​KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Hospital and physician information technology, strategic and unified approach,  merging, consolidating and the coordination of information technology systems, expert in Epic electronic health record system, supply chain and resource management.

​ORGANIZATION TYPES:

​​​Hospitals,  health systems, physician practices.

Rebecca Sykes
Partner

​​Becky is an accomplished senior management executive with information management, information systems and hospital management experience.  She possesses a unique combination of information technology, data acquisition and healthcare process knowledge.  Most recently, she served as Chief Operating Officer, Senior VP of Resource Management and CIO at Mercy Health Select in Cincinnati, OH, where she managed $11 million in Medicare shared savings in their first year of operation and oversaw a $400 million initiative to implement the Epic electronic health record system.  She led the consolidation of Mercy Health's information technology function merging their seven health systems into one centralized organization called Mercy Health Information Technology (MHIT).  In 2009 she successfully developed an information technology strategic plan which included the roll-out of an electronic medical record to 35 hospitals and an estimated 2000 owned physician practices.  Becky has worked in several leadership roles throughout her nearly 22 year career at Mercy Health including Senior VP of Information Management, Supply Chain, Shared Services Accounts Payable and CIO.  Becky has been on the following Boards: Mercy Neighborhood Ministries, Dell Healthcare Advisory and OHIP.  For several years, she won top 100 Chief Information Officers in Healthcare. 
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Becky earned her Master of Business Administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH and her Bachelor of Science, Administrative Management, from University of Cincinnati, OH.
​Becky resides in Newport, KY

Rebecca.Sykes@CEOAdvisoryNetwork.com