“IT’S ALL ABOUT PATIENT SAFETY” Galina Gandy, Regional West’s chief information officer, is passionate about healthcare information technology. “I love healthcare technology because of how it connects to the patient. Utilizing it enhances safety and quality. It allows clinicians to spend more time with patients and to make better informed decisions, because the information they need is at their Galina Gandy fingertips,” she says. Chief Information Officer Gandy began her career in medical transcription and transitioned to working as a radiology technologist. In radiography, she was immersed in technology and found it fascinating. As her interest in information
technology (IT) grew, she made another career move to IT. That was more than 20 years ago, and since then she has worked in IT for large medical systems throughout the Northwest, including Alaska, Washington, and Oregon. She has extensive experience in all aspects of IT, including implementing IT infrastructure and capital improvement projects, process engineering, and design, and she led the implementation of an electronic health record across a five-state network. Gandy and her husband, Dana, moved to Scottsbluff from Astoria, Oregon, last summer. They’ve enjoyed exploring the region and love western Nebraska’s quality of life. Outside of work they enjoy flying, fishing, traveling, and music. Together they enjoyed many years of volunteering with the Civil Air Patrol. 308-635-3711 | RWHS.org | Healthy Times 7
