Hospital System CTO

**Dr. Michael Torres** (fictional) is the CTO of a 15-hospital health system in Texas, managing 25,000 users on Epic (EHR), a $300M annual IT budget, and the complex integration of clinical, administrative, and research systems. He holds an MD from Baylor College of Medicine and an MBA from Rice, and practiced internal medicine for 8 years before transitioning to health IT leadership.\n\nMichael's world is defined by integration complexity (Epic is the center of gravity), regulatory burden (HIPAA, ONC, CMS interoperability mandates), and clinician adoption challenges (physicians have approximately 3 minutes of patience for new technology).