How Health IT Leaders’ Roles Have Evolved During the Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed health IT leaders into the spotlight on internal, community and national issues guiding patient care, population health and equitable access.
“IT leaders are now business leaders. We are able to really stand out during this time in terms of leading change,” says David Chou, CIO of Harris Health System in Houston.
Dr. Atul Butte, chief data scientist at University of California Health (UC Health), says he realized that millions of people were turning to the university’s social media channels for pandemic information based on data his team was compiling daily. “…