Looking for an experienced EMR Application Director in Tucson, Arizona.

About the Position:

• The Director of Applications will oversee all applications within the Tucson Medical Center.
• This position is one of two Directors that reports to the CIO.
• There is potential for this position to assume the role of CIO within 3-5 years. 

Qualifications / Requirements:  

• Project Management experience.
• Thorough understanding of all key functions within an Applications environment.
• Extensive knowledge of hospital business operations and clinical workflows.
• Working knowledge of technology concepts - OS, DB, AI, Web, Client-server, etc.
• Process Engineering or PI trained.
• Ability to effectively lead application teams via managers.
• Strong planning skills.
• Advanced presentation skills.

• Educator and learner. 

   

  Area of Scope –

   

  4 Managers, with 55 employees:

  IS Revenue Cycle Apps - 10

   

  IS Clinical Applications - 17

   

  IS Resource Mgmt Apps - 18

   

  Physician EMR Support  - 10

   

   Description of what we are looking for in this Director role – Looking for:

  Strong knowledge in all key functions within Applications environment – Planning, Selecting, Design, Build, Testing, Training, Support & Maintenance, SDLC, etc.

   

  Lead application teams (via Managers) – provide direction and guidance; ability to distinguish how leading managers differs from leading line staff

   

  Continuous process improvement-oriented - “Raise-the-bar” mentality and ability; driven to evaluate how we currently do things, set improvement efforts in motion as needed; continuously drives towards best and better practice;

   

  Relationship-oriented; highly values relationships (IS and Customer)

   

  Ability to effect change through IS teams; ability to set and sell direction, achieve staff motivation, achieve expected deliverables

   

  Methodology-oriented; realizes that lack of defined and well-established methods is usually cause of poor outcomes.  How to drive adoption in IS and beyond?

   

  Strong planning skills – strategy, tactical, project, structure

   

  Facilitation and presentation skills – some formal training desired; ability to effectively organize and run small-medium sized meeting

   

  Learner and teacher – oriented to monitor developments in healthcare and technology; effectively applies learnings; ability to coach/teach (implies person has requisite knowledge)

   

  Outcome driven – sets and meets goals as SOP

   

  Strong hospital operations knowledge – business and clinical workflows

   

  Working knowledge of technology concepts – OS, DB, AI, Web, Client-server, etc.

   

  Experienced Project Manager

   

  Process Engineering or PI trained (Six Sigma, etc); effectively applies key concepts in everyday efforts; data driven 

   

  Current areas of focus and opportunity:

   

  Achieve objectives pertaining to - Meaningful Use, ICD10 – hospital and ambulatory

   

  Physician EMR Adoption

   

  EMR Optimization (broad) – take the EMR to next level, maximize return, exploit functionality to drive organizational performance

   

  Epic Ambulatory EMR Rollout – 50-60 MDs over next 18 months

   

  Business Intelligence – develop internal program; cohesive and high-performance ability to support organizational analytical needs.

   

  Support developing ACO/MSO – HIE, Analytics, Care Mgmt technology

   

  Program Management Office – develop and implement internal program

   

  Help lead the IS department and TMC to the next level 

   

  Other desired qualities/comments:

   

  Vision strategy – develop and communicate the vision and strategy and establish trust

   

  Understands architecture and the value of data standards

   

  Understands the IT application development process and systems selection

   

  Has a history of business success

   

  Builds strategic relationships with vendors – non-adversarial and not a win-lose

   

  Bring awareness to IT from a business perspective

   

  Understands how change happens

   

  Understands a sense of urgency

   

  Understands change management

   

  Understands the IT side of the equation and anticipates and finds new technologies

   

  Educates business units

   

  Track record of networks in the industry so they stay connected

   

  Customer satisfaction

   

  Feedback oriented

   

  Continuously raise the bar mentality

   

  Understands governance – steering committee, task forces

   

  Understand key healthcare industry developments and issues(eg CPOE, EMR, etc)

   

  Has been through a change process

   

   

Please email resume to erica.elliott@greythorn.com