Medical Director, Clinical Informatics, Pathology

Sutter Health•Sacramento, CA

About The Position

Provides leadership within Clinical Informatics to advance Sutter Health's mission of improving patient outcomes through the effective adoption, optimization, and strategic use of digital technologies. Collaborates closely with senior leadership, clinical service lines, operational teams, and physicians across the organization to support enterprise-wide strategic initiatives. As a physician informatics leader, partners with clinical and operational stakeholders to enhance provider workflows, optimize clinical content, improve system usability, and drive adoption and education related to digital platforms, including the electronic health record (EHR). In partnership with the Laboratory and Pathology Service Line, collaborates with pathology, laboratory, clinical, operational, and Information Services leaders to design, implement, and optimize informatics solutions that support enterprise objectives, workflow efficiency, interoperability, data governance, regulatory compliance, and quality outcomes across anatomic and clinical pathology services. Serves as a key liaison between pathology and enterprise informatics teams, ensuring pathology workflows, reporting systems, analytics capabilities, and emerging technologies align with organizational standards, strategic priorities, and regulatory requirements. Contributes to enterprise governance, standardization, and innovation efforts that promote consistency, operational excellence, and high-quality patient care across Sutter Health, while helping shape the future of pathology and laboratory informatics throughout the organization.

Requirements

Doctorate: MD or DO
MD-Doctor of Medicine Upon Hire OR DO-Doctor of Osteopathy of California
EPIC-EPIC Certification within 180 Days of hire
8 years recent relevant experience
Clinical practice experience and a strong background in health information technology.
Leadership and management experience within a complex multi-site matric managed healthcare environment.
Understanding of and proven experience in utilizing EHR technology to positively transform clinical practice by improving the quality of patient care, reducing costs and driving user satisfaction across the care continuum.
Working knowledge of the clinical care information systems implementation process, integration of workflows, use and support methodologies, regulatory requirements, strategic and tactical planning, project leadership/management and group dynamics.
Strong working knowledge of the Epic healthcare software.
Solid expertise in organizational change management concepts and strategies, including proactively using that body of knowledge to constructively transform the clinician and patient experience across the continuum of care.
Demonstrated knowledge regarding potential impact of Stark, privacy and security laws and regulations on implementation and ongoing use of health IT systems.
Understanding of and experience with process improvement philosophies and methodologies.
Solid expertise in selection, development and implementation of a broad range of clinical care information systems as well as process redesign and significant quality improvements.
Significant experience developing and leading electronic health record (EHR) training and support initiatives in a clinical care setting.
Demonstrated ability to bridge the gap between patients, healthcare practitioners, enterprise leadership, and computer/data processing specialists, while maintaining and securing all patient records.
Recognized ability to energize, mobilize, influence, and build accountability with a broad range of stakeholders through effective communication of vision, and the fostering of productive and supportive working relationships with internal and external constituencies.
Superior negotiating and problem-solving skills with the proven ability to identify, research and analyze issues to offer effective solutions.
Written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate business needs into application and operational requirements, as well as lay terms
Advanced level of computer competency in Microsoft Office Suite, including EHR/computerized physician order entry (CPOE) applications, as well as other relevant software for research and analysis

Responsibilities

Advance Sutter Health's mission through effective adoption, optimization, and strategic use of digital technologies.
Collaborate with senior leadership, clinical service lines, operational teams, and physicians to support enterprise-wide strategic initiatives.
Enhance provider workflows, optimize clinical content, improve system usability, and drive adoption and education related to digital platforms, including the EHR.
Design, implement, and optimize informatics solutions for pathology and laboratory services in partnership with relevant leaders.
Serve as a liaison between pathology and enterprise informatics teams.
Contribute to enterprise governance, standardization, and innovation efforts.
Ensure pathology workflows, reporting systems, analytics capabilities, and emerging technologies align with organizational standards, strategic priorities, and regulatory requirements.