title: Nursing first. Smart CIOs are partnering with nurse executives for IT implementation success.
abstract: CIO/CNO partnership is critical to system implementation success. Focusing on mutual/organization-wide goals, such as clinical transformation and improved patient safety, can help provide a shared understanding of what will be needed for projects to work. A key position emerging in many organizations is that of vice president or director of clinical informatics, usually with a team reporting to him/her.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hagland
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D014481:United States