CMIO jobs

Don't miss all the CMIO (Chief Medical Information Officer) jobs on the NonClinicalJobs Job Board.

Physicians working in Health IT here at #HIMSS13

Here at the 2013 HIMSS conference, I am surrounded by physicians working in health IT. Most of them work in hospitals and health systems. They are CMOs, CMIOs, and Medical Directors of Informatics. I am also surrounded by physicians working in health IT companies. These companies may be electronic health record (EHR) companies, mobile health startups, wireless providers like Verizon and AT&T, and a variety of computer and software companies. Did you know that Dell has a Chief Medical Officer? AT&T has a CMIO. Several physicians work at Microsoft.

HIMSS is a great networking conference. There are over 35,000 people here at this massive event, but there are plenty of networking events to connect with entrepreneurs and executives.

If you are here attending the HIMSS conference, I hope you'll join me at some upcoming networking events:

• HP & Intel Lunch on BYOD at #HIMSS13 http://bit.ly/XAFsMZ
• Search Health IT tweetup on Mon evening: http://tweetnmeet.eventbrite.com/
• HP tweetup on Tuesday: http://hptweetuphimss13.eventbrite.com/

If you didn't make it to HIMSS this year, I hope to see you next year.

HIMSS13 coverage is sponsored by HP. HP’s extensive portfolio of products, solutions, services and relationships can help your healthcare organization achieve quality business practices and provide quality patient care.

See you at the Physicians' IT Symposium at #HIMSS13

Working in Health IT? 

I hope to see you in New Orleans for the annual HIMSS conference. Don't miss the Physicians' IT Symposium

Examine the major challenges physicians face in the design and deployment of IT in hospitals and practices.

Physicians' IT Symposium: Reviewing the Past, Assessing the Present and Planning for the Future
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 343
New Orleans, Louisiana

This exclusive program will help you identify, evaluate and sort through myriad healthcare IT information and apply it to your strategic plans for healthcare delivery improvements and financial viability.

More information here.

CMIO Survival Guide

Don't miss this great book if you're thinking about becoming a CMIO someday. The The CMIO Survival Guide: A Handbook for Chief Medical Information Officers and Those Who Hire Them

Despite the promise of improving care and other benefits, EMR implementations are highly disruptive to the organization. This book prepares you to lead or participate successfully in change management/technology adoption efforts, so that meaningful use of EMRs can be achieved. The authors provide successful strategies to plan and implement change. The content is based on their decades of combined experience managing the people side of implementation. The book covers the importance of making a business case for change management, explaining why technology implementations will not deliver benefits without significant focus on users. It describes two critical success factors in any large-scale change management efforts--a clear vision and effective leadership. Sections of the book deal with establishing a foundation for change; building commitment; and developing requisite skills in change management. The book includes numerous lessons learned, tips for success, best practices and case studies from organizations that have handled change well. (2010.)

Healthcare executives share their views on leadership, career development, mentorship and education

Modern Healthcare has an upcoming complimentary webinar titled, "The 5 Most Significant Emerging Trends in Healthcare Information Technology"

Healthcare executives share their views on leadership, career development, mentorship and education

Thursday, January 24 at 7 pm Eastern

Join a lively panel discussion and Q&A with two healthcare IT experts as they discuss how to best align IT strategy within their organizations as well as goals and strategies for developing new leaders within their departments.

Healthcare Reform has created significant challenges and opportunities in healthcare management. In addition to elevating the importance of IT in healthcare, it has also raised important concerns about cultivating the necessary talent to fill a quickly growing skills gap. Many CIOs report that they cannot find qualified individuals to fill critical IT positions. And the demand for qualified IT managers is only expected to increase.

Attendees of this LIVE webinar will gain a better understanding of the critical role of healthcare IT management including:

• How to align your IT goals with your organization's strategic mission
• Tactics to maximize your team and/or how to further your career and personal financial position
• Creating new opportunities for personal and/or staff advancement
• Tools to enable yourself and your organization to remain competitive, compliant and compassionate

Register for this webinar here.

