For the 76th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Susan Snedaker, Chief Information Officer at El Rio Health to talk about her new book, Renovating Healthcare IT: Building the Foundation for Digital Transformation! We kick this episode off by talking about the motivations behind Snedaker’s newest publication. Snedaker then passes along some advice for anyone out there who would like to write their own health IT book. Next, we discuss what takeaway every CIO should take to heart from this book.

In the spirit of renovating healthcare IT, we then move on to the acceleration of AI in healthcare and discuss its impact on IT demand and what CIOs can do about it. Next, we talk about how to avoid ending up with 100 different AI applications in our organization. Then we debate on what are the biggest challenges CIOs are facing and try to come up with solutions for them. And with all of this acceleration in healthcare, we take a moment to speculate on how the role of CIO will shift and evolve in the next 10 years. Lastly, to wrap up this episode Snedaker shares the best piece of advice she’s received in her career.

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

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• Why did you decide to write your book Renovating Healthcare IT: Building the Foundation for Digital Transformation?
  
• If someone wants to write a health IT book, what would you say to them?
  
• What’s one takeaway from your book that every CIO should take to heart?
  
• How is AI acceleration impacting IT demand? What can you do about it as CIO?
  
• How do you avoid ending up with 100 different AI applications?
  
• What are the biggest challenges CIOs are facing and what can be done about it?
  
• How will the role of CIO shift in the next 10 years?
  
• What’s the best piece of career advice you’ve been given?
  

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