November 5, 2025

🎙I recently had the opportunity to speak with HIMSS TV about a fascinating parallel I've been observing in healthcare leadership: Chief AI Officers (CAIOs) are remarkably similar to Chief Medical Information Officers (CMIOs) in the early days of electronic health records.

Both roles face the same fundamental challenges demystifying complex technology for diverse stakeholders across the organization. Just as CMIOs had to translate technical EHR concepts into practical clinical workflows, CAIOs today must bridge the gap between AI capabilities and real-world healthcare applications.🔮

The parallels are striking:

- Both roles require deep partnerships with clinical, operational, and IT teams

- Both must balance innovation with practical implementation

- Both serve as translators between highly technical domains and the people who need to use these tools daily

The CMIO role taught us valuable lessons about technology adoption in healthcare. As AI becomes increasingly central to care delivery, we're seeing history repeat itself, but this time, we have the benefit of those hard-won insights to guide us. 🗺

If you're a healthcare organization building out your AI strategy, don't underestimate the importance of having someone in that CAIO role who can speak multiple languages: the language of data science, the language of clinical care, and the language of organizational change.

What parallels are you seeing between AI adoption and previous waves of health IT transformation?

To check out the complete interview, click on the link below:

https://lnkd.in/ekMVjpZD