The board of directors is appointing a colleague to head the implementation of a new health information system. Which employee would be the most appropriate leader?
A) Resident emergency department physician who was recently hired
B) Nurse manager of a 16-bed coronary-care unit who has been employed at the institution for one year
C) Chief nursing information officer (CINO) appointed two years ago
D) Nurse supervisor of the medical-surgical units, encompassing 130 beds
C) Chief nursing information officer (CINO) appointed two years ago
Explanation: A) A physician may support the team's efforts but does not possess adequate knowledge to lead the team.
B) Those lower level managers, such as nurse managers, may support the team effort but typically do not take as much of a leadership role.
C) The key responsibility of CNIOs is to capitalize on their nursing informatics knowledge and project management skills. The role encompasses an understanding and integration of multiple computer, information, analytical, and nursing science skills in order to manage, as well as strategically and operationally lead, stakeholders of the interprofessional healthcare team in decision making to achieve organizational outcomes. The CNIO uses these skills when focused on the design, planning, and implementation of health information systems, and when managing the adoption of other supporting clinical initiatives.
D) Those in lower-level management, such as supervisors, may support the team effort but typically do not take as much of a leadership role.
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