VP Digital Care and Virtual Hospital

Highmark Health • Pittsburgh, PA

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About The Position

GENERAL OVERVIEW: The Vice President Digital Care and Virtual Hospital, Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO), is a pioneering executive responsible for architecting a new modality of medicine that dissolves the physical walls of the hospital. This role oversees the AHN Virtual Hospital as a complex operational entity, bridging the divide between acute care and the home to reimagine care delivery. Accountable for the P&L, quality, and staffing of virtual care units, the VP CMIO leverages emerging technologies to close care gaps and automate administrative burdens across the Highmark Health enterprise.

Requirements

• Medicine (MD or DO)
• 5 years of progressive executive leadership experience within a large, complex healthcare delivery system or integrated delivery network.
• 5 years of direct experience designing, launching, and scaling virtual care programs
• Demonstrated understanding of the current AI landscape, cloud platforms, and interoperability standards.
• Proven track record of taking a digital pilot and scaling it to an enterprise-wide standard of care.
• Active, unrestricted PA Medical License
• AI/Tech Fluency
• Operational Scale
• Visionary & Pragmatic
• Collaborative Influencer
• Data-Driven

Nice To Haves

• Board Certification in Clinical Informatics (ABPM)

Responsibilities

• Perform management responsibilities to include, but not limited to: involved in hiring and termination decisions, coaching and development, rewards and recognition, performance management and staff productivity.
• Plan, organize, staff, and manage the day-to-day operations of the team; develop and implement policies and programs as necessary; manage to assigned budgets.
• Lead Strategic Vision for Digital Care Delivery: Drive the architectural shift towards a virtualized hospital model, define the strategic roadmap for extending high-acuity care into the home, and serve as the executive architect for new modalities of medicine across the enterprise.
• Operate and Expand the AHN Virtual Hospital: Oversee the complex operational entity of the AHN Virtual Hospital, including its P&L accountability, quality metrics, and staffing for service lines such as digital nursing, virtual ICU, virtual sitting, and remote specialist consults.
• Deploy & Scale Advanced Digital Technologies: Lead the implementation, optimization, and scaling of cutting-edge digital health technologies, including Agentic AI, Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) solutions, and an integrated device strategy to enhance care delivery and automate administrative burdens.
• Advance Population Health & Data-Driven Insights: Leverage sophisticated data ecosystems and AI-driven insights to proactively close care gaps, manage chronic conditions, and inform patient identification for virtual care programs, while ensuring clinical governance of algorithms.
• Foster Strategic Partnerships and System Integration : Cultivate and manage critical peer relationships across Highmark Health, AHN, and Helion to ensure seamless integration of virtual care services, drive system-wide patient flow, and align technological capabilities with logistical needs.
• Maintain Active Clinical Practice: Engage in continued part-time clinical practice to maintain credibility with medical staff and ensure a firsthand understanding of clinical workflows, patient needs, and operational effectiveness of digital interventions.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees