CIO Podcast – Episode 60: Patient Engagement with Rich Temple

For the 60th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Rich Temple, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, at Deborah Heart and Lung Center to talk about patient engagement! To kick off this episode we talk about how patient engagement has changed over time from when Temple first started out in health IT to what it is today. Temple then shares with us some of the projects he is currently working on in the areas of patient engagement that he feels haven’t gotten enough attention. Next, we debate whether EHRs are helping or hurting efforts to engage with patients and if AI will do the same in the future. Then we move on to the broader field of health IT to get Temple’s insights on what areas he thinks will hurt healthcare organizations because we aren’t talking about them enough. Lastly, to wrap up this episode, Temple shares his huge love of music with us by giving CIOs and aspiring CIOs some songs that offer good advice for these leaders.

Here’s a look at the questions and topics we discuss in this episode:

• How has the world of patient engagement changed since you started in health IT?
• What are some areas of patient engagement that haven’t gotten enough attention that you’re working to address?
• Are EHRs helping or hurting when it comes to engaging patients?
• Will AI help or hurt patient engagement efforts?
• What’s an area of health IT that not enough people are talking about that they should be or it’s going to cause issues at healthcare organizations?
• What’s a song that provides some good advice for CIOs and aspiring CIOs?

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