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Ready to grow your expertise alongside current and future Chief Information Officers (CIOs)? Our CIO Connect program will teach you how to transform health IT systems, lead organization-wide change, and deliver patient-led care at scale. Applications for 2025 open soon—so get ready!

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9 months of training, years of executive growth
Developed with program chair Isaiah Nathaniel and a team of experienced CIOs, CIO Connect arms you with 9 months of executive training and networking, including a 2.5 day in-person event.
You'll get years’ worth of on-the-job experience in just months, and become ready to move up the ladder. And that cohort you'll join? They'll become your lifelong work community.
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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.
Senior executives in healthcare
You’ve been in an executive role for a while, but want to stay ahead of industry trends and network with rising leaders in the healthcare industry.
Note: all applicants must be HIMSS members.
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Make your career ambitions reality
If you join a CIO Connect cohort, you’ll learn how to:
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Be the IT leader your team needs
You'll learn how established CIOs manage their workforce, build strategic partnerships, and rally people behind their vision. Transforming health systems takes a whole team and you'll learn structured ways to bring your strategy to life.
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Keep your systems hacker-free
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.
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Deliver patient-enabled care
You'll explore how technology can give patients more agency—and more personalized treatment, too. Our curriculum covers AI, machine learning, telehealth and hospital-at-home, so you’re right on the cutting edge.
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Future-proof your technology systems
The CIOs leading our program will show you how to build IT infrastructure that can adapt to the pace of healthcare innovation. That means creating governance, AI integration, scalable approaches to patient data, and interoperable systems.
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The unparalleled support, guidance, and inspiration from this community has fostered a deep sense of commitment and camaraderie. It’s cultivated a strong spirit of innovation and leadership within us, laying a solid foundation to make a real difference and drive meaningful change in healthcare.
Rachel Greenbaum
Chief Digital & Information Officer, Premium Health Center
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CIO Connect is an absolute no-brainer if you’re in healthcare IT. Having been part of the first cohort, I can say with certainty that you’ll be gaining valuable and actionable insights from each and every session.
Patrick Bizeau, CPHIMS, CHCIO, CDH-E
Chief Information Officer, Swiss Medical Network
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What’s the ROI?
We make your investment worth it — CIO Connect helps you build real relationships with industry leaders, master change management, and empower your decision-making.
The learning you take with you
- 8 hours of live, virtual instructor-led training
- 8 hours of self-directed learning
- 2.5 days of in-person 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 CPDHTS℠, CPHIMS®, CAHIMS®, and more)
- Complimentary access to the HIMSS Global Conference and Exhibition
Program costs total $6,500 USD—and we’ve created a funding request template to help you get your board on board.
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Meet the CIO Connect advisory board
Our advisory board is all movers and shakers. With decades of combined experience, this team helps CIOs like you address the frontline challenges of healthcare technology.
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Isaiah Nathaniel
Vice President & CIO, 2023 and 2024 Program Chair
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Mitzi Cardenas
CIO, Senior VP Strategy
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Mike Pfeffer
CIO
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Tammy Phillips
Regional CIO, Southwest Region
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Myra Davis
CIO
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Tom Bentley
Deputy CIO