CMIO, LLC · Comprehensive Medical Informatics & Optimization

Physician executive leadership for all the systems that support healthcare.

I bring the physician's clinical method to health systems: take the history, examine the work, read the data honestly, commit to a written diagnosis, then treat and follow up. When the seat is empty, I can hold it.

Thomas Powell, MD MS
Thomas Powell, MD MSFounder & Managing Director · Author, The Diagnostician
The Seven P's

What a physician executive brings

Seven commitments behind every engagement, from the first interview to the day the work is handed over.

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PerspectiveThe Clinical Lens

I evaluate your IT and informatics infrastructure through the eyes of practicing clinicians, and remove the friction they work around every day.

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PrognosisThe Diagnostic Framework

I audit struggling EHR rollouts, communication silos and data bottlenecks, and name the project risks before they become outcomes.

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ProactivePreventive Care

I design clinical workflows that intercept burnout, safety events and security liabilities before they reach the patient.

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PositioningThe Strategic Blueprint

I align your informatics data with regulatory requirements, quality ratings and reimbursement, so the record supports the care and the revenue it earns.

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PreparationClinical Readiness

I build the training, data governance and change-management plans that make adoption stick.

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PreservationInstitutional Stability

I protect core operations, data integrity and patient safety through major system migrations.

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PersistenceSustained Recovery

As interim CMIO or CHIO, I keep the work moving from inception through go-live, and past it.

Who I work with

Health systems, and the firms that serve them

Academic medical centers, children's hospitals, community hospitals and integrated delivery networks. Health IT companies, consulting firms and universities that need a physician executive's judgment on their clinical work.

Current engagements are confidential. Scope, authority and deliverables are agreed in writing for each one.

Where I've led
2019 to nowCMIO, LLC · Founder & Managing DirectorInterim executive leadership, Epic and Cerner/Oracle conversions, refuel, workforce and governance.
2022 to 2024Aspirus Health · VP and CMIO18 hospitals, 130 outpatient locations, 1,300 employed physicians and APCs.
2018 to 2019State of Arkansas · Medical and Executive Officer, OHIT and SHARETransitional leadership of the state health information exchange.
2013 to 2022UAMS · CMIO, Associate Vice Chancellor; Assistant Professor of Clinical InformaticsEpic across 43 groups; Arkansas's first clinical informatics MS and PhD; the state's clinical informatics board fellowship with Arkansas Children's.
2010 to 2013Miami Children's Hospital (now Nicklaus Children's) · CMIO; Chief Informatics and Analytics OfficerPaper to Cerner across 38 pediatric subspecialties.
2002 to 2010University of Miami · Director of Anesthesia Informatics; Assistant ProfessorAnesthesia information systems for the largest anesthesia residency in the country.
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