my accomplishments
Implementations:
- SoftLab at MedStar – Lab, AP, Blood Bank, Revenue Cycle
- Medipak EHR at MedStar
- Cerner AP at MedStar
- Western Star Blood Bank at Medstar
- StatLan POE and EHR at MedStar
- HBOC AdVantage Lab at MedStar
- SoftLab at Hudson Valley
- HBOC Microbiology at St. Vincent (Alabama)
- Meditech at St. Joseph
- SMS Invision and Allegra at MedStar
- Ensemble Integration Engine at Aurora
- Lumeris Population Health Analytics at Network Health (Ministry/Affinity/Ascension)
Upgrades, Enhancements and Optimizations:
- Epic upgrades at Aurora
- Sunquest Lab upgrades at Advocate Aurora
- Sunquest CoPath upgrades at Advocate Aurora
- Cerner Millenium upgrade at University of Maryland Medical Center
- HBOC upgrades at MedStar, St. Vincents, Sparrow Regional
- Cerner Classic upgrade at MedStar
Custom Development:
- Reengineering of APS DM, CM, EHP modules into one multi-client application (Python)
- Nursing decision support
- Patient educational decision support
- Medication management
- Health risk assessment
- Microsoft and Informatica for Business Intelligence at APS (Percolator)
- Customer-facing web application for State Insurance Exchanges at Connecture (Minnesota, Wash. DC)
- Many ETL imports and exports including state Medicaid and Medicare files, insurance companies (FACETS, QNXT), clinical systems and EHRs
- Pharmacy automation software at NextRX
- New data warehouse and BI reports at Advocate Aurora
- New data warehouse and BI reports at Network Health
Security and Regulatory:
- JCAHO
- CAP, CLIA and AABB
- CMS and HCFA
- PCI, SOX and HiTech
- CARF
- URAC and NCQA
- ISO
- FDA
- OSHA
- State health regulatory agencies (WI, MD, MN, DC, OH, CA, OR, PA)
- Privacy and Security Officer at Maryland Treatment Centers for 5+ years
Financial:
- Successfully managed $10M capital project budget and $14M department operational budget at Advocate Aurora. Saved 14% in interface licensing fees through renegotiation.
- Saved APS Healthcare $342K in 2009 alone, through vendor negotiations, planning, research and resource management.
- Generated yearly bottom-line saving at Maryland Treatment Centers - $52K by implementing VOIP telephony, $82K in software licensing and $50K in contracting services.
Innovation, Transformation and Change:
- Startups: VISICU and NextRX
Consulting:
- InterMed Solutions
- Robert Half International
- New Resources Consulting
Regulatory:
- HIPAA, SOX and PCI audit compliance and remediation.
- FDA and ISO certification for new medical devices at VISICU and NextRX.
- 100% JCAHO, FDA, CAP compliance at Advocate Aurora, Maryland Treatment Centers, Lakeview Neurorehab Hospitals and Helix/MedStar Health.
- Accredited CAP inspector.
Process improvement:
- Lean Six Sigma initiatives, leading hoshins and kaizens.
- Led Continuous Quality Improvement initiatives at Helix.
- Process improvement in both operations and information services.
Leadership:
- Servant leader
- Implemented career ladder structure at ACL / Aurora.
- Led and/or participated in Journey to Excellence leadership seminars for management.
- Led Speed of Trust initiative at AAH.
- Led iAccountability initiative for all Aurora Information Services.