Tower Health has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their SVP/CIO position.
Leading a team of over 200 professionals, the SVP/CIO will collaborate with Tower Health Executives and Vice Presidents of business lines throughout the enterprise network. This will include senior leadership, physicians, and Department Chairs at each of the facilities. The SVP/CIO will also work with Tower Health Medical Group and Tower Health Partners to advance their initiatives for a Clinically Integrated Network organization.
Organization Overview:
Tower Health is a six hospital, regional, integrated healthcare provider/payer system that offers leading-edge, compassionate healthcare and wellness services to 2.5 million people in Pennsylvania. The newly-formed system has 11,000 employees and includes:
Reading Hospital – West Reading
Brandywine Hospital – Coatesville
Chestnut Hill Hospital – Philadelphia
Jennersville Hospital – West Grove
Phoenixville Hospital – Phoenixville
Pottstown Hospital – Pottstown
Tower Health hospitals have received national recognition for advanced care in areas such as neurosurgery and stroke, cardiac and vascular surgery, trauma, hematology and oncology. Reading HealthPlex, which opened at Reading Hospital in October 2016, combines state-of-the-art technology and world-class design to make the HealthPlex one of the most sophisticated surgical centers and inpatient facilities in the region.
This position is based in Reading, Pennsylvania (about an hour from Philadelphia). Reading, surrounded by the beauty of the Appalachian Mountain foothills and lush farmlands, offers a nice mix of urban and rural living in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Reading, PA
SVP/CIO Position Description:
Responsibilities:
Preside over Information Technology operations for the Tower Health network.
Create a vision for IT strategy for the system.
Assess the current infrastructure and determine what is needed to support the new system.
Identify ways to maximize information technology in the delivery of healthcare.
Report and share information with the Board to ensure they are kept fully informed on the condition of the information technology utilized within the organization and important factors influencing it.
Identify and lead procurement and implementation of new information technology devices, infrastructure, and systems to support the delivery of healthcare.
Ensure highly productive relationships and partnerships for the benefit of the organization.
Set goals, monitor work, and evaluate results for information technology initiatives to ensure that departmental and organizational objectives and operating requirements are met and are in line with the needs and mission of the organization.
Work alongside senior staff/board members, executive directors, and community leaders. Participate in and nurture broad networks of alliances with others to exchange knowledge and information about learning and change in support of change initiatives.
Ensure company policies and procedures are followed by each department.
Attract, retain, and motivate staff.
SVP/CIO Position Qualifications:
Competencies:
Expert knowledge of improvement methods within a healthcare setting.
Experienced and skilled at managing complex technology projects that span across multiple departments, as well as geographic settings.
Excellent writing skills as well as superb interpersonal and verbal communication skills; a master at presenting information, ideas, and results is critical.
Ability to work in a fast moving and, at times, intense environment.
Skilled at building and maintaining relationships at all levels within the organization as well as externally with allies, current partners, and potential partners.
Required:
7+ years experience in health care information technology management and operational experience with a focus on improving the quality and safety of healthcare.
5+ years health care information technology leadership experience at a Sr. Director or Vice President level.
Significant strategic experience within a multi-entity hospital setting or hospital IDN.
Bachelor’s degree
Desired:
Experience in complex multi-site healthcare systems preferred.
An MBA or other applicable graduate degree is strongly preferred.
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Rady Children’s Hospital has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Chief Information Security Officer 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.
Chief Information Security Officer Position Highlights
Reporting to the Chief Data Officer (CDO)/Sr. Director of Data Strategy, Security, Innovation and Business Technologies, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) provides leadership and oversight in the strategic planning, execution, and assessment of Rady Children’s Hospital information security strategies, policies, procedures and guiding practices to be implemented. With oversight from the CDO, the CISO is responsible for establishing and maintaining a comprehensive organization-wide information security program to ensure that information assets are adequately protected against current, future, internal and external threats. The CISO is responsible for developing, identifying, directing, coordinating, evaluating, and reporting on information security risks in a manner that meets compliance and regulatory requirements while enabling the organization to develop an anticipatory response to minimize information security risk and breach events. The CISO position acts as the key liaison and focal point in the organization for information security communications and projects, in
addition to operational oversight of application security for enterprise EMR and ERP applications. The CISO will manage a team of 5 information security engineers and analysts.
Alameda Alliance for Health has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Chief Information Officer Position.
Organization Overview
Alameda Alliance for Health (the Alliance) is a public, not-for-profit managed care health plan committed to making high quality health care services accessible and affordable to lower-income residents of Alameda County. Established in January 1996, the Alliance was created by and for Alameda County residents. The Alliance provides health care coverage through their Medi-Cal and Alliance Group Care programs. They offer a wide range of services and free health education programs to members. The provider network includes over 1,700 doctors, 15 hospitals, 29 community health centers, and over 200 pharmacies.
