Medical Director of Medical Informatics (.5FTE) - Aspirus Health

Aspirus Health is seeking a Medical Director of Medical Informatics (.5FTE). The physician will serve as an advisor and provides physician and APC perspective in decisions about strategic direction for clinical systems and improving the user electronic health record (EHR) experience.

Working with a multidisciplinary team, the medical informaticist will dedicate approximately .5 of their FTE to:

• Offer strategic leadership to enhance physician practice, support operational needs, comply with regulations, and establish a foundation for medical informatics.
• Translate vision regarding technology functionality and usability into strategies with clear objectives and practical action plans providing clear guidelines for meeting goals.
• Improve the EHR (EPIC)experience among frontline users through rounding, data analytics, and adoption of EHR best practices.
• Exercise strong change management skills to assist in EHR and other clinical system implementations, integrations, upgrades, and enhancement adoption across the system.
• Provide clinical leadership in evaluating, implementing, and advancing the diffusion of health information technology at Aspirus, with an emphasis on optimization and utilization of the electronic health record. 
• Maintain department specific accountabilities as determined, maintained, and housed within each unit’s Scope of Service.
• Identify opportunities to improve patient experience. Participates in projects/programs designed to enhance service delivery and patient satisfaction.

As a leader, the physician should: 

• Seek understanding of issues by obtaining the perspective of others, asking for and offering feedback so that he/she openly understands the reality of the situation.
• Do the things to which he/she has made commitments, focus on the top priorities, sustain an environment of trust and refrain from blaming others.
• Promote collaboration and remove obstacles to teamwork across the organization.
• Relate well to people regardless of their organizational level, personality, or background.
• Possess excellent communication and organizational skills to work effectively with a team environment.
• Convey confidence in others’ ability and desire to do their best and rewards team members’ efforts openly.

To qualify for this position, we require the physician have:

• Three years of clinical practice experience
• A license to practice medicine
• Board certification in a clinical specialty necessary

Aspirus Health serves communities throughout northeastern Minnesota, northern and central Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

• We operate 18 hospitals and 130 outpatient locations, and provide home health services, hospice care, and air-medical transport.
• We employ nearly 14,000 team members, including 1,300 employed physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
• We are committed to being economically, socially, and environmentally responsible.
• We are a non-profit health system based in Wausau, Wisconsin.
• We are dedicated to delivering high-quality care to rural communities.