The University of Michigan Health System has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Chief Information Security Officer Position.
Organization Overview
The University of Michigan Health System is an award-winning health care organization and premier academic medical center made up of: Hospitals, Health Centers and Clinics throughout Southeast Michigan; the University of Michigan Medical School and its Faculty Group Practice; Clinical activities of the University of Michigan School of Nursing; and Michigan Health Corp. – the legal entity that allows the Health System to enter into partnerships, affiliations, joint ventures and other business activities.
Chief Information Security Officer Position Highlights
Under the direction of the University of Michigan CISO and the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers CIO, the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) CISO is responsible for planning, developing, implementing, and maintaining the system-wide information security program. The University of Michigan Health System CISO is a new position within the organization. The CISO will Manage the UMHS security system, but also play a key role in the overall university security program and assist with creating a consolidated University of Michigan security program.
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Director, Integrated Clinical IT Services Position.
Organization Overview
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is an integrated, not-for-profit healthcare system based in Memphis, Tennessee, with locations and partners across the Mid-South. Throughout their history, they have remained a faith-based organization affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is committed to creating an environment that values the individual differences and unique contributions of everyone touched by the organization. And because no one knows their patients better than their family and friends, they encourage their participation in care and planning. Through a partnership with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Methodist Le Bonheur helps train the next generation of medical professionals and bring cutting-edge research and treatment to patients. They seek affiliations with community organizations and congregations who work with underserved neighbors, because they believe that everyone should receive the best possible care.
Director, Integrated Clinical IT Services Position Highlights
The Director of Integrated Clinical IT Services will provide leadership, clinical and technical expertise for the acute care clinical services supporting the integrated electronic medical record. The Director will work closely with the organization’s nursing and clinical leadership, medical staff and operational leadership to identify system requirements and establish priorities that drive the development of the clinical/nursing information systems implementation and optimization. Ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of current clinical systems and planning for future system modification to meet changing needs of patients, care providers and the organization.
Roper St. Francis has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Chief Information Officer Position.
Organization Overview
Roper St. Francis (RSF) is the leading not-for-profit healthcare system in the growing Charleston, S.C. metro region. With more than 5,300 staff members, RSF is one of the region’s largest private employers, and regularly wins national employee satisfaction and engagement awards. The health system has a robust medical staff of more than 800 doctors representing every medical specialty, providing services in 90 RSF facilities throughout seven counties. Roper St. Francis Physician Partners employs over 180 primary care doctors and specialists. The system’s three flagship hospitals are strategically located in key growth areas across the region — Roper Hospital on the Charleston peninsula, Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital in the West Ashley region (the area’s only Magnet hospital), and Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital in Mount Pleasant.
Chief Information Officer Position Highlights
The Vice President & Chief Information Officer (CIO) is the most senior technology executive at Roper St. Francis. The CIO is responsible for driving the strategy and operations for IS within a complex organization. The CIO leads senior management in setting the information technology vision that aligns with and supports the RSF mission, strategic business objectives and operating philosophy. This individual leads the Information Technology Steering Committee in building consensus regarding IS strategies, resource allocations and technology decisions. The CIO leads RSF in educating the organization about the technology possibilities and ensures that IT resources are deployed in support of user objectives. The CIO ensures IT team members are customer-focused and have an engaging environment to grow and succeed. The CIO will be a collaborative and innovative leader with a track record of partnering successfully with leadership teams to transform IT into a competitive advantage and differentiator for the organization.
UMC Health System has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Director, Clinical Informatics Position.
Organization Overview
For more than 30 years, UMC Health System has pioneered better healthcare in the Lubbock region. Today, their Centers of Excellence – the UMC Trauma Center, the Timothy J. Harnar Burn Center, the Southwest Cancer Treatment and Research Center, the UMC Children’s Hospital and the UMC Heart Center – are nationally recognized for the quality and sophistication of the specialized care they provide. UMC is the primary teaching hospital for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, where today’s leading experts are training the doctors and nurses of tomorrow. Because of this partnership, they deliver technically sophisticated healthcare that ranks alongside the best in the nation. UMC benefits the health, welfare and economy of the entire region.
Director, Clinical Informatics Position Highlights
Reporting to the Senior VP & CIO, the Director of IT Clinical Informatics will possess clinical informatics expertise, leadership experience, and project management skills. The Director will provide leadership that promotes inter-professional collaboration and integrates clinical practice knowledge and electronic health record principles. The Director supports internal clients to help change the electronic documentation, clinical workflow, and the use of technology in all phases of the healthcare continuum to promote clinical quality and patient safety. This position will manage 6 direct reports and about 30 indirect reports.
Nationwide Children’s has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Director of Information Services-Epic Position.
Organization Overview
Nationwide Children’s is creating the future of pediatric health care. Nationwide Children’s is America’s third largest pediatric health care and research center and delivers care to more than one million patients each year. Families travel from around the nation and around the globe to access life-saving treatments – many unavailable anywhere else. Nationwide Children’s has 68 facilities extending out across Ohio and beyond. Their doctors and researchers are revolutionizing children’s health and the health of future generations.
