Benjamin R. Williams

SVP/Chief Information Officer

Benjamin R. Williams is SVP/Chief Information Officer for Catholic Healthcare West and leads the organization’s information technology efforts including strategic development and integration of advanced clinical information systems known as the EHR Alliance.  This comprehensive health record initiative provides electronic patient records and ordering systems for physicians and nurses in both the hospital and ambulatory setting and equips caregivers with best practice guidelines and clinical alerts, proactive care management, clarity of physician orders and collaboration among providers.  Integrating both the acute care and physician office setting information is the CHW “alliance” of health information.

Mr. Williams brings more than 25 years of experience in developing strategy, improving operational effectiveness and building high performance teams to CHW.  He is the former Senior Vice President of Information Services and Chief Information Officer at St. Joseph Health System, in Orange, California. Mr. Williams also served in similar positions at Horizon/CMS Healthcare Corporation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and at Continental Medical Systems in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. He began his career at Ernst & Young as a manager of audit and business services and later served as senior manager of consulting services at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

In 2004, Mr. Williams was selected as the Innovator of the Year by the College of Health Information Executives for demonstrating value to his organization through the creative application of technology in support of key strategic business objectives. Additionally, he was honored with the 2005 CIO Magazine Top 100 Award for his work in creating a high-level IT consulting group, establishing a new governance model, and aggregating multiple service and technology partners in order to create a safer patient care model.

He is a graduate of Appalachian State University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration.  He is a retired Certified Public Accountant.