Baystate Health Names Clara Guixa Chief Information and Digital Officer

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Baystate Health is pleased to announce that Clara Guixa has been named Chief Information and Digital Officer (CIO) effective Monday, June 2.

In her role as CIO, Guixa will serve as the strategic and operational information and technology leader for the health system and affiliate entities. This position is essential to Baystate Health in driving a comprehensive, innovative IT agenda across a complex operating organization. She will use her strong strategic and transformational skills to drive a comprehensive, innovative IT agenda for Baystate Health.

“We are excited to have Clara joining as a member the Baystate Health team,” said Dean Sanpei, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Strategy Officer. “Clara’s transformational leadership in operational excellence and optimizing IT solutions to enhance patient care will serve as an asset to Baystate as we work to build a clinically driven, physician-led health system serving our neighbors and communities.”

Guixa brings more than 25 years of experience in healthcare IT and technology management, with a specialized understanding of organization-wide technology investments, platforms roadmaps, and facilitating and developing data governance strategies. She joins Baystate Health from Boston Children’s Hospital, a nationally ranked acute care children's hospital and the main pediatric program of Harvard Medical School, where she served as Vice President of Applications and Deputy Chief Information Officer.

Guixa’s decades of progressive leadership roles within academic healthcare systems, including the University of Chicago Medicine and the University of Illinois at Chicago, will guide Baystate Health in using information and technology to engage consumers, optimize and transform health system operations, and deliver high quality and high-value care.

Guixa earned a Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and has completed an Executive Program for Emerging Leadership at the University of Chicago Booth.