Dr. Petron, vice president and CMIO at WellSpan Health, drives health informatics innovation to enhance patient care, clinical efficiency and operational strategy. His leadership has been instrumental in the integration of AI-driven solutions, including Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience, which reduces clinician “pajama time” by automating clinical documentation, improving physician work-life balance and patient engagement. To address staffing shortages, he introduced virtual patient safety and virtual nursing programs, leveraging machine learning to optimize clinical resources and improve patient outcomes. In genomics, he spearheaded the Gene Health Project, a collaboration with Helix, building a regional genomic dataset to advance personalized medicine. Before joining WellSpan in 2022, Dr. Petron served as vice president and CMIO at SolutionHealth and spent over a decade at Manchester, N.H.-based Elliot Health System, balancing pediatric primary care and medical informatics leadership. His career, which began as a pediatric hospitalist, has been shaped by his passion for technology-driven healthcare transformation.
