Interoperability is the biggest thorn in clinicians sides. When I'm in the exam room I think about it constantly. I can't see where my patient went when they got their colonoscopy. And someone has to fax it to me if I ask three times. Then I'll get a piece of paper on my desk.

Mark Weisman, CMIO

In networking, it's really complicated to try to track the flow from an application server to a web server, to a database server. If you're not using software, you're bound to have inefficient processes and create error results.

Brian Lancaster, Nebraska Medicine

As CIO now and not MD, instead of slamming my head against a wall for 15 patients, I can try and fix things so that nobody has to slam their head against the wall.

Stephanie Lahr, MD, Monument Health