Digital transformation projects are an opportunity for healthcare CIOs

IT departments are central to digital transformation projects in healthcare. But for those projects to be successful, healthcare CIOs will need to ensure they’re ticking off the basic IT checklist while pushing their departments into new territory.

John Kravitz, CIO at Geisinger Health System in Danville, Penn., said digital transformation, or the use of digital technology to change how healthcare operates and delivers care, requires healthcare CIOs to think outside the box and consider new, digital ways to make IT and the overall health system operate more efficiently.