Ryan L. Smith has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Banner Health. Coming from Intermountain Healthcare after 20 years of various Information Technology (IT) leadership positions, including his most recent as Administrative Vice President of Applications and Operations, Smith will be replacing Mike Warden, who is retiring on Sept. 30.
“Banner Health is a leading health system in the country and recognized for its IT excellence,” Smith said. “While it’s not easy to leave my friends and colleagues at Intermountain, I’m honored to be joining such an accomplished team at Banner and look forward to the great things we can achieve working together,” Smith added.
At Intermountain, Smith’s leadership accountability included more than 800 IT professionals supporting operations throughout that organization. Smith’s leadership portfolio also included the development and execution of a three-year plan to electronically exchange clinical data between aligned physicians in outpatient, community settings and Intermountain’s electronic health records system. He also led the effort to establish and implement the business vision and strategy for Intermountain’s online services, which included a secure patient portal, physician portal, workforce portal, online family history application, online team collaboration tools and consumer oriented mobile tools.
“In addition to Ryan being a highly talented executive with a demonstrated ability to collaborate, his experience base matches where Banner is going in the coming years,” said Banner Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Ron Bunnell. “We’re fortunate that Ryan is joining our team,” said Bunnell.
Smith is anticipated to arrive at his post at Banner on Tuesday, Oct. 1. A graduate of the University of Utah with a Master of Business Administration in IT Management, as well, Smith will be moving with his wife and five children to the Phoenix area where Banner Health headquarters are located.
