Center for Digital Transformation

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Advancing Digital Health and AI to Transform Care

The Center for Digital Transformation (CDT) is the singular organizational epicenter for policies, practice and programs related to clinical and operational application of digital health and artificial intelligence while accelerating education and discovery.

Our Expertise

Clinical Innovation

Bringing leaders across the clinical, operational, and academic enterprise, CDT applies a multidisciplinary lens to innovation and transformation.

Information Technology & Management

With leadership and expertise across information services, information management, and data architecture, digital transformation leverages and informs a robust foundation and infrastructure.

Digital Marketing

Leadership focused on our digital presence and growth strategies ensures alignment of digital solutions with the needs of both current and future patients and providers.

Analytics & Data Science

Advanced analytics, data science, and business intelligence teams work together to ensure data is leveraged, validated, and turned into insights to optimize impact of digital solutions.

Clinical Informatics

Clinical informatics teams bring together physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and trainees to optimize the collection, retrieval, and use of information to improve health through digital solutions.

Implementation & Assessment

A team dedicated to managing the human side of change sets CDT apart as uniquely impactful. Expertise in implementation science and change management facilitate successful adoption and operationalization of digital solutions.

Our Approach

Factors of Success


Discipline & Focus

We are uncompromisingly focused on solving problems. We are disciplined in our approach.

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

We foster innovation and support entrepreneurship. 

Ethics & Governance

We envelop all that we do with appropriate governance to ensure ethical development and deployment of digital solutions.

Human-Centered

We incorporate the voice of the care team, patients, and end users, with equity at the forefront.

Implementation & Assessment 

We are disciplined in the application and measurement of implementation strategies to maximize impact.

Science & Discovery

We approach digital health through a scientific lens and cultivate discovery in all that we do.

Disciplined Problem Solving


Focused Implementation and Assessment


Guided by implementation science, we bring dedicated focus to ensuring digital solutions are effectively adopted, implemented, and scaled across the health system through a unique partnership with the Center for Acceleration and Implementation Science (CAIS).

Executive Leadership Team

  • Stephen Weber, MDChief Medical Officer
  • Andrew Chang, MBAChief Marketing Officer
  • Mary Kate Selling, MHAChief Analytics Officer
  • Cheng-Kai Kao, MDChief Medical Informatics Officer
  • Sachin Shah, MDChief Medical Informatics Officer
  • Lynsi Garvin, MSN, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer
  • Seth Hartman, PharmD, Chief Pharmacy Information Officer; VP, Clinical Applications

 

  • Yeman CollierChief Information Officer
  • Heather Himelhoch, PhD, Executive Director, Implementation Strategies
  • Kalee Hildreth, Executive Director, Digital Strategy
  • Blaze DiStefano, Executive Director, Performance Marketing
  • Shariq Ata, Chief Enterprise Architect
  • Jincy Oommen, PMP, Program Manager, Implementation Strategies

Portfolio Snapshot

  • Predictive Modeling
  • AI-Enhanced Clinical Documentation and Coding
  • Hospital @ Home
  • AI-supported patient response & chart summary
  • Ambient Clinical Documentation
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  • Synthetic Data Platform
  • Online Scheduling
  • Omnichannel Patient Engagement
  • Internal Policy Chatbot
  • Revenue Cycle Automation
  • Virtual On-Demand Urgent Care