Tom.Barnett

Tom Barnett, MBA, is CIO at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, Ill. His areas of responsibility include leading NorthShore’s digital health initiative and its data warehousing programs. He also has oversight of revenue cycle, radiology information systems, departmental systems, ERP, and Web and mobile technologies.

Tom joined NorthShore in 2013. Before that, he served as vice president of application services at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit. He has also held positions at Lockheed Martin, Affiliated Computer Services and Electronic Data Systems, and he has been an adjunct faculty member of Walsh College.

Tom was recognized among the "100 Hospital and Health System CIOs to Know" in 2015 and was honored by Computerworld and IDG as one of the Premier 100 Technology Leaders for 2016. He frequently writes about healthcare IT and speaks at health technology and industry forums. Tom is also member of The Insight Group, which provides professional and career mentoring to students of Northwestern University.

Tom earned both a bachelor of science degree in management information systems and an MBA from Oakland University in Rochester, Mich.

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