Chief Health Informatics Officer: Clinical Innovation & AI

Gohuskies; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Washington invites applications for Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO) in UW Medicine. This executive leads clinical informatics, ensuring Epic optimization, safe workflows, and alignment with the system’s mission of clinical excellence and equity.

The CHIO will be a practicing physician, build trust with frontline clinicians, guide AI and analytics adoption, mentor informatics teams, and partner with CIO, CMOs, and QA leaders to advance data-driven care.

Qualifications

• MD or DO with board certification in a clinical specialty.
• Eligible for or holding Washington State medical licensure.
• Extensive experience in leading clinical informatics teams within a complex health system.
• Deep working knowledge of Epic EHR, including optimization, governance, and clinical workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to lead change, build consensus, and influence without authority.
• Strong communication skills with clinicians, executives, and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive informatics leadership for Epic and other clinical systems optimization.
• Ensure technology enhances clinical efficiency, quality, safety, and patient and clinician experience across inpatient, ambulatory, and specialty care settings in alignment with UW Medicine strategic priorities.
• Lead governance structures for clinical content, decision support, order sets, documentation standards, and workflow design in partnership with clinical operational leaders.
• Educate the user community on the capabilities of the platforms already in use and help users maximize the usability and value of existing systems.
• Partner with clinical leaders to reduce documentation burden and burnout while maintaining regulatory and quality requirements.
• Ensure IT training is delivered efficiently, and curriculum and methodologies continuously adapt to meet the needs of a broad audience of learners in alignment with UW Medicine learning principles and in partnership with enterprise learning leaders.
• Develop and own the clinical informatics strategy and contribute to UW Medicine’s IT and digital health strategies and approach.
• Mentor, develop, lead and delegate goals and tasks to the physician and nursing informaticist leaders and teams.
• Understand the market and be involved and a thought leader in national vendor, informatics, and academic forums, representing UW Medicine externally.

Job description

The University of Washington invites applications for Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO) in UW Medicine. This executive leads clinical informatics, ensuring Epic optimization, safe workflows, and alignment with the system’s mission of clinical excellence and equity.

The CHIO will be a practicing physician, build trust with frontline clinicians, guide AI and analytics adoption, mentor informatics teams, and partner with CIO, CMOs, and QA leaders to advance data-driven care.