The new CDIO from Mount Sinai gives an internal look at large digital transformation plans

Imagine that the keys to all information technology are delivered in a prominent health system in the United States, and everything that requires: everything from improving electronic health record systems to oversee the latest artificial intelligence progress to help strategic plans at the organization level at the organization level at the organization level.

Add the need to direct all other information technology professionals who work for you, doctors and nurses who depend on you-and executors of other C-SUITE who make decisions that affect your job.

We wanted to take a look at the great responsibilities of the major responsibilities of the Mount Sinai Health System, Lisa S. S. S. S. STOMP, which also works as a dean of information technology at Mount Sinai’s ICAHN Medicine.

The main health system in New York City She announced for the first time that it was rented last September and the mission began just three months ago, in November 2024. Healthcare news sat with her to explore two in -depth part To learn from their sites and their application.

Focus on digital innovation and transformation

“Mountain Sinai had a very successful and long history in digital and even “The area of ​​artificial intelligence,” Stamb said: “With my recruiter, the health system was really looking for a leader to continue the appointment of this path to move forward, to really focus on digital innovation, transformation, environmental benefit, care environment, and to lead clinical results that we believe separate Mount Sinai.

“Being in data was an essential part of that-like many institutions, we are not an abbreviation of data,” she added. “We are often shortened to use this data to pay meaningful visions and understand how we perform operational, fast and financial performance and in support of research and education tasks.”

Make the institution more dependent on data and benefit from these data assets is a major component of what has been brought to do.

“Especially in Mount Sinai, we are at a time when we make major changes in the total operating model,” she explained. “Historically, we have had a lot of distributed and decentralized services in areas such as financing and human resources – including information technology. One of the other main goals in a funeral is to provide greater joint services and events in the way we manage our information technology services.

Then it is clear a Focus on the participation of customers and their strategy – the customer in the broader sense of the word, from our patients to our employees to researchers, students and faculty, which really guarantees the provision of technology and data in a way that provides an excellent experience for our stakeholders.

Clinical background brings basic visions

STOMP was assigned to serve as a major bridge between clinical, educational and research tasks of the health system and the Mount Sinai Medical College. This is a very comprehensive goal that she said is ready to enjoy.

“A little about my background,” I noticed. “I have been a leader of health care for more than 30 years. My career started as a clinical criminal, I learned a lot about the technology and data that I can do as a clinical leader, in an attempt to operate my clinical institution.

Thus, the clinical awareness and the concentration in which they brought health results, on the efficiency of the workforce, as well as a busy record in implementation on complex digital and technological initiatives, allowed me to bring a lot of knowledge and experience the table in that task, “she added.

Her background in everything will help her about clinical, educational and research tasks for the founders.

Training of the clinical workforce for tomorrow

“My clinical background gave me along with 28 years working at a leading academic institution in Ivy League, truly exposure and experience in unique challenges and opportunities in academic medicine,” she said. “We are training the clinical workforce for tomorrow. We support development and research on new treatments, new treatments and new models of care that you will not often find in a non -academic health system.

“My first approach was to listen and learn as much as I can about Mount Sinai, about our culture, about The successes that the organization achieved to what it is today – but also about the challenges and conflicts faced by the organization, “continued” and then where we aim to go, what are our goals and strategies. “

From there, the STOMP goal is to align digital strategies and data, build successes, help reduce today’s challenges and yesterday’s failure, then help to push the institution forward in achieving its current goals.

“I am just months of this new role, so he is still in the listening round to a large extent and do a lot of observation – not only talking to people in their offices but starting to go out and wander around the institution,” it is mentioned.

Enhancing the organization’s digital strategy

So, all this means a very complete painting for grandfather. But there is more. Mount Sinai also wants to enhance the digital system of the health system. What does this mean for the new CDIO and how will you deal with this challenge?

“When I think about digital strategy, what’s the organization’s strategy always begins?” I asked. “Here in Mount Sinai, it aims to enhance the care and results of our people, our patients and our world. We take this very international opinion about the work and research we do.

“With regard to digital strategy, people have this very high goal, and often revolve around this valuable proposal, She benefited from data, artificial intelligence, to create these amazing and exceptional results, “I continued.” But we have to start with understanding everything that he supports in the digital space – starting with the basic infrastructure of information technology and the application layer. “

Applications should be reliable and available for people who need to run – and they should be safe.

“I always knock my office when I say safe, because unfortunately, we live in a world now where bad actors do a lot of effort to access the special data for patients.”

“This digital strategy begins with this basic basic building blocks,” she added. “We need to look at the infrastructure, and we need to look at our applications, then we need to look at how all our data is treated, then how we put all this together in care environments that are fun to work in our doctors and care teams – and where patients can get an environment The healing and care they need and deserve. “

Challenges that come with a mountain of data

Depending on the months of conversations and notes, STOMP focuses on helping surface business visions. Mount Sinai has a mountain of data. Its place in the perceptions of data and formats that inform clinical leaders and businessmen on how the institution performs, as there are opportunities to do better, and since the health system is witnessing great successes is the challenge.

“The development of governance and supervision of strong and functional institutions is one of my first and leading priorities,” Stamb said. “Next is our application’s environmental system. We are somewhat varied here in the number of applications currently used. We have a little cleaning and organization to do it on the institution’s platforms.

Then we are excited to present new and emerging clinical techniques, Things like surrounding sound technology, wearable devices and sensors, to better extract data than our patients, “continued.” Once again, the basic automation of the main workflow to support areas such as the Pharmacy Foundation. “

The pharmacy will always keep a special place in the heart of the Stumb, looking at its clinical background. It is also a major contributor to the general performance of the health system – clinically and financially.

“Looking at ways to benefit from technology and automation to pay efficiency, reliability and accuracy of our commercial operations is essential,” she said. “All of this is what leads to our ability to provide the value that we really seek.”

This is the end of the first part of our interview with Lisa S. Stomb, chief digital information official at Mount Sinai Health System and Dean Information Technology at Mount Sinai’s ICAHN Medicine. The second part, which will focus on its goals to improve cooperation between service providers and researchers and its work that integrates new technologies to enable value and leadership growth tomorrow. To watch a video view for today’s interview, click on the video below.

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