The Rise of the CCIOIntelligent Informatics Client

Rachel Dunscombe – CIO – Bolton FTMay 2015

The now

Building the Team

• No one clinician felt they could represent all clinicians • Multiple clinicians expressed an interest but felt exposed if they were a lone

CCIO• Each clinician had different skill sets and interests • Most of the CCIOs started their dialogue with Informatics as frustrated users

and decided to become part of the solution

Securing Board Buy In

• Sufficient substantive funding

• Board and especially Medical Director buy in

• Defined structure and governance

• Regular CCIO board communication

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An Integrated Trust CCIO Team

• Phillipa Winter – Head of Therapies • Brendan Lane – A&E Charge Nurse• Dr David Haider – Consultant Ophthalmologist• Dr Simon Irving – Acute Medical Consultant• Plus 4 associate CCIOs

Clinical Involvement

• First substantive CCIO Multi Disciplinary Team• CCIOs on Project Boards e.g. Community Project / EPR• CCIOs sit on NHS England Digital Maturity Index Group• CCIO sits on NHS England Open Source Board• CCIO led Code4Health and Mobilise projects• CCIOs work with AHSN

Making an effective CCIO

Domain Knowledge Domain Knowledge Wider Learning

Peer Learning

The softer things matter

• Developing CCIO’s leadership skills • Open and honest Communication• Shared working space between CCIOs and

Informatics staff• Informal Knowledge sharing

What Does the Future Hold ?

• Does the CCIO change the role of the CIO ?• Can CCIOs form to intelligent client alone ?• What formal education programmes will

develop for CCIOs ?• What does the system need to support and

develop the CCIOs ?• How do we embed CCIO leadership ?

To become

Thank You