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1. 3/20/2013
National Healthcare CMO/CMIO Summit:
The CMIO Evolving Role
Michael Bakerman, MD, FACC, FACPE, MMM
Chief Medical Informatics Officer
Disclosures
I have no disclosures
I have no conflicts of interest
Objectives:
1. Define Informatics
2. Discuss changing roles and responsibilities
3. Identify Pros and Cons of reporting relationships
4. de y educa o a esou ces
Identify educational resources
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CMIO Interactions
The CMIO role
– Developed from traditional medical staff roles (CMO)
– Initially part time, but now fulltime
– On the job training/learning now being supplanted by
educational and experience requirements
– Divide between clinically practicing physicians and fulltime
informatics remains problematic
– The rapid pace of Meaningful Use requirements and penalties
and quality reporting are driving industry focus
So what does all this
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mean?
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Background
Board Certified Cardiologist and practiced for 17 years
MMM Degree from Tulane University (ACPE) 1998
Variety of consulting projects
Perot Systems (now Dell) Clinical Transformation
Clinical Lead
AMIA 10 X 10 Course (Oregon Health and Sciences)
HL7 Instruction
Experience with
– Soarian
– Allscripts
– Cerner
– NextGen
– eClinical
– Meditech
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3. 3/20/2013
UMMHC HIT Strategic Initiatives: 2009-2015
Fundamental Goal: move from a predominantly paper environment to
one that is predominantly electronic
– Ambulatory EMR
– Inpatient EMR/CPOE
– EDIS/OB G /ORIS
EDIS/OB-Gyn/ORIS
– Inter- & Intra-Enterprise Identification
– Inter- & Intra-Enterprise Interoperability
– Connected Healthcare Community
Attested MU Stage 1 EP, EH- MAK/CPOE planned for 2013-4
Improve quality
Improve availability and flow of information
Increase efficiency and effectiveness of patient care
Exchange of clinical data
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Clinical Informatics Defined
Clinical informatics : collaborate with other
health care and information technology
professionals to promote patient care that is
f ffi i t ff ti ti l ti t t d
safe, efficient, effective, timely, patient-centered,
and equitable.
– transform health care by analyzing, designing, implementing, and
evaluating information and communication systems
– use their knowledge of patient care combined with their understanding of
informatics concepts, methods, and tools to
• assess information and knowledge needs of health care professionals
and patients;
• characterize evaluate and refine clinical processes;
characterize, evaluate,
• develop, implement, and refine clinical decision support systems; and
• lead or participate in the procurement, customization, development,
implementation, management, evaluation, and continuous
improvement of clinical information systems such as electronic health
records and order-entry systems
Defining the Medical Subspecialty of Clinical Informatics. Don E
Detmer, John R Lumpkin, Jeffrey J Williamson. JAMIA
2009;16:167-168
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4. 3/20/2013
Biomedical Informatics Defined
Biomedical informatics (BMI) is the interdisciplinary field
that studies and pursues the effective uses of biomedical
data, information, and knowledge for scientific inquiry,
problem solving, and d i i making, motivated b efforts
bl l i d decision ki ti t d by ff t
to improve human health
1. BMI develops, studies and applies theories, methods and processes for the
generation, storage, retrieval, use, and sharing of biomedical data, information, and
knowledge.
2. BMI builds on computing, communication and information sciences and technologies
and their application in biomedicine.
3. BMI investigates and supports reasoning, modeling, simulation, experimentation and
i ti t d t i d li i l ti i t ti d
translation across the spectrum from molecules to populations, dealing with a variety of
biological systems, bridging basic and clinical research and practice, and the
healthcare enterprise.
4. BMI, recognizing that people are the ultimate users of biomedical information, draws
upon the social and behavioral sciences to inform the design and evaluation of
technical solutions and the evolution of complex economic, ethical, social, educational,
and organizational systems.
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Career Opportunities
Medical Director IT Process & Workflow -
Seeking a full time strategic Chief Lancaster General Health 07 February
Medical Information Officer who will 2013
address I.S. strategic goals and identify
opportunities for enhanced use of clinical CMIO/Chief Medical Officer - Resolute
information systems and analysis tools and Health 25 January 2013
will provide system-wide leadership to our
System Chief Medical Information Officer -
physician community and promote an Detroit 25 January 2013
environment of engagement and
communication between physicians and Regional Chief Medical Information Officer
the hospital executive teams and - Phoenix 25 January 2013
leadership. The CMIO will report to the
(Healthcare Organization) Chief Medical CHIEF MEDICAL INFORMATION OFFICER -
Officer and will provide physician input, MARTIN HEALTH 07 January 201
leadership and direction for the planning, Chief Medical Information Officer - Aspirus
design and implementation of clinical 14 December 2012
information systems for Medical Center and
will be responsible for engaging the CMIO - St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center
physician community and other clinicians in - Syracuse04 December 2012
the development and use of clinical
informatics. Chief Medical Information Officer -
Community Health Systems 15
November 2012
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AMDIS 2011 Survey
– 64% of respondents are currently in first CMIO role, down from 81% in 2010
– 71% want to stay in CMIO role,
• 7% want to become CIO,
• 7% would like to be CEO or COO and
• 4% would lik to become CMO
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– Wide range in compensation
• Largest areas range from $250,000 to $300,000 and $345,000 to $375,000
– 81% work at Integrated Health Systems,
– 9% work in stand alone hospitals.
