The pandemic left the healthcare sector in an urgent need for innovative solutions and a robust talent pipeline.
In this episode, Samantha Jacques discusses integrating medical devices, cybersecurity, and organizational structures in the healthcare industry. She emphasizes understanding clinicians' needs, improving cybersecurity, and fostering effective communication for successful healthcare leadership.
Listen to this episode and learn about crucial insights into the pressing need for cybersecurity measures and standardized organizational structures!
Samantha Jacques, PhD, FACHE, is the Vice President of Clinical Engineering at McLaren. She manages services throughout the McLaren system, including 13 hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, and Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers. Before McLaren, she was Director of Clinical Engineering at Penn State Health and Texas Children’s Hospital. She is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and AAMI. She sits on the AAMI board and is an executive committee member of the Health Sector Coordinating Council – Cybersecurity.
In 2020, she published a book titled “Introduction to Clinical Engineering”. She has a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University.