36: Clinical leadership in healthcare informatics

Today my guest is Mike Kramer, MD, MBA, a former boss and colleague of mine. He is a clinically trained health system leader with a background in IT, quality, and clinical change. He also has a track record of driving high quality system wide digital platform implementations and standardized reliable care.

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“Roles may require transitions and relocations. Consider your flexibility and tolerance for change especially if you are not going to maintain practice.”

Show Highlights:

  • Mike describes his past role as the first Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO) at 4 major health systems across the northern Midwest.
  • He shares about his recent transition from his role at OhioHealth as System CMIO.
  • How Mike prepared for leadership roles and why he pursued an MBA (Master of Business Administration).
  • Why moving into a new role required a high level of commitment and the reasons why he might have maintained his clinical practice longer.
  • Mike discusses the advantages of EMR’s (digital health solutions) and how to minimize the stress for physicians.
  • Why it’s important to have a sponsor within the organization.
  • How to deal with changes in organizational leadership (develop relationships).

About me:

I’m an experienced physician executive with over 30 years of clinical and administrative experience in various healthcare settings. I’m passionate about coaching and mentoring physicians interested in transitioning to full time or part time non-clinical roles either within the healthcare industry or external to healthcare. I have served as a COO for an emergency medicine management company, CMO for several hospitals, Vice-president of ambulatory quality for a large multispecialty medical group, Vice-president of system quality and safety for a multi-hospital system, along with numerous medical staff positions and other administrative roles. 

Connect with me:

Website: https://physiciansbeyondthebedside.com/

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMVkvrQa3LULExRtPNvkkuw

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nchapinmd/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ubeyondthebedside/

Additional Resources:

07: How to determine if the MBA is right for you

16: CMIO: the best role for you?

Mike Kramer – LinkedIn

A List of Fellowships in Clinical Informatics

ACGME Clinical Informatics Programs US

ACGME-I Program Requirements for GME in Clinical Informatics

AMIA informatics fellowships

University of California San Francisco Informatics Program

University of Michigan Masters Health Informatics

University of Minnesota Family Medicine Clinical Informatics

www.HIMSS.org

www.KLASresearch.com

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