HealthsystemCIO.com January 27, 2026
Healthcare IT leaders face mounting pressure to innovate while managing constrained budgets and maintaining operational stability. During a recent healthsystemCIO webinar, three executives from major pediatric health systems shared strategies for balancing these competing demands, with particular focus on vendor relationships, contract flexibility, and organizational readiness for emerging technologies.
The concept of future-proofing in healthcare IT centers on maintaining optionality in an unpredictable technology landscape. Myra Davis, Chief Information Innovation Officer at Texas Children’s Hospital, emphasized the importance of contractual positioning. “We need to really make sure we use language that allows us to have flexibility and freedom to pivot where needed,” Davis said. “Future-proofing is ensuring that we are able to support the organization as we work closely with...
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