CIO Podcast – Episode 2: Andy Crowder on Technical and Operational Challenges

For the 2nd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we’re sitting down with Andy Crowder, Senior Vice President / Chief Information & Analytics Officer at Atrium Health.  In this discussion, Crowder shares some of the biggest operational and technical challenges Atrium Health faces and how he and his team are approaching those challenges.  Plus, we ask him what is the most exciting project he’s working on.

Crowder also shares some great insights into lessons he’s learned as CIO that can help other CIOs or aspiring CIOs.  Interestingly, he didn’t plan to be a CIO until someone else saw the potential in him.  Finally, he also shares insights into how the role of IT and the CIO are evolving and what healthcare CIOs should be paying attention to in order to be prepared for the future.

Here’s a look at the questions we discuss on this episode:

  • What are the biggest operational challenges you face right now? What are you doing about them?
  • What are the biggest technical challenges you face? How are you approaching it?
  • What is the most exciting thing you’re working on now and why does it excite you?
  • How do you think the role of IT and the CIO is going to evolve over the next 5-10 years? What should CIOs be paying attention to?
  • Which things do you think set you apart that helped you become CIO?

Now, without further ado, we’re excited to share with you the next episode of the CIO Podcast by Healthcare IT Today.

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John Lynn

John Lynn is the Founder of HealthcareScene.com, a network of leading Healthcare IT resources. The flagship blog, Healthcare IT Today, contains over 13,000 articles with over half of the articles written by John. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 20 million times.

John manages Healthcare IT Central, the leading career Health IT job board. He also organizes the first of its kind conference and community focused on healthcare marketing, Healthcare and IT Marketing Conference, and a healthcare IT conference, EXPO.health, focused on practical healthcare IT innovation. John is an advisor to multiple healthcare IT companies. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can be found on Twitter: @techguy.

   

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