Healthy Outcomes: The state of IT in healthcare systems

On this episode of Healthy Outcomes, our host Mark Ross interviews Ed Ricks, a director in Baker Tilly’s Healthcare Solutions Practice. Ed is a former Healthcare System CIO and COO. Together, they discussed several topics related to the overall healthcare environment with a significant lean towards IT related matters.  

 Specific topics of discussion include: 

• The impact of recent ransomware and information security breaches related to healthcare provider organizations.  
• How healthcare systems are responding to decrease the impact of these events.  
• The current state of healthcare IT 
• How healthcare systems can optimize their IT environment 
• Healthcare M&A activity and if it hast resulted in improved efficiencies 
• What Ed misses and doesn’t miss about being in the role of CIO at a healthcare system organization. 

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