Medical Director, Clinical Informatics, Medical Specialties

About This Role

This leadership role focuses on clinical informatics within a medical subspecialty, aiming to enhance patient health at Sutter Health through the adoption and optimization of digital technologies. The director collaborates with senior leadership and various departments to support enterprise strategic objectives using digital tools, and partners with clinical representatives to refine content, physician workflows, usability, adoption, and training for digital systems, including the electronic health record (EHR). The position requires ongoing clinical practice within the specified medical specialty at Sutter Health.

Responsibilities

• Provide Clinical Informatics leadership with a focus on a medical subspecialty
• Maximize the health of patients through the adoption, use, and optimization of digital technologies
• Collaborate and partner with senior leadership, other departments, clinical service lines, and clinicians across the system
• Support enterprise strategic objectives using digital technologies
• Partner with appropriate clinical representatives to optimize clinical content and physician workflows, usability, adoption, and training for digital systems including the electronic health record (EHR)

Requirements

• Doctorate: MD or DO
• MD-Doctor of Medicine Upon Hire OR DO-Doctor of Osteopathy of California
• Board Certification in a Medical Subspecialty
• EPIC Certification within 180 Days of hire
• 8 years recent relevant experience
• Clinical practice experience and a strong background in health information technology
• Leadership and management experience within a complex multi-site matric managed healthcare environment
• Understanding of and proven experience in utilizing EHR technology to positively transform clinical practice by improving the quality of patient care, reducing costs and driving user satisfaction across the care continuum
• Working knowledge of the clinical care information systems implementation process, integration of workflows, use and support methodologies, regulatory requirements, strategic and tactical planning, project leadership/management and group dynamics
• Strong working knowledge of the Epic healthcare software
• Solid expertise in organizational change management concepts and strategies, including proactively using that body of knowledge to constructively transform the clinician and patient experience across the continuum of care
• Demonstrated knowledge regarding potential impact of Stark, privacy and security laws and regulations on implementation and ongoing use of health IT systems
• Understanding of and experience with process improvement philosophies and methodologies
• Solid expertise in selection, development and implementation of a broad range of clinical care information systems as well as process redesign and significant quality improvements