– Most have enterprise wide responsibilities
– Reporting structure
• 47% report to CIO
• 29% report to CMO
• 5% dually to CIO and CMO
• 19% report to CEO or COO
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Industry Experience
“Achieving the required levels of technology is only the beginning,….“quality of care will become
the ultimate metric by which health systems are judged, and the fact that we have a computer
now only means that we have a better stethoscope.” The tools are there to support better care for
patients.
Dr. Bill Bria, President of the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems
(AMDIS).
95% of CIOs said the CMIO contributed significantly to achieving
their objectives.
– Over half said they could not have accomplished their objectives
without the CMIO.
“Above all, CMIOs need to be patient advocates.”
– “CMIOs tie together clinical and IT processes, and are important to
achieve physician adoption.”
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– “At first, it was all about implementation and provider buy-in …now:
provider input to improve outcomes and applied C.I.”
Pamela Dixon, Partner SSI Search
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“Working in partnership, what is the #1 thing the CIO / CMIO can
do to make your CMIO job easier?”*
* SSI Search Survey
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CMIO and CIO Respondents
Value of Counterpart
• 81% stated that the CIO has helped them in achieving their
objectives.
• However, only 47% of the respondents (CMIO) answered that they
could not h
ld have accomplished their objectives within the same
li h d h i bj i i hi h
timeline without the CIO
• 14% of the CMIOs stating the impact was “negative, could have
accomplished the objectives better without the CIO”
Other CMIOs comments:
• CIO fails to have vision of clinical needs.
• CIO too mired down in management of IT department and hard core
IT matters (hardware, networks, security, etc).”
• The CIO should be on par with CMIO. Reporting to CIO makes the
CMIO the face of tech team….[In which case] the CMIO becomes
the CHIEF APOLOGY OFFICER ...”
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Hierarchical Management and Influence
Medical
Staff CIOs and CMIOs share
accountability for IS
projects
Their direct and indirect
CMIO spheres of influence
requires a delicate
CIO
balance between
voluntary participation
and direct managerial
supervision
IT Staff
Used with permission Jack Shlegel Consulting
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Stylistic Differences Between CMIO and IS
Fundamentals
Physician I.S.
Time to process issues Rapid Requirement gathering
Authority Captain of the ship Diffuse
Need for closure Immediate Longer term
(gratification)
Ability to deal with ambiguity Low Medium to high
Precision of data Intermediate (learned to High
live with incomplete
data)
Clinical thinking skills High Low
Project management skills Low High
Primary To Patient To Organization
commitment/responsibility
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CMIO and CIO Can be True Partners
Extend each other’s influence
– Cover each other’s blind spots
– Let each do what they do best
– Teach each other
U d t d th diff t ti
Understand the different perspectives
– Budget
– Personnel
– Project management versus clinical decisions
• Scope, resources and schedule
• Need for advocacy and accountability
Drive adoption of technology
– The journey is about adoption of technology and not simply implementation
– Understand the clinical workflow
– Know the strengths and weakness of the applications
– Work together to satisfy the end user (clinician, nurse, registration, etc)
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New Skill Sets for the CMIO
Device Deployment
Wireless infrastructure
Virtual Networks
Bioengineering
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BYOD and Security
Operations and Budgets
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Where is All this Going?
