Clinical Interdisciplinary Information Council (CIIC)

Charter & Functions || Membership

Charter

The Clinical Interdisciplinary Information Council (CIIC) serves as a subcommittee of the Information Management Council (IMC). In this role, the CIIC provides input to the IMC regarding the use of digital technologies to improve clinical activities (quality, safety, & efficiency) related to the Medical Center operations. The CIIC performs – or directs the performance of - tasks and actions as directed by the IMC, as well as coordinating closely with the activities of the Physician Information Council.

Functions

The CIIC, working in close partnership with the IMC and other groups/participants in the MUSC IT Governance process, performs the following functions:

• Assists with the formulation and articulation of a vision for the deployment and use of digital technologies related to Medical Center operations, particularly related to clinical documentation and medication safety in patient care areas. This includes input to the training, system and workflow design, order set development, and implementation of the point-of-care systems
• Helps IMC develop and maintain a “roadmap” for MUSC’s future educational, research, and clinical environments, featuring the role of information and IT in enabling desired future-state operations in the Medical Center.
• Helps review and recommend to the IMC major IT procurement, funding and cost allocation decisions and strategies, as needed.
• Helps establish, maintain, assess, and continuously improve standards, policies and mechanisms in the Medical Center for: 1) managing clinical information investments; 2) assessing performance and results; 4) promoting best practices; and 3) sharing lessons learned.
• Helps resolve significant Medical Center clinical work flow and IT issues, or if necessary presents to the IMC concise, well-researched decision briefs, with appropriate recommendations.
• Ensures that appropriate and cost-effective information protection measures are applied to information and IT assets in the Medical Center.
• Provides oversight for and serves as champions for Medical Center clinical IT projects, as assigned by IMC. Ensures that post-implementation project reviews are conducted, that expected project benefits are realized, and that the governance process benefits from lessons learned.

Membership