Chief Information Officer Position Highlights
Under general guidance of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) is responsible for leadership of the organization’s information technology infrastructure including planning, project management, operations and systems development. This position is responsible for the development of a clear vision, strategic objectives, policies, and action to support the business needs of the organization. Responsibilities include development, implementation, and maintenance of innovative and current systems to support business and data needs, communication, and end users. The CIO is also responsible for staff supervision and management of daily production and operations.
Sutter Health has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Chief Technology Officer Position.
Organization Overview
Sutter Health is one of the nation’s leading not-for-profit organizations with 48,000 physicians, employees and volunteers caring for patients in more than 100 Northern California cities and towns. Sutter Health supports more than two dozen locally run acute care hospitals as well as physician organizations; medical research facilities; region-wide home health, hospice and occupational health networks; and long-term care centers. The Sutter Medical Network includes many of California’s top performing, highest quality physician organizations, as measured annually by the Integrated Healthcare Organization. Sutter-affiliated hospitals are regional leaders in cardiac care, women’s and children’s services, cancer care, orthopedics and advanced patient safety technology.
Chief Technology Officer Position Highlights
The primary function of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is to lead all Technical Services for Sutter Health. The CTO will have responsibility for network, data, servers, platforms, mid-range systems, architecture, service and the technical components and configuration of their large Epic system – the largest single-instance Epic deployment in the world. The CTO will manage a large team of approximately 325 technicians, developers and analysts.
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
Organization Overview
Located in Tulare County, the heart of the state’s rural Central Valley, Kaweah Delta is a three-hospital system with eight outpatient service centers and three rural health clinics. The flagship hospital has 581 beds. There are more than 300 physicians and 3,600 employees and governed by a five-member board of directors. In an effort to alleviate what has been a very real physician shortage in their county, Kaweah Delta is now fully accredited as a teaching hospital.
Position Highlights
This is a director level position reporting to a VP/C IO. The position focus is on innovative and integrated information technologies and services for the organization. The position oversees Information Technology Services, Clinical Engineering, and the Service Call Center. This person will manage a team of about 40 people with one manager and two supervisors. The peers of this person are a director of HIM, Director of Applications, and the CNIO.
Organization Overview
Located in Tulare County, the heart of the state’s rural Central Valley, Kaweah Delta is a three-hospital system with eight outpatient service centers and three rural health clinics. The flagship hospital has 581 beds. There are more than 300 physicians and 3,600 employees and governed by a five-member board of directors. In an effort to alleviate what has been a very real physician shortage in their county, Kaweah Delta is now fully accredited as a teaching hospital.
Position Highlights
The Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) is responsible for the strategic planning and implementation of clinical informatics throughout the District. The position has primary reporting relationships to the CIO and CNO. The position has peer accountability with the Director of ISS Applications, the ISS Director of Technical Services, the Medical Director of Informatics and Nursing Directors throughout the organization.
Organization Overview
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center is a nationally recognized, 187-bed not-for-profit children’s hospital serving as the primary teaching hospital for the University of Connecticut School of Medicine department of pediatrics. As the Primary Care Center for the Hartford region, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center serves as “the doctor’s office” for nearly 15,000 children. It is the largest pediatric primary care service for children between Boston and New York. Pediatricians provide primary care services such as well-child checkups and immunizations, and care for minor illnesses. Connecticut Children’s is the only independent pediatric facility in Connecticut. There are plans to possibly expand geographically (New York and Massachusetts).
Position Highlights
The Director, Information Technology Security serves as the process owner for all information security activities. This individual is responsible for developing the policies and procedures that addresses the strategies used to access and protect confidential patient, employee and business information. Will also be responsible for developing the security monitoring plan to ensure organizational compliance with federal and state requirements. Position will be a member of the IT Governance Board. The director will also be responsible for website security.
Organization Overview
Sutter Health is one of the nation’s leading not-for-profit organizations with 48,000 physicians, employees and volunteers caring for patients in more than 100 Northern California cities and towns. Sutter Health supports more than two dozen locally run acute care hospitals as well as physician organizations; medical research facilities; region-wide home health, hospice and occupational health networks; and long-term care centers. The Sutter Medical Network includes many of California’s top performing, highest quality physician organizations, as measured annually by the Integrated Healthcare Organization. Sutter-affiliated hospitals are regional leaders in cardiac care, women’s and children’s services, cancer care, orthopedics and advanced patient safety technology.
Position Highlights
The Regional CIO (CVR) provides the leadership direction needed for the planning and implementation of new information technologies and their integration with other SH information technologies, resulting in efficient and cost-effective local and system-wide solutions. Oversees provision of all IS Client Services activities within the Central Valley Region (CVR). Functions as the Single Point-of-Accountability for the satisfactory delivery of all IS solutions and services. Provides oversight of all IS functional activities occurring at or on behalf of the region.
