Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer

Overview

Drives innovation, leadership, and oversight of the optimization and standardization of inpatient and ambulatory clinical technology systems for Baptist Memorial Health Care to enhance the quality of patient care and improve provider efficiency and wellbeing. Provides expertise in the development and implementation of systems that assist with the delivery of patient care including quality, safety, research, usability, and process improvement. Oversees physician data management systems and workflow integration to enhance patient care initiatives, outcomes, and efficiencies.

Collaborates with CMIO, CMOs, executive leadership, and clinical informatics teams to align technology needs with organizational goals and sustain a culture of engagement, scalability, and accountability.

• Participate in the development of organizational goals and objectives related to inpatient and ambulatory clinical technology systems.
• Achieve consensus for clinical informatics strategies by partnering with senior leadership, nursing informatics, and other clinical teams.
• Ensure optimal value of care by increasing quality in care processes, reducing variation around clinical evidence, supporting service excellence, and reducing cost through standardization and optimization of the EHR and clinical IT systems.
• Develop and maintain the physician builder program.
• Act as a liaison providing clinical input and feedback in the development of clinical information systems, participating in the selection, build, and implementation of solutions.
• Provide medical and technology expertise in the build and implementation of the electronic health record for the medical staff.
• Research, assess, and analyze clinical informatics trends, processes, and best practices; participate in developing workflow methodologies and integration to promote clinical standardization.
• Identify process improvement opportunities in patient care delivery to include quality and safety.
• Develop and/or participate in the development of policies, procedures, and standards to support clinical information technology and systems implementation.
• Utilize analytics and metrics-driven change and subsequent monitoring to drive technology-related strategic planning, policy and procedure formation, and implementation of clinical information systems.
• Educate, train, orient, and/or mentor physicians and other clinicians in the use of new physician-based technology and associated software products.
• Perform other duties as assigned or directed.

• Must have 3 years of medical practice experience; current license as a medical doctor in TN, MS, or AR.
• Board certification or board-eligible in Clinical Informatics required.
• Able to maintain a clinical practice for a 20% time commitment.
• Familiarity with health care trends, regulatory guidelines, patient care delivery models, research capabilities, and other clinical technologies.
• Knowledge of current EHR physician applications;
  Epic preferred.
• Capability to drive transformation through innovation and implementation of clinical technology.
• Excellent knowledge and competencies in the design of clinical workflow in all care settings, with emphasis on development and deployment of clinical technology and systems.
• Demonstrated performance/process improvement experience and the use of defined analytics to drive business and clinical strategies and improve outcomes.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills (written, verbal, and presentation) with ability to work with a number of diverse groups.
• Structured leadership and project management skills.