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Myra Davis

Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Innovation Officer

Texas Children’s Hospital

Houston, TX

Ms. Davis leads enterprise technology, AI-driven innovation and cybersecurity strategy for the largest children’s hospital in the U.S., overseeing a 600-person IT organization supporting more than 140 sites and 5 million patient encounters annually. Under Ms. Davis’s direction, Texas Children’s has expanded ambient documentation, virtual care, remote patient monitoring and data governance capabilities. Her leadership has also helped operationalize AI, including a proprietary model that automates bone age assessment and reduces radiologists’ interpretation time. Together, these initiatives have delivered nearly $90 million in additional net revenue through clinical documentation integrity while reducing clinical workload and turnaround times. She also modernized the organization’s cybersecurity program, earning a No. 1 national healthcare cybersecurity ranking while maintaining Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society stage 7 designations and Magnet status. Ms. Davis is a multiple-time ORBIE “CIO of the Year” honoree and a College of Healthcare Information Management Executives faculty member.

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