Current Career Opportunities

Baylor Hospital and Clinic (BHC), Houston, TX

Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is currently in the process of building a leading-edge, best-in-class hospital. Located in Houston, TX and initially founded in 1900 as the University of Dallas Medical Department, they formed an affiliation with Baylor University in Waco, Texas in 1903. By 1918 it was the only private medical school in Texas. In 1943 BCM was invited to join the newly-founded Texas Medical Center in Houston. In 1969, by mutual agreement, they severed their relationship with Baylor University in order to become eligible for state funding and grants as well as federal research funding.

Today BCM is the only private medical college in the greater southwest U.S. and the only academic environment located within the Texas Medical Center, a 1,000-acre complex that is home to 46 member institutions and is the largest medical center in the world. BCM is ranked 2nd in the nation in federal funding for research and development in the biological sciences at universities and colleges and ranked 10th overall in the 2008 U.S. News and World Report top medical schools for research and 11th for primary care.

Position Description and Primary Responsibilities:

We are looking for an experienced, highly-motivated physician who is passionate and knowledgeable around technology. This is a phenomenal opportunity to help build a best-in-class, state-of-the-art CIS environment from the ground-up for the BHC, scheduled to open in 2011.

• Provides physician leadership involving technology evaluations, selections, and implementations.
• Actively participates in IT steering, advisory, and implementation committee meetings.
• Collaborates with IT areas to promote technology solutions and develop communication plans for the organization.
• Engages physicians to contribute to the development and use of the clinical information system.
• Reviews medical informatics trends, experiences, and approaches, develops technical and application implementation strategies and assists in the development of strategic plans for clinical information systems.
• Works in concert with Information Technology to design and implement systems supporting patient care in a teaching and research environment.
• Leads design of workflows that integrate with technology and drives consistency and standardization.
• Leads development of clinical rules supporting patient care as well as design of clinical system features and use of the system to leverage the clinician’s time and maximize communication with affiliates and referring physicians.
• Designs and evaluates collection of data for clinical, teaching and research purposes.
• Proactively identifies potential issues, provides options for resolution, and communicates with the physician community.
• Works effectively with software vendors and consultants during implementation and support activities.
• Manages change in collaboration with the Change Management area.
• Promotes excellent service.
• Researches and develops options for supporting technologies.
• Contributes to complete and thorough IT project documentation.
• Works in partnership with the VP of IT to advocate innovative technologies in support of safety, quality, and effective patient care.
• Provides patient care approximately 20% of the time.

Desired Background:

• Extensive medical practice background.
• Practicing MD able to obtain, or currently in possession of, a license to practice medicine in Texas.
• Experience in an academic medicine setting preferred.
• Prior experience as a CMIO or a heavy focus on IT while practicing medicine.
• Thorough knowledge of how to build and maintain a successful clinical information system (CIS) from vendor selection to rollout to implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Strong communication skills; candidates will need the ability to obtain buy-in from fellow physicians and other affected staff on IT initiatives.

Reporting Relationship:

The Medical director Clinical Information Systems/CMIO has as dual reporting relationship. From a technology leadership perspective, he/she will report to the CIO. On the clinical practice side, he/she will report to the V.P. of Medical Affairs.

Qualified candidates should respond to:

Ryan Briggs, Senior Healthcare Recruiter
GRN Madison
rbriggs@grnmadison.com
(608) 662-7770
(608) 662-7771 (fax)

T-System, Dallas, TX

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, T-System is the leading provider of clinical documentation solutions for emergency medicine. Today, more than 2,000 civilian and military emergency departments in the United States, Puerto Rico, Australia and around the world partner with T-System for their clinical information needs. We are looking for a Physician Requirements Director to join our growing team.

Functions:

• Leads the requirements’ specification and conceptual design work for all physician-related aspects of T-System’s “solutions” (products plus services), including medical content (medical content work being done in close conjunction with the Clinical Resources and Content Development department). Infuses his or her thought leadership as well as medical informatics expertise into all of our solutions.
• Serves as Product Management’s physician liaison to all internal and external stakeholders.

Duties:

• Requirements analyst for clinical analytics functionality, eliciting, analyzing, and specifying physician-related requirements – both functional and clinical content.
• Represent the “Voice of the physician” as well as the “Viewpoint of the CMIO” in conceptual design work.
• Insure that all T-System requirements and design work is consistent with relevant current and emerging healthcare IT standards.
• Provide market insight regarding the CMIO’s viewpoint, on all relevant market analysis work.
• Insure T-System compliance with regulatory guidelines and support for “evidence based medicine” initiatives.

