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Sign up for the COMPLIMENTARY Becker's Hospital Review CEO Report & CFO Report E-Weeklies at www.BeckersHospitalReview.com or call (800) 417-2035 2002 to 2012 and CIO of Harvard Clinical Research Institute from 2001 to 2007. C. Martin Harris, MD, MBA. CIO of Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Harris joined Cleveland Clinic in 1996. He is a member of HHS' Health Information Technology Standards Committee and, in 2007, received an appointment to the Commission on Care for America's Wounded Warriors, a bipartisan presidential commission. Dr. Harris is past chairman of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and has also served on HHS' Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine.  Donette Herring. Vice President and CIO of Catholic Health East (Newtown Square, Pa.). Ms. Herring serves as vice president of information technology and CIO for Catholic Health East. She joined CHE in August 2004 as vice president of information technology shared services. Prior to this, she served as CIO of Catholic Health Services of Long Island in Rockville Centre, N.Y., as CIO of the eastern region of Catholic Health Initiatives in Englewood, Colo., and as director of information systems for Franciscan Health System before it merged to form CHI. Steve Hess. CIO of University of Colorado Health (Aurora). Mr. Hess was named CIO of University of Colorado Health in 2012. UCHealth is a new, Colorado-based healthcare system that includes five hospitals and dozens of clinics throughout Colorado, Wyoming and western Nebraska. Mr. Hess was previously CIO of University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora from 2009 to 2012. Prior to that, he served as CIO of Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, Del., for five years. George T. Hickman. Executive Vice President and CIO of Albany (N.Y.). Medical Center. Mr. Hickman is executive vice president and CIO of Albany Medical Center, which is his third academic CIO post. He has worked within health provider organizations across the United States as well as for the Ministry of Health in Singapore and the United Kingdom. He previously served as board chair and executive compensation committee chair for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Gilbert Hoffman. Vice President and CIO of Mercy (Chesterfield, Mo.). Mr. Hoffman was named vice president and CIO of Mercy in October and began serving in November. Prior this role, he worked at Maritz, a St. Louis-based travel company, since 1973. Mr. Hoffman was named one of the top 100 CIOs in the nation by ComputerWorld in 2007. Ross Hurd. CIO of Lake Chelan Community Hospital (Chelan, Wash.). Mr. Hurd has led Lake Chelan Community Hospital as CIO since 2006. Under his leadership, the hospital has implemented telepharmacy, teleradiology and telestroke programs, along with telehealth 25 education. Under Mr. Hurd's guidance, the hospital was recognized in the small and rural hospitals category for Hospitals & Health Networks 2010 and 2011 Most Wired surveys. more than 10,000 employees. Prior to serving as CIO, he served as manager of information systems operations and director of information systems for IASIS. Keith Jennings. CIO of Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston). Keith Jennings began serving as CIO of Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Physicians Organization in September 2012. Mr. Jennings has served the hospital for 10 years, and served as interim director of information services management and planning. Prior to his career with Massachusetts General, Mr. Jennings spent 10 years in information services for other healthcare organizations, and as a military police officer and civil affairs officer in the U.S. Army Reserve. Philip Loftus, PhD. CIO of Aurora Health Care (Milwaukee). Mr. Loftus has served as vice president and CIO of Aurora Health Care since 2006. He provides an integrated approach to healthcare delivery by defining and implementing the information technology component of Aurora's strategic mission. Before serving Aurora Health, Mr. Langston served as senior vice president and CIO of Caremark. Dan Kinsella. Executive Vice President and CIO of Cadence Health (Winfield, Ill.). Before joining Cadence Health in 2012, Mr. Kinsella served as a senior vice president at Optum Insight, a division of UnitedHealthcare. There, he led technology consulting within the division's accountable care services practice. Arthur J. Krumrey. Vice President and CIO of Loyola University Health System (Maywood, Ill.). Mr. Krumrey has served Loyola University Health System in an information technology function for more than 20 years. He began his role as vice president and CIO of the system in July 2012. Before then, he served as vice president and CIO of Loyola University Medical Center since 2002. Richard D. Lang, EdD, PMP. Vice President and CIO of Doylestown Hospital (Bucks, Pa.). Dr. Lang was named CIO of Doylestown Hospital in 2006 after 25 years of experience in healthcarerelated information technology. Prior to this appointment, he served as a principle in knowledge and technology integration services for the consulting firm Know-Power and as vice president of information services for Holy Redeemer Health System in Meadowbrook, Pa. Dr. Lang is currently serving a three-year term on the national board of directors for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, which began in 2011. Tom Langston. Senior Vice President and CIO of SSM Health Care (St. Louis). Mr. Langston serves as senior vice president and CIO of SSM Health Care. He is also a senior leader for SSM Integrated Health Technologies, an SSM Health Care business unit responsible for information technology and clinical engineering services at SSM's acute-care hospitals, physician practices and nursing homes. In 2001, Mr. Langston became the first president of SSM Information Center and later SSM Integrated Health Technologies. Brian Loflin. CIO of IASIS Healthcare (Franklin, Tenn.). As CIO of IASIS Healthcare, a position he has held since 2004, Mr. Loflin oversees all of the information technology operations for the company's 16 hospitals and Jackie Lucas. Vice President and CIO of Baptist Healthcare System (Louisville, Ky.). As vice president and CIO of Baptist Healthcare, Ms. Lucas oversees IT for seven hospitals, ambulatory services and the system's health plan. Prior to becoming CIO, she held director positions in IT and telecommunications at Baptist Healthcare and LeBonheur Health System in Memphis, Tenn. She was recognized in 2012 as a "Premier 100 IT Leader" by ComputerWorld. Jonathan Manis. CIO of Sutter Health (Sacramento, Calif.). Mr. Manis has served Sutter Health as CIO since September 2006, after he left Urbana, Ill.-based Provena Health after serving five years as system vice president of administrative services and CIO. Prior to his time at Provena, he served as vice president of information services for Oakbrook, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care. Randy McCleese. Vice President of Information Services and CIO of St. Claire Regional Medical Center (Morehead, Ky.). Before joining St. Claire Regional Medical Center as CIO, Mr. McCleese spent more than 14 years with Equitable Resources in Prestonsburg, Ky., and Kingsport, Tenn., as a geologist and manager of information resources. He has more than 23 years of information systems management experience, with 15 years devoted to healthcare. William McConnell, Jr. Senior Vice President and CIO of Indiana University Health (Indianapolis). Mr. McConnell joined IU Health in 2012. Prior to this role, he was president and CEO of Indianapolis start-up company FlowCo. Before then, he served as vice president and CIO for Guidant Corp., part of Boston Scientific and Abbott Labs, for nine years after serving as senior vice president and CIO for Resort Condominiums International from 1990 to 1996. Virginia A. McFerran, MS. CIO of UCLA Health System and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (Los Angeles). Ms. McFerran was appointed CIO of UCLA Health System in 2009. With her leadership team, she plays a vital role in collaboratively gaining buy-in for the overall IT strategic plan and operationalizing the plan with successful implementation. Prior to joining UCLA, Ms. McFerran served

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