One morning not long ago, the WeChat group of “HITValue Expert Club” was swiped with “Congratulations” and “Congratulations”.
Here’s the thing: Group owner Liu Yu posted two screenshots. The pictures show that Yu Gang is the vice president of the Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang University School of Medicine (hereinafter referred to as Zhejiang University Pediatrics). He is the director of the information center of the hospital.
“Information person has another vice president!” Liu Yu sighed. The group of friends rejoiced: looking forward to more medical trust people to go to leadership positions!
As Liu Yu said, it is not uncommon for people to be promoted from the post of director of the information center to a hospital-level manager.
Source: HITValue Expert Club
It is not uncommon for a director of information to be promoted to a school administrator
Gang Yu’s promotion to Vice President is inseparable from his outstanding work achievements.
In recent years, Zhejiang University has made remarkable achievements in the construction of pediatric medicine informatization: in November 2021, it passed the fifth-level B-level evaluation, which is currently the highest level in China; in 2021, it passed the third-level evaluation of hospital smart services; In July 2020, it passed the five-level review of electronic medical records; in 2019, it passed the four-level review of interconnection and interoperability; in 2018, it passed the fourth-level review of electronic medical records…
Zhejiang University Pediatrics is basically promoted at a rate of one year, promoting the construction of information technology, which is unimaginable in many other hospitals. Among them, the contribution of Yu Gang, who is at the helm of informatization construction, is naturally inseparable. Moreover, his contribution is not limited to the construction of informatization itself.
Yu Gang speaking at the Zhejiang University Pediatrics Conference at the end of 2021 Source: Zhejiang University Pediatrics Official website
In July 2021, Yu Gang said in an interview with the HIT expert network, “Only by turning the information department into a discipline department, using its own professional knowledge to serve the clinic, and creating a Only valuable scientific research results can reflect the scientific research value of the information center and enhance the status of the information center.”
This kind of thinking coincides with the hospital’s requirements for the information center. Zhejiang University Pediatrics has always attached great importance to scientific research. In the 2020 China Hospital Science and Technology Value (STEM) ranking, it ranks second in the national children’s specialized hospitals. Shu Qiang, secretary of the hospital party committee, once made a request to Yu Gang: “The information center should not only do informatization, but also scientific research transformation.”
Under the guidance of this concept, Yu Gang actively practiced and achieved remarkable results. He has presided over 1 national key R&D program, 1 general project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2 projects of the Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Department, 2 projects of the Health Department, and participated in 4 national, provincial and ministerial scientific research projects.
In December 2021, the Zhejiang-Finland Children’s Health Artificial Intelligence Joint Laboratory was selected into the “2021 International Science and Technology Cooperation Carrier Recognition List” by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Science and Technology, with Yu Gang serving as the Chinese director of the laboratory.
After Zhejiang University Pediatrics was approved by the National Children and Health Clinical Medical Research Center and the National Regional Children’s Medical Center, the hospital selected 4 peak disciplines, 4 advantageous disciplines and 4 cultivation Among them, “Children’s Smart Medical Big Data Application” is identified as a training discipline, with the information center as the main body.
Yu Gang said: “It is a pioneering work for the information center to be selected by the hospital as the cultivation discipline department.” This kind of strength is only the director of most hospital information centers. envy.
Zhao | created a “regional medical information technology” during his temporary post as assistant to the mayor of Guiyang “Guiyang Model” Source: Official Website of Fuwai Hospital
Another person who moved from the director of the information center to the leadership position of the hospital is Zhao| of Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (hereinafter referred to as Fuwai Hospital).
Fuwai Hospital’s informatization construction, under the leadership of Zhao |, also achieved excellent results: electronic medical record level 7 (only 4 in the country), top four in interconnection, smart service 4 Grade (unique in the country)…
It is particularly worth mentioning that the information center of Fuwai Hospital is very capable of self-research, and many of the information systems of the hospital are developed by themselves.
In addition to being responsible for hospital informatization construction, before serving as the vice president of Fuwai Hospital, Zhao| was selected by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee to be the assistant mayor of Guiyang in early 2018 , During his tenure, he presided over the promotion of regional medical informatization and successfully created the “Guiyang Model”.
Also on the list from information center director to hospital administrator: Second Affiliated Medical University of Naval Medical UniversityZhang Dianyong, the current president of the hospital (Changzheng Hospital), Xiu Yan, the current party secretary of the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Zhu Xiaobo, the current vice president of the Second People’s Hospital of Dezhou City, and Jiang Lu, the current vice president of Dong’e County People’s Hospital…
Why can a director of information be a college administrator?
How can the above-mentioned information center directors be promoted to college-level managers? The author believes that this aspect is related to personal quality and ability, and on the other hand, the particularity and importance of information work cannot be ignored.
First, information work is becoming more and more important. Not to mention the ratings related to the information itself, such as electronic medical records, smart services, and interconnection, which are mandatory requirements of the health administrative department; digital transformation, performance appraisal, high-quality development, medical alliance construction, hierarchical diagnosis and treatment, multi-campus construction, etc. Can a job leave the support of information technology?
