March 5, 2026: From EMR adoption to AI governance, the CMIO role has undergone three rapid transformations. Dr. Veena Lingam, ACMIO at Moffitt Cancer Center, has lived all of them. In this conversation with Bill Russell, Dr. Veena breaks down CMIO 1.0 (change management), 2.0 (data analytics), and the emerging 3.0 era: governing AI tools that health systems may have never paid close attention to. She also sounds the alarm on a growing informatics workforce shortage and the "informatics deserts" spreading across the country.

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Key Points:

• 04:43 CMIO 1.0 to 3.0
• 07:18 Skills for the AI Era
• 10:05 Veena’s Informatics Journey
• 18:24 AI Literacy and Workflow Fit



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March 4, 2026: What happens when AI stops being a buzzword and starts showing up in your bottom line? Kali Ihde, Director of Ventures and Innovation at Northwestern Medicine, joins Bill Russell to share how ambient AI has moved from pilot to proven. Reducing documentation time by 20-30%, generating nine additional patient visits per physician per month, and measurably easing clinician burnout. Kali also pulls back the curtain on Northwestern's disciplined approach to innovation: champion-first pilots and a startup accelerator designed to bridge the gap between great ideas and real-world healthcare operations.

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Key Points:

• 06:20 Innovation Focus Now: AI Myth-Busting
• 13:03 Scaling What Works and Adoption Barriers
• 20:39 Access, Startup Reality Checks, and What’s Next

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March 2, 2026: Is the CIO role evolving? Or is it quietly being replaced? Bill Russell, Drex DeFord, and Sarah Richardson dig into the emerging CITO trend, the rise of citizen developers, and what AI-powered platforms like Epic's Agent Factory actually mean for healthcare IT leadership. The CIO of the future isn't a gatekeeper; they're the "architect of safe velocity." With 32 years in the industry, they’re also sounding the alarm on executive burnout in an era where the pace of change never lets up.

Key Points:

03:31 CIO vs CTO explained

07:10 From gatekeeper to “Chief Intelligent Officer.”

18:20 Scaling innovation fast: hackathons and building vs buying

24:18 The human side of hyper-change

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