CIO Podcast – Episode 21: Dirk Stanley, MD on Healthcare Informatics and the Role of CMIO

For the 21st episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Dirk Stanley, MD, CMIO at UConn Health.  Dirk Stanley is a long time friend of Healthcare IT Today from our times on social media (You can find Dirk @DirkStanley) and he has an outstanding CMIO blog where he covers many of the healthcare informatics nuances he faces every day.

In this episode, we dive into his experience applying informatics to healthcare and the impact it can have on patients.  We discuss what makes a great workflow and how he works to balance the competing interests when designing those workflows.  Stanley also shares some of the best advice he’s been given and shares his own advice for aspiring CMIOs.

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

  • Let’s talk about informatics. What’s one thing many health IT pros don’t know about informatics?
  • Do you have an example of what it takes to create a really great workflow?
  • When doing workflows, how do you balance competing interests?
  • If you could solve one health informatics problem with the snap of your fingers, what would it be?
  • What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given?
  • For aspiring CMIOs, what skills should they work on most to be a successful CMIO?

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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