Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer
“Chief information officer (CIO) is an executive job title given to the person in charge of information technology (IT) strategy and the computer systems required to support an enterprise's objectives and goals” (Six Qualities of a World-Class). CIOs in healthcare must be passionate about transforming healthcare, and it inspires those around them with the ability to lead and mentor others. “As healthcare CIOs help to translate the value of technology in specific, tangible ways, it should become a natural transition to engage others in the company’s vision and strategy” (10 Qualities of Stellar CEOs). Healthcare CIOs are responsible to communicate the key issues impacting healthcare, the …show more content…
In that scenario a company should consider it’s primary goal. A new and well-backed start-up might be more interested in developing a technology strategy more so than improving efficiency while a growing mid-size company with a sound technological strategy already in place might be more focused on increasing efficiency to maximize its return. That said once a company begins to mature (a couple hundred employees) both roles are necessary and more so if that company is attempting to leverage technology such as EHRs as a part of its core business (in which case the CTO might also be more important up front). The fact is, for a small company, either position likely has enough insight to fulfill both roles in the short term but should be complemented with a strong manager in the opposing role.
The key difference to remember is that a CIO (operations oriented) is internally facing, focused on information systems (communication workflow), with a target to increase efficiency thereby improving the bottom-line while a CTO (technology strategy oriented) is customer facing, focused on a technology strategy, with a target to improve the end product. Developing …show more content…
According to healthit.gov, the following training strategies and lessons from the field to ensure your organization is ready for EHR implementation, such as super user training, role-based training, and process based training. Super user training; is an effective training strategy of creating a group of "super users." Super users are staff members trained to move through the electronic health record (EHR) system quickly and can share helpful hints, tips, and techniques with other staff. They should be a resource within the company. The group of EHR super users can provide internal training to office staff and clinicians. Super user training is a crucial component of an EHR training plan, because super users combine specialized EHR training with training on how the EHR will be used in your organization for your specific workflow, schedules and patient population. Role-based training; is also an effective training strategy, by refitting training sessions to the roles and responsibilities of specific staff. Focusing on how each staff group (e.g., clinical providers, office staff, IT support staff, etc.) will be using the EHR system and design training sessions that will best suit their specific needs. Process-based training; the introduction an EHR system into a facility
“Chief information officer (CIO) is an executive job title given to the person in charge of information technology (IT) strategy and the computer systems required to support an enterprise's objectives and goals” (Six Qualities of a World-Class). CIOs in healthcare must be passionate about transforming healthcare, and it inspires those around them with the ability to lead and mentor others. “As healthcare CIOs help to translate the value of technology in specific, tangible ways, it should become a natural transition to engage others in the company’s vision and strategy” (10 Qualities of Stellar CEOs). Healthcare CIOs are responsible to communicate the key issues impacting healthcare, the …show more content…
In that scenario a company should consider it’s primary goal. A new and well-backed start-up might be more interested in developing a technology strategy more so than improving efficiency while a growing mid-size company with a sound technological strategy already in place might be more focused on increasing efficiency to maximize its return. That said once a company begins to mature (a couple hundred employees) both roles are necessary and more so if that company is attempting to leverage technology such as EHRs as a part of its core business (in which case the CTO might also be more important up front). The fact is, for a small company, either position likely has enough insight to fulfill both roles in the short term but should be complemented with a strong manager in the opposing role.
The key difference to remember is that a CIO (operations oriented) is internally facing, focused on information systems (communication workflow), with a target to increase efficiency thereby improving the bottom-line while a CTO (technology strategy oriented) is customer facing, focused on a technology strategy, with a target to improve the end product. Developing …show more content…
According to healthit.gov, the following training strategies and lessons from the field to ensure your organization is ready for EHR implementation, such as super user training, role-based training, and process based training. Super user training; is an effective training strategy of creating a group of "super users." Super users are staff members trained to move through the electronic health record (EHR) system quickly and can share helpful hints, tips, and techniques with other staff. They should be a resource within the company. The group of EHR super users can provide internal training to office staff and clinicians. Super user training is a crucial component of an EHR training plan, because super users combine specialized EHR training with training on how the EHR will be used in your organization for your specific workflow, schedules and patient population. Role-based training; is also an effective training strategy, by refitting training sessions to the roles and responsibilities of specific staff. Focusing on how each staff group (e.g., clinical providers, office staff, IT support staff, etc.) will be using the EHR system and design training sessions that will best suit their specific needs. Process-based training; the introduction an EHR system into a facility