Pamela Saechow, Chcio, Cdh-E Email & Phone Number

New York, San Diego, Houston, Us

New York, San Diego, Houston, Us

Served as CIO of a newly formed healthcare startup, Philadelphia Academic Health System, LLC (PAHS). PAHS acquired and operated divested healthcare delivery systems in January 2018 that included - Hahnemann University Hospital, St. Christopher's Children's Hospital and Affiliated physician groups including 25 ambulatory sites and more than 350 physicians. As a key member of the C-suite for the health system, primary responsibilities included transitioning from a shared IT operating model with Tenet Health System, to an independently owned and operated PAHS model that focused on new people, process and technology to align strategically with the vision of the organization.

Cleveland, Ohio, Us

As Associate CIO for CCF, responsible for 200+ employees, > 8 director level reports, and many external vendor relationships. Directly reported to Enterprise CIO of CCF (Ed Marx) to lead strategy, governance and budgetary oversight for Cleveland Clinic’s delivery of IT services across the globe ensuring an integrated and modernized platform for caregivers. Responsible for the ongoing implementation and use of Agile methodologies and tools to transform a traditional IT operating model to a more transformational approach to all digital and technical business needs TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE- Improved service delivery of outsourced vendors by assuring high levels of partnerships to drive excellence while maximizing investments - Developed internal leadership team to drive strategy and plan for future initiatives with a focus on the patient/caregiver experience EHR OPTIMIZATION/MODERNIZATION - “EPIC RESET”- Leveraged enterprise governance and stakeholders to prioritize enabling technologies to deliver maximum ROI. Key metrics during tenure: - Increased CCF Epic STAR rating from 1 to 5, enabling Epic HONOR ROLL status- Increase Patient access to care by 25%- Increase Revenue / Charge capture metrics by 30% - Increase caregiver efficiency by 32 minutes/outpatient provider- Enable global scalability for growth projections (dubbed “Global Blueprint”)IT SERVICE MANAGEMENT (ITSM)- Directly accountable for managing the various integrated teams to develop, create, charter and execute via newly formed service lines and delivery methods to provide consistent, reliable and scalable IT processes to drive unparalleled customer service. - Project Management Office (PMO)- Business Relation Management (BRM), - Epic Reporting and Analytics- Epic Training and Ongoing SupportMERGERS AND ACQUISITIONSIT advisor to Chief Strategy Office- Develop strategy, team, and a scalable IT toolkit for Mergers and Acquisition opportunities from concept to execution.

New York, Ny, Us

As a Vice President IT Executive, I am responsible for the strategy, budgetary oversight of $1B+ and vision for the State of New York’s City Health + Hospitals, the second largest public health system in the world. I develop and build talent within the health IT culture while overseeing the implementation, optimization, and support of the electronic health records and financial systems across all inpatient and outpatient settings. In partnering with the CIO of Health and Hospitals, my role routinely interacts with CEO, the executive board, NYC First Deputy Mayor, comptroller, municipal authorities, health system executives, clinicians and the press. It is with these interactions, I am able to balance the complex program to implement a successful clinical and business transformation.Key Accomplishments: ► Implemented the GO Epic Program on time and on budget and more importantly, on value. ► Turned around a troubled implementation and restructuring organization► Reduced staff attrition by 10% and increased staff on-boarding throughput by 40% ►Increased patient safety and quality through leapfrog survey by 50% in 8 categories ►Leveraged complex governance model including health system, vendor and mayoral representation to ensure timely decisions and busting barriers

Sacramento, California, Us

As a Director IT Executive, I was responsible for the design and implementation of the enterprise governance model. The model is used to ensure IT alignment to the organizational objectives and initiatives throughout Sutter Health. This led to the integration of disparate IT operating units and systems through vision, consolidation, standardization, and interfaces amongst inpatient and outpatient areas. With my team, I provided technology leadership for inpatient, ambulatory, and key program initiative divisions, decision support, data warehouse, internet and intranet. I assisted with the decision and evaluation of providers and other operational units as the system moved to centralized key business and clinical functions and/or outsource.Key Accomplishments:► Oversight of $364M Capital and $76M operating IS budget for department► Consolidated fragmented business and clinical business systems without negative cash flow. ► Through consolidation and integrated systems and improved operational model, decreased A/R days by 25% and IS savings of over $100M► Reengineered 7 disparate IT support organizations into one enterprise team while maintaining experience of work surveys for staff in the ninety percentiles► Led cultural transformation, developing leaders and cultivating engaged employees► Redesigned organization structure comprised of multiple sub-teams to drive standard business and clinical workflows for enterprise► Drove strategic IS roadmap spanning across 5 years for organization to support our business and clinical service strategy and goals► Oversight of key clinical and business technological product install and adoption across our enterprise – 26 acute care hospitals, and 250 medical clinics resulting in 20% ROI► Strategic partner and leader for meaningful use Stage 2 resulting in $30M for enterprise; HIMSS Stage 7, and ICD-10 transition

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General