Sponsored by: University of Phoenix, Health Administration Program

CMO and CMIO Jobs

Interested in a Chief Medical Officer (CMO) or a Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) job? Because both CMO and CMIO job titles include the words Chief, Medical and Officer, you're likely to see CMO jobs alongside CMIO jobs if you're searching for CMIO positions. Of course, you can also simply type "CMIO" into a job search engine (but then you may find some Cost Management Implementation Office (CMIO) jobs too).

You may also want to look for Director of Health Information jobs if you don't have formal CMIO experience.

Organizations currently hiring CMIOs include:

Deaconess Health System
Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS)
Community Health Systems, Inc.  (CHS)
Advocate Health
And many others.

Find those CMIO jobs here on the NonClinicalJobs.com Job Board.

The Role of the CMIO (Chief Medical Information Officer)

What is the role of the CMIO (Chief Medical Information Officer)? Many organizations don't even have a CMIO. The HITECH Act has accelerated the need for CMIOs around the country, so before you start filling out job applications, get some information about this new and emerging position.

Here are four practical tips:

1. Read:  The Role of the CMIO 
2. Subscribe to CMIO.net
3. Join HIMSS and AMDIS. 
4. Consider attending the AMIA CMIO Boot Camp.

Finally, make sure to connect with other CMIOs so that you can learn from their experiences. There's a good chance that they will all have a different story to tell of how they got into their respective positions.

Healthcare Informatics Executive Summit 2012

The Healthcare Informatics Executive Summit is a small, intimate event of 100+ industry-leading CIOs, CMIOs, and federal policy and health IT leaders discussing meaningful use, HITECH, and more. Find out what industry pioneers are doing to meet the requirements for meaningful use and how they are moving forward with health information exchanges and accountable care organizations.

Among the topics to be addressed:

• Strategizing the Use and Analysis of Clinical Data for Meaningful Use
• ACOs: Policy Strategic and IT Issues
• Leveraging CPOE Implementation to Reduce Medical Errors and Improve Patient Safety
• The Journey Towards Evidence-Based Physician Ordering
• Optimizing Revenue Cycle Management
• The Evolution of the CIO - CMIO Relationship and the CMIO Role
• Readmissions and the Medical Home: Re-Visioning Care Management
• Health Information Exchange: Strategies and Sustainability

Vice President Medical Informatics - CMIO

A hospital in the Dallas TX area is looking for a CMIO. You can learn more about this VP Medical Informatics job here.

Also, don't forget that you can find a variety of non-clinical jobs on the NonClinicalJobs Job Board.

2012 CMIO Forum by iHT2

Do not miss this opportunity to join leading CMIOs throughout the country in collaborative activities and discussions geared toward defining, solidifying, and promoting the role and authority of the CMIO in America.

iHT² CMIO Forum in Phoenix
January 17-18, 2012
The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa - Phoenix, AZ

Panel Discussions and Presentations Include:

• Change Management & Processes in a Complex Care Environment
• Clinical Mobility: Leveraging New Technology & Maintaining Security
• Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Managing the Legal Challenges of Physicians in Informatics
• Beyond CDS: Business Intelligence & Comparative Effectiveness Research
• Strategies for Harnessing the Power of Innovation in Health Care

Attend the iHT² CMIO Forum and Receive CME Credits!

Job posts: CMIO (Chief Medical Information Officer)

If you're interested in finding a Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) job, take a look at the job posts here.

You'll find jobs in places like:

• Yuma Regional Medical Center - Yuma, AZ
• University of Georgia - Athens, GA
• Anne Arundel Medical Center - Annapolis, MD
• Connecticut Children's Medical Center - Hartford, CT
• and more...

Find CMIO jobs here.

Featured Physician Executive: Benjamin Kanter, MD

This week, our featured physician executive is Benjamin Kanter, MD. He is the Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) of Palomar Pomerado Health.

Dr. Kanter is board-certified in internal medicine and pulmonary disease, and received special certification in critical care in 1990. He has been in private practice in Escondido, CA, for 22 years. Dr. Kanter graduated from the University of Michigan with distinction and honors, after which he received his medical degree and internal medicine training at Northwestern University in Chicago.

