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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 13 100 Hospital and Health System CIOs to Know Becker's Hospital Review  has named "100 Hospital and Health System CIOs to Know" based on the selected leaders' abilities to leverage existing and new technology to further the mission of their organizations while elevating the level of patient care. These CIOs have spent their careers seeing the opportunity in challenges and innovating new solutions in a constantly changing field, making themselves invaluable figures in their hospital or health systems' executive teams. Note: Leaders could not and cannot pay for inclusion on this list. Hospital and health system CIOs are presented in alphabetical order. Mary Alice Annecharico, RN. Senior Vice President and CIO of Henry Ford Health System (Detroit). Ms. Annecharico was appointed to her current position at Henry Ford Health System in December 2011. She previously served as CIO of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia and University Hospitals in Cleveland. Ms. Annecharico also serves as editor for the peer-reviewed Journal of Health Information Management. Pamela Arora. Vice President and CIO of Children's Medical Center Dallas.  Before assuming her duties as vice president and CIO of Children's Medical Center Dallas, Ms. Arora served as CIO of Worcester, Mass.based UMass Memorial Health Care and Perot Systems, an IT services provider that was acquired by Dell in 2009. Daniel Barchi. CIO of Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Health System. Mr. Barchi began his duties as CIO of Yale-New Haven Health System, which consists of three hospitals and a medical group, in 2010. Before then, he served as senior vice president and CIO of Carilion Health System in Roanoke, Va. 100 Hospital and Health System CIOs to Know By Helen Gregg Mark D. Barner. Senior Vice President and CIO of Ascension Health and COO of Ascension Health Information Services (St. Louis).  Along with his role as CIO, Mr. Barner oversees Ascension Health Information Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ascension Health dedicated to health IT for the system's 28 health ministries. He previously served as CIO of Austin, Texas-based Seton Healthcare Family and oversaw government contracts with Plano, Texas-based Electronic Data Systems for 19 years. Gary Barnes. CIO of Medical Center Health System (Odessa, Texas). Mr. Barnes serves as CIO of Medical Center Health System, which includes the 402-bed Medical Center Hospital. In addition to his career with the system, which spans more than 28 years, Mr. Barnes received the 2013 Outstanding Service Award from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives.  Heath Bell. CIO and Vice President of Revenue Cycle of KishHealth System (DeKalb, Ill.). Mr. Bell has served as CIO of KishHealth System for the past eight years. In 2010, he became vice president of revenue cycle as well. Prior to his time with KishHealth, Mr. Bell served as CIO at Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, and as director of IT at Sumter Regional Hospital, now Phoebe Sumter Medical Center, in Americus, Ga. Aurelia G. Boyer, RN. Senior Vice President and CIO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and NYP Healthcare System (New York City). Ms. Boyer joined NewYorkPresbyterian Hospital in 1993 as a project manager for clinical information systems. She was promoted to director in 1996 and to vice president in 1998 before assuming her current role as CIO in 2003. Prior to her time at NewYork-Presbyterian, Ms. Boyer was a senior manager with a New York City-based healthcare information system consulting firm, Healthcare Management Counselor. She has also worked in healthcare consulting for PwC. David Bradshaw. Chief Information, Planning and Marketing Officer of Memorial Hermann Healthcare (Houston). Mr. Bradshaw's career with 11-hospital Memorial Hermann Healthcare dates back to 1997, when he joined the system as CIO. Before then, he spent 13 years with IBM. Memorial Hermann was named one of the Most Wired hospitals in the country by Hospitals & Health Networks for the ninth consecutive year in 2013. Arlyn Broekhuis. Vice President and CIO of Sanford Health (Fargo, N.D. and Sioux Falls, S.D.). Mr. Broekhuis joined Sanford Health in 1982 and has held various positions in IT. He currently oversees an IT department that includes more than 600 employees and an annual budget of approximately $100 million. Under Mr. Broekhuis' tenure, Sanford Health has been named a Most Wired organization 12 years in a row by Hospitals & Health Networks. Geoff Brown. Senior Vice President and CIO of Inova Health System (Falls Church, Va.). Mr. Brown is senior vice president and CIO of Inova Health System. Before his current position, he served as vice president and CIO of Atlanta-based Grady Health System, one of the largest public systems in the country. Before then, he served as associate hospital administrator and CIO of Atlanta Medical Center and South Fulton Medical Center in East Point, Ga. Paul Browne. Senior Vice President of Applied Clinical Informatics and CIO of Tenet Healthcare (Dallas). Mr. Browne was named senior vice president of applied clinical informatics in June 2012 and CIO in October 2012. He remained Tenet's top IT leader following the organization's 2013 acquisition of Vanguard Health Systems in Nashville, Tenn. Before joining Tenet, Mr. Browne served as senior vice president and CIO of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health and as CIO of Troy, Mich.-based SelectCare. Jon Burns. Senior Vice President and CIO of University of Maryland Medical System (Baltimore).  Mr. Burns joined University of Maryland Medical System in 2006. Previously, he served as senior executive of IT for Cleveland Clinic Health System and chief technology officer of eCleveland Clinic, an Internet-based care delivery model. Before joining Cleveland Clinic in 1997, Mr. Burns held senior-level positions with UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, N.C., and Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa. Dedra Cantrell, RN. CIO of Emory Healthcare (Atlanta).  Ms. Cantrell oversees the IT infrastructure for Emory Healthcare's five hospitals and numerous other

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