Clinicians are generally seen as an important asset in IT projects, both for their medical knowledge and in-depth familiarity with the organization’s current processes and workflows. According to survey responses, clinicians most often have the following roles:
- Project champions: 74 percent
- Involvement in IT evaluation and selection: 73 percent
- Development of policies: 56 percent
- Clinician trainers: 53 percent
- Finding innovative ways to use IT in clinical areas: 45 percent
- IT department employee: 44 percent
- Business project leader: 43 percent
- CMIO: 40 percent
- CNIO: 15 percent
- Clinical department managers select IT systems: 13 percent
- No role: 4 percent
Survey results are based on responses from 298 senior-level IT executives from hospitals and health systems.
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