Dr. Kanter completed his post-doctoral studies in both pulmonary disease and critical care medicine at the UCSD Medical center. Dr. Kanter continued to teach at UCSD as an associate clinical professor of medicine after going into private practice. He has served in numerous leadership roles within PPH including chairing the Departments of Medicine at both Palomar Medical Center and Pomerado Hospital, directing respiratory and critical care services at Pomerado Hospital. He founded and maintains his directorship over the Palomar Medical Center Sleep Disorders Laboratory.

Featured Physician Executive: Rodney Hamilton, M.D.

This week, our featured physician executive is Rodney Hamilton, M.D.

Rodney Hamilton, M.D. is the Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) of PointClear Solutions, Inc. – an innovation leader specializing in health information technology (HIT) product development services.

Prior to joining PointClear Solutions in 2011, Dr. Hamilton was the Corporate Director of Medical Informatics for Vanguard Health Systems, a 26 hospital investor-owned health system based in Nashville, TN. His responsibilities included the creation of the overall clinical information systems strategy for the inpatient and outpatient settings, the development of Vanguard’s health information exchange strategy, the creation of a business intelligence infrastructure for the clinical operations and quality departments, and the development of tools and process for developing and managing clinical content and clinical decision support. In addition to these responsibilities, he also actively participated in key quality and patient safety initiatives and corporate strategic planning activities. He was routinely engaged to suggest innovative informatics approaches for continuously improving performance throughout the health system.

Jobs you may be interested in

Here are some jobs you may be interested in:

• Medical Director — Medical Safety Physician
• Chief Medical Information Officer
• Physician Informaticist
• Drug Safety Physician (Associate, Director)

Find more non-clinical physician jobs on the NonClinicalJobs Job Board.

Jobs for physician executives

Where can you find jobs for physician executives who want to focus on medical management? I'm talking about positions like:

• Chief Medical Officer or CMO
• Chief Medical Information Officer or CMIO
• Vice President Medical Affairs or VPMA
• Executive Vice President or EVP

The American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) is a great resource for these types of jobs and you can find several physician executive jobs posted on LinkedIn.

Make sure to join our LinkedIn Group

AMIA CMIO Boot Camp

Have you ever been to boot camp? The American Medical Informatics Association holds a boot camp for physicians who hold leadership positions.  How would you answer this question: Are you a physician in a leadership role at a health care provider organization?

CMIO Boot Camp is designed for Chief Medical Information Officers who want to broaden and deepen their understanding, knowledge and skills in biomedical and health informatics and the current challenges in using EHRs in the health system.

Two CMIO Boot Camps are scheduled in 2010:

Spring Boot Camp
March 24-27, 2010
Hyatt Regency Coconut Point
Bonita Springs, FL
 
Fall Boot Camp
September 29-October 2, 2010
Arizona

The whole concept of a boot camp is quite creative. Can you imagine the conversation at work? So, where did you go for the weekend? Oh, I was at boot camp...

AMIA’s pilot CMIO Boot Camp was so successful last October that there is an on-demand schedule of two more boot camps to be rolled out in 2010.  The Spring Boot Camp for CMIOs will take place March 24-27, at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa in Bonita Springs, Fla.  Its focus, Achieving Meaningful EHR Use, will provide a comprehensive, engaging experience for physicians embarking on CMIO leadership roles. The four-day program will provide CMIOs or those aspiring to that role with knowledge and tools essential to take the reins. CME is available. Visit https://www.amia.org/primary-links/cmiobootcamp for more information.

Click here to view the Boot Camp program from last year.

Medical Director of Ambulatory Informatics

Here's a job post that you'll find on the AMDIS (Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems) website under "Career Opportunities" (and this one isn't for a CMIO position):

Medical Director of Ambulatory Informatics
Florida Hospital, Maitland, FL

Principal Duties and Job Responsibilities:

* Enhance patient safety and quality of care
* Manage the implementation of an ambulatory electronic patient record system
* Educate and coach physicians on plans that support organizational technology goals
* Deliver education programs to physicians
* Work with the President of the ambulatory group, CMIO, and Physician Leaders to promote and support clinical information systems
* Facilitate forums to conceptualize, design, evaluate, and support the adoption of clinical IT systems and advise the CMIO about concerns, ideas, and feedback on adoption and clinical IT system performance
* Promote the role and importance of clinical IT to improve clinical safety and efficiency
* Implement training of physicians, nurses and other clinicians in the use of new and existing clinical IT systems
* Represent the interests of the ambulatory group, as needed, in meetings for ambulatory and inpatient setting

