CIOs from Children’s National Health System and Ochsner Health System Recognized for Transformational Leadership
ORLANDO, FL, October 16, 2015 – From improving quality of care and patient safety to enhancing patient engagement, health information technology can transform care delivery. Initiatives under way at Children’s National Health System, Washington, D.C., and Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, are prime examples of how health systems are using IT to drive positive change in healthcare.
In recognition of their efforts to use IT as an agent of change, Brian Jacobs, M.D., vice president, chief medical information officer and chief information officer, Children’s National Health System; and Patrick Anderson, CIO, Ochsner Health System, were awarded the 2015 Transformational Leadership Award today at the CHIME15 Fall CIO Forum in Orlando. The award is sponsored by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the American Hospital Association (AHA).
At Children’s National, Jacobs has been a leading voice in using health IT to improve care delivery. He was front and center in helping the hospital install and launch its first electronic medical record nearly a decade ago. More recently, he spearheaded the launch of the Bear Institute, the nation’s first pediatric health IT institute. The Bear Institute taps into industry experts and best practices to manage IT systems and ensure that they are aligned with the hospital’s overall strategic plan.
“We are proud to be honored with the Transformational Leadership Award,” Jacobs said. “This award reflects the meaningful work through our Bear Institute in using health information technology to improve the quality and safety of the care we deliver, to innovate, to facilitate important research, and to support our organization in most everything we do here at Children’s National.”
At Ochsner Health System, Anderson has initiated IT projects across multiple settings that advance patient-centered care. He has overseen the collaborative work with CareConnect 360 — Ochsner’s telemedicine program — to bring a level of expertise to 41 locations across 21 medical specialties that can otherwise not provide this care locally. He and his team have also advanced home-based monitoring technologies for patients with chronic conditions. And, under his stewardship, Ochsner is leading an effort in Louisiana to improve interoperability of health IT systems.
“Having a common goal of providing transition of care content is key to ensuring that patient data is accessible,” Anderson said. “We have learned that all of the CIOs across the state want the same thing: improved access to patient data by caregivers.”
To learn more about the Transformational Leadership Award, click here.
About CHIME
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is an executive organization dedicated to serving chief information officers and other senior healthcare IT leaders. With more than 1,700 CIO members and over 150 healthcare IT vendors and professional services firms, CHIME provides a highly interactive, trusted environment enabling senior professional and industry leaders to collaborate; exchange best practices; address professional development needs; and advocate the effective use of information management to improve the health and healthcare in the communities they serve. For more information, please visit chimecentral.org.
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