Becker's Hospital Review

Save the date! Becker's Hospital Review 6th Annual Meeting — May 7-9, 2015 — Chicago. Please call 800-417-2035 to register. 20 leadership, Sentara implemented an EHR across the system, with successful quality and financial outcomes. The system was recognized with the HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award. Epic Systems and IBM recently appointed Mr. Reese to a spot on their 18-member advisory council, to advise the organizations if they win the contract to de- sign and develop the Department of Defense's upgraded EHR and information systems. David Reitzel. CIO of Brookdale University Hospital (Brooklyn, N.Y.). After being made Brookdale University Hospital's vice president and CIO in 2012, Mr. Reitzel began the daunting task of developing the hospital's IT infrastructure from the ground up with limited resources. Dur- ing his time with Brookdale, Mr. Reitzel devel- oped an IT governance council, led the successful implementation of enterprise-wide Epic EMR system and designed and deployed a new service desk structure, to name a few accomplishments. Bernie Rice. Operational Vice President and CIO of Nemours Children's Health System (Jacksonville, Fla.). Mr. Rice has served as the op- erational vice president and CIO of Nemours for roughly seven years. As CIO, Mr. Rice is respon- sible for the leadership and strategic direction of information systems throughout the Nemours enterprise, which encompasses four states. He has helped Nemours achieve HIMSS Stage 7 for both its inpatient and ambulatory operations. Craig Richardville. Senior Vice President and CIO of Carolinas HealthCare System (Char- lotte, N.C.). Mr. Richardville has overall System responsibility for information services and strat- egy. Prior to joining Carolinas HealthCare System in 1997, Mr. Richardville held a variety of admin- istrative positions with ProMedica Health System for 12 years. Mr. Richardville was awarded CIO of the Year in 2013 by the Charlotte Business Journal and under his leadership, Carolinas HealthCare System has earned the "Most Wired" designa- tion for 11 consecutive years. Over the years, his teams have deployed successful EMR, data ana- lytics, cloud and patient engagement strategies and tools. Mr. Richardville is a fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society; board member of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Foundation, CareConnect Carolinas, and Carolinas Shared Services; and a member of College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, Wall Street Journal CIO Network and the Health Management Academy. He holds a masters of business administration degree and a bachelor's degree in system analysis. Ed Ricks. Vice President of Information Services and CIO of Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital. Mr. Ricks has served as vice president of infor- mation services and CIO of Beaufort Memorial Hospital for the past six years, gaining numerous accolades on the way. Most recently, Mr. Ricks spearheaded an enterprise-wide initiative to im- prove patient throughput which ultimately re- duced length of stay and resulted in an annualized cost savings of $480,000. Cris Ross. CIO of Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.). Mr. Ross was named CIO of Mayo Clinic in August 2012. He has a diverse background in healthcare, IT and government. Mr. Ross previ- ously served two years as executive vice president and general manager of clinical interoperability for e-prescription network Surescripts, four years as CIO and executive vice president of product and information services for Minute Clinic and three years as CIO of United Behavioral Health. He has experience as a consultant, financial ana- lyst and as a senior legislative assistant on the U.S. House Budget Committee. Mr. Ross earned his MBA from Yale School of Management. Bill Russell. Senior Vice President and CIO of St. Joseph Health (Orange, Calif.). Bill Russell was named CIO of St. Joseph Health — a 14-hospital, $6 billion nonprofit integrated healthcare system — in 2011. Since becoming CIO, he has helped lead the implementation of a new patient portal system, standardized the MEDITECH patient records system and integrated data across major affiliations and partnerships. Maria Russo. CIO of Tanner Health System (Carrollton, Ga.). Ms. Russo has served as Tan- ner Health System's senior vice president and CIO since 2011, where she provides leadership, strategic direction and oversight for all aspects of the system's information systems department. Prior to joining Tanner, Ms. Russo served as vice president and CIO of Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Healthcare