CIO Podcast - Episode 116: Adopting AI and Smart Tech with Jill Evans

For the 116th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Jill Evans, MSN, RN, NI-BC, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at MetroHealth, to talk about adopting AI and smart tech! We kick this episode off by discussing what went into the decision to deploy the Artisight Smart Hospital Platform at Metro Health – diving deep into the challenges Evans wanted to solve and the benefits she was looking to achieve. Next, Evans shares which features in the Artisight platform she’s excited to use. Then, we talk about how her staff has responded to this decision and the platform itself. The platform also has AI features, so we ask how important those features were in Evans’ decision-making process.

We shift our attention more heavily to AI, getting Evans’ perspective on AI as a nurse and an informaticist, as well as her approach and evaluation of the many available AI solutions. In the past, Evans has talked about the importance of governance, so we dig into how she is approaching AI governance and if she’s doing a separate AI committee or using an existing one.

We transition again to talking about the nursing field as a whole by discussing some of the tech realities nurses are facing that deserve more attention than they are currently receiving. Lastly, we conclude this episode with Evan offering advice to any nurse who is interested in informatics or is hoping to become a CNIO.

Here’s a look at the questions and topics we discuss in this episode:

• What went into the decision to deploy the Artisight Smart Hospital Platform? What were the challenges you wanted to solve and the benefits you’re looking to achieve?
• What are some of the features you’re excited to use in the Artisight platform?
• What’s been your staff’s response to this decision and platform?
• How important were the AI features that are part of the platform to your decision-making process?
• As a nurse and informaticist, what’s your perspective on AI, and how are you approaching and evaluating all the AI solutions out there?
• You talked about the importance of governance. How are you approaching AI governance? Are you doing a separate AI committee or using an existing committee?
• What are some tech realities for nurses that not enough people are talking about, but we should talk about more?
• What advice would you give a nurse who may be interested in informatics and/or would like to be a CNIO like you?

Now, without further ado, we’re excited to share with you the next episode of the CIO Podcast by Healthcare IT Today.