Hackensack Meridian Health has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for their Regional Chief Medical Informatics Officers (Central and Southern Regions).
Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) is a leading not-for-profit health care organization that is the largest, most comprehensive and truly integrated health care network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care. Hackensack Meridian Health includes 17 hospitals and 500 patient care locations throughout the state which include ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, ambulance services, lifesaving air medical transportation, fitness and wellness centers, rehabilitation centers, urgent care centers and physician practice locations.
HMH Hospitals:
Bayshore Medical Center
Carrier Clinic
Hackensack University Medical Center
Mountainside Medical Center
Palisades Medical Center
Pascack Valley Medical Center
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
JFK Medical Center
John Theurer Cancer Center
Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital
K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital
Ocean Medical Center
Raritan Bay Medical Center
Riverview Medical Center
Southern Ocean Medical Center
Regional Chief Medical Informatics Officers Overview:
Currently, HMH is almost a seven billion dollar organization with over 6% margins. In order to provide the best customer and staff experiences, HMH is divided into three geographic regions.
There are two RCMIO positions available:
Central Region: JFK Medical Center, Riverview Medical Center, and Bay Shore Medical Center and the physician practices located in Middlesex and Monmouth counties. They will be implementing Epic in June.
Southern Region: Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Ocean Medical Center and Southern Ocean Medical Center and the physician practices located in the area of Monmouth and Ocean counties. They will be implementing Epic in September.
The RCMIOs for the three regions, along with the EVP/CIO to whom these position report, will form a leadership team to collaborate with key clinical leaders, such as the CMOs, CQOs, and the VP of Clinical applications to drive the successful adoption of clinical informatics tools and technology.
Due to the scope and unbelievable pace at which the organization is operating, the RCMIOs will not be able to practice medicine, but prior experience practicing is paramount for building credibility with the medical staff.
Qualifications:
ABMS board certified MD or DO
Licensed to practice medicine in the United States
5+ years of experience in clinical informatics at a director level or above
Certified in one or more clinical Epic modules
Board certified in Clinical Informatics preferred
For more information about the organization, position, and the community, click the “Full Profile” link (top right sidebar) or click here.
Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Steve Bennett.
Hackensack Meridian Healthhas retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Vice President Chief Enterprise Architect position.
The Vice President/Chief Enterprise Architect will lead the efforts for producing solutions for organizational initiatives requiring new technologies. The Chief Enterprise Architect is accountable for proactively and holistically leading the information technology architecture, solutions and IT innovation functions of Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) to the desired organization vision and targeted outcomes. The Chief Enterprise Architect is responsible for taking a practical approach to supporting HMH’s information technology needs. This starts and ends with a focus on delivering signature-ready, actionable recommendations to leaders, so they can achieve targeted outcomes.
Hackensack Meridian Health, located in Edison, New Jersey is the state’s largest, most comprehensive and most integrated network that includes 16 hospitals.
Key Network Indicators:
33,000 Team Members
6,500 Physicians
4,520 Beds
2017 Most Wired: Advanced
Vice President Chief Enterprise Architect Position Description:
The chief enterprise architect is responsible for helping leaders enable their future-state capabilities that, in turn, will drive the HMH’s targeted outcomes through the choice of programs, projects and initiatives the organization chooses to invest in. The chief enterprise architect must be capable of practically applying existing, new and emerging technologies to new and evolving organizational models. Conversely, they must be able to understand, monetize and operationalize new technologies.
Responsibilities
Leads and coordinates all aspects of the EA program including:
Guides people, process and organizational change related to the use of information technology.
Solutions Architecture – develops a direction for managing the portfolio of to-be solutions.
Technical Architecture – evolves the technical infrastructure.
Application Architecture (subset of solutions architecture) – guides application design and defines application architecture paradigms, such as service-oriented architecture (SOA), principles that influence design decisions and patterns that provide proven design solutions.
Leads, manages, and balances bimodal EA program – one EA team with two modes of operating. Mode 1 is foundational EA (tactical), which maintains and evolves future-state IT capabilities with a focus on efficiency and predictability of the existing IT estate. Mode 2 is vanguard EA (strategic), which designs and enables future-state IT capabilities with a focus on technology disruption, speed, agility, and flexibility, while meeting today’s organizational needs with an optimized Mode 1 strategy.
Leads the efforts to develop, maintain and govern the enterprise architecture across the organization.
Responsible for defining the EA process and architecture review and advisory process, and for leading the integration of those processes with related organizational and IT processes.
Lead, prioritize, and develop the overall enterprise architecture approach for the organization, and communicate architectural direction.
Directly manages other architecture-related activities and the respective roles (IT solutions and IT innovation).