Qualifications:

• MD or DO degree, with a masters degree in medical informatics, information systems, healthcare administration, business administration, or equivalent.
• Experience as a CMIO, who has dealt with the medical staff’s adoption and use of healthcare software.
• Medical practice experience that provides a basis to understand both episodic and longitudinal care workflows.
• Broad knowledge of relevant regulatory guidelines as well as “evidence based medicine” approaches.
• Content development/knowledge engineering know-how.
• Requirements specification and conceptual design know-how.
• Able to communicate effectively, both in writing and orally.
• Organizational consensus builder, who works well on teams and without a need for close supervision

Benefits Available at No Cost:

• Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 8 Paid Holidays
• Casual Dress/Work Environment
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 401K
• Direct Deposit
• Sporting Event Tickets

Other Available Benefits:

• Short Term Disability
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Additional Life and AD&D
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• AFLAC
• Pre-Paid Legal Services

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T-System, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

• Create specific volumes of timely, high-quality written research documents (e.g. Short Research Notes, Case Studies, Strategic Analysis Reports, Findings etc.) in fulfillment of our commitment to clients.
• Answer phone and email inquiries from clients and sales on covered topic areas.
• Create materials for and delivers face to face, teleconferenced and taped presentations to clients.
• Visit client/prospects with sales for identification of opportunities.
• Provide individualized consulting to clients which involves meetings or presentations of Gartner research on providing advice on specific business issues to a healthcare or vendor client.
• Provide sales support by speaking to prospective and existing clients via phone or face to face calls with sales associates and by delivering speeches at prospective client sites as needed and approved by management.
• BS/BA degree is required,. Masters degree in relevant field preferred. MDs with a medical informatics background also welcome.
• Candidate must have a minimum of ten years 'experience in successively more senior positions in healthcare information technology management/healthcare informatics and related fields. Candidate's total experience may include relevant assignments with healthcare delivery organization(s), vendors, research/consulting firm(s) and other relevant areas of the industry.
• Candidate must have a strong technical background and the ability to grasp and articulate issues of both technologies and their management.
• Candidate must have excellent analytic skills and have demonstrated the ability in his/her career to develop expert-level command of a variety of technology and/or applications domains.
• Candidate must demonstrate outstanding oral (both one-on-one and presentation) and written communications skills.
• Candidate must have the demonstrated ability to relate to the issues and perspectives of the healthcare CIO.
• Candidate must be highly self-motivated and customer-service focused.
• Candidate must be able to work very independently, as well as work collaboratively within a team of very experienced colleagues with strong opinions. Candidate must be client-service driven, as well as production and deadline-conscientious
• Candidate must have demonstrated ability to be perceptive of industry trends and be flexible in adapting to clients' changing research needs.
• Candidate must desire to be at the forefront and a visible voice on key topics, emerging trends or controversial issues.
• Interest in the healthcare IT environment globally and in both domestic (US) and international travel (typically not more than 10%-20% of time) is a plus.

Interested parties may apply online at: www.gartner.com/it/about/careers/index.html

Alameda County Medical Center

Alameda County Medical Center (ACMC) provides comprehensive, high-quality medical treatment, prevention and maintenance through an integrated system of hospitals (Highland, Fairmont and John George Psychiatric Pavilion), clinics and health services that serve the needs of the community.

We are seeking an accomplished IT professional to facilitate the efficient use of computers and information technology to improve medical care, as well as patient and healthcare provider/staff satisfaction throughout the Medical Center.

Reporting to the Chief Information Officer, you will help define and continually refine our clinical informatics vision. Recommend strategies to achieve our goals for the electronic patient health record, and optimize the value of clinical knowledge to the strategic benefit of the enterprise.

You will chair the Clinical Informatics Committee, serve on the Information Systems Steering committee, develop work teams and support staff structure, and participate in IS Projects that impact clinical practice and patient care. Apply Information Technology to Medical Education to assist the Residency Programs and clinicians, confidentiality of medical information, and champion change by demonstrating system benefits and identifying applications that help physicians assimilate new technologies.

The ideal candidate will be a board-certified Physician with extensive training in Medical Informatics Systems; professional memberships in ACP, AMA, AMIA; and proficiency in SNOMED, UMLS, MeSH, SQL, DB2, EMR.CPR, EDI, DXplain, QMR, Iliad, PACS, and the World Wide Web. Knowledge of Telemedicine applications and Network Security issues are essential.

Fulfill your career goals while enjoying a stimulating work environment. We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits package. To apply, please apply online at www.acmedctr.org. EOE.