Reporting Pros Cons
CEO • Direct Line to Leadership • May require operational expertise
• Can manage priorities and • Responsibilities for budget and
establish strategies financing responsibilities
• Earn trust • Accountability
CIO • Close partnership required for • Clinical needs could be under
mutual success valued
• Identify each others blind • Financial or technical goals may
spots outweigh usability and adoption
• Manage implementations and • Less visibility to leadership
adoption as a continuous
event
CMO • Mutually beneficial • CMO may need extensive
• Focus on quality, policy for education on systems
Med Staff and adoption • May lack operational and financial
• Understanding of clinical clout
culture • Less visibility to leadership
COO • Understands operational • Many priorities
requirements • May not appreciate the clinical
• Has authority to get things issues
done • Lack of operations experience
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Future Reporting Scenarios Depend on Organization and
Experience
Likely to include some reporting to CEO
Link to CMO and Matrix to COO
CIO reporting to the CMIO
– Further evolution
– Many bumps along the way
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Educational and Experience Opportunities
American College of Physician Executives (ACPE)
– HIT Certificate Program
– Sponsored Masters Programs
– www.acpe.org
American Medical Informatics Association
– 10 X 10 program
– CMIO Boot Camp
– Masters Programs
– www.amia.org
Association for Medical Directors of Information Systems
– Physician Computer Connection
– CMIO Survival Guide
– Listserv
– www.amdis.org
Harvard School of Public Health
– Leadership Strategies for Information Technology in Health Care
– https://ccpe.sph.harvard.edu
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New Board Certification Process
Following are the admission
requirements for certification in the
subspecialty of Clinical Informatics:
1. ABMS Member Board Certification
http://www.theabpm.org 2. Graduation from an accredited Medical School
3. Unrestricted and currently valid Medical License(s)
4. Completion of one of the pathways
• Practice pathway
• Three years of practice in Clinical Informatics is
required
• broad-based professional activity with
significant Clinical Informatics responsibility
• Verification is required that the equivalent of at
least 3 years of an individual's professional
time has been devoted to the practice of clinical
informatics
• Fellowship Training Program
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Eureka !
• The roadmap for use of technology is about adoption
of the technology, not implementation
• The “eureka” moment is that these are clinical
applications and not IT projects
• Process change without personal growth and
education is not sustainable. Physicians must
understand why they are being asked to do more
• Physicians must be leaders, but must accept
responsibility and accountability
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These are the principles for the successful
CMIO
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Overcoming Challenges
Pulling together and developing a collaborative culture
Physician leadership and engagement
– Senior leadership fully engaged
Work in today’s world, but think in the future world
y
– Communicate the vision of the ideal future state and work
towards that goal
– Avoid recreating broken and fragmented solutions
Existing processes and procedures will need to be
revisited and adjusted
– Be flexible, open-minded and creative
You will be connecting parts of your system that have
never before been connected – ‘connected healthcare’
is just that – all inclusive for technology and people
– Communication, communication, communication
– Understanding of different environments of care
– One size does not fit all
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Humorous Board Question
Communications –combine the following medical, cultural, and technical TLAs and
FLAs into a meaningful sentence. You may use one pronoun, one verb, two
prepositional modifiers, and a gerund. Ex: IMHO, CMIO NCQA PCMH FAQs without
LOINC, HL-7, or SNOMED FYIs were DOA and SOL. SNAFU. PS – if you know all
these, you do not need to complete the rest of the test.
a. SQL, LOS, CMS, PDQ, CDS, MSSP, MRSA, TIN, RAC
Q , , , Q, , , , ,
b. HTML5, CVA, TJC, CFO, FYI, CXO, EDW, HIE, AKA
c. CPOE, CTO, SOL, HIPAA, ACO, TIA, IMHO, GOMER
d. PERL, TWAIN, ACA, VTE, PHR, CAPTCHA, POS, POC
2. Patient management – Who will have the most useful problem list?
a. 5 different hospitalists, NPs, and nurses using a combination of ICD9/10, snomed,
and homegrown synonyms, with no one in charge.
b. 70 Year old GP using free text
c. Surgeon - 2 items for 84 year old ICU patient
d.
d Neonatologist – 27 SNOMED items for a 3 day old
N t l i t it f d ld
e. Patient’s PHR
3. Training – Which of the following techniques works least badly?
a. Day old pizza and handouts in the lunch room
b. Dept meetings at 7 am on a Monday.
c. Emails from people no one has heard of
d. At elbow support by people who just heard about the project yesterday
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Humorous Board Questions
4. Leadership – You have 15 hospitals over 4 states. Which model of
leadership works best?
a. Central – Disconnected, jet lagged, and intermittent.
b. Local – Random, quirky, and adversarial
c. Democratic - but only certain people can vote
d. A CMIO with no direct reports, graded on “influence”
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5. Fill in the correct phrase or words:
a. CFO is to Budget as Sphincter is to __________.
b. Twitter is to Communications as Static is to ____________.
c. Regulation is to efficiency as Friction is to ____________.
d. ACO is to HMO as Déjà vu is to ___________.
6. Order management - You are leading a CPOE installation and want to
use the latest evidence based guidelines. What is the right approach?
a. Call a meeting of dept leads, take two years, then make them up yourself
b. Use third party content, send to dept leads, wait 6 months, then make them
up yourself
c. Use your paper based content, and sneak in the latest content with the one
guy who comes to your meetings (ie make them up yourself)
d. Google AMDIS Listserv
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