Ms. Hess provides strategic and operational leadership in the development, deployment, re-engineering and integration of clinical information systems at HCA to support clinicians and patient service. Her leadership style utilizes best practices and delivers on target and high quality results. She leads the organization’s informatics department and has created various departments and built up best practices across the HCA system. She continually uses innovative ideas to transform problems into solutions. Her healthcare career spans 40 years, giving her an extensive background in informatics and leadership. She has also been an adjunct professor at the University of Denver since 2011, teaching healthcare IT. She joined HCA in 2022, previously serving as CNIO at Banner Health from 2017 to 2022. She also practice as a registered nurse at the start of her career.