University of Utah Health Sciences
posted 5/13/2008

Position: CHIEF MEDICAL INFORMATICS OFFICER

Position Summary:

The University of Utah Health Sciences is seeking a Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO) to support the continued growth and development of University Hospitals and Clinics Informatics Department. The CMIO will be directly responsible for the development, deployment, and operation of clinical information services and work closely with the Chief Informatics Officer (CIO). Additional major responsibilities include leadership in strategic mission; collaboration with School of Medicine leaders, committees, and clinicians; development and leadership of clinical advisory group(s); collaboration with the Department of Biomedical Informatics; training and education of end users; facilitation and tracking of user feedback to improve operations; and provision of advice and guidance to the Hospital Executives.

Requirements:

• M.D. or D.O.
• Licensed physician
• Faculty appointment in the School of Medicine in the department specified by board certification
• Significant clinical and leadership experience
• Training or degree related to Information Systems/Technology and/or Biomedical Informatics preferred
  

Reporting:

• The CMIO reports to the Chief Medical Officer and collaborates closely with the CIO and Chief Operating Officer
• The CMIO will also report to the appropriate department chair or division chief for their School of Medicine appointment, clinical responsibilities, and promotion and retention.
• Funding for the position will derive from both the Hospital and the School of Medicine

The University of Utah offers the superb combination of a world-class university and health sciences center located in a beautiful and majestic environment with easy access to downtown Salt Lake City and airport, and the Wasatch Mountains for hiking, biking, fantastic skiing, and other outdoor activities. Utah is also home to five national parks and multiple national monuments and recreation areas. We are the only academic health care system in the intermountain west and serve five contiguous states.

The University of Utah is an EO/AA employer, encourages applications from women and minorities, and provides reasonable accommodation to the known disabilities of applicants and employees.

Qualified candidates should respond to:

Heather Molyneaux
Human Resources Recruiter
University of Utah
420 Wakara Way, Suite 105
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
801-581-2131 office
801-581-5571 fax
801-581-2169 HR hotline
heather.molyneaux@utah.edu

University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis, MN

Witt/Kieffer has been retained to identify and evaluate candidates for the position of Health Information Architect (HIA), a newly created position within the Academic Health Center at the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis, MN.

The HIA will provide vision and strategy development in the area of health information and informatics, and will serve as a policy advisor to the Senior Vice President of Health Sciences for the Academic Health Center (AHC). The vision for health informatics at the University of Minnesota is broad, cutting across all areas of the AHC, including its six schools and colleges of medicine, public health, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, and allied health, and multiple interdisciplinary research centers, and integrating into the University-wide Biosciences Informatics Program. Specifically, the AHC desires to align academic information/informatics strategies and systems across the health sciences in support of outstanding research, education and clinical practice, while integrating into the University Biosciences Informatics Program in both its graduate programs and its informatics infrastructure and support services. This position is expected to serve as a thought leader and change agent of the caliber sufficient to facilitate the Academic Health Center’s journey to achieving its goals of alignment and integration.

To achieve these alignment objectives, the HIA will serve the AHC as a key policy advisor and will work collaboratively with the senior leadership team as a member of the Executive Council. The HIA will also work with the academic and administrative leadership of the AHC schools, University administration, and with the AHC’s network of community partners that support education, research and patient care. The HIA will assume a leadership role in leveraging information technology as a vehicle for transforming how the University of Minnesota educates health professionals, conducts health related research, and provides clinical service to individuals and communities in Minnesota.

An advanced degree and credentials in informatics, health informatics or related field is required. Doctoral level preparation is preferred as opportunities for faculty appointment and membership in the Institute for Health Informatics and the University’s Biosciences Informatics Program exist. However, successful experience as a change agent in a complex research, educational or clinical environment is equally as important as specific academic credentials.

We would appreciate receiving recommendations or nominations of qualified candidates, which will be handled with the utmost of professional courtesy and confidentiality. Please submit all information electronically to UMNHIA@wittkieffer.com For information that cannot be submitted electronically, the following address can be used:

Health Information Architect
Witt/Kieffer, Ford, Hadelman & Lloyd
2015 Spring Road, Suite 510
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
(630) 990-1370

Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little RocK, AK

Arkansas Children’s Hospital located in Little Rock, Arkansas is one of the ten largest pediatric hospitals in the nation and is the only children’s hospital in the state. ACH is a major teaching affiliate of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. ACH has 316 inpatient beds including approximately 140 ICU beds (PICU, NICU, CVICU, Burn) 11 bed Intermediate Care Unit, 8 bed chronic ventilator unit, and an inpatient rehabilitation unit, and the full range of med-surg. nursing units. It offers over 80 different subspecialty clinics, on sight primary care clinics and a pediatric ED with over 40,000 visits per year. Angel One transports over 2000 patients annually from across the region. Medical students, residents and fellows and other health care professionals train at ACH.

