Becker's Healthcare November 19, 2024
Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is uniting its IT operations with Emory University to foster a seamless ecosystem for innovation, research, and education.
A new division will be established to consolidate technology, data, and digital systems into a single IT group, with Alistair Erskine, MD, chief information and digital officer at Emory, leading the transition in his new role as enterprise chief information and digital officer. He told Becker’s the integration aligns with the hospital’s vision of becoming a true learning health system.
“The main driver is aspiring to the learning health system model that many academic medical centers aim for but often lack the structure to support,” Dr. Erskine said.
By breaking down silos between the health system, research centers, and...