Built In Chicago December 8, 2022
Increasing data literacy, delivering a mobile experience for patients and embracing the cloud are all front of mind for Ascension CIO Gagan Singh.
Before Gagan Singh joined Ascension as chief data officer in 2019, the technology industry veteran held a perception of healthcare as a slow-moving industry on the technology front.
His perspective changed, though. After a couple of years spent as Ascension’s CDO, Singh said that the Covid-19 pandemic underscored the company’s ability to “adapt and change very rapidly.”
He anticipates plenty of both business and technology transformation ahead, too. Earlier this year, Ascension named Singh chief information officer, a role in which he oversees a wide swath of teams and operations, such as infrastructure engineering, clinical and...