What Happened?
San Diego, CA-based Sharp HealthCare has Appointed Ken Lawonn as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit health care system based in San Diego, California. Sharp includes four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, two medical groups and a health plan. Sharp provides medical services in virtually all fields of medicine, including primary care, heart care, cancer, orthopedics, women’s health, rehabilitation, robotic surgery, and bariatric surgery. Sharp sets the community standard for exceptional care and has been consistently ranked the number-one integrated health care system in Southern California. Sharp is honored to be a recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest Presidential honor for quality and organizational performance excellence. Two Sharp hospitals, Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp Memorial Hospital, have received prestigious Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care. At the heart of our organization are more than 18,000 affiliated physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers who are on a journey to make health care better for our patients and their families. It’s what we call The Sharp Experience – treating each person with dignity, compassion and respect, and using our clinical excellence and advanced technology to deliver the highest-quality patient care. We are dedicated to transforming the health care experience, making health care more meaningful, more thoughtful and more personal.
About the Person
In his role as senior vice president and chief information officer for Sharp HealthCare, Ken Lawonn is responsible for leading efforts to maintain and further Sharp's implementation of advanced technologies to support the transformation of health care. With more than 30 years of experience in health care technology leadership, Lawonn joined the Sharp team in February 2014. Prior to joining Sharp, Lawonn served as the senior vice president for strategy and technology at Alegent Creighton Health in Omaha, Neb. Under his leadership, Alegent was recognized as a leader in the deployment of technology to support integrated clinical care. He is responsible for the information management, marketing and communications, telecommunications, construction, facility operations, planning, security and biomedical functions throughout the enterprise. Lawonn has nurtured Alegent Creighton Health’s relationship with Siemens Strategic Alliance, negotiating a 10-year agreement for medical, building and information technology. He has successfully completed a Strategic Systems Plan, calling for implementation of advanced clinical systems. Prior to joining Alegent Creighton Health, Lawonn served for one year as the first corporate vice president of information technology for Banner Health System/Lutheran Health Systems, Fargo, North Dakota. Banner Health System was created in 1999 as the result of a merger between Lutheran Health Systems, Fargo, and Samaritan Health Systems, Phoenix, Arizona. Lawonn began his career in healthcare at Lutheran Health Systems and served in a variety of technical and management roles prior to being named vice president and chief information officer in 1992. He served in that role until the merger with Samaritan Health Systems in 1999. Lawonn received his MBA with a focus on Executive Leadership from University of Nebraska and his BS degree in Computer Information Services from Moorhead State University. Lawonn serves on the Board of the Nebraska Heath Information Initiative and is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.
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