Job SummaryThe Medical Director, Medical Informatics serves as the physician leader who connects clinical care with technology across University Medical Center of El Paso and affiliated facilities supported by UMC Information Technology. This role provides physician leadership for the planning, implementation, optimization, and ongoing improvement of the electronic health record (EHR) and other clinical systems; represents the physician and provider's perspective in technology-related decisions; and works closely with physicians, nursing, clinical operations, Information Technology, Quality, Patient Safety, Health Information Management, Compliance, Privacy, Revenue Cycle, and other key stakeholders. Helps translate clinical needs into practical technology solutions that support safe, efficient, and high-quality patient care while promoting provider adoption and the effective use of clinical technologies.
Minimum Job Requirements:Work Experience:Seven years of post-residency clinical practice experience with knowledge of healthcare workflows required. Experience with EHRs and clinical information systems, demonstrated physician leadership, and experience leading or participating in EHR optimization, clinical technology initiatives, workflow redesign, quality improvement, patient safety, and clinical governance activities.
License/Registration/Certification:Current, unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Texas required.
Current board certification in the physician's primary medical specialty through an appropriate, recognized certifying board required.
Current medical staff appointment and clinical privileges, or eligibility to obtain them required.
Board certification in Clinical Informatics through the American Board of Preventive Medicine or another applicable, recognized certifying board is preferred.
Education and Training:Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from an accredited medical school.
Skills:- Strong knowledge of physician workflows, clinical practice, hospital operations, and medical staff governance.
- Working knowledge of EHR systems, clinical decision support, health information exchange, interoperability, clinical analytics, and healthcare information technology.
- Ability to translate complex clinical requirements into language understandable to technical teams and technical capabilities or limitations into language understandable to clinicians.
- Strong physician-to-physician communication, facilitation, and influence skills.
- Ability to build consensus among physicians, nursing, IT, operations, and executive leadership.
- Understanding of healthcare regulatory requirements affecting clinical systems, including HIPAA, CMS requirements, quality reporting, patient safety, privacy, and information security.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, conflict-resolution, and change-management skills.
- Ability to evaluate technology from the perspective of clinical value, workflow, patient safety, usability, risk, cost, and organizational readiness.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a matrixed healthcare environment.
- Knowledge of project management, change management, workflow redesign, and process-improvement methodologies.