ACH has Meditech as its information system. The hospital and medical staff leadership plans to develop and implement all of the elements of an electronic medical record as quickly and effectively as possible. We have determined that the role of Chief Medical Information Officer is critical as we go forward.

Contact with questions, interest or for a complete job description:
Jerril Green, MD
Associate Medical Director
Arkansas Children's Hospital
800 Marshall Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72202
Phone: (501)364-1846
greenjerrilw@uams.edu

Job Description

The Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) is the physician advocate for excellence in clinical information technology at Arkansas Children's Hospital. The CMIO provides overall leadership in the ongoing development, implementation, advancement, and optimization of all electronic information systems that impact clinical care.

The CMIO

• reports to the ACH Medical Director as a member of the medical administration team.
• is a practicing physician and member of the ACH medical staff with a 60% to 80% commitment to the CMIO duties funded by Arkansas Children’s Hospital and 20% to 40% commitment to clinical and academic duties through UAMS.
• has a working knowledge of IT applications in all clinical areas including ICUs, specialty and general med-surg, ED, clinics, OR and Anesthesia, and specialty diagnostic and therapeutic areas.

The CMIO promotes the use of information technology to:

• Improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of patient care
• Assess and demonstrate compliance with regulatory guidelines
• Assess and demonstrate success in implementation of quality and safety goals
• Improve the satisfaction of healthcare providers and of families and patients
• Facilitate performance and quality improvement activities
• Facilitate education of trainees in all roles and continuing education of current staff
• Facilitate clinical research

Qualifications

Education:
Doctor of Medicine
Training in informatics is desirable

Experience:
Medical or surgical practice at a children’s hospital
Participation in the implementation of clinical health information system applications is desirable.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
Licensed to practice medicine in the state of Arkansas

Special Skills:
Must have a working knowledge health information systems in general
Must develop a working knowledge specific to Meditech and its applications at ACH.

Salary will be based upon qualifications and experience and in conjunction with the appropriate UAMS clinical department.

Hackensack University Medical Center
posted 3/1/2008
Hackensack University Medical Center a 781-bed tertiary-care, teaching and research hospital and the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in the state of New Jersey is recruiting for the following positions:

Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO)
Physician informaticist to provide clinical IT leadership as we continue our journey to the Electronic Medical Record. The CMIO will: facilitate the adoption of information technology within the medical community; collaborate in the selection and implementation of clinical technology; provide clinician training and operational support; advance data management and analytics; and play a major role in our multi-disciplinary leadership team. This position has a dual report to the CIO and the CMO. It requires a MD degree and board certification. An advanced degree in business and/or medical informatics is preferred along with several years experience implementing large scale clinical information systems.

Systems Analysts (Clinical)
Several years clinical informatics experience implementing IT systems in a major medical center environment. Screen building, report generation and general IT skills required along with a bachelor's degree or equivalent. Clinical background, e.g., RN, RPh, MD preferred.

We offer an outstanding salary and comprehensive benefits package. Please respond in confidence to:
Lex Ferrauiola
Vice President, Information Technology
Chief Information Officer
Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue
Hackensack, NJ 07601

Visit our website: www.humed.com and click 'Careers' for other opportunities or to apply online.

Cedars – Sinai Medical Center

Cedars – Sinai Medical Center, seeks an individual for a newly created position who can lead the transformation of the clinical information systems.

The Medical Center

Cedars-Sinai, founded in 1902, has been solely focused on providing the finest healthcare available among California hospitals and is the largest non-profit hospital in the Western US. More than 1,800 physicians in virtually all medical specialties are affiliated with Cedars-Sinai. They join more than 8,000 employees, 2,000 volunteers and 15,000 fundraising support group members to form a unique partnership in delivering world-class medicine. In addition, they teach over 245 residents and fellows in nearly 60 graduate medical education programs at Cedars-Sinai.

Today, Cedars Sinai is committed to providing superior outpatient, acute and sub – acute patient care, breakthrough biomedical research, graduate and undergraduate medical education and community service. Recognized worldwide for delivering innovative, leading-edge patient care, Cedars-Sinai offers a dynamic environment for practicing medicine and pursuing biomedical research projects, combined with the service focus of independent private hospitals.

