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Cardinal Health Engineering

To build innovative healthcare technology systems that empower our partners to deliver better care wherever and whenever it's needed

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To build innovative healthcare technology systems that empower our partners to deliver better care wherever and whenever it's needed

Strengths

  • INFRASTRUCTURE: Robust healthcare distribution network supporting tech
  • INTEGRATION: Strong integration capabilities with healthcare systems
  • DATA: Extensive healthcare data assets across supply chain
  • SCALE: Significant market presence serving 90% of U.S. hospitals
  • COMPLIANCE: Mature regulatory compliance frameworks in healthcare

Weaknesses

  • LEGACY: Technical debt from aging healthcare IT infrastructure
  • TALENT: Challenges attracting top tech talent vs pure tech companies
  • SILOS: Fragmented systems across business units limiting innovation
  • AGILITY: Slow development cycles impacting time-to-market
  • SECURITY: Growing complexity of healthcare cybersecurity threats

Opportunities

  • ANALYTICS: Leverage vast healthcare data for predictive insights
  • CLOUD: Accelerate migration to cloud for scalability and innovation
  • AUTOMATION: Implement AI/ML for supply chain optimization
  • PLATFORMS: Develop unified digital platform for healthcare customers
  • PARTNERSHIPS: Expand tech ecosystem with innovative startups

Threats

  • COMPETITION: Disruptive tech companies entering healthcare space
  • REGULATION: Evolving healthcare data privacy regulations
  • SECURITY: Increasing sophistication of healthcare cyber attacks
  • TALENT: Tech talent war intensifying in healthcare technology
  • INNOVATION: Rapid technological change outpacing adaptation

Key Priorities

  • MODERNIZE: Accelerate legacy system modernization to cloud
  • TALENT: Implement tech talent attraction and retention strategy
  • INTEGRATION: Build unified healthcare technology platform
  • SECURITY: Strengthen cybersecurity posture for healthcare data
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To build innovative healthcare technology systems that empower our partners to deliver better care wherever and whenever it's needed

CLOUD FIRST

Accelerate cloud transformation for healthcare innovation

  • MIGRATION: Complete migration of 40% of legacy applications to cloud platforms by Q2 end
  • PLATFORM: Launch Healthcare Cloud Platform v1.0 with 99.99% availability SLA for 5 key services
  • COST: Reduce infrastructure TCO by 25% through cloud optimization and right-sizing initiatives
  • TRAINING: Certify 80% of engineering team on cloud technologies with hands-on project experience
TECH TALENT

Build world-class healthcare technology engineering team

  • HIRING: Recruit 35 specialized engineers in cloud, AI, and security with 90-day onboarding plan
  • RETENTION: Reduce technical staff turnover to 12% through enhanced career development paths
  • DIVERSITY: Increase engineering team diversity by 20% while maintaining hiring quality standards
  • LEARNING: Launch Healthcare Tech Academy with 15 specialized learning paths and 85% participation
ONE PLATFORM

Create unified healthcare technology ecosystem

  • API: Develop comprehensive API gateway with 50+ healthcare services and 99.99% reliability
  • INTEGRATION: Reduce system integration points by 30% through platform standardization
  • ADOPTION: Achieve 75% customer migration to new unified platform with 90% satisfaction rating
  • EXPERIENCE: Improve platform usability metrics by 40% based on comprehensive UX research study
SECURE HEALTH

Establish industry-leading healthcare data security

  • FRAMEWORK: Implement enhanced healthcare data security framework across 100% of critical systems
  • COMPLIANCE: Achieve zero high-priority findings in regulatory security audits across all platforms
  • RESPONSE: Reduce security incident response time by 60% through automated detection and response
  • AWARENESS: Train 100% of technology staff on healthcare-specific security protocols and practices
METRICS
  • PLATFORM STABILITY: 99.99% uptime across all critical healthcare systems
  • DELIVERY EFFICIENCY: 85% on-time, on-budget project delivery rate
  • SECURITY POSTURE: Zero critical security vulnerabilities in production
VALUES
  • Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards
  • Inclusive Collaboration: We value diverse perspectives that drive innovation
  • Accountability: We take ownership of our work and commitments
  • Customer Focus: We anticipate and exceed customer expectations
  • Agility: We embrace change and adapt quickly to evolving needs
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Align the learnings

