I Don’t Have a Cloud Strategy (ft. Dr. Patrick McGill)

Patrick McGill (0:00)

We're a health system, we are people taking care of people. We have a health care strategy or a health delivery strategy. AI is a tool in that health delivery strategy. My mantra has always been take care of today's work today and do tomorrow's work tomorrow. Every day, it still is surreal that, you know, I'm responsible for 17,000 people and a $4 billion organization. We run a 24-7, 365 business, and 99% of people don't want to be here. It's not complicated. It's just be nice to people and treat them like you want to be treated. It's not rocket science.

SPEAKER_2 (0:38)

Welcome to DGTL Voices, where health care and life science leaders explore the real work behind transformation. This podcast is about people, leadership and the conversations that move health care forward. Now your host, Ed Marx.

Ed Marx (0:54)

Hey, everyone. Welcome to another edition of DGTL Voices. Thank you so much for listening and watching. I know you have a lot of choices out there and you've taken some time to spend with me, and I'm super thrilled about that. Thank you because I got another awesome guest, Dr. Patrick McGill. Patrick, welcome to DGTL Voices.

Patrick McGill (1:11)

Thanks for having me. Very excited to have this conversation.

Ed Marx (1:14)

Yeah, this will be so cool because a lot of us have been in technical ranks or transformational ranks, CMIO ranks, and very few have gone on to become a CEO. Like you're a CEO of a pretty badass health system. So I just want to talk a little bit about that journey because I know other people probably think to themselves, hmm, I wonder what it would be like to be a CEO someday, and can I do it if I'm a CMIO? If I'm a Chief Transformation Officer, is that possible? So anyways, before we get too far into it, we've known each other probably over 10 years, professional organizations, things like that. I've always watched you from afar, I've always admired you and you're a very profound person. So I always like taking notes and listening. That makes it double exciting for me to have you on. But the most important thing, Patrick, that anyone wants to know that follows DGTL Voices are what are the songs on your playlist?

Patrick McGill (2:06)

I'm an equal opportunity music lover. So I've got anything from country to pop to rap to R&B to, I mean, you name it. It's, I use Spotify DJ all the time. And it's funny because I'll get a country song, I'll get a pop song, I'll get a rap. I mean, it's just all over the board. Sure, it would drive people crazy, but that's why I love it.

Ed Marx (2:29)

Yeah, it's pretty cool. I, you know, we do have a playlist for, on Spotify for digital voices, and we'll just add Spotify DJ because that's a nice little feature. Music wise, like, did you ever grow up like playing an instrument or anything like that?

Patrick McGill (2:41)

I did not. I am not mus, I am not artistically talent. I can't draw, I can't play music. I just, you know, I did my middle school band, like you always have to. I think I played the drums because it was the easiest instrument to play and took no skill, or at least I had no skill. So playing the drums does take skill. Let me clarify that, but I had no skill. So no, but I didn't grow up in a musically or artistic family either. So I'm not surprised that I didn't inherit anything on that side.

Ed Marx (3:12)

Yeah, a lot of times professionals in the medical field, specifically doctors have this music background.

Patrick McGill (3:18)

I know, yeah. I have so many colleagues that play the guitar or play the piano or play other instruments. It's pretty amazing.

Ed Marx (3:24)

That is cool. We have other skills and we're going to get to that. What about life message or mantra? Are there sort of like quotes or words that you live by?

Patrick McGill (3:31)

Yeah, and this is actually the quote that when I log in to my computer, it's right there. It's the it's the quote. It's always be better.

And people, some people interpret that as a competitive nature. It's not meant to be competitive. It's always be better. Always be the better person. Always try to improve yourself. Always try to improve whatever you're working in, the organization, the team, the project. Just always strive to be better. I mean, you know, it's kind of the 1% principle or whatever you want to call it. And my wife and I have been married 27 years, and she's the one that taught me that probably 27 years ago. And oftentimes, you know, you come home, you're angry, you're upset or you're whatever. And she's like, just just be better, be better, be the better person, be the bigger person. And don't let things get you.