The Chief Enterprise Architect will demonstrate competencies across six key dimensions:
Lead and Influence
Identify Ecosystems and Develop IT Models
Focus on Strategy and Execution
Research and Understand Technology and Nontechnology Trends
Enable Enterprise Ideation and Innovation
Determine and Help Orchestrate the Delivery of HMH Outcomes
Qualifications
Candidates should be innovative, mission driven, trusted thought-leaders skilled at leading conversations to a decision. Though not a true idea person, this position will engage with organizational leaders to define solutions and then deliver results. The best candidates will understand “how stuff works” at the core level and be familiar with underlying healthcare technologies. Candidates should be highly collaborative and supportive of ideals and strategies, be unflappable in the face of opposition to architectural ideals, and be practical and principle-based in their decision making approach and problem solving abilities.
Skills:
Familiarity with information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, infrastructure and operations, and EA and COBIT frameworks.
Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT and predictive analytics.
Exposure and understanding of existing, new and emerging technologies, and processing environments.
Exceptional soft and interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation.
Strong leadership skills.
Excellent analytical and technical skills.
Excellent written, verbal, communication and presentation skills.
Excellent planning and organizational skills.
Knowledge of all components of holistic enterprise architecture.
Knowledge of of business engineering principles and processes.
Familiarity with basic graphical modeling approaches, tools and model repositories.
Competencies:
Organizational savvy.
Ability to balance the long-term (“big picture”) and short-term implications of individual decisions.
Ability to translate HMH needs into EA requirements.
Ability to estimate the financial impact of EA alternatives.
Ability to apply multiple solutions to challenges.
Ability to rapidly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
Capable and comfortable with balancing time between foundational EA (Mode 1: ensures efficiency and predictability) and vanguard EA efforts (Mode 2: concerned with speed, agility and flexibility to achieve a unified and flexible EA that meets the organization’s needs).
Understand and speak the language of healthcare.
Influential in the organization and a team player.
Effective at driving short-term actions that are consistent with long term goals.
Required:
Master’s degree in business, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis or a related field of study, or equivalent experience.
10 or more years of experience in information technology in complex organizations.
For more information about the organization, position, and the community, click the “Full Profile” link (top right sidebar) or click here.
Hackensack Meridian has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Chief Information Officer Position.
Organization Overview
Hackensack Meridian is composed of thirteen core hospitals and is recognized as New Jersey’s most integrated and comprehensive health care system.
Chief Information Officer Position Highlights
The CIO will work across all of Hackensack Meridian Health to deliver secure and efficient systems; the CIO will also develop and lead high performing teams that provide exceptional technology and customer service. An initial and immediate task for the new CIO will be blending the cultures, organizational charts and technology of the Hackensack and Meridian teams.
Responsibilities include:
Setting overall IT strategy that supports the goals, vision, mission and strategy of Hackensack Meridian Health
Leadership of large technical teams as well as executive and board interaction
Setting strategy and vision for current and future technology needs
Operation management of technology in a large IDN with multiple locations, including an academic facility and community hospitals that serve numerous locations
Providing data analytics knowledge, expertise and support for clinical reporting, research, and data warehouses
Driving innovation to increase patient engagement, patient safety and patient as well as employee satisfaction
IT security leadership
Qualifications
Required:
Bachelor’s degree
15+ years of IT leadership
Experience in a $1 billion+ organization
Leadership of 200+ personnel
Experience managing large capital and operational budgets
Desired:
Master’s Degree
Clinical background
Epic experience
Extensive ambulatory experience
Experience with transformational leadership
Detailed position requirements can be found on the full position profile, available on request or by clicking the “download” link on this page.
Atlantic Health has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Corporate Director, Health Information Management Position.
Organization Overview
Atlantic Health System is based in Morristown and is one of New Jersey’s largest and most influential non-profit healthcare systems. As a six hospital organization that maintains nearly 1,000 community-based health care provider affiliations, Atlantic Health System continuously sets the standards of quality health care and is uniquely suited to serve the needs of the New Jersey and Metropolitan New York City areas.
With over 14 thousand dedicated employees throughout the organization, Atlantic Health System is highly capable of maintaining their promise that anyone who enters their system will receive the right care, at the right quality, at the right time, at the right place and at the right cost.
Corporate Director, Health Information Management Position Highlights
The Corporate Director of HIM is a new corporate-level position at Atlantic Health System. This position will focus on standardizing HIM processes and centralizing release of information. The Corporate Director of HIM will oversee a staff of about 220 people. Candidates should possess strong change management experience working at a multi-site health system.
The Corporate Director of HIM is responsible for leadership and strategic direction, oversight, and coordination of the Health Information Management departments for a 5 hospital organization. Directs the functions which ensure the content, format, release and maintenance of health information – meeting hospital system and medical staff needs and regulatory agency requirements. Collaborates with other health care professionals to ensure appropriate measures are in place to maintain and safeguard the privacy, confidentiality, and security of patient health information. Oversees the Clinical Documentation teams at all sites. This position will have a dominant role in the Epic implementation and roll-out including standardization and centralization of ROI for the enterprise.
