[{"innerBlocks":[],"name":"core\/freeform","postId":136,"blockType":{"name":"core\/freeform","keywords":[],"attributes":{"content":{"type":"string","source":"raw"},"lock":{"type":"object"}},"providesContext":[],"usesContext":[],"selectors":[],"supports":{"className":false,"customClassName":false,"reusable":false},"styles":[],"variations":[],"apiVersion":3,"title":"Classic","description":"Use the classic WordPress editor.","category":"text"},"originalContent":"The Cleveland Clinic has named Lara Jehi, MD, to serve in the newly created position of chief research information officer to optimize the health system\u2019s digital infrastructure. \u201cAs healthcare has become vastly more data-intensive, the chief research information officer role will bridge research and patient data with clinical care,\u201d said James Young, MD, Cleveland Clinic\u2019s chief academic officer. \u201cDr. Jehi\u2019s expertise as both a data-based researcher and physician will provide strategic vision to leverage large clinical informatics systems to drive innovation.\u201d An epilepsy specialist, Jehi currently leads multi-institutional National Institutes of Health-funded grants focused on data science. According to the Cleveland Clinic, Jehi\u2019s data-driven algorithms for clinical care decision-making are being used, studied and expanded worldwide.

In addition, she serves as vice-chair of Cleveland Clinic\u2019s Institutional Review Board, co-director of Network Capacity for the Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Cleveland, as well as principal investigator of Cleveland Clinic\u2019s Biorepository, a role leveraging information technology, enterprise analytics and regulatory support to efficiently scale up and incorporate biobanking efforts within clinical workflow.\u201cWe owe our patients a healthcare system that harnesses technology, creativity and science to provide the best care of today, and develop the pioneering care of tomorrow,\u201d said Jehi. \u201cAs digital healthcare delivery matures, our team will harness Cleveland Clinic\u2019s robust health information and data sources to shape research innovation in basic and translational science, clinical research and healthcare delivery.\u201dThe Cleveland Clinic\u2019s near-term plan calls for the implementation of digital platforms such as telemedicine, data analytics and artificial intelligence, as the $8 billion healthcare organization looks beyond its core electronic health record system capabilities.\u201cThe new digital and analytic tools and the new way that we process information for better servicing our patients will have a transformative effect on our industry,\u201d said president and CEO Tom Mihaljevic, MD, at the Cleveland Clinic\u2019s 2019 Medical Innovation Summit in October.","saveContent":"The Cleveland Clinic has named Lara Jehi, MD, to serve in the newly created position of chief research information officer to optimize the health system\u2019s digital infrastructure. \u201cAs healthcare has become vastly more data-intensive, the chief research information officer role will bridge research and patient data with clinical care,\u201d said James Young, MD, Cleveland Clinic\u2019s chief academic officer. \u201cDr. Jehi\u2019s expertise as both a data-based researcher and physician will provide strategic vision to leverage large clinical informatics systems to drive innovation.\u201d An epilepsy specialist, Jehi currently leads multi-institutional National Institutes of Health-funded grants focused on data science. According to the Cleveland Clinic, Jehi\u2019s data-driven algorithms for clinical care decision-making are being used, studied and expanded worldwide.

Cleveland Clinic appoints first chief research information officer

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