Cara Babachicos, CIO, Community Hospitals and Non-Acute Entities, Partners...
Her role: “I represent CIOs at the table” Partners eCare Consolidating data centers Epic selection — “It was one of the quickest decisions we ever made.” Getting buy-in from users of homegrown systems...
View ArticleCara Babachicos, CIO, Community Hospitals and Non-Acute Entities, Partners...
The clinical landscape — “I think we have every vendor represented.” Pushing for shared best practices Creating a blueprint for the Epic rollout State-of-the-art IT at new hospital System upgrades —...
View ArticleCara Babachicos, CIO, Community Hospitals and Non-Acute Entities, Partners...
Her career path: “Consulting helped open doors for me” Taking chances — even when the timing isn’t perfect Building the HIT workforce CHIME Boot Camp — “It’s really energizing.” Networking...
View ArticleRiding Out The Storms
“Please, please tell me that’s thunder,” I remember saying to my roommate. It was a muggy August morning 12 years ago, and I was exhausted. So when I saw that the sky had become a dark shade of gray...
View ArticleGanguly, Babachicos, and Probst Named To CHIME Board
CHIME has added three new members to its Board of Trustees: Cara Babachicos, Neal Ganguly, and Marc Probst. Babachicos, who serves as CIO and Corporate Director of Information Systems for the Community...
View ArticleLearning While Teaching: My Experience With CHIME Boot Camp
I’m now coming up to my third year of teaching in the CHIME Boot Camp, and I have to start off by saying that I truly look forward to my yearly teaching assignments. For me it has been an absolute...
View ArticleWe Need to Talk: What Influential Leaders Want to Hear at CHIME18
Whether it's "upping our game" when it comes to managing ePHI, the latest policy developments, or the future of ACOs, there are critical discussions that need to happen, according to our experts....
View ArticleSecuring What You Can’t See: Four HIT Leaders on the Challenges of IoMT Devices
Although they offers great potential in terms of streamlining workflow and improving the patient experience, IoMT devices also present a new list of concerns, according to our panelists, who discussed...
View Article“User Experience Is Everything”: How Leaders Can Decommission Apps with...
The one area that can't be overlooked when decommissioning applications and migrating data? User experience, according to Marc Probst, Cara Babachicos and Kamal Patel, who shared their thoughts during...
View ArticleRemote Possibilities: How CIOs Are Navigating the Challenges of a Post-Covid...
When it comes to finding the right balance between remote and onsite work, CIOs and other leaders are "constantly learning," said Cara Babachicos and David Chou, who shared some of those lessons during...
View Article“We Need Open Dialogue”: How Governance and Communication Can Keep IT Teams...
With IT teams facing more scrutiny than ever before, CIOs and CIDOs face mounting pressures to ensure they’re making the right decisions and getting the most bang for the buck – all without pushing...
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