Aligning Health IT with Business Goals Is Top CIO Challenge

Aligning health IT with business goals was identified as a top challenge for healthcare and life sciences CIOs, according to the 2019 CIO Survey Report by Grant Thornton and the Technology Business Management Council. Other top healthcare CIO challenges included conflicting priorities among stakeholders, lack of time for strategic thinking, stakeholders’ resistance to change, and recruiting and retaining talent. For the survey, Grant Thornton polled CIOs from a range of industries, with 18 percent coming from healthcare and life sciences.  “The challenges that healthcare and life sciences CIOs face are very similar to those faced by CIOs in other markets, but they differ in terms of how technology has been integrated into healthcare,” observed LaVerne Council, national managing principal for enterprise technology strategy and innovation at Grant Thornton.