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American Academy of Family Physicians · 2 months ago

Practice Technology Strategist

Leawood, KS

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

6+ years exp

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is dedicated to advancing the specialty of family medicine and improving health care for Americans. The Practice Technology Strategist will provide expertise on practice technologies and data, focusing on enhancing practice operations and supporting family physicians in delivering quality care.

AssociationHealth CareNon Profit

Responsibilities

Provides subject matter expertise on the use of practice technologies and data in a broad range of practice settings in which family physicians work

Serves as a subject matter expert on the ways technology supports successful and efficient practice operations to reduce burden and improve well-being including clinical data interoperability, payer data exchange and reporting, telehealth, patient data privacy and security, payment, population health analytics

Identifies and monitors emerging technologies that support the delivery of holistic and equitable person-centered care by family physicians in a wide range of practice settings

Supports the development, launch and ongoing activities of the AAFP’s new strategic AI initiative, the Primary Care Innovation Network (PCIN)

Leads collaborative efforts within the Practice Advancement division to identify and support development of member education and/or practice resources related to SME domains

Leads administrative burden reduction and digital health priorities and participates in cross-divisional collaborative efforts, such as educational planning and advocacy collaboration

Leads and/or contributes to organizational strategy and framework development to maximize the impact of AAFP advocacy in areas of expertise

Contributes to efforts to better articulate the value of AAFP’s advocacy in areas of expertise

Responds to inquiries from members and chapters on issues relating to health data, health IT policy, quality measurement data, practice-based technology capabilities and adoption

Supports the Commission on Quality and Practice by reviewing, drafting and revising policies and providing staff recommendations on topics related to SME domains

Serves as staff liaison to the member interest groups on Telehealth and Technology Empowered Clinical Optimization

Qualification

Practice technologies expertiseData interoperabilityPopulation health analyticsArtificial intelligenceTelehealth platformsHealth IT policyAnalytical expertisePolicy analysisOrganizational skillsPresentation skillsWritten communicationOral communicationStrategic expertise

Required

Bachelor's degree or through equivalent work experience with a minimum of six years of relevant work experience

Understanding of how the applied use of these technologies can optimize practice operations, reduce administrative burdens, improve physician/team well-being as well as patient outcomes and experience is essential

Ability to assess areas of impact and opportunity across the constantly evolving healthcare data and technology ecosystem is essential

Working understanding of public and private policies and practices in domains such as interoperability and information exchange, quality/performance measurement, patient consent and data privacy is required

Ability to synthesize, summarize, and prioritize the essential information necessary for the AAFP to support its members in the use of practice-based technologies

Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement member-facing and/or key stakeholder initiatives

Ability to distill complex information into terms understandable and relevant to family physicians and others in the organization

Strong organizational skills that can be applied to individual and team/project work; ability to meet multiple deadlines and lead teams with internal and external individuals; and the ability to self-identify work to be done and perform tasks independently

Strong presence and presentation skills; strong written and oral communication skills; strategic and analytical expertise; policy analysis