in Louisville, Ky. Sue Schade. CIO of University of Michigan Health System (Ann Arbor). Ms. Schade was recently honored with the CHIME-HIMSS 2014 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year Award for her work at UMHS. She stepped into the lead IT role at the system in 2012, right after it launched MiChart, its EHR. In addition to continuing the transition to MiChart, Ms. Schade has helped UMHS reach Stage 6 on the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model. She came to UMHS from Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital, where she served as CIO for 12 years. She is currently a member of the CHIME Policy Steering Committee, the Michigan Hospi- tal Association Health IT Strategy Committee and Great Lakes Health Connect. Ms. Schade earned an MBA from Illinois Benedictine College in Lisle. Rick Schooler. Vice President and CIO of Or- lando (Fla.) Health. Mr. Schooler joined Orlando Health in October 2001 as vice president and CIO. He was previously vice president and CIO of Cen- tral Georgia Health System, now Navicent Health, based in Macon. Mr. Schooler earned an MBA from the University of Indianapolis. He currently serves on the board of directors of HIMSS, as well as on the board of the Coalition for the Homeless in Orlando. He holds memberships in various pro- fessional organizations, including the American College of Healthcare Executives and CHIME. J. Gary Seay. Senior Vice President and CIO of Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.). Mr. Seay first joined CHS in 1997. In his 18 years at the for-profit system, Mr. Seay led the transformation of the IT infrastructure as the system expanded from a $700 million, 30-hospital system to a $13 billion, 206-hospital healthcare giant. Prior to this appoint- ment, Mr. Seay held leadership roles at EQUICOR, Cigna Systems and Humana. He has served on the United Way of Williamson County Board of Direc- tors, the Tennessee HIMSS CIO Advisory Council and on the Nashville Technology Council. Alan Smith. Senior Vice President and CIO of Capella Healthcare (Franklin, Tenn.). Mr. Smith was appointed vice president and CIO of Capella Healthcare in 2011, prior to which he served as interim CIO and vice president of applications for Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Sys- tems. Since joining Capella, Mr. Smith has led the system's numerous hospitals through stage 1 of meaningful use. Bruce Smith. Senior Vice President of Informa- tion Systems and CIO of Advocate Health Care (Downers Grove, Ill.). Mr. Smith has been with Advocate Health Care for 20 years. Mr. Smith helped lead the implementation of the system's patient portal, MyAdvocate. He previously served as vice president and CIO of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill. Mr. Smith is a member of HIMSS and the Scottsdale Institute. He received his MBA from Loyola University Chicago. Michael W. Smith. CIO of Lee Memorial Health System (Ft. Myers, Fla.). Mr. Smith joined Lee Memorial Health System as CIO in 1997, where he has had operational responsibility for infor- mation technology and informatics, telecommu- nications, managing medical records, biomedical engineering and medical equipment technology strategies. Previously, Mr. Smith served as IT di- rector of Baylor Health Care System in Dallas. Ryan Smith. Senior Vice President and CIO of Banner Health (Phoenix). Mr. Smith became senior vice president of information technology and CIO of Banner Health in October 2013. He made the move to Banner after nearly 20 years with Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City, where he most recently served as assistant vice president of IT operations and corporate eBusi- ness. He holds an MBA in IT management from Western Governor's University in Salt Lake City. Steven Smith. CIO of NorthShore University HealthSystem (Evanston, Ill.). Mr. Smith was named CIO of NorthShore University Health- System in 2012 after serving nearly 12 years as the system's chief technology officer. He worked with a team to implement an integrated EMR. NorthShore was among the first systems in 2009 to receive rec- ognition from HIMSS Analytics for Stage 7 status. Subra Sripada. Chief Transformation Officer and System CIO of Beaumont Health (Royal Oak, Mich.). Mr. Sripada came to the nonprof- it Beaumont Health in 2014 from Beaumont Health System, where he served as executive vice president, chief administrative officer and CIO. Beaumont Health is a nonprofit that formed af- ter Beaumont Health System acquired Botsford Health Care in Farmington Hills, Mich., and Oak- wood Healthcare in Dearborn, Mich., last year.

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