A Robust IT Framework: The Lynchpin in Delivering on the Promise of Value-Based Care Robert Davis, CIO, Arizona Care Network Robert Davis, CIO, Arizona Care Network It used to be that a company’s IT staff was holed up in a chilly room in the back of the office surrounded by scores of computers, servers and other equipment. Nowhere has that scenario changed more than in healthcare, which has become more data-driven than ever before. And the IT team sits at the center of the industry’s transformation from volume- to value-based care. The shift to value-based care is not new; as those of us who work in healthcare know well, the industry was headed in this direction long before the passage of the Affordable Care Act.