The CereCore Podcast brings you conversations focused on the intersection of healthcare and IT. As a Gold Stevie Award–recognized show, it offers practical insights and strategic thought leadership from healthcare IT leaders who are navigating the decisions, challenges and journey of delivering technology that improves care in their communities today and in the future.
What the Next Generation of Healthcare IT Leaders Needs to Hear: Emerson Health CDO Renee Fosberg
What does it take for women to reach the C-suite in healthcare IT? Renee Fosberg, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at Emerson Health, joins us on The CereCore Podcast to share the career moments, mentors, and mindset shifts that shaped her path to executive leadership. Renee discusses how stepping up during times of uncertainty led to every major promotion in her career, why the strategic evolution of IT is creating new opportunities for women in healthcare, and the three things aspiring leaders should be doing right now to advance. She also shares her approach to mentorship, the power of professional networks, and what senior executives should look for in the next generation of healthcare IT leaders.
Key topics: Women in healthcare IT leadership, career advice for aspiring CIOs and CDOs, mentorship and sponsorship in healthcare, executive leadership skills, digital transformation and AI in healthcare, community hospital leadership
Connect with Renee Fosberg, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at Emerson Health.
24 Sept 2026
How Bethany Children’s Uses Ambient AI, EHR Optimization, and Rehabilitation Technology to Advance Pediatric Care
For more than 25 years, Dr. Darin Brannan has used healthcare technology to help children with complex medical needs reach their potential. In this episode of The CereCore Podcast, the Chief of Clinical Innovation at Bethany Children’s Health Center explains how the pediatric health system evaluates emerging technology, establishes AI governance and staff education before adoption, and uses ambient AI to reduce provider documentation time by two hours per day. He also discusses exoskeletons and virtual reality in pediatric rehabilitation, MEDITECH EHR optimization, and the value of a healthcare IT partner that understands an organization’s clinical workflows.
In this episode:
- How a mission trip calling led to 25+ years of pediatric innovation
- Why technology decisions must start with a problem, not a product
- The real impact of ambient AI on providers and patient relationships
- How exoskeletons and VR are transforming pediatric rehabilitation
- Why EHR optimization requires advocates who understand your workflows
Connect with Darin Brannan, MD, MPH, FAAP, Chief of Clinical Innovation at Bethany Children's Health Center.
28 Aug 2026
How Humboldt Park Health's VP of IT Leads a Mission-Driven Safety-Net Hospital
Hector Rodriguez brings a different kind of resume to healthcare IT leadership. Before joining Humboldt Park Health as Vice President of IT in 2022, he worked across managed services, city government, and nonprofit organizations, exposure that shaped how he approaches technology decisions today. In this episode of The CereCore Podcast, we talk with Hector about that path, why he treats every technology decision as if a family member were the patient on the other end of it, and what drew him specifically to a safety net hospital on Chicago's west side.
Hector talks about the role IT played in helping Humboldt Park Health earn a Joint Commission health equity certification, why he's steering his team toward practical, problem-first AI, and why he believes EHR optimization is never truly finished. He also shares what he looks for in a technology partner and how he leads with relentless prioritization when there's never enough time, budget, or people to do everything.
Key topics include:
- A career across managed services, city government, and nonprofit work, and how that background shapes his approach to healthcare IT today
- Treating IT as an enabler of the hospital's mission, not just a system that has to stay online
- What it took from his team to help Humboldt Park Health earn a Joint Commission Health Equity Certification
- A practical, problem-first approach to AI, from an ED pilot to revenue cycle automation
- Why he believes EHR optimization never truly finishes
- Leading with relentless prioritization when there's never enough time, budget, or people to do everything
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