Enterprise Digital System Clinical Lead - Pathology (Clinical & LaboratoryWorkflows)

Mass General Brigham (Enterprise Services); Somerville (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Mass General Brigham, a not-for-profit integrated healthcare system, seeks a Physician-informatic lead to guide Epic Clinical and Anatomic Pathology workflows across ambulatory and inpatient settings. The role emphasizes safe, standardized pathology processes from ordering to result management and downstream pathways, spanning Beaker and integrated Epic modules.

The position covers complex lab and non-lab clinical workflows, requiring collaboration with clinical teams, laboratory operations, and

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Epic informatics lead for Clinical and Anatomic Pathology workflows across ambulatory and inpatient settings
• Ensure alignment of Epic solutions with clinical best practices, patient safety standards, and regulatory requirements
• Maintain awareness of Epic capabilities, system updates, and future roadmap
• Lead the design, standardization, and continuous improvement of end-to-end pathology workflows across ambulatory, inpatient, and specialty settings

Skills

Epic informatics leadership

Pathology workflows

Epic Beaker

Job description

Site: Mass General Brigham Incorporated

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

Job Summary

About Us

Mass General Brigham (MGB) is a not-for-profit, integrated healthcare system committed to advancing patient care, research, education, and service. Founded by Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, MGB supports a comprehensive continuum of care, including community and specialty hospitals, physician networks, and research programs. We are guided by a people-first culture grounded in core values including patient care, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Role Overview

The Enterprise Digital System Clinical Lead - Pathology provides clinical informatics leadership for Epic systems supporting laboratory (Beaker - AP/CP) and non-laboratory clinical workflows related to pathology across ambulatory and inpatient settings. This role is responsible for ensuring safe, efficient, and standardized workflows across the full lifecycle of pathology services, including ordering, specimen collection, processing, result management, and downstream clinical workflows, spanning Epic Beaker and integrated Epic modules. The role includes ownership of highly variable and cross-setting workflows, including ambulatory, inpatient, procedural, and specialty diagnostic pathways, requiring coordination across clinical care teams, laboratory operations, and external partners. This position is approximately 40% informatics effort, with the remainder dedicated to clinical, academic, or research responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Informatics Leadership

• Serve as the Epic informatics lead for Clinical and Anatomic Pathology workflows across ambulatory and inpatient settings
• Ensure alignment of Epic solutions with clinical best practices, patient safety standards, and regulatory requirements
• Maintain awareness of Epic capabilities, system updates, and future roadmap

Workflow Design & Optimization

Lead the design, standardization, and continuous improvement of end-to-end pathology workflows, including but not limited to:

• Ambulatory (Outpatient) Workflows
• In-clinic point-of-care (POC) and lab-performed testing
• In-clinic specimen collection with:
• Direct send to external laboratories (e.g., Quest, Cologuard)
• Send to MGB laboratory network
• Provider orders for:
• Lab draw encounters (phlebotomy workflows)
• Future collection tied to procedures (OB, IR, OR, cardiology, etc.)
• Home health / remote collection workflows
• Ambulatory result management workflows, including:
• Critical result notification
• Result routing to appropriate providers and care teams

Inpatient Workflows

• Point-of-care testing within inpatient units
• Specimen collection models, including:
• Nurse-collected (serum and non-serum)
• Lab-collected (phlebotomy workflows)
• Non-serum collections (e.g., tissue, fluids)
• Timed and recurring lab draws
• Orders supporting:
• Future procedure-based collections (OB, IR, OR, cardiology, etc.)
• Intra-procedural and intraoperative collections, including specimen navigator workflows and pre-placed orders
• Inpatient result management workflows, including:
• Critical result notification
• Result routing and follow-up

Complex & Specialty Workflows

• Design and optimization of specialized diagnostic and multi-step workflows, including: