Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Tech Stack
Regional pediatric health system with research and teaching mission
Lurie Children's is a 1,000+ person nonprofit pediatric health system in Chicago, ranked nationally across all 10 pediatric specialties. The tech stack is dominated by Epic (clinical + ambulatory), Business Intelligence (Power BI, SAS, ThoughtSpot, Crystal Reports), and healthcare-specific tools (PACS, MyChart, Surescripts). Active hiring is heavily concentrated in clinical roles (247 of 371 open positions), with smaller technical teams across data (8), development (2), and engineering (2) — indicating a clinician-first culture where IT is enabling rather than driving strategy.
Tech Stack 58 technologies
What Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Is Building
◆Challenges
- Lab accreditation compliance
- Financial reconciliation
- Clinical competency gaps
- Transformation processes at unit level
- Managing complex research projects
- Research pricing consistency
- Inventory stock level management
- Integrating legacy and external data repositories
- Compliance with safety regulations
- Adapting to a rapidly changing health care environment
▲Active Projects
- Integrating data among epic, departmental repositories, research data, legacy and external repositories
- Regenerative engineering strategies for cardiovascular disease
- Pediatric brain tumors research
- Respite transportation care program
- Contract negotiation
- Billing denials task force
- Develop data collection systems for sponsored research
- Hospital billing initiatives
- Standardization of pharmacy workflows and technology systems
- System changes for organizational performance
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Division Head Dentistry, Compensation Director, Pharmacy Director, Medical Director, Dentistry Division Head
