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21 CIO / HEALTH IT 7 health system CIOs named to Business Transformation 150 By Giles Bruce S even health system CIOs made Constellation Research's 2026 Business Transformation 150 list of the top IT leaders across industries. e tech research firm selects the finalists aer receiving nominations from peers, industry influencers, tech vendors and analysts. Here are the finalists from health systems (in alphabetical order) from the list released June 17: 1. Omer Awan, chief information and digital officer of Fred Hutch (Seattle) 2. Rohit Chandra, PhD, executive vice president and chief digital officer of Cleveland Clinic 3. Julie Eastman, senior vice president and CIO of PeaceHealth (Vancouver, Wash.) 4. Steve Hess, CIO of UCHealth (Aurora, Colo.) 5. Joel Vengco, senior vice president and chief digital and information officer of Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare 6. Ellen Wiegand, senior vice president and CIO of VCU Health (Richmond, Va.) 7. Laura Wilt, senior vice president and chief digital officer of Sutter Health (Sacramento, Calif.) n The 10 highest-paid CIOs By Giles Bruce CIOs' compensation is growing as their responsibilities increase, e Wall Street Journal reported. e base pay for CIOs is rising 15-30%, executive search firms told the newspaper. Chief technology officers' median pay rose 30.81% in 2024 from the previous year, per analytics firm C-Suite Comp. Here are the 10 highest-paid IT executives by 2024 compensation (including base salary, stock awards, nonequity incentive plan compensation, bonuses, option awards and other compensation), according to the July 1 story: 1. Sudarsan attai, Lineage: $29.5 million 2. Bridget Engle, Wells Fargo: $22.12 million 3. Rajat Taneja, Visa: $20.2 million 4. Javier Polit, Costco: $9.73 million 5. Amy Landucci, Solventum: $9.07 million 6. Sriram Krishnasamy, FedEx: $6 million 7. Seemantini Godbole, Lowe's: $5.44 million 8. Amy Brady, KeyBank: $5.02 million 9. Anil Bhatt, Norfolk Southern: $4.65 million 10. Mark Hagan, AMN Healthcare: $4.11 million n Delaware health system names interim CIO By Giles Bruce Ron Belfont has been named interim vice president and CIO of Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth. Mr. Belfont brings three decades of technology experience, including the past 11 years at Bayhealth. He most recently served as chief information security officer. He replaces the retiring Rick Mohnk, who was CIO since 2015. "Ron's leadership and deep knowledge of our IT operations position him well to guide the team during this transition," the two-hospital system said in a July LinkedIn post. n