Director of Information Services-Epic Position Highlights
This position is the opportunity to serve in a key leadership role with a prestigious Children’s Hospital. The organization is financially secure, with $1.6 billion in reserves. They are heavily involved in research and genomics, which allows the Director of Epic to be involved in data analytics. All of Epic, including the clinical systems, revenue cycle, interfaces as well as physician practices will be part of this director’s responsibility. The position reports directly to the CIO and is one of 7 directors in Information Systems. The organization sees this as an extremely important position for where they are heading. The IS EHR Director is responsible for the overall direction of all Electronic Health Record systems, interfaces and associated systems and applications.
Lehigh Valley Health Network has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Chief Information Officer Position.
Organization Overview
Lehigh Valley Health Network is among seven of the nation’s leading health systems that have formed an interstate consortium called AllSpire that will address quality, population health management, best practices, innovation and excellence. LVHN is a complex, progressive integrated delivery health system located in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Chief Information Officer Position Highlights
The Senior Vice President/Chief Information Officer (SVP/CIO) position oversees all information technology aspects of Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN). The SVP/CIO provides the leadership and vision for the information technology organization in support of the clinical, research, academic and administrative functions of the enterprise. They will be going live with Epic inpatient in early August, following a very successful ambulatory implementation last March. This position reports to the CEO of LVHN and is an active member of the senior leadership team. They are looking for this SVP/CIO to be a strategic leader to plan and lead the future direction of IT.
Rady Children’s Hospital has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Director of IT, Research, Genomics & Systems Medicine Position.
Organization Overview
Rady Children’s Hospital is a non-profit organization that serves as the largest children’s hospital in California and the only hospital in San Diego dedicated exclusively to pediatric healthcare. Their mission is to restore, sustain and enhance the health and developmental potential of children through excellence in care, education, research and advocacy, and they prove their dedication to this cause by providing care to 90 percent of the region’s children. The organization is the region’s exclusive pediatric trauma center and serves over 214,000 children per year. Equipped with 520 beds and a team that consists of nearly 900 physicians, over 5,000 employees, and 500 volunteers, Rady Children’s Hospital is uniquely positioned to serve the needs of the San Diego, Imperial, and southern Riverside counties. Rady Children’s hospital is dedicated to innovation and research, and is affiliated and collaborates with the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. The organization is a major pediatric clinical research center with over 500 ongoing clinical trials and research studies, and is also the region’s teaching hospital for the next generation of pediatric physicians.
Director of IT, Research, Genomics & Systems Medicine Position Highlights
The primary responsibility of the Director of IT — Research, Genomics and Systems Medicine will be to lead the IT initiatives supporting the Rady Pediatric Genomics and Systems Medicine Institute and to facilitate and coordinate actions by all departments in Rady Children’s Information Management Division in support of Institute researchers and clinical translation programs. The position presents an opportunity for the right person to be one of the nation’s most highly visible and premier children’s hospital IT genomics research directors
The University of Tennessee Medical Center has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Director, Application and Integration Position.
Organization Overview
The University of Tennessee Medical Center is the region’s only academic medical center, Magnet® recognized hospital and Level I Trauma Center. The 581-bed hospital also is home of the region’s only dedicated Heart Hospital, only adult and pediatric transplant center, a Joint Commission/ American Heart Association recognized Comprehensive Stroke Center, houses the region’s only Level III private room neonatal intensive care unit and serves as a regional perinatal center. Its six Centers of Excellence provide comprehensive care to patients.
Director, Application and Integration Position Highlights
The Director of Application & Integration is a key position on the IT leadership team, responsible for development, leadership and management of the Application and Integration group, as well as the Systems team. The Director’s role includes planning, coordinating, and leading activities related to the technical evaluation of the commercial, clinical, and financial application systems.
Cooper’s Health Systems has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their AVP, Applications Position.
Organization Overview
Cooper’s Health Sciences Campus has pedestrian-friendly streets that link Cooper University Hospital, Three Cooper Plaza, the Coriell Institute parking garages and community parks. Cooper University Medical School of Rowan University and MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper are the newest additions to the campus.
AVP, Applications Position Highlights
The AVP of Applications will provide overall leadership and direction to the application staff of the IT department. The AVP will plan, coordinate, and supervise all activities related to the design, development, and implementation of organizational information systems and software applications, including Epic.
Lifespan has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their VP / Chief Information Security Officer Position.
Organization Overview
Lifespan, Rhode Island’s first health system was founded in 1994 by Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital. A comprehensive, integrated, academic health system affiliated with The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Lifespan’s present partners also include Rhode Island Hospital’s pediatric division, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Bradley Hospital, Newport Hospital, and Gateway Healthcare. A not-for-profit organization, Lifespan is overseen by a board of volunteer community leaders who are guided by its mission to improve the health status of the people it serves in Rhode Island and New England through the provision of customer friendly, geographically accessible and high value services.
VP / Chief Information Security Officer Position Highlights
Under the general direction of the Senior VP/CIO, the Chief Information Security Officer directs development, implementation, and oversight of Lifespan’s information technology security infrastructure in compliance with industry best practices and federal and state regulations. Responsibilities include developing information security strategy and implementation plans, as well as policies and procedures related to patient health information and all other confidential information in electronic form. The CISO provides leadership in development, management, control, and security assessment of all Lifespan systems include legacy applications, new applications, data centers, local area networks, wide area networks, firewall/proxy servers, telecommunications systems, service desk, technology centers and facility infrastructure.
