Tag Archives: Part

When it comes to data modernization, ‘tech is only one part of the puzzle’

According to Dr. Daniel B. Jernigan, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s acting deputy director for public health science and surveillance, the COVID-19 crisis exposed the gaps in disease monitoring “in very real ways.”   Early in the pandemic, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, which included $ 500 million in… Read More »

Contract manufacturer Cytiva tasked with COVID-19 vaccine work as part of $31M US government grant

With the U.S. working at a rapid clip to scale capacity for a range of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics, stateside manufacturers are snagging big down payments on the taxpayers’ dime. Now, the government is cutting a check to a former General Electric business to help chip in.  The Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical… Read More »

Podcast with NYP CIO Daniel Barchi, Part 1: “It’s a Testament to the Ability to Plan and Execute.”

Daniel Barchi, CIO, NewYork-Presbyterian Perhaps the most common thread for health IT leaders during the past few months has been the spike in telehealth adoption. Organizations had to quickly expand — or in some cases, build out — their offerings to ensure care continuity. But there were a select few who already had the infrastructure… Read More »

Q&A with CIO Ryan Smith, Part 2: “We Need to Start Thinking About Vendors in a New Light.”

Ryan Smith, CIO, Intermountain Healthcare When Ryan Smith first started as a software engineer at Intermountain Healthcare, he probably wouldn’t have guessed he’d come back one day as CIO. But he did aspire to become someone who could “influence the direction of technology,” just as Larry Grandia (the organization’s first CIO) had. And he knew… Read More »