Chief Health Information Officer: What’s in a Title?

Dec 23, 2014

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The role of some chief medical information officers is becoming increasingly strategic. One of the symbols of that transition is a new title popping up for system-wide CMIOs: chief health information officer.

In the past few weeks I have had the chance to interview several chief medical information officers about how their positions are becoming increasingly strategic as their organizations move from EHR implementation to population health initiatives and analytics. And one of the symbols of that transition is a new title popping up for system-wide CMIOs: chief health information officer.