Jeff Gautney is the senior vice president and chief information officer at Rush. At Rush, Gautney leads a team of 500+ healthcare IT professionals, supporting IT needs across the patient care, academic and research missions of the organization.
Gautney has 40+ years of experience in the health provider sector, including roles at professional services, provider and vendor organizations. Prior to joining Rush in 2021, he served as a managing director with Deloitte Consulting’s Health Provider Technology Strategy & Architecture practice. Gautney also served as a senior vice president at Allscripts Corporation, where he was responsible for all IT operations at the company’s largest client, Northwell Health; and as a Partner in Ernst & Young’s Health Provider IT practice, helping to direct the firm’s clinical transformation services in the Northeastern U.S.
Gautney has served in leadership positions with various industry organizations, including Health Level 7 and New York-based health provider collaboratives. He is active in Health Management Academy’s AI Catalyst program, Avia’s GenAI Collaborative and the White House sponsored Healthcare AI Commitments collective. Gautney has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Carnegie-Mellon University and has led seminars in the Rush University Health Systems Management program.