Chief Medical Information Officer

Presbyterian Healthcare Services

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) is a clinical executive that is fully integrated into Presbyterian leadership. The CMIO serves as the key leader in promoting the adoption and effective use of information technology in inpatient and ambulatory clinical settings. The CMIO understands and leverages the Presbyterian integrated delivery system to enhance the effectiveness of clinical information systems to support Clinical Practice and Quality Initiatives across the enterprise. The CMIO oversees and lead the maturation process for the existing clinical information system as well as the implementation of new clinical information systems and ancillary systems to support clinicians in their delivery of patient care. The CMIO manages and oversees the clinical knowledge base and is a key partner with population health, analytics and end-user training for clinical systems.

Requirements

• MD or Doctor of Medicine required.
• 9 years in a clinical capacity and 5 years clinical informatics experience required.
• Possesses excellent interpersonal skills and can work effectively with a diversity of personalities.
• Must be approachable, show respect for others and be able to present data with effective communication and presentation skills.
• Must be an effective consensus builder.
• Possesses good grasp clinical workflow in both inpatient and outpatient settings, interest in clinical information systems and outcomes measurement.
• Must have the ability to develop flexible, transferable models for pathways of care.
• Is a strong leader with a mature sense of priorities and solid practical experience who can design and implement systems within the framework of technical boundaries.
• Is politically savvy, has a high tolerance for ambiguity and can work successfully in a matrix management model.
• Is a systems thinker with strong organizational skills who can pull all the pieces together and deliver on time and within budget.
• Is a strong manager who is adaptable and has strong collaborative management style, a creative thinker with high energy and enthusiasm, and a team player who promotes the concepts of people working together versus individual performance.
• Is a contemporary clinician who understands major trends in healthcare and managed care and is familiar with point of care products and medical informatics trends and tools.

Responsibilities

• Aligns informatics goals towards enterprise-wide milestones.
• Serves as a member of key organizational committees and teams to ensure that clinical informatics voice is integrated into operations and planning.
• Supports Presbyterian Medical Group and clinicians on practice efficiency tools.
• Leads, supervises, and develops the inpatient and ambulatory EMR informatics design, implementation, training, and support teams.
• Works closely with medical staff leadership.
• Reports progress and results at key leadership meetings.
• Leads development of clinical standards supporting patient care, the use of evidence-based practices and ensures that clinical guidelines receive approval by organized medical staff bodies.
• Leads design of clinical pathway models and other innovations with physician, nursing and administrative leadership, and will assist in modification of these models to gain maximum efficiency and effectiveness in the patient care process.
• Ensures that clinical information solutions meet external safety and enterprise quality requirements, incorporates evidence and best practices including utilization of medical services.
• Leads in partnership with Technology Service Organization (TSO) to design and implement solutions to translate clinician requirements into specifications for existing and new clinical and care delivery systems.
• Leads the selection of new information technology in the clinical space and identifies and achieves the return on investment for informatics projects.
• Participates in the Annual Rhythm planning process to ensure that comprehensive capital and tactical plans are developed and implemented for informatics and clinical decision support.
• Leads and supports Clinical Technology Transformation Team (CTT).
• Is a key partner to support end user training and education with the clinical technology transformation team (CTT).
• Leads the physician builder program and physician champions.
• Engages patient care providers with varying roles including physicians, advanced practitioners, nursing staff, clinical ancillary, quality, and health information records professionals to contribute to the improvements in information systems.
• Develops empathy and understanding of physician needs and builds relationships with physicians to ensure support of IT initiatives.
• Is highly responsive to users¿ needs, including training, to assure widespread acceptance and provider use of the clinical systems.
• Chairs and facilitates clinical advisory groups to provide broad-based input into the design of the clinical information system to support excellence in patient care and clinical quality.
• Leads and develops support structures to maintain the existing knowledge base in the EMR, including but not limited to the biannual review process for order sets and the review and maintenance of clinical decision support tools.
• Supports population health, Data & Analytics, Meaningful Use, Quality Initiatives, MIPS, and Interoperability.
• Leads and oversees in concert with Technology Service Organization (TSO) the design and implementation of information systems supporting MACRA/MIPS requirements, safety and clinical quality outcomes, meaningful use and P4P initiatives.
• Designs, builds, and evaluates processes to ensure collection of discrete data for clinical purposes, including tracking and interpretation of outcomes.
• Assists organization in developing systems to meet the reporting requirements at a patient, system, and population level.
• Follows national trends in information technology.
• Reviews medical informatics trends, experiences, and approaches, develops technical and application implementation strategies and assists in the development of strategic plans for clinical information systems.
• Provides patient care in appropriate clinical setting; maintains medical practice in area of specialty meeting all requirements.
• Participates in applicable clinical process improvement initiatives.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Full medical, dental and vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Free wellness programs
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Retirement plans, including matching employer contributions
• Continuing education and career development opportunities
• Life insurance and short/long term disability programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree