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39 71 community hospital CIOs to know | 2019 H ospitals and health systems rely on CIOs and IT department leaders to develop long-term technology strategy and over- see EMR implementation, as well as support telehealth, da- ta-gathering and cybersecurity initiatives. Those who lead commu- nity hospital and health system IT departments encounter unique challenges in connecting staff members at many locations and pro- viding access to care for rural Americans with limited resources. The individuals featured on this list hold CIO or senior health IT positions at their institutions. In some instances, leaders at health systems listed provide IT oversight for individual community hospi- tals within their system. The following professionals are set apart by outstanding recognition they've earned and exciting new projects they're piloting. Many on this list are members of the Health Information Management Sys- tems Society, and their workplace has earned CHIME's HealthCare's Most Wired designation (formerly a Hospitals & Health Networks property). Note: The Becker's editorial team solicited nominations and conduct- ed internal research to develop this list. Individuals and organizations represented did not pay and cannot pay for inclusion. Profiles are list- ed in alphabetical order. Sallie Arnett. Vice President of Information Systems at Licking Memorial Health Systems (Newark, Ohio). Ms. Arnett has 20 years of experience as a healthcare CIO. During her tenure at Lick- ing Memorial Health Systems, the system's flagship facility, Licking Memorial Hospital, reached stage 6 on the HIMSS EMR Adoption Model and was named a CHIME Most Wired facility. Ms. Arnett is a CHIME-certified healthcare CIO and a member of the Imprivata Customer Advisory Board. Harlan Baker. CIO and Leader of Information Systems of Mc- Donough District Hospital (Macomb, Ill.). Mr. Baker has worked in McDonough District Hospital's information systems department since 1990. He spearheaded the hospital's transition to an integrat- ed EHR system. In 2017, the hospital earned the HealthCare's Most Wired recognition among rural and small providers. Pam Banchy, RN. CIO and Vice President of Clinical Informat- ics and Transformation at Western Reserve Hospital (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio). Ms. Banchy has 35 years of healthcare experience, 25 of which have been in the IT arena. During her tenure as Western Reserve Hospital's CIO, the hospital received the HealthCare's Most Wired distinction three years in a row. Prior to her current role, she was system director of clinical information systems for Summa Health in Akron, Ohio. Joel Benware. Vice President and Chief Information, Innovation and Compliance Officer at Northwestern Medical Center (St. Al- bans, Vt.). Mr. Benware has served as vice president and chief infor- mation, innovation and compliance officer at Northwestern Medical Center for the last six years. A fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, he has prior experience as CIO at another community hospital and at the Albany (N.Y.) College of Pharmacy. Northwestern Medical Center earned the HealthCare's Most Wired hospital recognition in 2017. Bill Bollinger. CIO of Carroll County Memorial Hospital (Car- rollton, Mo.). Mr. Bollinger has 39-plus years of IT and management experience, becoming the hospital's full-time CIO in 2016. Prior to that, he was an IT consultant and temporary CIO and helped the hospital convert to an EMR system in 2010. The hospital received the HealthCare's Most Wired distinction in 2017, and it made med- ical information available to patients through Apple's iPhone health records app last year. Jim Boyer. Vice President of IT and CIO of Rush Memorial Hos- pital (Rushville, Ind.). Mr. Boyer has served as vice president of IT and CIO of Rush Memorial Hospital since 2002, overseeing IT implementation, interoperability and clinical informatics, among other areas. He has led two successful health information system/ EMR conversion projects as CIO. The hospital has earned HIMSS Analytics stage 6 recognition, and in 2018, it received the Health- Care's Most Wired distinction for the sixth consecutive year. Ken Buechele. Vice President of IT at Bronson Healthcare (Ka- lamazoo, Mich.). As vice president of IT at the four-hospital Bron- son Healthcare, Mr. Buechele is responsible for clinical technology systemwide. He was previously director of IT at Bronson, and he oversaw the implementation of the health system's EHR. In 2018, three of Bronson's hospitals were named among HealthCare's Most Wired. Angela Burgess. CIO of Randolph Health (Asheboro, N.C.). Ms. Burgess has served as CIO of Randolph Health since 2008, and she is a member of HIMSS and CHIME. During her tenure, the hospi- tal implemented a single sign-on solution that enables employees to enter one password to sign into multiple systems and applications. The hospital also achieved HIMSS stage 6 recognition during Ms. Burgess' time as CIO. Paul Butler. CIO of Antelope Valley Hospital (Lancaster, Calif.). Mr. Butler has served in his current role as Antelope Valley Hospital CIO since February 2017. He has expertise in a wide array of IT op- erations, including EMR deployment and developing health IT in- frastructure. With 20-plus years of health IT experience, Mr. Butler has worked for several prominent organizations, including Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and Medtronic. Bart Butzine. CIO of Community Hospital (Grand Junction, Colo.). Since 2015, Mr. Butzine has served as the CIO of Commu- nity Hospital, a 60-bed facility that recorded about 7,700 inpatient days in 2018. Prior to joining Community Hospital, Mr. Butzine spent eight years as the IT director of customer relations at Phoe- nix-based Banner Health, a 28-hospital nonprofit health system. Sponsored by:

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