Cedars-Sinai operates a large healthcare system built on enterprise infrastructure (Oracle, PeopleSoft, Epic Systems) typical of major academic medical centers, but is actively adopting Epic Systems — a critical signal in healthcare IT modernization. The hiring mix is heavily weighted toward clinical and research roles (760 healthcare + 165 research), with a small engineering footprint (15 roles), reflecting an organization where IT enables rather than drives the business. Pain points cluster around operational efficiency (readmissions, wait times, infection prevention) and regulatory burden, consistent with a high-volume academic hospital managing complex specialty care.
Tech Stack 63 technologies
What Cedars-Sinai Is Building
◆Challenges
- Budget preparation and expense control
- Ensuring compliance with complex regulations
- Reducing hospital readmissions
- Minimizing patient wait times
- Compliance with state and federal laws
- Complex specialty therapy management
- Reducing risk of patient harm
- Reducing risk of health care acquired infections
- High patient volume
- Budget compliance
▲Active Projects
- Clinical trial development
- Clinical trials
- Cdi data analysis
- Protocol development and quality improvement initiatives
- New 9 story hospital construction
- Therapy development
- Population health initiatives for risk-attributed patients
- Standard operating procedure development
- New models of care
- Post-discharge patient support
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Fetal Surgery Director, Division Director, Program Director, Reproductive Sciences Director, Medical Director
