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Hospital Sisters Health System
Chief Information Officer
Springfield, IL

Witt/Kieffer has been retained to identify and evaluate candidates for the Chief Information Officer of Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a 13 hospital Catholic healthcare system sponsored by The Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, an international, multi-cultural congregation of Franciscan Sisters located in Springfield, Illinois.

HSHS hospitals serve urban and rural communities throughout Illinois and Wisconsin, and range in size from a 25-bed critical access hospital to a 733-licensed bed regional referral center (St. John's in Springfield), with a total of 3,800 licensed beds and employing 14,000 people. HSHS has annual revenue in excess of $1.6 billion, has always maintained a very strong balance sheet, and is AA rated by Standard & Poor's. HSHS recently formed the HSHS Medical Group, a multi-specialty group practice, which will serve as the model for physician integration across the system. In addition, HSHS has 50 percent ownership of Prevea, a 200-plus physician group practice, which is considered the premier provider in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The HSHS CIO will provide leadership for the enterprise-wide information technology strategy including infrastructure and architecture, applications development and implementation, and the development of technology strategies that will advance the performance of the organization in alignment with overall strategies and objectives. The CIO reports to the COO of HSHS and is a part of the senior leadership team of the system. HSHS is in the process of implementing the Meditech Client Server solution enterprise-wide.

The ideal CIO candidate will have at least 5 to 7 years of healthcare IT senior management experience, including as a hospital or health system CIO, deputy CIO, or other significant IT leadership role in a large, complex healthcare organization. A bachelor's degree is required, and a master's degree is preferred.

We would appreciate receiving recommendations or nominations of qualified candidates. You may be assured that all nominations will be handled with the utmost of professional courtesy and confidentiality. For more information please contact Janet Guptill at HSHSCIO@wittkieffer.com or 630-575-6126.