Todd Capriotti serves as the Chief Information Officer of Wahiawa General Hospital, a community-owned, non-profit hospital serving Central Oahu and Oahu's North Shore. Hand-picked as the first-ever CIO for Wahiawa, Todd pioneered a comprehensive transformation strategy, reversing a 5+ year negative trend of delivery outages and service interruptions. In this episode, we discuss the unique challenges of revamping IT infrastructure and cybersecurity protocols in the healthcare industry.

Conversation Highlights:
[01:02] Introducing our guest, Todd Capriotti
[06:08] Solution providers in Hawaii
[09:15] Accepting the CIO role at Wahiawa
[10:36] Todd's biggest struggles in the role
[16:32] Aligning with the other C-Suite leaders
[19:48] Stretching the IT budget in a non-profit
[23:07] Protecting data in the healthcare system
[26:42] Discussing public cloud service
[30:12] Todd's message to IT leaders

Notable Quotes:

• "We have to fix the infrastructure before we can worry about fixing security." Todd Capriotti [14:24]
• "It's not about being right. It's about getting it done correctly." Todd Capriotti [32:23]

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‍Connect With Todd Capriotti

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-capriotti/

The IT Matters Podcast is about IT matters and matters pertaining to IT. It is produced by Opkalla, a technology advisory firm that helps their clients navigate the confusion in the technology marketplace and choose the solution that is right for their business.