE 2024 | CIO | “CrowdStrike” Debrief for CIOs

July 24, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

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DIALOGUE 2024 | Analytics | “Analytics Strategy & Roadmap Exploration”

July 18, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

Meghan Cole, Vice President, Analytics & Program Management and Paul Vitantonio, MS, Manager, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Bronson Healthcare GroupPresentation Slides Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE 2024 | CIO | “From a System Integrator Approach to a Value Delivery Mindset: How can Healthcare IT transform to deliver on the promise of digital in a way their customers value?”

July 9, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

Benjamin Mansalis, MD, Chief Digital and Information Officer, IU Health Presentation Slides Dialogue Digest Recording Link (Passcode: Kd7eMY+8)

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DIALOGUE 2024 | Health Equity | “Addressing Social Determinants of Health for Patients in Home-Based Care”

May 15, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

Robin Lankton, MPH CHES, Vice President, Population Health, UW HealthPresentation Slides Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE 2024 | Digital, Innovation, Telehealth | “Beyond The Pilot – Scaling Ambient Documentation Solutions”

May 7, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

Kali Arduini, Director, Innovation, and Anu Melville, Project Manager, Innovation, Northwestern MedicinePresentation Materials Northwestern Medicine Nuance DAX ROI Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE 2024 | Clinical Informatics | “A Tribute to Daniel Kahneman: Behavioral Economics in Clinical Informatics”

May 1, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

Romil Chadha, MD, MBA, MPH, SFHM, FACP, CMIO, UK Healthcare Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal MedicinePresentation Materials Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE 2024 | IT Business Operations | “IT Operating Model Change: Initial Insights”

March 28, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

Bob Gleason, Director IS Management Office, Northwestern MedicinePresentation Slides Dialogue Digest

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POP-UP DIALOGUE 2024 | CISO | “Cyberattack – Change Healthcare”

March 5, 2024, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm CST

Kevin Hamel, CISM, VP IT Ops & Technology Platforms and CISO, Hartford HealthCareDialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE 2024 | IT Business Operations | “Building and Scaling the Office of the CIO – UW Health’s 3-Year Journey”

February 29, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Nathan Hensal, MS, PMP, Sr. Director, IS Strategy & Operations, UW Health – Information Services Presentation Slides Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE 2024 | Health Equity | “Community Care Hubs: A Promising Model for Health and Social Care Coordination”

February 28, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Maureen Pike, MPH, MBA, RN, Director, Social and Clinical Care Integration, Community Health and Well-Being, Trinity Health and Marc Rosen, MPH, System Director, Community Impact, Operations, and Partnerships, Community Health, CommonSpirit HealthPre-reading Materials Presentation Slides Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE 2024 | CISO | “Understanding the Coordinated Privacy and Security Partnership: A New Resource”

February 21, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Karen Habercoss, MBA, MSW, Chief Privacy Officer, University of Chicago MedicinePre-Reading Materials: HIC-Coordinated Privacy Security Partnerships HIC-CPSP Executive Summary HIC-CPSP FAQ  Presentation Slides  Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE 2024 | Digital + Innovation + Telehealth | “Telehealth and eVisits: How are they addressing access challenges?”

January 30, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Michael Williams, MD, CMIO, UVA Health Presentation Slides Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE 2024 | Analytics | “Early Results of Deploying Generative AI in Clinical Workflows at Houston Methodist”

January 25, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

S. Nicholas Desai, DPM, MBA, VP, Chief Operating Officer, Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital and Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality Officer, Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital and Houston Methodist Sugar Land HospitalPresentation Slides Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE | CIO + CISO “Cybernomics”- Economic Aspects of Cyber Security

December 19, 2023, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Vugar Zeynalov, CISSP, CISO, Cleveland Clinic  “How do we rationalize cyber spending? How can we provide cost forecasts to support business decisions? And how do we make our calculations accurate? There are no silver bullets, unfortunately. We just keep seeking practical advice from people in the trenches. That’s why we’re here.” -Vugar Zeynalov     Questions to consider: How mu...

