UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
“ My hope is that my team and I get to build a bridge to adopt AI in a way that both protects our patients’ privacy but also improves their health”
SHANE FROEBEL, VICE PRESIDENT OF ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE, UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
the technologies that we’ re adapting are the correct ones, rather than just applying and implementing,” Shane says.“ It’ s important that we remain focused and intentional in our efforts. In the next two years, Shane will lead efforts to significantly modernise University Hospital’ s core infrastructure— from its data centre network to implementing a digital phone system to ensure more timely appointment scheduling and call routing.
“ Our IT team is expanding so we can support these major changes and improve processes as we look to what future trends in technology and healthcare will look like,” he concludes.“ I can’ t talk about the future without talking about AI. The healthcare sector has been a late adopter, namely because of patient privacy laws like HIPAA. In academic medicine, we have executives, physicians and researchers who understand its advantages. My hope is that my team and I get to build a bridge to adopt AI in a way that both protects our patients’ privacy but also improves their health.”
230 August 2025