Requirements
Registered Health Information Administrator or Registered Health Information Technician
Minimum of 7 years experience in Health Information Management in a hospital setting with 5 of those years in progressive management
3+ years experience leading HIM in a multi-hospital setting
Proven leader with excellent human relations skills
Embraces change by being able to change focus and adapt to new enterprise strategies while encouraging development of the team and leading them to success
Knowledge of state regulations for hospital facilities preferred
Coding knowledge ICD-10
Travel between hospitals and corporate office is required
Atlantic Health System has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Corporate Director, Patient Access Position.
Organization Overview
Atlantic Health System (“AHS”), based in Morristown, New Jersey, is one of New Jersey’s leading and most influential non-profit, integrated health care delivery systems. With more than 14,000 dedicated employees throughout the organization, Atlantic Health System is highly capable of maintaining their promise that anyone who enters their system will receive the right care, at the right quality, at the right time, at the right place and at the right cost.
Corporate Director, Patient Access Position Highlights
The Corporate Director of Patient Access is a new corporate-level position at Atlantic Health System. This position will have a high profile within the organization and will regularly meet with leadership including Senior Leadership. The immediate focus of this position, among other initiatives, will be reducing scheduling wait times and increasing point of service collections. This position will manage a team of approximately 150 people.
Hackensack University Health Network has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Chief Technology Position.
Organization Overview
Hackensack University Health Network is the non-profit, New Jersey-based parent company of HackensackUMC, the HackensackUMC Foundation, Hackensack University HealthPartners Medical Group, and corporate joint venture partners with LHP Hospital Group in ownership of two hospitals: HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley and HackensackUMC Mountainside. With more than 9,000 employees and 2,200 credentialed medical staff members at hospitals within the Network, Hackensack University Health Network is the largest healthcare system in northern New Jersey.
Chief Technology Officer Position Highlights
This key leadership position will lead and manage all technology for the organization. The CIO is innovative and is looking for the CTO to also innovate and help move the organization forward. As a large system, they understand the need for technology to play a key role in progressive medicine. Responsibilities include: Manage, lead and mentor a team of approximately 150 people in all areas of technology from security, infrastructure, data warehouses, mobile technology, cloud, networks, and telecommunications; Set and implement (in conjunction with the CIO) a strategic technology vision; Maintain and improve customer service; Prepare for new system implementations and new organizational growth.
Organization Overview
Atlantic Health System (“AHS”), based in Morristown, New Jersey, is one of New Jersey’s leading and most influential non-profit, integrated health care delivery systems. With more than 14,000 dedicated employees throughout the organization, Atlantic Health System is highly capable of maintaining their promise that anyone who enters their system will receive the right care, at the right quality, at the right time, at the right place and at the right cost.
Position Highlights
The VP, Chief Information Officer (CIO) will work with a cross disciplinary team to develop a strategic information and technology plan and vision that will allow Atlantic Health to use technology to execute on the clinical, operational and financial goals set as a priority by the executive management team. This individual will be a visionary, insightful and inspiring executive leader, capable of attracting, retaining and retraining the appropriate team needed for the executive team to exceed its expectations. The CIO will be experienced in designing and implementing customer service operational models that have clear customer service metrics that include quality and financial targets.
The CIO must be capable of attracting, retaining and retraining a team that is highly motivated and enabling the move to a healthcare delivery model that has a 360 accountability structure. Experience is building and managing matrix teams with cross functional rewards and accountability. The CIO will lead the healthcare delivery system and the broader Clinically Integrated Network in planning and implementing enterprise information systems to support both distributed and centralized clinical and business operations to support a consumer centric and cost beneficial, value based enterprise-wide IT operations.
Atlantic Health System has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals to fill their Director, Epic Ambulatory Services Position.
Organization Overview
Atlantic Health System (“AHS”), based in Morristown, New Jersey, is one of New Jersey’s leading and most influential non-profit, integrated health care delivery systems. With more than 14,000 dedicated employees throughout the organization, Atlantic Health System is highly capable of maintaining their promise that anyone who enters their system will receive the right care, at the right quality, at the right time, at the right place and at the right cost.
Director, Epic Ambulatory Services Position Highlights
The Director for Ambulatory Information Services oversees the Epic information system implementation and support for Atlantic Health System’s physician practices to support clinical and business operations through the use of a fully integrated electronic medical record and hospital information system. The Director has overall accountability for the implementation and maintenance of Epic ambulatory applications, including integration and support of third party software that works alongside Epic. In addition, the Director, Ambulatory Information Services is responsible for all systems solutions directly supporting the division of Physician Enterprises, hospital outpatient departments, and post-acute care.
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.
Organization Overview
Hackensack University Health Network is the non-profit, New Jersey-based parent company of HackensackUMC, the HackensackUMC Foundation, Hackensack University HealthPartners Medical Group, and corporate joint venture partners with LHP Hospital Group in ownership of two hospitals: HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley and HackensackUMC Mountainside. With more than 9,000 employees and 2,200 credentialed medical staff members at hospitals within the Network, Hackensack University Health Network is the largest healthcare system in northern New Jersey.
Position Highlights
Under the general direction of the Senior VP/CIO, the Chief Information Security Officer directs development, implementation, and oversight of Hackensack’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 Hackensack 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.
