Rick Schooler
LCHIME, CHCIO, FACHE, FHIMSS, MBA

Rick Schooler is the former Vice President and CIO of Orlando Health. His areas of responsibility included information technology, telecommunications, clinical informatics, enterprise analytics and quality reporting, biomedical engineering, supply chain, retail pharmacy and a Group Purchasing Organization (GPO).

Prior to joining Orlando Health, Schooler was the Vice President and CIO for Central Georgia Health System. From 1991 to 1994, he served as Director of Systems Integration for the Methodist Hospital of Indiana. His previous employers also include Ameritech, General Dynamics and Computer Systems Corporation.

Schooler earned his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Indianapolis and his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Technology from Purdue University. Throughout his career, he has received designations, recognitions and awards that include the following: Purdue University Distinguished Technology Alumni, CHIME/HIMSS John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year Award, CHIME Innovator of the Year Award, Information Week’s “Top 25 CIOs in Healthcare,” Florida Healthcare Coalition Leadership Award, Information Management magazine’s “Top 25 Information Mangers,” Orlando Business Journal’s Healthcare Hero and Georgia CIO of the Year.

Schooler is a Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) and a member of the following professional organizations: American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) (Fellow), CHIME (Lifetime Member, Fellow and former Board Member) and HIMSS(Fellow and Board Member). He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Coalition for the Homeless (Orlando, FL), Orlando Health Central Hospital and HIMSS. He is also a member of the Industrial Advisory Board for the Purdue University Department of Computer and Information Technology, the KLAS CIO Advisory Board, Healthcare Informatics Editorial Board, and the University of Central Florida Regional Extension Center (REC) Advisory Board.