“The CIO 100 naturally flows from a group of CIOs in the top quartile that clearly transform the organisation with a strong sense of customer value and interaction down to necessary operational transformation that ensures the organisation can satisfy the needs of its customers” (Chillingworth, 2015).
Every year, the CIO 100 Awards honor 100 companies that demonstrate excellence and achievement in IT.
The process for choosing the CIO 100 honorees is systematic and very competitive. Companies are selected that are using IT in innovative ways to deliver competitive advantage to the enterprise and enable growth (CIO100, 2015).
Access Health CT has been selected as a 2015 CIO100 company, for their industry leading digital initiatives for the 2015 theme of ‘Innovating in the Digital Economy!’
Peter Nichol, Head of Information Technology, is responsible for IT at Access Health CT (AHCT), Connecticut’s Health Insurance Exchange (HIX). Peter oversees AHCT’s online marketplace systems, worker case management and electronic integration with Federal Systems, State Agencies and Insurance Carriers. Peter is responsible for AHCT’s industry leading digital platform transforming consumerism and retail oriented services for the health insurance industry.
Peter was the program director for AHCT’s marketplace implementation, providing the most stable HIX launch October 01, 2013, reducing Connecticut’s uninsured rate by more than half, a national model for success.
As Head of IT, Peter championed AHCT’s digital implementation with a transformational cloud based SaaS platform and mobile application recognized as a 2014 PMI Project of the Year Award finalist and awards for best digital services, API and platform.
“Joining the elite CIO100 with this year’s theme of ‘Innovating in the Digital Economy’ is an amazing organizational accomplishment and is a testament of the amazing digital achievements Access Health CT has championed. We are at the forefront digitizing health insurance exchanges and transforming the healthcare industry. Through digital we are changing lives” said Peter Nichol, Head of Information Technology at Access Health CT.
References
Chillingworth, M. (2015). You are the 2015 CIO 100 – Mark Chillingworth. Retrieved from http://www.cio.co.uk/blogs/editor-in-chief/you-are-2015-cio-100-3609149/
CIO100 (CXO MEDIA INC). (2015). CIO 100 | Innovating in the Digital Economy. Retrieved from http://www.cio100.com/