Mr. Gasser is the vice president of information systems and CIO at Wooster Community Hospital Health System. There, he provides strategic oversight for information systems, telecommunications and telehealth. A registered nurse by training, he brings a clinician’s perspective to enterprise IT leadership, helping align technology decisions with real-world care delivery needs. He has led system integration across multiple platforms while establishing robust security policies and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. One of his signature initiatives, the “Free Up Nurses’ Time” program, engaged frontline nurses to optimize documentation and workflows, resulting in forecasted savings of approximately 1,600 nursing hours annually. Mr. Gasser is also the system’s security information officer, responsible for HIPAA, security and interoperability compliance. He regularly shares the system’s innovations at national forums as a rural health IT leader.
