Charity Darnell, MSN, RN, CHCIO in

Charity Darnell, MSN, RN, CHCIO

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Vice President & Assistant CIO at Methodist Health System
📍 Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, United States

Charity Darnell is the Vice President & Assistant CIO at Methodist Health System, where she aligns technology with clinical and business outcomes. A registered nurse with a Doctor of Nursing Practice, her leadership is grounded in bridging bedside realities with enterprise innovation, ensuring technology serves caregivers and patients first.

Outside of her executive role, Charity is an avid reader of biographies and history, finding lessons in the journeys of others. She reportedly lives on a small hobby farm, stemming from an intense love for animals, which offers a balance to her technology-focused career.

Interesting fact: She recently defended her doctoral project focused on implementing virtual nursing to enhance acute care delivery and reduce clinician burden.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Vice President & Assistant CIO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, United States
Personality Overview

How Charity shows up

Value Driven
Curious
Example Seeker

They ask a lot of questions and rely heavily on information and collaterals. They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.

Priorities

Topics Charity cares about

Human-Centered Design
Considers this her core leadership philosophy, focusing on creating technology systems that are intuitive and supportive for frontline clinical teams.
Virtual Nursing
The specific focus of her recent doctoral project, she is passionate about its potential to improve workflows and reduce the burden on nurses.
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Career

Work history

5-2025
Vice President & Assistant CIO
Methodist Health System
10-2022 - 5-2025
Vice President, Chief Clinical Information Officer
Cook Children's Health Care System
1-2019 - 10-2022
Assistant Vice President, Clinical Applications
Cook Children's Health Care System
8-2016 - 1-2019
Director, Inpatient Clinical Apps
Cook Children's Health Care System
1-2015 - 8-2016
Manager, Clinical Collaborative
Cook Children's Health Care System
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
Doctor of Nursing Practice
The Ohio State University
1-2021 - 12-2022
MSN
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

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