Robert Adamson, RWJBarnabas Health Chief Information Officer, Honored as 2024 NJBIZ Leader in Digital Technology

Adamson Recognized for Excellence in Technology Leadership; Finalizes Systemwide EPIC Rollout Next Month

West Orange, New Jersey, September 5, 2024 - Robert T. Adamson, PharmD, FASHP, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of RWJBarnabas Health, was honored as a recipient of the 2024 NJBIZ Leaders in Digital Technology award, which recognizes innovators who have demonstrated excellence in technology leadership and celebrates companies and individuals who are making a difference in the digital realm.

The honorees were celebrated during an online awards ceremony on August 22.

As Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for RWJBarnabas Health, New Jersey's largest, most comprehensive academic health care system, Dr. Adamson is responsible for all information technology initiatives and imperatives, including strategic planning, technology leadership, and vision. He also maintains the role of Operational Leader for the system's EPIC Electronic Health Record implementation, where he provides strategic direction and overall management of the EPIC project, which will be finalized in September of this year.

RWJBarnabas Health began the Epic rollout in 2019, and in spite of the operational challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic presented, under Dr. Adamson's direction the system scored a "Perfect 10" during Epic's Gold Star review in 2022 and 2023. The Epic stars program grades hospitals and health systems on patient access, patient experience, clinical quality, safety, population health, physician and nursing productivity and value from data. Level 10 is the highest level of recognition a health system can achieve. Numerically, RWJBarnabas Health is one of 17 companies in the world who carry this designation and the only health system that has achieved it during active implementation.

Previously, Dr. Adamson was the Chief Pharmacy Officer of the health system, and as such is skillful in communicating key IT rollouts throughout his healthcare system through a clinical prism. After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy from St. John's College of Pharmacy, Dr. Adamson earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Rutgers University College of Pharmacy, where he is currently an adjunct instructor.