System Director of Health Information Management

System Director of Health Information Management Department: CNE-FINANCE ADMIN Operating Unit Care New England Location: Providence, RI Job ID: 19623 Job Status: Full Time Shift: Days Schedule: Other Job Summary: note : System Director of HIM required on-site/hybrid schedule. The Care New England System Director of Health Information Management (HIM) collaborates with physicians, nurses, case managers, chief financial officers, and others. Will actively participate as a member of the Leadership Team to support and enforce a culture of excellence in care delivery, customer service, technological efficiency and fiscal integrity. Primary responsibilities include developing policies and procedures for the collection, storage, and retrieval of patient health data, ensuring compliance with all relevant laws and regulations, overseeing the management of release of information requests, responding to audits and the overall guidance of both hospital and professional Health Information Management departments. Duties and Responsibilities: Ensures regulatory compliance is met with respect to both hospital and professional HIM functions. Develops and leads departmental process to review new regulatory developments and communicates to affected departments. Facilitates completion of necessary documentation in the medical record through extensive interaction with physicians and clinicians. This is done through numerous points of collaboration with operational unit leaders and other Revenue Cycle leadership. Works with the facility to improve medical staff practice patterns including documentation requirements and those needed to facilitate support services such as transcription, coding, and CDI. Supports and participates in the education, mentoring and training to healthcare systems employees in areas relevant to Health Information policies and procedures and scanning of documents for inclusion in the EMR. Provides timely guidance and feedback to help strengthen the knowledge/skill set of others to accomplish a task or solve a problem. Supports and/or trains new staff in the appropriate use of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and ensures standardization of all clinical records in the system. Approves and oversees all aspects of EMR training. Develops quality programs with tools such as audits, workflows, etc. to provide individual and systems-level training to affiliate staff. Responsible for ensuring patient health information is secure and easily accessible to health care professionals when needed. Manage and direct all activities of the Department by providing leadership and by serving as a resource to evaluate and identify strategies for problem solving. Meet cost and quality standards by demonstrating creativity in responding to healthcare trends. Review budgetary reports and submit capital budget requests. Identify opportunities to automate processes utilizing current and/or new systems to accelerate and improve coding. Lead and participate in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) transition to Epic. Continue to then lead and guide for progress improvement of EMR utilization. Ensures high levels of performance, achievement of goals and quality of results across CNE through subordinate managers. Performs all other related duties as requested. Requirements: Bachelor's degree in a healthcare-related field, with a minimum of 5 years management experience in HIM required. Excellent oral and written skills required. Ability to work between clinical, operational and financial areas is necessary. Experience with the management of a remote workforce is also preferred. Care New England Health System (CNE) and its member institutions; Butler Hospital, Women & Infants Hospital, Kent Hospital, VNA of Care New England, Integra, The Providence Center, and Care New England Medical Group, and our Wellness Center, are trusted organizations fueling the latest advances in medical research, attracting top specialty-trained doctors, and honing renowned services and innovative programs to engage in the important discussions people need to have about their health. Americans with Disability Act Statement : External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled must be able to perform the essential job-specific functions either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation, to be determined by the organization on a case-by-case basis. EEOC Statement : Care New England is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. Ethics Statement : Employee conducts himself/herself consistent with the ethical standards of the organization including, but not limited to hospital policy, mission, vision, and values. #J-18808-Ljbffr