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Chief Information Officer (CIO) Forum: 2025 Healthcare Technology Conference

Fall Session: October 6–8, 2025 | Pendry San Diego, CA


THMA Chief Information Officer Forum

The Health Management Academy’s (THMA) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Forum brings together health system CIOs and select industry leaders for candid conversations on everything from technology innovation and digital health strategies to cybersecurity and potential regulatory changes. THMA’s CIO Forum curates a unique event experience designed to foster meaningful connections, exchange ideas, and build new partnerships.

THMA’s CIO Forum gathers twice each year—once in Spring and once in Fall—for an immersive, retreat-style event. The CIO Forum is opening space for additional industry members in 2025. We are seeking industry members that can bring important thought leadership and ideas to drive health forward.

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The Value of THMA Industry Convening

Bringing health systems and industry companies together to drive change through retreat-style forums is what we've specialized in for the past 25 years.

Join us this Fall and build genuine relationships with health system CIOs through intimate discussions, collaborative problem-solving and thought leadership exchange.

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The Chief Information Officer Forum Experience

The CIO Forum is a 2.5-day, member-driven experience that brings together health system CIOs and select industry leaders to explore bold strategies, emerging technologies, and system-wide transformation. The Health Management Academy’s Spring 2025 CIO Forum focused on operationalizing AI, navigating policy change, and executing on strategic priorities with real-world case studies and collaborative dialogue.

Recent topics include:

Your 2025 AI Strategy: The Four Strategic Dilemmas: Drawing on real examples from health systems leading the AI charge, this session tackled the core decisions every CIO must confront—balancing governance, workforce change, innovation risk, and vendor hype in a fast-moving environment.

Beyond the Buzz: AI in Action at HonorHealth: HonorHealth and Qventus shared how automation and AI-driven care orchestration have helped achieve operational goals like surgical growth, margin improvement, and staff efficiency—offering a model for scalable digital transformation.

CIO + AWS Fellows: Action Projects in Motion: Fellows from THMA’s CIO Fellowship Program presented live roundtables on strategic initiatives underway at their organizations—offering a peer-to-peer lens into how health systems are solving big problems in real time.

Fireside Chat: Brand Strategy Lessons for Healthcare Tech Leaders: With experience leading digital transformation at brands like McDonald's and Krispy Kreme, Jackie Woodward shared practical, provocative lessons on embracing consumer-first strategies to unlock innovation in healthcare IT.

Healthcare CIO and indsutry member speaking at the THMA CIO technology conference

Our Convening Experiences

Industry Forum Members


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Upcoming 2025 CIO Forum Dates & Details

For over 25 years, The Health Management Academy has convened healthcare conferences for C-suite leaders and select industry executives, curating two-way conversations, collaborative problem solving and thought leadership sharing. 

Join us at one of our upcoming health conferences. You can explore dates, locations, agendas, and other details below.

Fall 2025 CIO Forum

2025 Fall CIO Forum

How to Join

Limited opportunity is available and is reserved for companies wanting to partner with Leading Health Systems with operating revenue of $2B or more. We will contact you with additional information within the next few days if your company is the right fit for this exclusive opportunity.

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