CIO Profiles

 

As CIO and EVP of VITAS Healthcare since 2013, Patrick D. Hale has left his imprint on the 40-year-old hospice provider. He was named one of South Florida’s top large-company chief information officers in 2017 by South Florida Business Journal. In 2018 he accepted a PEX Network Award for VITAS’ mobile solutions to improving patient admissions and increasing clinicians’ speed to the bedside.

 

“At VITAS, we want to change the world by offering a level of care far beyond what exists anywhere else,” says Hale, who credits his team for their success. “We have productive debates in our management meetings, but at the end of the day we come together with 100 percent commitment.”

 

Hale, a graduate of Michigan State University, co-chairs the South Florida Hospital and Healthcare Association’s HIT (Health Information Technology) committee. He is a member of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives.

 

 

Thomas R. Schoenig is responsible for keeping Jupiter Medical Center connected with information through a web of health care applications and a sophisticated network of data input and communications devices. He also played a lead role in the implementation of Jupiter Medical Center’s new electronic health record system.

 

Schoenig previously worked in Altamonte Springs, Florida, as the regional chief information officer for Adventist Health System, a 44-hospital, 8,100-bed health care system. He was a member of senior leadership and led technology service delivery for two regions within Adventist—first, over the Midwest region, which included five acute care facilities in Illinois and Wisconsin. Then he moved to the Dallas/Fort Worth area and oversaw technology service delivery for four acute care facilities, two nursing and rehabilitation centers, and numerous physician practices.

 

In addition to Adventist, Schoenig has held senior IT leadership positions at hospitals and health care systems across the country, from Wyoming to Las Vegas to the greater Dallas area. He holds a BA in Chemistry from Monmouth College in Illinois.