🎙️ CIO Report: Clinical Data Migration Challenges & Best Practice Advice

CIO Report: Clinical Data Migration Challenges & Best Practice Advice

FINN Voices on Healthcare NOW Radio — Recorded live at the HIMSS Georgia Chapter Annual Conference
Guest: Darin Ryder, SVP of Sales, e4health • Host: Beth Friedman

What happens when legacy data meets new tech? In this FINN Voices episode, Darin Ryder—former IT executive and now SVP of Sales at e4health—dives into the real-world realities of clinical data migrations during EHR implementations and IT consolidations. Based on a recent CIO survey and roundtable led by e4health, Darin explains what’s changed, how to preserve clinical data integrity long-term, and why ignoring legacy systems is a CIO’s ticking time bomb.

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Key Takeaways for Healthcare CIOs

  • Recognize the urgency: Clean, accurate, and relevant clinical data is essential for your go-forward EHR and new AI applications.
  • Know data retention rules: Partner with your Health Information Management leadership—requirements vary state to state.
  • Make a plan: Include time, resources, and budget for data validation and retention in your IT roadmap.

“Don’t let bad data degrade your new IT system investment. The success of your new EHR and AI initiatives depends on the integrity of the legacy data you bring forward.”

— Darin Ryder, SVP of Sales, e4health

Rapid CIO Checklist

  1. Inventory legacy clinical data sources and owners.
  2. Define retention & access policies in collaboration with HIM & Compliance.
  3. Budget and timeline for data validation and migration testing.
  4. Establish data governance for go-forward EHR and AI use cases.
  5. Plan for legacy system decommissioning & long-term archival strategy.

About This Conversation

Episode: FINN Voices — “CIO Report: Clinical Data Migration Challenges and Best Practice Advice”
Guest: Darin Ryder, Senior Vice President at e4health (former IT executive at UF Health, Brookmeade Healthcare, and several national consulting firms)
Recorded: Live at the Georgia HIMSS Annual Conference
Topics: Clinical data migrations during EHR implementations and consolidations, retention rules, validation, governance, long-term data integrity

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