🏥 Healthcare IT Leader
Healthcare IT & Health Informatics career path
Health-IT manager to CIO/CDO: delivery, service management, governance and digital-transformation strategy.
Typical roles
- Health IT Manager
- Director of Clinical Systems
- VP Digital Health
- Healthcare CIO / CDO
Suggested certifications, by phase
Foundation
- CAHIMS HIMSS Certified Associate in Healthcare Information and Management Systems
- ITIL Fdn ITIL Foundation
Core
- CPHIMS HIMSS Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems
- PMP PMI Project Management Professional
- CHPS AHIMA Certified in Healthcare Privacy and Security
Advanced
- CPDHTS HIMSS Certified Professional in Digital Health Transformation Strategy
- CPHQ NAHQ Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality
- CISM ISACA Certified Information Security Manager
Mastery
- CHCIO CHIME Certified Healthcare CIO
- CDH-E CHIME Certified Digital Health Executive
- CGEIT ISACA Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT
A suggestion, not a set of prerequisites — one or two certifications per phase is plenty.