Secondly, data has become an asset of the hospital, and the director of the information center may be the person most familiar with the hospital’s business, management, and operational data, ensuring data security and mining data value, The director of the information center has the best grasp of the potential of the overall data asset.
Again, as a support department, the information center will deal with all departments of the hospital. From the blood and tears experience of “taking the blame” and “scolding”, it has gradually gained the recognition and support of its brother departments. Obviously, it depends not only on the technical level, but also on the continuous improvement of communication skills.
Finally, CIOs of many large foreign companies are equivalent to vice presidents and are directly responsible to the top decision-makers. It is not without precedent for a domestic hospital to set up a CIO with a position similar to the chief accountant and enter the hospital leadership team.
In summary, the location is important, it has potential, it can communicate, and there are precedents. It is natural for the director of the information center to be a hospital administrator.
What else can I do besides hospital administrators?
On February 9, the People’s Liberation Army Daily published an article entitled “Medical Preferential Policies, Where are the Specific Preferential Discounts”. Gao Yi, director of the Medical Insurance Office of the General Hospital of the Northern Theater Command, was interviewed by reporters to answer questions for readers.
Before, he had been an engineer of the hospital information center. During the anti-epidemic period, he was also appointed as the director of the information department of Wuhan Taikang Tongji Hospital to participate in the anti-epidemic. He has been focusing on medical insurance informatization and has gradually grown into a medical insurance expert.
The work of the information center involves clinical, management, service and other aspects, and there are many options for career development.
Option One: Head of Data Department
Some hospitals have established an information/data management department independent of the information center, whose main responsibility is data management and mining. Such as Wang Peng and Yang Lei, who have been reported by the health industry.
Wang Peng was the director of the Information Center of the First Affiliated Hospital (Southwest Hospital) of the Army Military Medical University. In October 2018, he was appointed as the director of the Medical Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Center. , Promote the application of big data and artificial intelligence innovative products, and promote scientific research and innovation in the interdisciplinary field, producing a series of results.
Yang Lei, former director of the Information Center of Liuzhou Maternal and Child Health Hospital, took up the post of director of the information management department in 2018 and sorted out 9 tasks of information management. He said: “As information persons, our responsibilities are The scope is expanding. Not only production data, but also management information; not just post-processing, but pre-planning and process quality control.”
Yang Lei summarized the information management work into 9 items
Option Two: Head of Hospital Operations
Hospital operations are naturally related to data, and no one can compare to the director of the information center in terms of familiarity with data. For example, Lu Huijing, director of the operation office of the Second Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, was transferred from the position of director of the information center.
Option Three: Other Departments
There are also many experts in the industry who have been transferred from the position of director of the information center to the heads of other departments. In addition to Gao Yi mentioned above, there are also Zhu Chen, director of the Quality Management Office of the Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Wu Heng, Director of the Party Office of Huaihe Hospital of Henan University, Yu Xuemei, Director of the Medical Engineering Department of the Children’s Hospital Affiliated to the Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Yu Xiaoping, Chief Physician of the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, etc.
After being transferred to a new post, the changes in the work content made them have new thinking about informatization work, and these thoughts were fed back to them through writing articles, lectures, etc. The medical information industry also allows the industry to examine itself from another perspective, which objectively promotes the development of the industry.
How does the information person practice self-cultivation?
Transferring to a new post is related to the importance of information work, but more importantly, the training of the director of the information center. How should information workers improve themselves?
In the 40th issue of “Connected CIO”, Xue Wanguo, former director of the Medical Big Data Research Center of the PLA General Hospital, shared, In the new situation, hospital IT engineers need planning, project implementation, Five technical capabilities, such as integration, operation and maintenance, and information services, and there are five corresponding career directions: system analyst, integration engineer, project manager, data analyst, and database management (network management, information security) engineer .
How can I obtain the above abilities? Xue Wanguo believes that we should develop from IT vertical knowledge to interdisciplinary horizontal knowledge system, and build an “IT+X” knowledge structure, including medical knowledge, hospital management knowledge, medical data statistical analysis knowledge, and medical informatics knowledge. Practice learning and continuously expand the knowledge system.
Chen Jinxiong’s Competency Model for Medical Trustees
Also in the “Connect CIO” program, Chen Jinxiong, vice president of the Medical Informatization Branch of the China Research Hospital Association, said that there are three directions for the development of medical trust people: a compound that leads the direction of construction talents, professional talents who master core technologies, and practical talents who solve specific problems. He believes that in the future, medical trust people should pay attention to technology and systems, business and process, change and innovation, and upgrade from the role of technical support to value creation.
Sources: HITValue Expert Club, CIO of Health Circle, HIT Expert Network, Fuwai Hospital Official Website, Zhejiang University Pediatrics Official Website, etc.
Source｜Health Industry
Writing｜Xiang Haiquan