How to Maximize Innovation and Efficiency in Your Organization: A Conversation with Marty Paslick of HCA

Complex businesses and organizations must be efficient to succeed. But how can leaders structure their organization and lead in such a way that rewards efficiency and innovation simultaneously? That’s what we’re discussing today with Marty Paslick, the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of HCA Healthcare.

About Marty Paslick:
Marty is senior vice president and chief information officer of Nashville, Tennessee-based HCA Healthcare, one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services.

Paslick has been with HCA Healthcare for more than three decades and leads the company’s Information Technology Group (ITG), which provides IT strategy and support for HCA Healthcare and its hospitals and sites of care. ITG has more than 6,200 employees across the U.S. and includes five data centers and 15 division support centers responsible for delivering IT services to HCA Healthcare, as well as more than 235 non-HCA Healthcare facilities. The department’s array of services includes business analysis, systems development, systems integration, information security, customer support, training and education and infrastructure support.

During his career at HCA Healthcare, Paslick has led the development of new IT units to pursue business opportunities and the transformation of the organization’s field-based IT operations. He became responsible for the day-to-day operations of IT when he was named the department’s first chief operating officer (COO) in 2010 and later appointed HCA Healthcare’s chief information officer (CIO) in June of 2012.