Also known as a chief medical informatics officer, the CMIO is a high-level executive who plays a critical role in enhancing the efficiency of health care delivery by managing and integrating technology in health care settings. The CMIO, generally a physician with IT training, provides leadership for a health care organization’s information technology strategy and acts as a bridge between IT and medical departments.
Deeper Dive
Some of the duties of CMIOs include identifying trends in health informatics to improve applications and systems; creating and enforcing standards for the organization’s IT systems; leading the design and implementation of any new electronic medical record applications and software; and ensuring consistent communications across various information systems, according to a blog post from Clearstep. They also oversee training of any new IT systems for employees and work to identify and protect against fraudulent behavior and cyberattacks.
Positions for CMIOs and other computer and information systems managers are projected to grow by 15% by 2034, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.