Premier 100 IT Leader: Deanna Wise
Deanna Wise says her Midwest upbringing taught her to "do what you say you're going to do." So when the 45-year-old CIO committed to leading <a href="http://www.dignityhealth.org/index.htm">Dignity Health</a> through a five-year, $1.8 billion deployment of its electronic health records system -- the single most strategic business initiative driving the organization -- she couldn't disappoint the people who were counting on her.