Summary
The Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO) position establishes a formal informatics leadership presence at the facility level. This formal presence ensures that knowledge of informatics is infused throughout the Robley Rex VA Medical Center (RRVAMC), and that health information issues affecting the delivery of care are clearly articulated and raised appropriately for action.
Duties
The CHIO must demonstrate mastery of:
- Medical knowledge by being a physician independently licensed in a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia in any specialty relevant to Veteran care.
- The VA health care environment, including how business processes influence health care delivery and the flow of data among the major domains of the health care system.
- How information systems and processes enhance or compromise the decision making and actions of health care team members.
- Re-engineering health care processes…
The CHIO will:
- Play a key role in using the capability of the Veterans Administration (VA) clinical information systems to assist practitioners in doing the right things for the right patients at the right time.
- Coordinate the use of electronic health record (EHR) software packages for the provision of quality clinical care as well as the use of clinical decision support tools to streamline the process of patient care and provide accurate data in a timely manner. Rational therapeutics within the Medical Center are assisted by this process.
- Enable healthcare capabilities and the evolution of technology adjoined to the EHR to deliver quality care by developing, implementing, monitoring, maintaining, and optimizing informatics tools and access to them
- Coordinate information management support for clinical activities within the medical center by participating collaboratively with staff to design, implement, and evaluate the clinical information systems configuration, and the capabilities that will be used. These activities will include the scholarly endeavors of RRVAMC staff and affiliate trainees…
