Experience

Highmark Companies

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• EDI Data Analyst

  • Jul 2013 - Present

  A Healthcare EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) DATA Analyst responsible for performing CHCS Lab File/Table build and validation activities at Department of Defense (DoD) sites in support of the LabCorp Deployment Project. Responsibilities include updating defined and mapped Lab Test files in the military healthcare CHCS (Composite Healthcare Systems) lab files with LabCorp specific data to facilitate interop electronic resulting of patient lab results back to the CHCS system. The mapping of lab files includes building new tests as well as updating and maintenance of existing lab tests. In addition to file/table build, create and produce compendium data mine to build test compendiums from addendums pulled for client dictionary builds. Validate all updated and new tests built to ensure electronic results from LabCorp are correctly populated in the patient health record within CHCS. Works with the Project management team and the lab clients at assigned military treatment facilities to ensure that specific lab tests are built and validated based on the client’s lab defined dictionary. Show less



Valytics, LLC

• Database Analyst / Software Test Engineer / Subject Matter Expert

  • Mar 2005 - Feb 2013

  Triage analyst for the Tier III Trouble Ticket Resolution Capability Management Contract. Triage performed on Armed-Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application (AHLTA) and Composite Health Care System (CHCS) incoming and backlog trouble tickets escalated from Tier 1 or Tier 2 as well as various trouble tickets from interfacing systems with these two applications. Provide analyst review and responsible for ensuring that the AHLTA and CHCS trouble tickets that were being escalated to the system developer were classified and categorized correctly (Action Items, Software Defects, Configuration Issues or System Enhancements), received appropriate severity assignment and patient safety identification, contained adequate details necessary to troubleshoot and resolve the reported problem, and were directed to the appropriate responsible organization for swift resolution of the identified issue. Assisted in the development of specified requirements specification documents and Development Integration Testing (DIT), assisted in updating of the Requirements Tracability Matrixes (RTM) pertaining to for the TMCI Automated TIER III Trouble Ticket Tracking Database (TAD). Functions as a Subject Matter Expert providing insight for Defense Health Information Management System (DHIMS) DT&E operations for CHCS which is a Military Health System (MHS) information system. Spearhead projects that identify, analyze and eliminate communications issues following the installation of new software packages. Research and analyze software solutions to forecast risk, develop testing plans and establish accurate test-duration estimates. Senior test lead for Enterprise Wide Scheduling and Registration (EWSR) system, performing lab-based hands-on testing through development and execution of developmental test and evaluation (DT&E) scripts and scenarios. EWSR provided a web-based graphical user interface (GUI) to the CHCS for patient registration and medical appointment processing. Show less



JACER International, Inc.

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Analyst

  • Apr 2003 - Feb 2005

  Ms. Starcher-Sokolowski was the Information Systems Analyst responsible for managing the functional requirements for the EWSR automated information system (AIS). She Managed the Resources Information Technology Program Office (RITPO) MS Access database for requirements management for the EWSR project and provided updates to Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System (DOORS) for requirements traceability. Ms Starcher-Sokolowski was responsible for all communications with functional end-users to document the process of analyzing, configuring, building, documenting and testing the product through the acquisition lifecycle. Served as primary configuration consultant to the EWSR developer to translate functional requirements for configuration and monitor the configuration progress. Ms Starcher-Sokolowski was responsible for interpreting the business rules to ensure they were addressed and captured in the development. She assisted with procurement of data and/or list of values needed by the developer, as well as development, evaluation and testing sessions, as needed. Show less



Winn Army Community Hospital

• Ft Stewart, GA

• Systems Analyst/Instuctor

  • Mar 1997 - Mar 2003

  Worked on the implementation and operation of major information systems, including Composite Health Care System (CHCS), Defense Blood Support System (DBSS), Ambulatory Data System (ADS), Third Party Outpatient Collection System (TPOCS), Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support (DMLSS), Nutrition Management Information System (NMIS), Mammography Reporting System (MRS), Anatomic Pathology (CoPath), AudioCare Telephony System, and MS Exchange Email. . Program Manager for File and Table maintenance of the Radiology Menu for the CHCS system. Performed database administration to the radiology module for updates or additions, as needed. Developed and wrote CHCS ad-hoc reports for all areas within the MTF. Researched and merged duplicate patient and providers in CHCS. Ms Starcher-Sokolowski conducted effective CHCS training programs for the MTF staff in all functional areas with primary focus on classes pertaining to the delivery of medical care by professional medical staff with an overall health care process and the ability to derive the interrelationships of one functional area with another. She provided classroom and one-on-one user training for all functional areas within the MTF. Training included, but was not limited to CHCS, ADS/ADM, DBSS, Copath, MRS, and Computed Radiography with emphasis on classes pertaining to the delivery of medical care by the professional and administrative medical staff. Show less