Associate Chief Health Informatics Officer

Inova Health System
United States, Virginia, Falls Church
Nov 05, 2024
The Associate Chief Health Informatics Officer (ACHIO) supports the Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO) in planning, prioritizing, implementing, and optimizing clinical technology. The ACHIO develops and leads the physicians and advanced practice providers on the Health Informatics team. This leader works collaboratively with other leaders, especially Service Line leaders, site of care Chief Medical Officers, IT directors and AVP's, and leaders of analytics, quality, safety, nursing informatics, patient experience, finance, pharmacy, laboratory, and imaging teams. While supporting all aspects of Health Informatics work, the ACHIO is especially responsible for the communication to and training of providers on clinical applications including Epic, the Visage Picture Archiving and Communication System. The ACHIO maintains a deep understanding of Epic and other clinical technology and analytics tools and works closely with IT an analytics teams to ensure that their work aligns closely with the priorities of clinical leaders and prioritizes achieving the care mandate. The ACHIO communicates closely with the CHIO and may serve as surrogate at the discretion of the CHIO. The ACHIO will collaborate outside Inova to understand national trends and the approaches of other health systems to improve IT work at Inova and to guide the professional development of all Inova informaticists. Job Responsibilities Promotes broad understanding of the Clinical IT governance structure and readiness to execute on the process among all stakeholders Ensures that IT teams have needed clinical guidance in their work Maximizes the effective application of new technology in the clinical environment Guides informaticists in the development of initiatives that have clear measures of success and provide maximal value for the organization Works with Inova leaders to deliver on the Mission, Vision, Care Imperatives and Care Mandate of Inova Facilitates Inova's contributions to the field of Informatics and its reputation through scholarly work and enabling the scholarly work of other team members Ensures the development of both reluctant and engaged end user providers in the use of clinical systems Minimum Requirements: Five years of experience with an in-depth knowledge of clinical practice, health care administration; patient safety; information and data management systems, and associated software applications and configurations Five years of leadership experience in a complex healthcare setting Doctorate Medicine Preferred Qualifications: Experience in informatics; certifications (AHIC, etc) Experience leading large scale projects from start to finish across multidisciplinary environment Ability to lead teams; experience coaching/developing physicians This role will maintain a 20% clinical commitment, dedicating one-fifth of total responsibilities to direct patient care to support the clinical aspects of the role and ensure hands-on expertise.