Manager, Health Information Technology

Responsibilities The Manager, HIT collaborates with the Director, HIT to direct, manage and supervise assigned departmental functions, ensuring completeness, accuracy and integrity of the electronic health record information. This includes, but is not limited to, planning and directing the collection, compilation and distribution of data, recruiting, training and educating staff, monitoring staff performance against established productivity standards and providing input into departmental operating budgets.

Key Accountabilities: Ensure compliance with organization goals, as well as federal, state and other regulatory agency requirements. Review and update policies and procedures to ensure alignment with hospital, outpatient center, departmental and regulatory agency requirements. Manage departmental performance improvement by trending and analyzing key performance indicators.

This includes, but is not limited to, performing gap analysis and root cause analysis to identify areas for performance improvement. Apply strong knowledge of technology/software to identify process improvements and optimizations for systems workflows, while collaborating with internal and external stakeholders. Measure staff against performance improvement metrics, while also ensuring work completion.

Manage daily workflow by effectively designing processes and leading staff to meet turnaround times and project deadlines. This includes, but is not limited to, identifying business needs, updating scripting and implementing process improvements. Compile and manage budget for area(s) of responsibility.

Qualifications Required: With Bachelor's degree: three years in Health Information Management or Health Information Technology; Without Bachelor's degree: seven years in Health Information Management or Health Information Technology One of: RHIA or RHIT Desired: Two years of leadership experience