**  Click here or on the article title to read the full post**

Health Information Technology (Health IT) jobs for physicians

Many physicians are looking for jobs in the health IT industry, but they don't know where to get started. There are many clinical informatics positions available for nurses, but what about for physicians? Unless you're looking to be a Chief Medical Information Officer or CMIO in a hospital or medical center, you may have some difficulty identifying specific health IT jobs in the public and private sectors. Let's take a look at some of the different areas that are rapidly growing these days:

• Analysts and Implementation Specialists. Physicians are selecting and implementing electronic health/medical record (EHR or EMR) and they need assistance in knowing which EHR to select, how to implement the system, how to modify their current workflow structure, how to train their staff, etc. Look for titles such as Clinical Systems Analyst, Lead Analyst, Informaticist, Implementation Specialist, Health IT Specialist, Pharmacy Analyst, Medical Analyst, Systems Analyst, etc. Many of these jobs are highly technical positions that require you to have a background in engineering, programming, etc.
  
• Directors and Managers. There will always be a need for managers to oversee projects. So, you may see job titles such as Project Manager, Team Lead, Health IT Director, EHR or EMR Manager, EHR or EMR Director, Director of Health Information Management, Medical Director of Informatics, CMIO, etc.
• Trainers and Application Coordinators. These positions may still be of interest, even though they aren't the most appropriate settings for physicians. 
  
• Consultants. Physicians make great consultants, especially for start-up companies that are entering the health IT space. Do you have what it takes to be an EMR or EHR Consultant? Medical Informatics Consultant. Clinical Informatics Consultant.
  

Some health IT companies may also rely on physicians for health content, the application of clinical decision support, strategic planning, etc. So, there are positions that may require people to think "outside of the box." Many of these health IT jobs are geared for nurses, but physicians can also jump in and play an active role in the health IT space if they know how and where to get started.

Health IT jobs for physicians looking for non-clinical careers

With all the recent buzz about health information technology (health IT), you may be wondering: "what are the various types of health IT jobs that are currently available for physicians?"

You probably won't find many books on this issue. The health IT field has been growing over the past decade, but we're about to see a significant explosion because of the HITECH provisions within ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act). Recently, I've seen more webinars and conferences on health IT then I've ever seen. There is a lot of excitement about health IT, but many physicians who are interested in a non-clinical career in health IT simply don't know where to begin.

You may not jump to a Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) right away, but there are many other types of opportunities depending on your level of training and experience. I predict a growing role for health IT consultants who can help physicians, clinics, offices, and hospitals choose and implement electronic health record (EHR) and computerized physician order entry (CPOE) solutions. We will see an increase in e-prescribing usage. More physicians will rely on smartphones and other mobile computing devices on a regular basis. EHR companies will be looking for more clinical experts and consultants who can help them market, deploy, and distribute their products. Strategic partnerships will occur among companies that wish to combine resources and offer turn-key packages. Start-up companies will be looking for clinical experts and medical consultants who can help them develop marketable services and/or products. The bottom line is that I think we will see a large growth of non-clinical physician jobs in the health IT industry.

So, are you excited about information technology? Do you have strong computer skills? Maybe you should consider a career in health IT. Interested in receiving career advice from some health IT physicians? Contact me if you're interested.

Health IT Jobs for Physicians

There are so many different types of health information technology (Health IT) jobs for physicians. If you're a seasoned executive, then you could be a Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO). However, if you're not so "seasoned," then you'll have to earn your stripes. But where do you begin?

Sometimes, the best starting place is to join some professional societies and to learn about the different types of opportunities that are out there. Let me suggest 3 major organizations:

1. American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
2. Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS)
3. Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

You can learn so much by joining these groups and participating in some of the educational sessions. The landscape of health IT is changing so quickly that it remains critical to stay on top of all the updates and legislative changes that are impacting this industry. If you feel like you lack formal health IT education, then you may also want to consider some formal programs (either master's level or post-graduate fellowships) in health informatics (or they may be called medical informatics, biomedical informatics, etc.).