Job Description

On behalf of our Healthcare client, Affinity Healthcare Solutions is seeking a Clinical Information Systems (CIS) Strategist. The ideal consultant combines hands
- on acute-care CIS architecture and implementation experience with system
- level strategy, TCO modelling and investment planning, plus substantive knowledge of Oracle Health/Cerner Millennium, MEDITECH Expanse and Epic in complex multi
- vendor healthcare environments.
Responsibilities
Experience conducting current-state assessments across multiple healthcare organizations operating different CIS platforms, architectures, and operating models.
Experience developing future-state and target-state CIS architectures at health-system scale.
Ability to assess strategic options within a provincial multi
- vendor direction, without predetermining platform replacement or consolidation or reopening established provincial architecture.
Ability to develop and objectively evaluate strategic options, including:Optimizing existing CIS platforms.
Consolidating existing instances.
Reducing the number of strategic platforms.
Converging toward common platforms.
Adopting common provincial capabilities.
Maintaining a multi
- vendor environment enabled through stronger interoperability.
Ability to define transparent evaluation criteria and decision frameworks covering:Clinical capability.
Patient safety.
Interoperability.
Architecture.
Implementation complexity.
Workforce requirements.
Operational impact.
Risk.
Affordability.
Total cost of ownership.
Long-term sustainability.
Demonstrated ability to translate strategic direction into a sequenced and achievable multi
- year CIS roadmap.
Investment and Financial Planning
Experience developing multi-year CIS investment plans for major health-system transformations.




Demonstrated capability in total-cost-of-ownership modelling for enterprise CIS platforms.
Ability to assess costs associated with:Software licensing and subscriptions.
Hosting and cloud services.
Infrastructure.
Interfaces and integration.
Data conversion and migration.
Implementation.
Testing.
Clinical and operational readiness.
Education and training.
Change management.
Deployment and stabilization.
Optimization.
Ongoing operation and sustainment.
Experience identifying investment sequencing, dependencies, affordability constraints, and decision gates for large
- scale digital health programs.
Ability to differentiate between sustainment, optimization, expansion, and transformation investments and articulate the benefits, risks, and financial implications of each.
Implementation and Operational Experience
Demonstrated understanding of CIS design and build, including:Configuration.
Workflow design.
Testing.
Data migration and conversion.
Cutover.
Deployment.
Stabilization.
Optimization.
Understanding of the operational requirements associated with maintaining and upgrading enterprise CIS environments while simultaneously undertaking major transformation.
Ability to assess the implementation capacity and readiness of organizations undertaking major CIS change.
Experience considering the sequencing and dependencies between CIS transformation, major hospital capital projects, and other significant digital health initiatives.
Robust understanding of the clinical change,



adoption, and workforce implications associated with major CIS transformation.
Qualifications
Acute-Care CIS Expertise
Significant senior-level experience developing acute-care Clinical Information System (CIS) and/or Electronic Health Record (EHR) strategies for large and complex healthcare environments, preferably at provincial, state, regional, or multi
- health-system scale.
Deep understanding of acute hospital clinical workflows and digital capabilities, including:Emergency.
Inpatient.
Critical care.
Perioperative.
Medication management.
Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE).
Clinical documentation.
Pharmacy.
Laboratory.
Diagnostic imaging.
Scheduling and registration.
Health information management.
Demonstrated ability to translate clinical service and operational requirements into CIS architecture, platform, implementation, and investment strategies.
Experience assessing how CIS platforms support:Clinical quality.
Patient safety.
Standardization.
Clinician experience.
Operational effectiveness.
Major CIS Vendor and Platform Knowledge
Current, substantive knowledge of major enterprise acute-care CIS/EHR platforms, with particular familiarity with:Oracle Health/Cerner Millennium.
MEDITECH Expanse.
Epic.
Experience evaluating multi-vendor CIS environments, including the strategic and technical implications of:Platform standardization.
Consolidation.
Coexistence.
Interoperability.
Understanding of major vendors':Product architectures.
Product roadmaps.
Deployment models.
Licensing approaches.
Cloud strategies.
Commercial considerations.
Experience providing vendor-neutral analysis and recommendations rather than recommendations predicated on a particular CIS platform.
Technical Arc

📌 Clinical Information Systems (Winnipeg)
🏢 Affinity
📍 Winnipeg