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The American Academy of Family Physicians and its chapters proudly represent more than 128,300 family physician, resident, and medical student members. Family physicians play a critical role in improving the health of patients, families, and communities across the United States. 

The AAFP is committed to helping family physicians improve the health of Americans by advancing the specialty of family medicine, saving members time, and maximizing the value of membership. Our focus every day is to help family physicians spend more time doing what they do best: providing quality and cost-effective patient care. The AAFP delivers value to its members through each of its strategic priorities.

Summary

Hours: Monday-Friday (hybrid)
Additional hours as required
Travel: Possible 10 days per year

Job Description

When you join the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), you are at the center of transforming health care. You are on the leading edge of ensuring family doctors have what they need to adapt, and you are part of a legacy that has been instrumental in improving and advocating for family medicine since 1947. Make an impact that matters. Be Team AAFP.       

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Practice Technology Strategist provides subject matter expertise on the use of practice technologies and data (e.g., electronic health records, population health analytic solutions, artificial intelligence and telehealth platforms) in a broad range of practice settings in which family physicians work.

Key Functions will include:

Expertise, Leadership & Advocacy: Serves as a subject matter expert on the ways technology supports successful and efficient practice operations to reduce burden and improve well-being including clinical data interoperability, payer data exchange and reporting, telehealth, patient data privacy and security, payment, population health analytics. Identifies and monitors emerging technologies (including AI) that support the delivery of holistic and equitable person-centered care by family physicians in a wide range of practice settings. 

Market Innovation Strategy and Resources:

• Supports the development, launch and ongoing activities of the AAFP’s new strategic AI initiative, the Primary Care Innovation Network (PCIN)
• Leads collaborative efforts within the Practice Advancement division to identify and support development of member education and/or practice resources related to SME domains.
• Leads administrative burden reduction and digital health priorities and participates in cross-divisional collaborative efforts, such as educational planning and advocacy collaboration.
• Leads and/or contributes to organizational strategy and framework development to maximize the impact of AAFP advocacy in areas of expertise.
• Contributes to efforts to better articulate the value of AAFP’s advocacy in areas of expertise.

Member Consultation and Support: Responds to inquiries from members and chapters on issues relating to health data, health IT policy, quality measurement data, practice-based technology capabilities and adoption.

Governance: Supports the Commission on Quality and Practice by reviewing, drafting and revising policies and providing staff recommendations on topics related to SME domains. Serves as staff liaison to the member interest groups on Telehealth and Technology Empowered Clinical Optimization.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or through equivalent work experience with a minimum of six years of relevant work experience. Preferred: Master’s degree in a discipline directly related to the position.
• Understanding of how the applied use of these technologies can optimize practice operations, reduce administrative burdens, improve physician/team well-being as well as patient outcomes and experience is essential.
• Ability to assess areas of impact and opportunity across the constantly evolving healthcare data and technology ecosystem is essential.
• Working understanding of public and private policies and practices in domains such as interoperability and information exchange, quality/performance measurement, patient consent and data privacy is required.
• Ability to synthesize, summarize, and prioritize the essential information necessary for the AAFP to support its members in the use of practice-based technologies.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement member-facing and/or key stakeholder initiatives.
• Ability to distill complex information into terms understandable and relevant to family physicians and others in the organization.
• Strong organizational skills that can be applied to individual and team/project work; ability to meet multiple deadlines and lead teams with internal and external individuals; and the ability to self-identify work to be done and perform tasks independently. 
• Strong presence and presentation skills; strong written and oral communication skills; strategic and analytical expertise; policy analysis

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