Prior experience with Cerner and Zynx could = Medical Director of CPOE Clinical Content

If you have prior inpatient experience working with computerized physician order entry or CPOE systems, would you like a career as a Medical Director of CPOE Clinical Content? Experience with Cerner and Zynx will give you a competitive advantage.

You'll find similar types of jobs (Medical Director of CPOE) on the NonClinicalJobs.com Job Board here.

For those who are unfamiliar with health IT acronyms, CPOE = Computerized Physician Order Entry

Job Post: Physician Executive for Cerner

Here's a job post that may be of interest for those who would like to break into health information technology:  Physician Executive for Cerner

If you are a physician interested in making a change to Healthcare IT where you can leverage both your clinical and IT background to help larger patient populations, this may be the time to look at opportunities at Cerner Corporation.

Physicians in our Demonstration Strategy group work with physicians from potential clients as they help select a healthcare IT vendor.

Physicians in our Consulting organization work with physicians at client sites as they implement Cerner solutions. These physicians primarily work with Clinical Physician Order Entry and Physician Documentation.

Featured Job Post: Medical Director, Cerner Healthe Employer

Medical Director, Cerner Healthe Employer

Cerner Corporation - Kansas City, MO 64015

Cerner Corporation is the leading U.S. supplier of healthcare information technology solutions that optimize clinical and financial outcomes. Around the world, health organizations ranging from single-doctor practices to entire countries turn to Cerner (NASDAQ: CERN) for our powerful yet intuitive solutions. Cerner offers clients a dedicated focus on healthcare, an end-to-end solution and service portfolio, and proven market leadership.

Cerner’s Healthe Employer organization is a health services provider to Fortune 2000 companies. Services include development and management of on-site primary care and occupational health clinics, wellness and condition health management, on-site pharmacy, third party claims administration, and benefit design. Healthe Employer currently operates more than 25 clinics throughout United States, including clients such as Cisco, Toyota, Frito-Lay, Campbell’s Soup, and other companies. Healthe Employer services combine the strength of Cerner’s technology innovation with over 30 years of experience and knowledge working with healthcare providers around the world.

EHR vendors are looking for implementation consultants and specialists

Electronic health record (EHR) vendors are looking for implementation consultants and specialists. The nice thing is that most of these EHR companies will train you, but you should expect to travel quite a bit for this type of job. The majority of these clinical informatics positions are being filled by nurses, but physicians can play a unique role when it comes to interacting with other physicians.

You see, physicians generally like to learn from other physicians. They want a colleague to provide them with pointers and tips on how a system can improve the clinical workflow. Many hospitals are cultivating physician "champions." These champions are influential advocates and have a unique way of communicating with other physicians in the hospital system. We need more champions, don't we?

So, if you're thinking about a career in health IT, consider how you can play a role in the EHR implementation process. Implementation is just the first step. Maybe you could be instrumental in helping physicians and hospitals reach "meaningful use" so they can receive financial incentives from the government through the HITECH Act (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act) within ARRA.

Who are some EHR vendors? Here are a few (in no particular order or preference): Allscripts, GE, Epic, McKesson, NextGen, eClinicalWorks, Practice Fusion, athenahealth, Cerner, ChartLogic, Eclipsys, Greenway, Ingenix, MedConnect, and many others.

Physician Executive - Sales (health IT job post)

Here's another interesting health information technology (health IT) for physicians. Cerner is a leading supplier of healthcare information technology solutions in the United States.

Physician Executive - Sales

The Physician Executive is responsible for the support of marketing, project initiatives, and product enhancement. The development of strong on-going relationships with client physicians is a key component of this role. Specific responsibilities of the Sales Physician Executive include conducting Cerner solution presentations to current and potential clients, including physicians and key executives, in support of the sales team; host client physicians during visits to Cerner's World Headquarters and reference sites; and, develop, maintain and assume long term ownership of effective relationships with client physicians, executives and key decision-makers throughout the sales process as well as during the implementation of the solution at the client site.

Click here to learn more about this opportunity on the AMIA website.

Business Opportunities in Health IT for Clinicians

There's an interesting article in BusinessWeek about Health IT (or HITECH if you prefer). If you don't get BusinessWeek, then you should consider subscribing. The world of EHRs (electronic health records) and e-prescribing solutions will experience a major change over the next several years. However, it's also good to make sure that you're about to go beyond the hype of digital health. This article talks about how the UK is currently four years behind schedule in its initiative to digitize its government-run health system. Where will the USA be in four years?

If you have a strong interest in medical informatics, but you're not sure where to begin, then start by learning more about some of the major players. Specifically, here are some of the really big companies to research:

• Allscripts
  
• Cerner
• Epic
• GE
  
• McKesson
• Siemens

The economic stimulus plan includes $19.6 billion towards health IT and hardware and software vendors will be thriving if they play their cards correctly and collaborate to provide the most effective EHR services. If you're thinking about a transition into the non-clinical world, then maybe you should subscribe to BusinessWeek and learn more about health IT.

Jobs in Health IT

There are a growing number of jobs in health IT. If you have an interest in that industry, then start getting familiar with companies like:

• GE Centricity
• Nextgen
• Kronos
• Cerner
• McKesson
• Lawson
• Meditech
• Epic
• Eclipsys