Chief Medical Information Officer

We are recruiting for a Chief Medical Information Officer to join our team!

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Department

Patient Safety and Quality

Job Summary

The CMIO serves as the primary physician champion and executive physician leader for all major clinical information and informatics efforts. The CMIO has broad responsibilities overseeing and collaboratively developing strategy, guiding annual goal setting, and prioritizing institutional effort within and across all domains of clinical informatics. This role provides leadership to a broad range of staff and physicians in all parts of the organization who directly manage planning, research, development, implementation, and optimization of clinical information technology. The CMIO works closely with the Associate Chief Medical Information Officers (ACMIOs), Chief Information Officer (CIO), Associate Chief Information Officers (ACIOs), Chief Operating Officer (COO), Chief Quality Officer (CQO), Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), and Chief Experience Officer (CXO) to drive clinical information technology advancements that are aligned with Denver Health's Mission and Strategic Plan.Â

Provides thought leadership on IT strategy, emerging innovations, threats, and best practices, to include but not limited to, development and adoption of clinical protocols, improvement in clinical workflows, enhancements to clinician communication, improvement in clinician efficiency, and adoption of artificial intelligence and other technology tools within the electronic health record (EHR).Â

Acts as liaison and executive sponsor to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) and IT teams, to engage and guide them toward optimal clinical design and deployment of Epic and related EHR-based tools and technologies.

Provides clinical and operational expertise to the Epic team regarding ongoing enhancements and optimizations to Epic.

Provides expertise regarding industry trends and how Denver Health should respond, both in setting internal strategy/priorities and in selecting outside vendor partners.

Guides collaborative decision-making with other executive leaders regarding capital, personnel, and operational budget decisions related to IT.

Essential Functions :

• EXECUTIVE TEAM, CLINICAL STAFF, AND EPIC LIAISON:

• Â Chair or participate in committees, standing meetings, etc. as assigned.
• Â Provide guidance and leadership in efforts to improve clinical informatics systems through annual IT projects, ad hoc problem solving and Lean events, etc.
• Â Listen and respond to members of the medical staff and clinical workforce to ensure clinician concerns and ideas related to the EHR and other clinical technologies are heard and addressed.
• Â Identify opportunities for continuous improvement of clinical IT/EHR systems through improvement projects as well as clinician training and development related to IT/EHR systems.
• Â Evaluate new technology that will impact clinical care delivery and the EHR and make recommendations to Denver Health leaders on adoption and integration.
• Â Jointly approve operating and capital budgeting decisions that allocate resources and prioritize essential work and projects related to IT/EHR with the CIO, CMO, CNO, COO, and CQO.
• Â Monitor EHR Meaningful Use criteria of electronic medical records systems and ensure that the organization meets all criteria and external regulations related to clinical information systems.
• Â Develop and lead partnerships between clinical operations, clinical informatics, quality and patient safety, and the research community to advance and evaluate effective use of all clinical informatics tools to meet Denver Health's Mission.
• Â Jointly develop electronic analytics, decision support, and workflow support tools in service of the quality and patient safety goals of the organization with the CMO, CNO, COO, CQO, and CXO.
• Â Develop clinical informatics leaders in partnership with ACNIO, ACMIOs and CQO: Â through direct oversight and coaching, create team capabilities for ongoing tool and project governance, process improvement, workflow redesign, change management and clinical decision support standards.
  
• Â Chair or participate in committees, standing meetings, etc. as assigned.

• INTERNAL EXPERT:

• Â Serve as the primary physician executive expert on all clinical informatics domains at Denver Health.
• Â Stay up-to-date with external trends related to clinical informatics and advise the organization on developments that may affect Denver Health's operations and strategy.

• PRACTICING PHYSICIAN:

• Â Provide direct care to patients at Denver Health in the inpatient or outpatient setting based on clinical specialty. Â Expected to maintain at least 10% clinical practice in this role.

• PROFESSIONAL GROWTH :

• Â Maintain awareness and understanding of current and emerging technologies related to clinical practice in healthcare.Â
• Â Participate in external groups that promote Healthcare IT and clinical informatics, , HIMSS/CHIMSS, Joint Commission, AHIMA, Epic UGM, etc.
• Â Participate in national networks of CMIOs and other executive leaders related to clinical informatics and IT in healthcare.

• ORGANIZATION STRATEGY:

• Â Participate in strategic planning for Denver Health with the Directors of Service and the Executive team.
• Â Contribute to continuous expansion of organizational capacity-building related to clinical informatics through speaking engagements, leading teaching sessions, grant writing, or publications inside and outside Denver Health.

• VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS:

• Â Develop and maintain working relationships with vendors of relevant IT/EHR products.Â
• Â Lead, in collaboration with the CIO, vendor negotiations during the acquisition of new products or services.

Education :

• Doctorate Degree Accredited Medical School, Required.

• Post Graduate Diploma or Certificate Program Completed in an Accredited Residency Program, Required.

• Post Graduate Diploma or Certificate Program/Clinical Informatics Board Certification, Preferred.

Work Experience :

• Minimum 5 years experience working specifically in a healthcare informatics leadership role.

• Minimum 5 years general leadership experience with evidence of leading complex change and people within an organization.

• 3-5 years of evidence of successful collaboration with executives and physician colleagues required.

• 3-5 years additional expertise sought includes project management, change management, contract negotiation, and vendor

  management.

Licenses :

• MD-Physician - State Medical Board, Required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

• Broad based knowledge of Healthcare IT applications which support clinician documentation and order entry, Critical Care, PACS, ancillary departmental systems (Lab, Radiology, Pharmacy, Cardiology, etc) and the Electronic Medical Record.
• Specific knowledge in medical informatics practices and principles.
• Specific knowledge in quality improvement practices and principles.
• Working knowledge of information technology, including statistical analysis, clinical epidemiology, and medical informatics;
• Understanding of clinical IT and informatics best practices and how to successfully introduce information technology into clinical practice.

Shift

Work Type

Regular

Salary

$277, - $444, / yr

Benefits

• Outstanding benefits including up to 27 paid days off per year, immediate retirement plan employer contribution up to , and generous medical plans

• Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation)

• On-site employee fitness center and wellness classes

• Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more

• Tuition reimbursement & assistance

• Education & development opportunities including career pathways and coaching

• Professional clinical advancement program & shared governance

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer+ free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF programÂ

• National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

Our Values

• Respect

• Belonging

• Accountability

• Transparency

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