Healthcare CIOs: The 2025 Agents of Change

The global healthcare industry is evolving at a breakneck speed and change, both planned and unplanned, is coming from every direction. New technologies, interconnected patient data and improved drug developments are facilitating a move to a patient-centered model of care. At the same time the industry is having to adapt and react to new challenges in the face of global pandemics, increasing regulatory mandates and sophisticated cybersecurity threats.

For healthcare organisations, it is creating an environment where establishing consistency and continuity in operations, practices and care are critical for success. And sitting at the centre of it all is the Chief Information Officer (CIO). A position that was once seen as merely providing software and computer support must now provide strategic business leadership. Eighty-seven percent of healthcare CIOs see themselves as the primary leaders of change management within their organizations.