Several hospital and health system chief information officers previously worked for EHR vendors, including Epic, Cerner, Meditech and Allscripts.
Their vendor experience includes EHR product management, large-scale implementations and IT operations.
Here are nine CIOs who previously worked for EHR vendors, according to health system biographies, LinkedIn profiles and Becker’s reporting:
- Jeff Gautney. Senior Vice President and CIO of Rush University System for Health (Chicago): Mr. Gautney worked for Allscripts from 2003 to 2011. He served as a senior vice president at the company, overseeing IT operations for its largest client, Northwell Health. He joined Rush in 2021 after serving as a managing director at Deloitte Consulting.
- Josh Glandorf. CIO of University of California San Diego Health: Mr. Glandorf worked for Cerner from 2003 to 2005, serving as an engagement controller. He oversees UC San Diego Health’s IT operations and strategic planning, including administrative and clinical information systems.
- Deanna Hanisch. Vice President and CIO of Johns Hopkins Health System (Baltimore): Ms. Hanisch joined Johns Hopkins in 2016 after eight years at Epic, where she directed large-scale EHR implementations for academic medical centers, including Johns Hopkins. Before becoming CIO, she served as vice president for health IT.
- Brian Lancaster. Senior Vice President and CIO of Children’s Mercy Kansas City (Mo.): Mr. Lancaster previously spent almost 18 years at Cerner in various roles from vice president of EMR product management to vice president of population health product management. He then led IT at Omaha-based Nebraska Medicine for seven years before joining Children’s Mercy in 2022. At Children’s Mercy, he has overseen digital transformation initiatives, including the transition from Oracle Health to Epic.
- Naomi Lenane. Senior Vice President of Information Services and CIO of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston): Ms. Lenane worked for Meditech from 1992 to 2002. She joined Dana-Farber in 2002 and served as technology leader for the organization’s Epic EHR implementation before she was named CIO in 2017.
- Matt MacVey. Executive Vice President and CIO of Children’s National Hospital (Washington, D.C.): Mr. MacVey worked for Cerner from 2001 to 2019. Beginning in 2016, he served as vice president of the Bear Institute at Children’s National, a collaboration between the hospital and Cerner, before joining Children’s National as vice president and CIO in July 2019. He was promoted to executive vice president in 2022. He oversees the hospital’s enterprise IT strategy, operations and cybersecurity.
- Jeff O’Brien. Vice President and Regional CIO of Westchester Medical Center Health Network (Valhalla, N.Y.): Mr. O’Brien announced the appointment in a May 29 LinkedIn post. Before joining Westchester Medical Center Health Network, Mr. O’Brien served as director of client application services for Oracle, a role he had held since 2022. Before Oracle acquired Cerner, he held various positions with the EHR vendor beginning in 2012.
- Amy Trainor, RN. CIO and System Vice President of Ochsner Health (New Orleans): Ms. Trainor joined Ochsner in 2011 from Cerner, where she helped implement an EHR at a community hospital and affiliated clinics. Before becoming CIO, she served as Ochsner’s chief applications officer and vice president of clinical systems.
- Tyler Whetstine. CIO of USA Health (Mobile, Ala.): Mr. Whetstine worked for Cerner from 2004 to 2021. His roles included serving as CIO of Citrus Memorial Health System in Inverness, Fla. Before joining USA Health, he served as senior vice president and CIO of Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health, according to his health system biography.
Editor’s note: This list is not exhaustive and is presented alphabetically.
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