Part 1. Using online career sites (e.g., indeed.com or jobmine.himss.org https://jobmine.himss.org/jobs/) :
- Locate a position for the healthcare CIO using your selected healthcare career site. Include the position information.
- Discuss the required academic qualifications, experience, and other desired/required characteristics.
- Assess your candidacy for this position (My skills/experience below);
- Pursuing Masters in Health Administration
- Military Experience
- Undergraduate Degree in HR
- No experience in the medical/health field
- Minimal supervisory experience
- Administrative experience
- Microsoft Skills, Good communication skills
- Adaptable/Flexible
- Quick Learner
- Develop a plan to close the gaps necessary to meet the position requirements.
Part 2. Chief Information Officer (CIO) is a term used in IT for an official who oversees the functions of collecting, processing, and presenting information of the organization to top management for making informed business decisions. The same concept is used in healthcare. However, the information collected and used in healthcare organizations differs the normal business information.
- In a tabulated two-column format compare functions/responsibilities of CIOs for the routine business organizations and healthcare organizations.
- Determine which responsibilities of the CIO are different in healthcare and business organizations?
- Assess if they are more critical in healthcare than the business organizations and why.
- Support your viewpoints with arguments and/or real-life examples (if you work in healthcare).
All supportive evidence should be formatted in APA 7th Edition.