Cardinal Health Engineering Retrospective

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To build innovative healthcare technology systems that empower our partners to deliver better care wherever and whenever it's needed

What Went Well

  • REVENUE: Pharmaceutical segment exceeded forecasts by 5% through tech
  • ADOPTION: New digital ordering platform reached 65% customer adoption
  • EFFICIENCY: Tech-driven supply chain improvements reduced costs by 3%
  • INTEGRATION: Successfully integrated Specialty Solutions tech platform
  • RESILIENCE: Critical systems maintained 99.97% uptime during peak demand

Not So Well

  • PROJECTS: Three key technology initiatives missed scheduled milestones
  • SECURITY: Experienced two minor data security incidents requiring fixes
  • SCALABILITY: Platform performance issues during high demand periods
  • INNOVATION: Slower than targeted progress on AI/ML implementation
  • TALENT: Engineering turnover rate increased to 18% from 14% last year

Learnings

  • AGILE: Need stronger agile practices to improve delivery predictability
  • ARCHITECTURE: Current tech architecture limits rapid innovation cycles
  • CLOUD: Cloud migration acceleration critical for future scalability
  • ALIGNMENT: Better business-technology alignment needed for initiatives
  • DEVOPS: Investment in DevOps automation showing positive ROI patterns

Action Items

  • INVEST: Increase cloud platform engineering team by 35% within quarter
  • SECURITY: Implement enhanced healthcare data security framework by Q3
  • TALENT: Launch engineering excellence program to improve retention
  • ARCHITECTURE: Complete tech architecture modernization roadmap by May
  • AUTOMATION: Accelerate DevOps and testing automation implementation
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To build innovative healthcare technology systems that empower our partners to deliver better care wherever and whenever it's needed

Strengths

  • DATA: Massive healthcare data assets for AI model training
  • SCALE: Established infrastructure to deploy AI solutions at scale
  • EXPERTISE: Deep healthcare domain knowledge for AI applications
  • PARTNERS: Strong relationships with AI technology providers
  • USE-CASES: Clear high-value AI use cases across supply chain

Weaknesses

  • TALENT: Limited specialized AI/ML engineering talent in-house
  • INTEGRATION: Data silos hampering comprehensive AI solutions
  • GOVERNANCE: Immature AI governance and ethical frameworks
  • INFRASTRUCTURE: Legacy systems not optimized for AI workloads
  • ADOPTION: Healthcare customers' varying AI readiness levels

Opportunities

  • FORECASTING: AI-powered demand and inventory prediction systems
  • AUTOMATION: Streamline operations with intelligent process automation
  • PERSONALIZATION: Customized healthcare solutions with AI
  • COMPLIANCE: AI-enhanced regulatory compliance monitoring
  • DIAGNOSTICS: AI-augmented healthcare diagnostic capabilities

Threats

  • COMPETITION: Tech giants with superior AI capabilities in healthcare
  • REGULATION: Evolving AI regulations in healthcare applications
  • QUALITY: Risk of AI bias in healthcare applications
  • ADOPTION: Healthcare customer resistance to AI-driven solutions
  • SECURITY: AI-specific cybersecurity vulnerabilities

Key Priorities

  • AI-TALENT: Build specialized healthcare AI engineering team
  • DATA-PLATFORM: Create unified data platform for AI applications
  • AI-GOVERNANCE: Establish robust AI ethics and governance model
  • PARTNERSHIPS: Strategic AI technology alliance development