Journal of Medical Systems

, Volume 34, Issue 6, pp 1121–1128 | Cite as

CEO is a Vision of the Future Role and Position of CIO in Healthcare Organizations

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Abstract

Literature related to chief information officer (CIO) in the developed countries during the past 20 years has been reviewed to identify the future trends of the position. The literature shows that CIO is a growing position in the healthcare industry that has achieved much popularity because today’s healthcare has a great focus on information management and technology and that CIO can be future powerful strategist for healthcare organizations. Therefore, a model for an ideal healthcare CIO based on lesson learned from literature was suggested. It seems that in the developed countries, CIOs will achieve many opportunities to come in the highest executive teams of healthcare organizations and may undertake CEO roles.

Keywords

Information manager Chief information officer Chief executive officer Information management Information technology Healthcare organization 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Health Information Management, Faculty of Paramedical SciencesShaheed Beheshti Medical Sciences UniversityTehranIran
  2. 2.Department of Health Information Management, Faculty of Management and Medical Information SciencesIran University of Medical SciencesTehranIran

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