SUMMIT | 2025 CIO – Future-Proofing Healthcare: AI, Sustainability, and Resilience for Tomorrow

CIO Summit

Location: Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center 
291 Campus Dr, Stanford, CA 94305
Conference Room: 320 (3rd floor)

Continental Breakfast

8:15 am

8:45 am

Introductions & Objectives of the Summit – Moderator: Skip Lemon, VP, Impact Advisors

8:45 am

10:15 am

Discussion Host(s): Paul Browne, Executive Advisor (recent former CIO), Henry Ford Health 
Christopher (Topher) Sharp, MD, CMIO & Clinical Professor, Stanford Health 

Questions to consider:

• As the convergence of information technology, clinical informatics, and the life sciences continues to  evolve, how do we envision the role of IT and clinical informatics change over time? What new opportunities or challenges might arise as these integrate to improve patient care, research, and  healthcare delivery? 
• In an era of ever-growing data, how can healthcare organizations effectively make sense of it? What  strategies, technologies, or frameworks should CIOs adopt to ensure data is not only collected but  also leveraged meaningfully to drive better decision-making, improve patient outcomes, and  streamline operations?

10:15 am

10:30 am

10:30 am

11:45 am

Strategies for Improving Financial Performance & Growth
Discussion Host: Michelle Fanner, Executive Director of Business Operations, Stanford Health Care

Questions to consider:

• How are you partnering with your CFO to understand IT funding requirements to meet org priorities? • How have you positioned IT as an “innovation engine” to create new operational capacity for margin  improvement? 
• Where have you seen success in improving organizational efficiency or capacity by partnering with  Operations to improve bottom line impact?  

11:45 am

1:45 pm

1:45 pm

3:15 pm

Discussion Host(s): Joel Klein, CIO, University of Maryland Medical Center; Mike Mucha, CISO, Stanford Health Care

Questions to consider: 

• Ransomware: 
  • Is ransomware #1, #2, or lower on your risk list? What’s the one project you’re working on right now  that’s most focused on mitigating this threat?
• Third-Party Risk: Given the high-profile breaches involving companies like Change Healthcare and  Snowflake, where does third-party risk sit on your priority list? Is it #1, #2, or lower on your risk list? –
  • Which third parties have you assessed as the most impactful in case of service disruption on their  end? Please provide any examples of vendors and their roles.  
• Security Controls:
  • Our industry tends to be more permissive than sectors dealing with classified information. What’s the  most intrusive control you’ve implemented or considered in the past year and was it/will it be worth it?

3:15 pm

3:30 pm

3:30 pm

5:00 pm

Discussion Host(s): Michael Pfeffer, MD, CIO, Associate Dean, Clinical Professor, Stanford Medicine

Questions to consider: 

• What is your current approach to developing and deploying AI solutions within your organization?
• What steps are you taking to ensure that your AI solutions are safe and scalable? 
• So far, what have been your greatest AI successes within your organization? 
• Is there anything that you’d like to try, but safety risks are preventing you from moving forward?

5:00 pm

5:15 pm

Moderator: Skip Lemon, VP, Impact Advisors

Janet Guptill, FACHE, CPHIMS, President & CEO and Cynthia Clark, SVP, Member Executive Engagement & Strategy, Scottsdale Institute

5:30 pm

7:30 pm