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The Associate Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) provides physician leadership to support the ongoing development and implementation of an enterprise-wide, integrated electronic health record (EHR) that supports the delivery of quality patient care across all the communities that Cook Children's Health Care System (CCHCS) serves. The Associate CMIO assists the CMIO as the liaison between clinicians and information systems (IS) and will take a supporting role in developing requirements for and implementing clinical technologies. The Associate CMIO leads and/or facilitates multi-disciplinary committees to ensure that a diverse group of clinicians has appropriate levels of participation in clinical IT implementations and in the governance of technology decisions. The Associate CMIO participates on appropriate medical staff committees to ensure that physicians and medical staff committees have an appropriate level of input on the requirements for and knowledge of clinical IT implementations. The Associate CMIO will work in partnership and collaboration with System entities such as Quality & Safety, Research, Medical Staff leadership, Medical Center leadership, Physician Network leadership and other system leaders. The Associate CMIO will serve as an integral member of the IT Steering committee.

Qualifications

1. Licensed physician with medical experience. MD or DO.
Board certification in clinical informatics preferred.
In lieu of graduate training in informatics, a minimum of two years of work experience with medical information systems will be required (i.e. physician champion, IT medical director, etc.).

2. Experience with health care information systems.

3. Project management experience and/or an understanding of project management principles is highly desirable.

4. Experience in strategic technology planning, execution, and policy development.

5. Understanding of business/clinical process redesign

About Us:

Cook Children's Health Care System

Cook Children's Health Care System offers a unique approach to caring for children because we are one of the country's leading integrated pediatric health care delivery organizations. Patients benefit from the integrated system because it allows Cook Children's to use all of its resources to treat a patient and allows for easy communication between the various companies by physicians with a focus on caring for children and adolescents.

Cook Children's is an equal opportunity employer. As such, Cook Children's offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class in accordance with applicable federal laws. These opportunities include terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including but not limited to hiring, job placement, training, compensation, discipline, advancement and termination.