Medical Director Physician

This role would be 0.7 FTE as the Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer and 0.3 FTE clinical in the specialty of the person hired.

The Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer (ACMIO) for the East Region of Jefferson Health is the physician leader responsible for the overall relationship between Information Services and Technology (IS&T), the Office of Clinical Informatics (OCI), and the Jefferson Health provider community across the northern divisions of the organization. Internally to IS&T, the ACMIO represents the regional voice of the provider to guide critical decision-making regarding direction and user experience of technology solutions, including thought leadership around new innovations aligned with the strategic goals and objectives of the medical enterprise.

The ACMIO, in conjunction with other informatics leaders, is responsible for driving enterprise and divisional standardization of the use and adoption of technology solutions and associated workflows to promote high quality, safe, and efficient patient-centered care. In this role, the CMIO leverages significant leadership presence and diplomacy to obtain appropriate balance between standardization and provider personalization. As an IS&T representative to the provider community, the ACMIO is often the key advocate to message the why and how a certain technology advances productivity, quality, and wellbeing, and does so through various committees, clinical initiatives, as well as significant and frequent informal interactions.

As a member of the OCI, the ACMIO is an essential partner to the enterprise CMIO, the other divisional ACMIO s, and the entire nursing informatics team to identify and develop solutions that appropriately blend the best clinical, technology, and informatics principles to meet all necessary business requirements. The ACMIO is an advocate for clinicians and patients, to help them leverage technology effectively.

In this role, a customer service orientation and strong change management capabilities are critical. The ACMIO relies on strong clinical experience and must use analytical skills, creativity, and problem solving to help the organization build the information technology for today and the future. The ACMIO reports directly to the Enterprise CMIO, but also maintains a strong working relationship with the divisional medical and operational leaders.

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Job Responsibilities:

Provide clinical leadership with the design, implementation, adoption and meaningful use of Jefferson Health s advanced health information technology platform. Engage care providers in the development, integration and use of the organization s systems. Participate in the processes for the governance, planning and prioritizing of projects in support of clinical and business needs. Work closely with analysts and clinical IS&T staff to provide valuable insights on data collected from customers.

Manage strategic partnerships with key institutions. Build relationships with potential customers to gain support of IT initiatives. In partnership with the informatics team and other leaders, drive Jefferson Health to increase value by improving the health of populations while improving the patient experience and reducing health care costs. Promote the use of Jefferson Health s IS&T systems to improve the worklife of clinicians and staff.

Represent the needs and requirements of the regional physician community and serve as an advocate of management in promoting the use of information technology in the clinical setting.

Leading Change In partnership with the informatics leadership team, acts as a catalyst for organizational change. Influences others to translate vision into action. Brings about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Is open to change and new information and rapidly adapts to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles. Deals effectively with pressure and remains optimistic and persistent, even under adversity.

Recovers quickly from setbacks. Formulates objectives and priorities, and implements plans consistent with the long-term interests of…