Summary
The Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO) will provide leadership in planning, designing, integrating, implementing, modifying, and evaluating the effectiveness of health care informatics and electronic health record management (EHRM) at the St. Cloud VA Health Care System (HCS). The incumbent will collaborate closely with provider(s), health care professionals, VA and non-VA health care professionals and organizations…
…DUTIES:
- Provide ongoing professional assessment, coordination, planning, and advocacy on behalf of the Veteran to ensure necessary clinical services are received in a timely and cost-effective manner.
- Demonstrates knowledge of health informatics, i.e., design, configuration and management of health information and clinical support systems, health data collection, reporting, and communications.
- Oversees informatic practices, establishing effective clinical and administrative systems, designing useful decision support systems, managing and delivering educational experiences, enhancing lifelong learning, and supporting healthcare research.
- Focuses on application of informatics and information technology to deliver healthcare services, and develops business requirements, workflows, and processes specifically in support of health information systems.
- Responsibility and accountability for integrated program crossing services and/or discipline lines
- Acquires and provides guidance on VHA guidelines, utilization review criteria, current evidence-based standards of care
- Responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level.
- Actively leads groups and takes the lead in practice changes, is active in the facility nursing community and beyond, sought out for expertise, and actively volunteers and participates on committees.
- Leads and organizes delivery of care to assure continuity of care and peer accountability for practice, including access to care and discharge planning
- Guides, develops, and supports staff from a leadership perspective.
- Uses professional standards of care, scientific evidence, and practice to evaluate programs and/or service activities.
- Provides direct patient care at least 10-25% of their time.
- Uses advanced clinical knowledge/judgment to promote staff involvement in planning, decision making, and evaluating outcomes.
- Functions as an expert in clinical practice and/or in areas related to the assigned roles and responsibilities…
