Voices of Innovation: Fulfilling the Promise of Information Technology in Healthcare

About Edward W. Marx

Edward Marx is Chief Information Officer at Cleveland Clinic an $8 billion medical system that includes a main campus 10 regional hospitals 18 family health centers and facilities in Florida Nevada Toronto Abu Dhabi and London. He is responsible for the development and execution of strategic planning and governance driving optimal resource utilization and team development and organizational support. Ultimately he will develop leaders and leverage digital healthcare technologies to enable superior business and clinical outcomes. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Edward served as Senior Vice President/CIO of Texas Health. In 2015 he spent over two years as executive vice president of the Advisory Board providing IT leadership and strategy for New York City Health & Hospital. Edward began his career at Poudre Valley Health System. CIO roles have included Parkview Episcopal Medical Center University Hospitals in Cleveland and Texas Health. Concurrent with his healthcare career he served 15 years in the Army Reserve first as a combat medic and then as a combat engineer officer. Edward is a Fellow of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). He is on the CHIME Faculty for the CIO Boot Camp training aspiring healthcare technology professionals. He has won numerous awards including HIMSS/CHIME 2013 CIO of the Year and has been recognized by both CIO and Computer World as one of the Top 100 Leaders. Beckers named Marx as the 2015 Top Healthcare IT Executive and the 2016 17 Most Influential People in Healthcare. Ed received his Bachelor of Science in psychology and a Master of Science in design merchandising and consumer sciences from Colorado State University.