Roger Lutz Named to Becker’s 2025 List of Top Hospital CIOs

Roger Lutz

BUTLER, Pa.: Roger Lutz, chief information officer of Independence Health System, has been named one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s “Hospital and health system CIOs to know” for 2025. He is recognized among 148 national leaders for driving innovation, cybersecurity and digital transformation across healthcare.

With 30 years of experience in information technology (IT), data communication and information security, Lutz oversees IT operations for Independence Health System’s five hospitals: Butler Memorial, Clarion, Frick, Latrobe and Westmoreland. He played a pivotal role in the successful merger of Butler Health System and Excela Health, unifying IT teams and systems while improving efficiency and reducing costs.

Becker’s Healthcare noted, “The CIOs featured on this list are at the helm of dynamic teams, overseeing IT strategy, integrating new tools, expanding telehealth capabilities, strengthening cyber-security and more. Becker’s Healthcare is proud to recognize these trailblazing leaders for their commitment to advancing healthcare through technology. Their work is essential to the success and evolution of their organizations.”

Lutz led the integration of critical business and clinical systems, implemented an Enterprise Master Patient Index for more than 2 million records, and helped launch Avehealth USA — a joint AI venture with Mitsui & Co. Ltd. to advance predictive, data-driven care.

Under his leadership, the information services team now ranks in the top quartile for efficiency among peer organizations. Lutz also continues to strengthen the system’s cybersecurity posture, ensuring the protection of patient data across the newly formed, billion-dollar health system.

“Roger Lutz exemplifies what it means to be a visionary chief information officer — seamlessly leading the complex IT integration of two legacy hospital systems into a unified, health system, offering expert care to the communities we serve and serving as a model for innovation, resilience and operational turnaround,” said Ken DeFurio, CEO & Pres. of Independence Health System.

Lutz holds multiple industry certifications, including CHCIO, CDH-E, CHISL and HCISPP Emeritus.