Ms. Stephenson became Cedars-Sinai’s CNIO in February 2025, leading the inpatient and ambulatory clinical operations optimization liaison teams and enterprise information services training teams. She is also tasked with supporting CS-Link and digital innovation projects and optimizing initiatives across the organization for nursing and clinical care support teams. Ms. Stephenson brings more than 20 years of nursing experience across a range of clinical settings including acute care, emergency medicine and home hospice, and has held roles as quality outcomes coordinator and medical/surgical nurse manager. She has worked in nursing informatics leadership since 2011, including at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and Houston Methodist, where she previously served as CNIO. Ms. Stephenson is actively involved in the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society nursing informatics committee and serves on the planning committee for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society nursing informatics forum.
