Healthcare Administration Leadership & Management Journal
The Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Medical Information Officer
Digitization of data has been successful, but often overlooked is that data by itself is not information. We need people who understand the source of the data, how to clean and curate it, and how to analyze it and make it meaningful. Together, chief medical officers and chief medical information officers create the team needed to analyze data that will catalyze changes, focus resources on the right technology tools, and help with the design, buy-in, and implementation of those changes.
May/June 2023 Vol. 1, No. 2 pp. 81–83 DOI: 10.55834/halmj.7655363306
Abstract
We’re now entering an age where advanced analytics (often hyped as “artificial intelligence”) and complex computerized clinical decision support are accelerating and will make an incredible difference. Technology can be transformative; however, technology alone is not the answer. Digitization of data has been successful, but often overlooked is that data by itself is not information. We need people who understand the source of the data, how to clean and curate it, and how to analyze it and make it meaningful. Together, chief medical officers and chief medical information officers create the team needed to analyze data that will catalyze changes, focus resources on the right technology tools, and help with the design, buy-in, and implementation of those changes.
