2025 Healthcare IT Symposium:

CSO HIMSS Presents: 2025 Healthcare IT Symposium

Empowering the Future of Healthcare: Technology, Talent, and Transformation

📅  June 10, 2025 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

📍 Sabin Auditorium 
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Morning Sessions

10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. – Registrations & Welcome
CSO HIMSS Chapter: Ajay Sharma and Donna Carter

10:20 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Welcome Remarks
Tony Johnston, CIO, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC)

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. – Morning Keynote
Dr. Andy Spooner, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
"Empowering the Future of Healthcare: Technology"

Panel Discussion

11:20 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. – Women in HIT (Talent) Panel
Moderator: Anita Harris Brown, VP & CNIO, CCHMC
Panelists:

• Sharon Christenson, Sr. Director of Clinical Informatics, CCHMC
• Danielle Rehm, Sr. Director of Informatics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
• Bhavna Mehta, Assistant Vice President, CCHMC

Networking & Lunch

12:30 p.m. – 1:25 p.m. – Lunch, Networking & Sponsor & Scholarship Shout-Outs

Afternoon Sessions

1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. – Afternoon Keynote
Scott Smiser, Chief Innovation & Technology Officer, Emory Healthcare
"Take a Byte out of the Apple: Emory Healthcare’s Epic Leap onto Apple MacBook Devices"

2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. – Technology & Informatics Talk
Susan Armentrout, Chief Clinical Informatics Officer
"Smarter Systems, Healthier Patients: AI’s Role in the Future of Informatics"

3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Break

Leadership Wrap-Up

3:30 p.m. – 4:25 p.m. – Empowering the Future of Healthcare: Technology, Talent, and Transformation
Moderator: Jen Ruschman, AVP, Digital Health, CCHMC
Panelists:

• Dr. Ryan Moore, Chief Emerging Technologies Officer, CCHMC
• Scott Smiser, Chief Innovation & Technology Officer, Emory Healthcare
• Phill Haggador, Chief Medical Informatics and Innovation Officer, CCHMC
• Susan Armentrout, Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health

4:25 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Thanks & Closing Remarks