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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Associate Chief Health Informatics Officer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Reference #: 1009518 SHIFT:Day (United States of America)
Description Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Department of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seek candidates for an Associate Professor position in the non-tenure academic clinician track. Expertise is required in the specific area of clinical informatics, with special weight given to applicants with advanced training (e.g. fellowship, master's degree, PhD, or other advanced certification) in this field. Consideration will also be given to applicants with advanced training in any related disciplines, such as human computer interaction, computer science, implementation science, user-centered design, biostatistics and epidemiology, or population health.
Requirements Applicants must have an M.D. or equivalent degree. Board certification or eligibility in Clinical Informatics (ABPM) or an equivalent certification of competency in the field (AMIA AHIC certification) is required. Applicants with exceptional qualifications but who are not eligible for the ABPM board certification or AHIC will be considered. Certifications in relevant EHR technologies are strongly preferred, with preference given to applicants with active and relevant certifications in the Epic EHR.
Responsibilities Teaching responsibilities may include the teaching of medical students, residents, and fellows, as well as formal lecture opportunities on the topic of clinical informatics and related topics. Clinical responsibilities may include outpatient clinical practice in a pediatric setting, preferably in a pediatric subspecialty.
The ACHIO for Ambulatory EHR will have 60-70% protected time for clinical informatics activities and 30-40% time for direct clinical care. The applicant must possess or be eligible to apply for an unrestricted medical license in the state of Pennsylvania and/or New Jersey, depending on site of practice. The ACHIO for Ambulatory EHR is a key leader on the Health Informatics team (comprising Clinical Informatics and Digital Health) and reports to the Chief Health Informatics Officer, and a peer leader alongside the ACHIO for Inpatient EHR and the ACHIO for Perioperative/Lab/Surgery/Anesthesia/Radiology. The ACHIO oversees the ambulatory EHR champions in both primary care and specialty care, including a Clinical Director of EHR Platform and Medical Director of Primary Care EHR. Additionally, the ACHIO is the accountable leader overseeing the EHR SuperUser, Clinical Builders, and EHR Optimization programs. The ACHIO is a visible and influential leader who will collaborate with leaders across the health system, including ambulatory practice, patient experience, provider wellbeing, digital and technology services, EHR analysts and trainers, practice finance, and more. The ACHIO is a trusted collaborator and partner to our clinical and technology stakeholders, always honoring the CHOP "ICARE" values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. The ACHIO is responsible to align the structure, design, and strategy for the ambulatory EHR with the enterprise goals of Efficient and Effective Care, Growth, Experience, Financial Stewardship, and Research & Innovation. The ACHIO is also a key leader for the DTS and Informatics governance structures and is a voting member of the Clinical Technology Project Subcommittee, which evaluates, sequences, prioritizes, and recommends information technology projects on behalf of the enterprise.
About Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is a globally recognized leader in pediatric healthcare, known for its outstanding clinical services, breakthrough research and training programs, and commitment to the comprehensive care of children. CHOP is consistently recognized as one of the top-ranked institutions in the country, and the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine has een ranked as the No. 1 department of pediatrics in the country by U.S. News for 10 consecutive years. CHOP has been ranked as the top ranked employer on the Forbes 2022 list of "America's Best Large Employers" as well as one of the top ranked employers on the Forbes 2022 list of "American's Best Employers for Diversity" and Modern Healthcare's 2023 Top Diversity Leaders. CHOP is an NCQA-accredited Accountable Care Organization. The CHOP Network comprises two hospitals (Philadelphia Campus with 546 beds, and King of Prussia with 98 beds) as well as a soon-to-open inpatient pediatric mental health facility (Cedar Avenue Campus). The CHOP Care Network spans 30 primary care locations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and 15 Specialty Care and Ambulatory Surgery Centers that collectively see over 1.3 million ambulatory and day surgery visits per year.
About Digital and Technology Services and Clinical Informatics at CHOP CHOP has a 40-year track record of using health information technology to support clinical practice, quality improvement, and research, starting with the adoption of an electronic laboratory information system (LIS) in 1983, adoption of Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) in the 1990s, and implementation of our current EHR platform (Epic Systems, Verona WI) in 2000. Today, the Epic longitudinal electronic health record at CHOP contains 23 years of primary care data, 16 years of ambulatory specialty care data, and 12 years of inpatient data. Across the CHOP network, the EHR sees 8K concurrent users per day with 99.999% continuous availability. The MyCHOP patient portal has over 590K active accounts with nearly 80% of CHOP patients enrolled. CHOP Digital and Technology Services (DTS) comprises over 700 employees, who support hundreds of clinical applications, biomedical devices, communications devices, and medical interfaces.
CHOP has received numerous accolades for its use of healthcare technology, including: CHIME Healthcare's Most Wired awardee - 2015-2023 CIO 100: Recognizing IT Innovation & Business Value - 2019 Computerworld 100 Best Places to Work in IT - 2013-2021 Recognized by Epic as a top performer for use of MyChart for patient engagement - 2019 Parents Magazine top 15 Children's Hospital for Innovation & Technology - 2018 Hospital Association of Pennsylvania HIMSS Stage 7 Ambulatory EHR Adoption (highest tier of recognition)
CHOP has made significant investments in Clinical Informatics across both operational and research domains. The program supports over 40 physicians (11 FTE equivalent), advanced practice providers, and nurses in a variety of clinical areas spanning inpatient, ambulatory, emergency, surgical, anesthesia, critical care, lab medicine, anatomic pathology, and radiology. CHOP has one of the nation's first ACGME-accredited fellowship programs with over 30 board-certified clinical informaticists serving as faculty. These clinicians are engaged in a wide variety of quality improvement projects to improve healthcare value and clinician satisfaction. CHOP informaticists conduct groundbreaking research, lead our EHR program governance, and participate in projects to improve pediatric health, including innovative work to support pediatric immunizations, developmental screening, and behavioral health care.
Current high priority initiatives for CHOP DTS include: Digital Transformation - the systematic redesign of clinical, operational, and patient experience initiatives through the thoughtful application of technology Brilliant at the Basics - an intensely customer-centric effort to reduce technology friction and burden by improving end-user devices, platforms, features, and support systems. Epic Refuel - as an ea