West Orange, NJ, March 5, 2025 – Stephen O’Mahony, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer, and Nicole Martinez, Chief Nursing Information Officer of RWJBarnabas Health have been named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s 58 hospital and health system CMIOs and CNIOs to know list for 2024. This list recognizes CMIOs and CNIOs for their dedication to advancing healthcare through innovative clinical informatics strategies.
As Senior Vice President, Chief Information Medical Officer for the largest and most comprehensive academic health system in New Jersey, Stephen O’Mahony is the physician in charge of the clinical integration of Information Technology systems and development for RWJBarnabas Health’s 9,000 physicians, 41,000 employees and 14 hospitals. Dr. O’Mahony serves as the champion of the RWJBarnabas Health electronic medical record and clinical systems and is responsible for helping to further develop and implement the system's strategic vision for information technology to achieve highest outcomes in patient safety, quality of care, operational performance, research and education across the clinical continuum.
As Chief Nursing and Information Officer at RWJBarnabas Health, Nicole Martinez oversees key partnerships and essential strategic plans to optimize clinical care across the health system. Working with clinical and executive leadership, Ms. Martinez is responsible for developing and implementing nursing protocols, alert systems, and facilitating partnerships to transform clinical practice. In her role, Ms. Martinez implements institutional empowerment through the development of structures, tools, and processes that ensure the voice of the customer is the driving force of all change.
Dr. O’Mahony and Ms. Martinez together oversee the system’s transition to the Epic Electronic Health Record, which will result in have one unified platform across the RWJBarnabas Health enterprise, including hospitals and outpatient sites, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Rutgers Cancer Institute. In response to the national IV fluid shortage, Dr. O’Mahony and Ms. Martinez established data-driven procedures through Epic, reducing product usage by 40 percent systemwide with non-trauma facilities achieving a 70 percent reduction while minimizing care disruptions.
Contact: Carrie Cristello
Carrie.Cristello@rwjbh.org