CIO Connect
Break into the C-suite with training for health IT leaders
Grow your expertise alongside current and future healthcare chief information officers (CIOs). You'll learn how to transform health IT systems, lead organization-wide change, and deliver patient-led care at scale.
This nine-month long program consists of a series of executive training and networking events that will get you ready to make moves and drive innovation. Aspiring CIO and brand-new CIOs, your cohort is waiting for you!
Registration for the 2024 cohort of CIO Connect is now open. The next cohort will begin in July of 2024.
For questions, please contact HIMSSprofessionaldevelopment@himss.org.
CIO Connect Webinar | On Demand
Hear CIO Connect Program Chair, Isaiah Nathaniel and 2023 inaugural cohort graduates Patrick Bizeau and Tonya Reeder as they provide a comprehensive overview of the program and outline the exciting journey ahead for the next cohort launching in July 2024.
Who is CIO Connect for?
Aspiring CIOs
You're poised to make the jump into the C-suite—you just need the right tools and professional connections.
Brand-new CIOs
You're new to the CIO role and looking towards the future. You want to develop the informatics expertise you have to drive change from the top down.
Participant Demographics
Participants must be HIMSS members and ideally suit one of the following demographics:
- Be an aspiring or newly promoted healthcare CIO, working in a provider setting, seeking to develop their skills and understanding of critical topics in the industry. If aspiring, participants ideally will be within 3-5 years of assuming the role of CIO.
- Information management leaders transitioning into healthcare technology within a provider setting.
- Senior executives in healthcare organizations looking to stay ahead of industry trends.
Nine months of training, years of executive growth
Developed with program chair Isaiah Nathaniel and a team of experienced CIOs, our curriculum will help you and your organization achieve better outcomes, reduce costs, and improve quality of patient care.
You'll get years’ worth of on-the-job experience in just nine months of in-depth professional development. And that cohort you'll join? They'll become your lifelong work community.
You'll learn how to:
Enhance teams of IT pros
You'll learn how to manage your workforce, build strategic partnerships, and rally people behind your vision.
Transforming health systems takes a whole team and you'll learn structured ways to bring your strategy to life.
Keep hackers away
You'll explore cybersecurity strategies that stop bad actors in their tracks and how to respond to breaches.
That means regular vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, security audits, and post-breach responses.
Deliver patient-enabled care
You'll explore how technology can give patients more agency—and more personalized treatment, too.
You’ll explore how AI, machine learning, and hospital-at-home improve patient care. You’ll be ready to lead your organization along the cutting edge.
Future-proof your IT
Our experts will show you how to build an IT infrastructure that can adapt to the pace of healthcare innovation.
That means AI integration, scalable approaches to patient data, and interoperable systems.
Become a confident, connected IT executive
Build tight-knit connections at the top with cohort-based learning
Tap into a network of fellow healthcare CIOs, right from day one.
Along the way, you'll grow with your cohort of learners to form strong bonds with peers who share your goals and challenges. You'll meet other C-suite executives from across healthcare systems, too.
After you complete the program, you'll be invited to our slate of exclusive year-round networking events, like the HIMSS Global Health Conference.
Unlock our health system leadership resource vault
We'll engage you year-round with live online sessions, self-paced digital learning, hosted conversations, online communities, and in-person events.
You'll gain valuable access to publications, whitepapers, case studies, session recordings from the HIMSS Global Health Conference, and so much more.
Plus, you'll earn continuing education hours and a certificate of completion proving you've got the expertise needed to lead.
Network with other chief information officers in the healthcare space
We'll lead you through monthly virtual sessions and a 2.5-day, in-person immersive experience (hosted in San Antonio, TX) built specifically for aspiring and newly promoted CIOs.
You'll get to meet your cohort members, collaborate, and network with people whose professional goals line right up with yours.
What's the ROI of CIO Connect?
Cost of investing in your development
Program Cost: $6,500
That includes program tuition, a treasure trove of executive resources, admission to our 2.5 day in-person event, held in San Antonio, TX, September 24-26, 2024, and a HIMSS25 conference pass, where we will celebrate all of our 2024 CIO Connect cohort participants.
Additional fees may apply. (e.g. flights, hotel, etc.)
The learning you take with you
- 8 hours of live, virtual instructor-led training
- 2.5 days of in-person learning
- 8 hours of self-directed learning
- 30+ tools and resources to supplement learning (i.e., white papers, case studies, and other non-commercial unbiased assets)
- 24 clinical continuing education hours for CME, CNE, and ACPE (Including other non-clinical CE like CPHIMS®, CAHIMS®, and more!)
The network you build
You'll see your cohort every month and work closely with folks who're going where you're going.
Community is strength, and you'll leave CIO Connect with a team you'll carry for life.
Leadership in IT
Transforming health systems takes serious leadership chops, and we'll get you ready to drive change. We'll cover:
- Leading with authenticity
- Strategic team building in IT
- Boosting employee retention & preventing burnout
- Getting buy-in across your organization
Cybersecurity systems and set up
Protecting your organization from the inside out is more important than ever. We'll cover:
- Managing a remote workforce
- Post-breach strategies
- Obtaining buy-in for critical investments
Patient-enabled care
Creating better health outcomes why every IT leader gives it their all. We'll cover:
- Prioritizing patient experience
- Determining patient needs
- Using AI, machine learning, and hospital at home to improve outcomes and care
Digital health transformation
Going digital after years of analog will unlock faster, better healthcare. We'll cover:
- Moving from planning to implementation
- Building durable IT infrastructure
- Improving equity through digital health
- Getting clinicians on-board new policies and models like HL7 FHIR
CIO Connect Advisory Board
HIMSS would like to recognize the advisory board members that advised on the curriculum for this program:
2023 and 2024 Program Chair
Advisory Board Members
