HealthTech Magazines June 24, 2021
By Alexander G. Izaguirre, Chief Data Officer & VP, NYC Health + Hospitals
On May of 2019, I was appointed New York City Health and Hospitals’ (NYC H+H) chief data officer. My first order of business was to lead the system to develop an enterprise data and analytics strategy. Our intent ultimately included driving behaviors that would lead to improvements in health care, quality and safety, care experience, equity, and better financial outcomes; merging our digital strategy with our data strategy seemed natural. Consequently, the enterprise application development team was placed under the data and analytics (DnA) department. While the link between data and digital has already proved to be a strong approach for connecting data insights to better engagement...