Chief, Medical Information Officer

Position Purpose

Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) is a physician executive who bridges clinical practice and information technology to ensure that health information systems enhance patient safety, quality of care, clinician experience, appropriate clinical documentation, and operational efficiency. The CMIO provides strategic leadership for clinical informatics and serves as the primary Information Technology (IT) liaison to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Deputy CMO, the hospital’s medical staff, and the ACE IT team.

Working closely with the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and in collaboration with the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Deputy CMO, the CMIO provides consultative support to the ACE IT team, including physician training as needed and setting and executing the agenda for the design of information systems to improve physician experience, clinical documentation, and clinical workflows. The CMIO is responsible for the vision and execution of all clinical, clinical documentation, and clinical artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives and represents the Company at national and industry meetings at the discretion of the CIO.

• Sets the clinical vision, strategy, and optimization of electronic health record (EHR) and clinical information systems.
• Translates clinical requirements into technical specifications and workflows in partnership with ITG.
• Serves as the physician champion for major health IT initiatives, including EHR implementations, upgrades, optimization and clinical AI initiatives.
• Drive continuous EHR optimization to reduce clinician burden and improve usability.
• Enable patient safety, quality improvement, and regulatory compliance through effective design and use of clinical systems.
• Leverages clinical data and analytics to improve outcomes, reduce variation, and support evidence-based care.
• Ensures health IT systems support clinical quality reporting and performance improvement initiatives.
• Acts as a liaison between physicians, clinical staff, and IT teams.
• Leads change management efforts to drive clinician adoption and satisfaction with health IT tools.
• Oversees clinician training, education, and ongoing optimization of EHR workflows.
• Partners with the CIO, CMO, and other executives to align clinical IT initiatives with organizational strategy and translate innovation into measurable clinical and operational value.
• Participates in clinical IT governance, prioritization, budgeting, and vendor selection.
• Ensures compliance with healthcare regulations, privacy, and security standards related to clinical systems.
• Shares clinical experience with and provides mentorship to the ACE IT Team.
• Serves as an enterprise clinical IT leader, guiding physicians and clinical staff in the effective adoption, optimization, and use of digital health technologies to improve care quality, patient safety, and clinician experience.
• Collaborates with nursing, therapy, analytics, quality, and operational leaders to advance interdisciplinary, patient‑centered care delivery and standardized clinical workflows.
• Stays current on emerging healthcare technologies, interoperability standards, informatics best practices, and regulatory requirements.
• Leads clinical engagement and consensus‑building for major health IT initiatives, acting as a trusted liaison between clinical stakeholders and information technology.

• Licensed to practice as a Medical Doctor.
• Board Certified in area of Specialty; PM&R and neurology are particularly relevant.

• M.D. or D.O. required.
• Minimum 10 years clinical experience.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in clinical informatics, EHR optimization, or related areas.
• Ability to operate effectively in a corporate healthcare environment, including use of standard administrative and clinical technology tools, effective verbal and written communication, and adherence to organizational policies related to professionalism, confidentiality, and workplace standards; capable of performing essential functions of an executive leadership role in an office‑based and travel‑dependent setting.

• Oral communication,…