Sue Schade, Chief Information Officer, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Sue Schade is currently the Chief Information Officer at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA.  In this role, she provides direction and oversight to information technology initiatives at both the Brigham and Women's and Faulkner Hospitals and manages the Partners Information Systems staff based at BWH. Ms. Schade has 20 plus years experience in health care information technology management having previously worked for a large IDN in the Chicago area, a software vendor, and a national consulting firm.  She received her MBA degree from Illinois Benedictine College at Lisle.  She is a member of both the national Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). She currently serves on the CHIME Board.