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40 Ferdinand Feola. IT Administrator at Lehigh Valley Hospital- Pocono (East Stroudsburg, Pa.). Mr. Feola has more than 20 years of IT leadership. He joined Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono in 2008 as CIO and has since also served as a strategic project manager and vice president and administrator. He has previous experience as senior vice president of IT and information security officer at KNBT, a radio station in San Antonio. Dave Fiser. Vice President and CIO of e MetroHealth System (Cleveland). Mr. Fiser became vice president and CIO of e MetroHealth System in 2018 aer serving as vice president and CIO of Cleveland Clinic Akron (Ohio) General for nearly a decade. In his current role, he oversees IT for the health system, which includes four hospitals, more than 20 health centers and 40 additional sites that support around 1.4 million visits per year. Rick Frederick. CIO of Cottage Hospital (Woodsville, N.H.). Mr. Fredreick joined Cottage Hospital in 2011 as director of IT and became CIO in 2014. He oversees the hospital's IT strategic planning as well as EHR security and technology initiatives. During his tenure, he helped the hospital achieve Meaningful Use Stage 2, develop IT policies and design a remote radiology reading solution with multiple vendors. Renee Fosberg. Vice President and CIO of Emerson Hospital (Concord, Mass.). Ms. Fosberg has over 20 years of experience in healthcare information systems. In her current role as senior director and CIO, Ms. Fosberg implements Emerson Hospital's IT and telecommunication systems strategy and has guided the health system through adopting an EHR platform. Under her leadership, Emerson Hospital was named a HIMSS Analytics Stage 6 hospital, the second-to- last stage in HIMSS' measurement of EHR adoption and usage. Shirley Gabriel. Vice President of Information Systems and CIO of University Health Care System (Augusta, Ga.). Ms. Gabriel has served as the vice president of information systems and CIO of the 10-hospital University Health Care System since January 2015. Before joining University Health Care System, she was the vice president and CIO of the Tucson-based University of Arizona Health Network. Roland Garcia. Senior Vice President and CIO of Baptist Health (Jacksonville, Fla.). Mr. Garcia joined Baptist Health as senior vice president and CIO in 2001 and has since led the system's EHR implementation and established plans and direction for Baptist Health's technology investments. He has previous experience as vice president and CIO of Baptist Health Care in Pensacola, Fla. He has earned recognition as a Premier 100 IT Executive from ComputerWorld. Lisa Grisim. Vice President and Associate CIO of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and Stanford Children's Health (Palo Alto, Calif.). Ms. Grisim has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare technology. She joined Lucile Packard Children's in 2002 with a background in nursing as well as information systems. She focuses on EHR optimization and helped lead the hospital to develop an adopt Lean tools and techniques. Ms. Grisim's team of more than 100 employees and consultants helped the system earn HIMSS Analytics EHR Adoption Level 7 in 2015 and the HIMSS Davies Award for the use of EHR data to improve patient outcomes and decrease costs in 2018. Joy Grosser. CIO of UW Medicine (Seattle). Ms. Grosser has more than 20 years of experience in senior IT leadership. In her current role, Ms. Grosser oversees UW Medicine's IT infrastructure across eight entities in the Puget Sound region, including four hospitals, 14 UW Neighborhood Clinics, the UW School of Medicine and the UW Physicians practice group encompassing 2,000 physicians. Before joining UW Medicine in 2017, Ms. Grosser was the CIO of Cleveland- based University Hospitals. Arthur Harvey III. Vice President and CIO of Boston Medical Center. Mr. Harvey oversees IT for Boston Medical Center, a 487-bed safety net hospital. He spent time as the hospital's director of applications and development before being named vice president and CIO in 2014. Mr. Harvey has revised the hospital's IT governance process and management structure and was responsible for an EHR implementation that resulted in a $15 million per year increase in revenue in addition to improved patient satisfaction. Tamara Havenhill-Jacobs. CIO of Bozeman (Mont.) Health. Ms. Havenhill-Jacobs oversees IT for Bozeman Health, a two-hospital health system with around 2,000 employees. She has more than 25 years of experience in management, and in her current role, also oversees the health system's technology and innovation efforts. In the next year, she plans on building partnerships for digital initiatives. Steve Hess. CIO of UCHealth (Aurora, Colo.). Mr. Hess oversees IT for UCHealth, a nonprofit health system with a workforce of more than 23,500 people. e 12-hospital health system includes more than 150 clinics across three states. Mr. Hess manages the enterprise EHR system, website and patient portal. Prior to becoming CIO of the system, he was CIO of University of Colorado Hospital and spent time as CIO of ChristianaCare in Newark, Del. Jon Hofer. CIO of Unified Women's Healthcare. Mr. Hofer was an IT consultant at Unified Women's Healthcare before he became CIO, responsible for the organization's IT, real estate and facilities. He has previous experience as CIO of MOBE, a pain cost management company, and as vice president of IT for United Healthcare. He also spent time as CIO of home health management company CareCentrix. Christopher Houser. CIO of Signature Healthcare (Louisville, Ky.). Mr. Houser oversees health IT for Signature Healthcare, which includes 116 locations in 10 states. He is responsible for supporting the system's digital health initiatives and leading its technology transformation. He also oversees information security, data analytics and efforts to support business growth. Ross Hurd. CIO of Lake Chelan (Wash.) Community Hospital. Mr. Hurd oversees health IT at the 25-bed Lake Chelan Community Hospital. He became the hospital's CIO in 2006. and has overseen the implementation of new technologies and partnerships, including a telestroke program that connects the critical access hospital to Swedish Medical Center in Seattle 24/7. Sony Jacob. CIO of SSM Health (St. Louis). Mr. Jacob joined SSM Health in 2019 as CIO, and is responsible for the health system's IT strategy. He is overseeing the expansion of SSM's internal IT consultancy as well. Mr. Jacob previously spent time as senior vice president and CIO of Albuquerque, N.M.-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services and senior vice president and interim CIO of Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee. Jason Joseph. Senior Vice President and CIO of Spectrum Health (Grand Rapids, Mich.). Mr. Joseph oversees health IT for Spectrum Health, a $6.5 billion nonprofit integrated health system. He is responsible for the strategic and operational systems, cybersecurity and emergency preparedness. He took on his current role in 2006 aer serving as senior vice president of information services for Spectrum Health Delivery System. He also has experience as vice president of information systems and services for IdeaSphere. Scott Joslyn, PharmD. Senior Vice President and CIO of MemorialCare (Fountain Valley, Calif.). Dr. Joslyn is responsible for IT at the five-hospital MemorialCare. e health system includes 220 care sites, a medical group, an independent physician association and health plan. He also serves as a board member of Summation Health