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17 achieve Level 6 status on the HIMSS EMR Adoption Model. David Rapp. Vice President of Supply Chain and CIO of Wheeling (W.Va.) Hospital. Mr. Rapp joined Wheeling Hospital in 2006 and currently serves as vice president of supply chain and CIO. He is responsible for sup- ply chain direction and the hospital's technology-based system, overseeing the planning, implementation and maintenance strategies for human capital purchases, clinical informatics, technology development, biomedical engi- neering and IT operations. He led the hospital through EMR implementa- tion and oversaw the computerization of the cardiology department. Before joining Wheeling, Mr. Rapp was director of the global technology services group of High Technology Foundation. Stephanie Reel. Vice President for Information Services and CIO of Johns Hopkins University and Health System (Baltimore). Ms. Reel oversees IT all divisions of Johns Hopkins University and Health System as CIO. She became vice president for information services for Johns Hopkins Medicine in 1994 and was appointed vice provost for IT and CIO of Johns Hopkins University in 1999. In her current role, Ms. Reel leads the strategic plan im- plementation for information services, networking, telecommunications, clinical research and instructional technologies. e health system imple- mented and enhanced its EHR under her leadership. e Smithsonian Insti- tution and Healthcare Informatics honored Johns Hopkins for innovation in IT during Ms. Reel's tenure at the top of the department. Bert Robles. Executive Vice President and CIO of Guthrie (Sayre, Pa.). Guthrie named Mr. Robles CIO in 2015, responsible for overseeing the health system's strategic goals, policies and procedures for the IT division. In his current role, Mr. Robles carries out the health system's mission to deliver excellence in healthcare through IT and innovation. Prior to joining Guth- rie, Mr. Robles had a 30-plus year career in health IT, including time spent as senior vice president and corporate CIO of NYC Health + Hospitals and CIO of State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. Andrew Rosenberg, MD. CIO of Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor). As CIO of Michigan Medicine, Dr. Rosenberg is responsible for planning and executing the creation of a single IT and services organization for the health system. He is tasked with combining best practices and the skill sets of the system's two existing groups into a new IT organization that will better sup- port Michigan Medicine's IT and data needs, as well as integrating with the goals of the broader campus and University of Michigan. Dr. Rosenberg has a background in informatics as well as designing and implementing enter- prise analytics programs for academic medical centers. Cris Ross. CIO of Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.). As the CIO of Mayo Clin- ic, Mr. Ross oversees systemwide IT, which covers care for around 1.3 million people from 50 states and 137 countries. He also has experience serving on the HHS Health IT Standards Committee and the CDC's National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee. Prior to joining Mayo Clinic, Mr. Ross gained experi- ence as the executive vice president and general manager at Surescripts, which operates an e-prescribing network, and CIO of CVS' MinuteClinic. Robin Sarkar, PhD. Assistant Vice President, Information Systems and CIO of Lakeland Health (St. Joseph, Mich.). Dr. Sarkar serves as assistant vice president of information systems and CIO of Lakeland Health, where he oversees the IT department. e health system earned the HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence under his leadership in 2014, and Hospitals & Health Networks honored the health system as one of Health Care's Most Wired in 2015. Prior to joining Lakeland in 2013, Dr. Sarkar was the director of global information systems at Whirlpool Corp. Katherine Schneider, MD. President and CEO of Delaware Valley Ac- countable Care Organization (Villanova, Pa.). Dr. Schneider became pres- ident and CEO of Delaware Valley Accountable Care Organization in 2014, responsible for providing strategic direction, leadership and ongoing admin- istration to the ACO. She oversees a large Medicare ACO that includes more than 670 primary care physicians and 90,000 beneficiaries. Prior to joining DVACO, Dr. Schneider served as executive vice president and CMO for Me- decision, a healthcare management and care coordination soware solutions company, and senior vice president of health engagement for AtlantiCare. Manish Shah. Senior Vice President and CIO of Community Health Sys- tems (Franklin, Tenn.). Mr. Shah is the senior vice president and CIO of Community Health Systems, an organization he joined in 2013 as deputy CIO. He is responsible for information systems and advanced technology to support the 127-hospital health system's financial, clinical and administra- tive operations. Before joining CHS, Mr. Shah was senior vice president of Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care, where he gained experience in tech- nology design, implementation and operations. He also served in IT leader- ship positions with SymphonyIRI and Caremark Rx. William Showalter. CIO of UC Davis Health (Sacramento). Mr. Showalter is the CIO of UC Davis Health, overseeing the system's information and tele- communications technology. He also leads efforts for innovative initiatives, strategies and acquisitions to support research, education and clinical care. Mr. Showalter is responsible for an operating budget of around $99 million and capital budget of about $11 million, as well as a staff of 400 members. Prior to joining UC Davis Health, Mr. Showalter was senior vice president and CIO for Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health, overseeing IT strategic planning, implementation and maintenance. Preston Simons. CIO of Aurora Health Care (Milwaukee). Aurora Health Care appointed Mr. Simons CIO in October 2015, making him responsible for leading the health systems technology and innovative IT platforms. He has previous experience as CIO of Abbott Laboratories, where he spent more than a decade overseeing all aspects of the IT department, which at one point included more than 4,000 employees and IT contractors. roughout his distinguished career in health IT, Mr. Simmons gained experience leading IT at several health systems, a health insurance plan and in the pharmacy industry, as well as taking on leading roles at Chicago CIO Institute. Laura Smith. Vice President and CIO of UnityPoint Health (West Des Moines, Iowa). Ms. Smith became vice president and CIO of UnityPoint Health in 2016 and in the past year has launched a supply chain management soware stabilization upgrade and EMR optimization initiative. Since taking the helm of the health system's 600-member IT department, Ms. Smith has overseen around 1,500 general technology enhancements and her team im- plemented an EHR security overhaul, consolidating more than 120 security templates down to 19. She also has an eye for patient-facing enhancements, overseeing efforts to reduce the number of beeps, clicks and other inappro- priate noises during care. She worked with three of the health system's com- munity hospitals to connect to IT services and continues to implement a culture where team members are empowered to do their best work. From 2009 to 2014, Ms. Smith served as UnityPoint Health's IT executive director. Ryan Smith. Senior Vice President of Information Technology and CIO of Banner Health (Phoenix). Mr. Smith joined Banner Health in 2013 as CIO, responsible for leading efforts to develop and implement key technol- ogies. He also oversees the health system's strategies to become a leader in healthcare innovation. He previously spent 20 years at Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare in IT positions, gaining experience in operational accountability for clinical and business applications, as well as IT infrastruc- ture and end-user computing and service management. Steven Smith. CIO of NorthShore University HealthSystem (Evanston, Ill.). As CIO of NorthShore University HealthSystem, Mr. Smith oversees IT for the system's four hospitals and 900-physician multispecialty group prac- tice. e health system has around 130 locations in the Chicagoland area and was among the first health systems to successfully implement a systemwide EHR in 2003 and then achieve HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 designation. Mr. Smith previously served as NorthShore's chief technology officer. omas Stafford. Vice President and CIO of Halifax Health (Dayto- na Beach, Fla.). Mr. Stafford has logged several accomplishments as vice president and CIO of Halifax Health, overseeing a period of unprecedented change and growth in healthcare technology at the hospital. He served as the hospital's manager of the project office for seven years before being named CIO in January 2014, where he redesigned communication workflow and improved real-time collaboration between physicians and other team mem- bers. He also drove the initiative to adopt secure, HIPAA-compliant texting and currently leads a project to measure the impact of interoperability be-

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