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100 Hospital and Health System CIOs to Know 2020
Tahoe Forest Health System is pleased to announce that Jake Dorst, Chief Information and Innovation Officer, was recently named to the 100 Hospital and Health System CIOs to Know 2020 list by Becker's Hospital Review. The list features some of the most impressive health IT leaders who lead technology and health IT initiatives for hospitals and health systems across the country.
Mr. Dorst has led the IT department at Tahoe Forest Health System since September 2014. Under his leadership, Tahoe Forest Health System successfully transitioned to a single electronic health record platform and most recently modernized its patient care infrastructure, improving the network performance across the health system’s two hospitals and six specialty clinics.
Mr. Dorst’s dedication to advancements and innovation in the industry is marked by other recognitions received in the past year. Dorst received this designation previously in 2019. Additionally, he was among 71 CIOs who were named in Becker’s Hospital Review’s Community Hospital CIOs to Know list. He was also recognized by Constellation Research on its 2020 Business Transformation 150, an elite list of executives leading business transformation efforts around the globe.
The CIOs featured on the Becker’s list oversee electronic health records installations, cybersecurity, data management and telemedicine services- many who have built robust IT departments and teams. These leaders have received recognition by organizations such as the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). In many cases, their organizations have earned CHIME’s HealthCare’s Most Wired designation.
For the complete list of recognized hospital and health system CIOs, go to Becker’s Hospital Review.