Responsibilities
- Serves as the system-wide physician executive leader for clinical informatics, accountable for the clinical effectiveness, safety, and usability of the EHR and related clinical systems.
- Partners closely with physician leadership, nursing, quality, safety, compliance, and operational leaders to support evidence-based care, standardization, and regulatory compliance across MHS.
- Provides strategic oversight for Epic design, governance, optimization, and change management, ensuring alignment with clinician workflows and organizational goals.
- Leads and participates in clinical governance structures, including prioritization of enhancements, policy decisions, and clinical standards affecting health IT.
- Acts as a primary physician voice and advocate in major clinical transformation initiatives, including new technology adoption, workflow redesign, and system optimization.
- Sponsors and guides initiatives related to clinical decision support, documentation efficiency, patient safety, and clinician experience.
- Plays a key leadership role in AI strategy and governance, ensuring safe, ethical, and clinically appropriate use of advanced technologies in care delivery.
- Collaborates with Associate CMIOs, Clinical Informaticists, and IS&T leaders to ensure consistent system-wide clinical informatics strategy and execution.
- Represents MHS in external partnerships with vendors, peer organizations, and industry groups as it relates to health informatics and digital health innovation.
Requirements
- Unrestricted license to practice medicine in Washington state
- 5+ years of clinical practice experience with 5+ years of informatics leadership experience
- Current Board Certification in American Board of Medical Specialties recognized board
- Current Board Certification in American Board of Preventive Medicine – Clinical Informatics
Nice to Have
- Epic experience
Additional Information
- FTE: 1.0