CSMC’s profile for 2007 shows a robust and growing Academic Medical Center:

• 275,411 patient days
• 340,000 outpatient visits
• 55,486 inpatient visits
• 76,661 emergency department visits
• 16,796 psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences patient days
• $29.1M NIH research funding
• 600 research projects
• 952 licensed acute and intensive care beds
• $267M in community benefit contributions

Description of the Ideal Candidate for the CMIO Position

• You are a physician engaged in active practice, and have unquestioned credibility with your peers.
• You are experienced with the implementation of EHR and clinical information systems in a large hospital environment. Epic experience strongly preferred.
• You provide physician leadership to support the ongoing development and implementation of electronic health information systems related to the delivery of patient care
• You have a passion for patient safety, evidence based medicine and outcomes quality
• Working closely with the CMO and VP of Quality, you will leverage the clinical information systems for use in outcomes measurement, patient safety and quality initiatives
• Experience with academic informatics research and the integration of disparate clinical and non – clinical data
• Understanding the clinical, technical and other requirements of many stakeholders across a complex organization
• Understanding that the system must provide valuable and relevant feedback to physicians to assist in providing care for their patients.
• Your experience includes developing clinical pathways to improve patient care, evaluate outcomes, and improve efficiency.
• Understanding that these goals can only to be met, however, if the physician community is involved in the creation of these pathways.

Reporting

The CMIO reports directly to the Vice President for Enterprise Information Systems / CIO with whom there is an essential strategic partnership. In addition, the CMIO will interface with clinical division chiefs, and participate on clinical leadership committees. The CMIO will have the interpersonal skills and experience to lead by influence, and facilitate an active role for the clinical community in this transformative process.

• Provide physician leadership to support the ongoing development and implementation of electronic health information systems
• Support the clinical information needs that enable the institution to achieve its strategic goals
• Lead Clinical I.T. Advisory Committees to ensure the needs and requirements of the clinical community are met
• Promote the use of information technology in the clinical setting to improve safety, quality, patient and family satisfaction, efficiency in delivery of care, and integration with biomedical equipment
• Encourage support of the integration of clinical and research databases and seek solutions to meet this critical need
• Communicate broadly with the Medical Staff, both institutional and community based, to ensure that informatics needs of inpatient, outpatient, and community clinicians are understood and communicated to the leadership.

Please respond to:

David Gorstein MD
James L. Dooley & Associates, Inc.
dgorstein@theheadhunter.com

American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) seeks a multi-faceted clinician with training and experience in medical informatics or clinical analytics. Reporting to the Senior Vice President for Strategy and Clinical Analytics (SVP), this is a unique opportunity to apply clinical and analytical knowledge, skills, and experience in an organization recognized nationally and internationally for setting the highest standards for clinical practice in internal medicine, and for its ongoing commitment to quality and professionalism.

This Medical Informaticist will provide clinical and clinical informatics support to the development, maintenance, and revision of ABIM’s certification and maintenance of certification programs, particularly its Practice Improvement Modules (PIMs) - web-based self-evaluation tools that enable physicians to apply quality measurements to practice and use results to guide actions to improve care, and development of a Web portal to support these activities. S/he will also provide clinical leadership to efforts to enhance ABIM’s IT infrastructure more generally. The Informaticist will help define user needs and translate those into business requirements, and will work with Clinical Analytics staff and with IT, both internally and externally, to incorporate them into IT solutions. As a key contact with the external IT community, s/he will play a leadership role in developing and executing ABIM’s strategy for assuring compatibility of ABIM technology products with emerging IT standards, data sources, and products, and for advancing connectivity of ABIM technology products with health care industry data suppliers and information customers. The role will also involve monitoring and reporting on key trends in health informatics and quality measurement, and assisting the SVP in communications with ABIM’s Board of Directors, Board of Trustees, and Committees.

The ideal candidate will be a Board Certified physician, with current or recent clinical experience, and training and experience in medical informatics or clinical analytics. Serious consideration will also be given to non-physicians whose training and experience demonstrate a deep understanding of clinical practice and the delivery of healthcare today. The successful candidate will bring excellent knowledge of the healthcare IT environment, including standards and standard setting organizations, EMR/EHR firms and practices, and an interest in engaging with other extant and emerging data and information management organizations; outstanding communication skills to work effectively with internal and external constituents; and the ability to translate clinical knowledge into requirements that can be communicated to non-clinicians. There will be both the opportunity and a desire for a physician to have an academic appointment at a Philadelphia-area medical school, and support for ongoing clinical and/or teaching time.

Please direct all applications, nominations, and inquiries to: Sarah Herman, Managing Associate, Isaacson, Miller, 334 Boylston Street, Boston, MA; fax: 617-262-6500; e-mail: 3435@imsearch.com. Electronic submission of credentials strongly encouraged.

The American Board of Internal Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.