1.) Describe the following and evaluate their suitability as the replacement CIO if he/she leaves the organization: CMIO, CTO, and CSO.
The CTO can be replaced with the CIO position if he or she decides to leave the organization. CIO stands for Chief Information Officer. The CIO is the senior or head executive in a healthcare organization and he or she is responsible for information technology and software system that is used within the healthcare organization to bring out the organization’s mission, goals and vision. The CIO always reports to the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and also the Chief Financial Officer. These three work hand in hand to make sure that that healthcare organization …show more content…
In hospital B, the CIO reports directly to the CFO, and the CMIO reports to the CIO. What are some of the key differences in the culture of the two IS functions and their expected performance?
• In Hospital A, CIO (Chief Information Officer) reports to the CEO which stands for Chief Executive officer. CEO—CIO (V.P.)
• In Hospital A, the Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) directly reports to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO). CMO—CMIO
The CMO is the officer of Board in the medical branch or area and he or she reports directly to the company’s chairman. In this case, the chairman of the board directly communicates or meet with the chief of the company. Both section in hospital A are not interconnected to each other, however, in management information system the information are intertwined with each other.
• In hospital B, the Chief Information Officer reports directly to the Chief Finance Officer (CFO). CFO—CIO
• In hospital B, the Chief Medical Information Officer directly reports to the Chief Information Officer. CMIO—CIO
As illustrated in Hospital B they are intertwined with each other and as shown …show more content…
The main difficulty of identifying or assessing a single “best practice” is because the relationship between IT governance and all hospitals are different and the performance is the lack of decisiveness or obscurity of each hospital board’s role and general function of IT governance. This ambiguity is yet more serious for nonprofit hospital boards, which must meet the wants and needs of numerous stakeholders when trying to deliver, maintain and live up to the organization’s mission and vision. One of the main duties of IT governance is strategic planning and implementing. If all hospitals have a different future goals or objectives in mind to make their organization more successful than others, it is unlikely for all hospital to work together or to have a single best practice that works for all healthcare organizations. Also when it comes to EHR vendors it is hard to choose one single system for all