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DIALOGUE | Digital, Innovation & Telehealth – “Investing in IS Business Relationship Management”

December 14, 2023, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Stacy Rasmussen, VP IS Business Relationship Management, Planning & Growth, Tom Wise, BRM Director, and Erin Shea-Paljieg, BRM Account Manager, UW Health       Discussion Questions: Are you currently evolving and elevating your teams and/or organization to thinking/working at the top of their license? Do you have team members performing some of these functions within another rol...

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DIALOGUE | SDoH + DEI + Employee Health – “IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY: Health Disparities in Black Men.” Best Practices to Mitigate

December 13, 2023, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Dr. Charles S. Modlin, Jr., MD, MBA, FACS, Vice President & Chief Health Equity Officer, MetroHealthPresentation Slides Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE | CTO + VP Apps – “Artificial Intelligence – Governance, Management, Expectation Setting”

December 12, 2023, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Bill Wilson, MBA, FHIMSS, CHCIO, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Information Services, Stanford Children's Health and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE | CIO + CISO – “Getting Healthcare Cyber to Stable Condition”

November 29, 2023, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Erik Decker, Vice President - Chief Information Security Officer, Intermountain Health and Greg Garcia, Executive Director, Health Sector Coordinating Council Cybersecurity Working Group About CWG HSCC Cyber Working Group Primer - OCTOBER 2023 Presentation Slides Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE | IT Business Operations – “Project Ranking System and Implementation at Cedars-Sinai”

November 28, 2023, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Matt Sirk, Executive Director – Operations & Planning, EIS, Cedars-Sinai Presentation Slides Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE | Analytics + Clinical Informatics – “Learnings: National Survey on Adoption of AI in Healthcare”

November 16, 2023, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Juan C. Rojas, MD, MS, Director of Clinical Informatics & Data Science, Division of Translational & Precision Medicine, and Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine, Rush University, and Shan Guleria, MD, Chief Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center Pre-Reading Materials Dialogue Dige...

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DIALOGUE | CIO – “Integrating ROI in IT Project Decisions: Will it Translate to AI?”

November 15, 2023, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Craig Kwiatkowski, PharmD, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Cedars-SinaiPresentation Slides Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE | Clinical Informatics – “How to Operationalize AI”

November 14, 2023, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Matt Sullivan, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Advocate Health – Southeast Region, Chris Jamerson, MD, System Vice President, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Advocate Health-Midwest Region, and Katie Barr, RN, MSN, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Advocate Health How to Operationalize AI - Slides Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE | SDoH + Employee Health – “Ask the Question: Avera Health’s Suicide Awareness Campaign”

October 30, 2023, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

Kendra Calhoun, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Communications & Digital Experience; Kevin Post, DO, Chief Medical Officer; Lindsey Meyers, Vice President of Public Relations, Communications & Digital; and Nikki Foster, Marketing Strategy Partner, Avera Health With special guest moderator Ken Fawcett Jr., MD Avera saw a record number of completed suicides across our region, including the...

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DIALOGUE | CTO + VP Apps + Digital + Innovation + Telehealth “Unprecedented Growth – Or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Change”

September 7, 2023, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

Bert Chancellor, Executive Director, Technical Services, Padmini Davamony, Vice President, Analytics and Digital Health, Yami Medrano, Program Director, Digital Health, and Karla Montes De Oca, Manager of Applications, Loma Linda University Health SI CTO-VP Apps-Digital-Innovation-Telehealth Dialogue 2023-9-7 Slides SI_Dialogue_Digest CTO VPA 09-07-23 Loma Linda Growth Chancellor Dialogue Digest

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DIALOGUE | IT Business Operations – “Strategic Supplier Integration – Practices and Lessons Learned”

August 29, 2023, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

Marie Stangl, Associate Vice President - IT Operations and Governance, Ascension SI Dialogue Digest IT Biz Ops

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DIALOGUE | CIO – “An AI Framework Discussion”

August 15, 2023, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT

Sarah Hatchett, CHIO, MBA, PMP, Interim CIO, Cleveland Clinic SI Dialogue Digest CIO CISO AI Framework

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