What are the responsibilities and job description for the MIS DIRECTOR position at Betances Health Center?
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides leadership and direction in the analysis, selection, design, implementation and support of clinical information systems and telecommunication solutions.
- Plans, prioritizes, summarizes, directs and supervises staff, users and vendors in clinical systems development and support functions with an emphasis on complete, accurate and secure systems.
- Provides functional and technical leadership for the implementation and support of software applications (internally or vendor developed), enhancements, and modifications.
- Prepares and recommends short and long term goals and objectives for the systems development and support functions.
- Supervises the development of project plans and estimates and schedules resources; monitors and reports project progress against established work plans to CEO.
- Designs/implements Systems Administration (SA) related solutions for core health center business needs.
- Manages the analysis, selection, design, implementation and support of clinical information systems solutions.
- Develops, maintains and assures compliance with standards, policies and procedures for systems development methodology, production systems support, project management, quality assurance and documentation.
- Develops and recommends IT program plans, policies, and proposals for major purchases.
- Responsible for the ongoing management of information security policies, procedures, and technical systems in order to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of all organizational healthcare information systems and all electronic health information the organization creates, receives, maintains or transmits.
- Responsible for implementing and managing information security directives as mandated by the HIPAA security rule, HRSA, DOH and other regulatory laws and statues.
- Works with vendors, outside consultants, and other third parties to ensure that information systems are adequately protected and meet HIPAA certification requirements.
- Other responsibilities are required by Administration.