HealthsystemCIO.com December 9, 2025
Health-system technology leaders say the only way to run an efficient, high-morale IT organization under unrelenting demand and financial pressure is to treat technology as a shared strategic investment and move away from viewing it as a back-office utility, according to panelists at a recent healthsystemCIO webinar, “Strategies for Running an Efficient, Valued, High-Morale IT Shop.”
The discussion brought together Laura Fultz, Interim Chief Information & Digital Officer, Emory Healthcare; Raymond Lowe, SVP/CIO, AltaMed Health Services; Shane Thielman, Corporate SVP, Chief Information & Digital Officer, Scripps Health; and Tanya Townsend, Chief Information & Digital Officer, Stanford Children’s Health | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. Together they described IT environments where expectations keep climbing even as budgets tighten and staffing models...







