Experience

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  MemorialCare Health System

  • Orange County, California Area

  • Principal Architect

    • Jul 2017 - Present
    • Orange County, California Area

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  Nordic Consulting Partners, Inc

  • Mission Viejo, CA

  • Senior Consultant

    • May 2013 - Jun 2017
    • Mission Viejo, CA

    Projects:MemorialCare OpTime/Anesthesia Implementation & Optimization (01/2014 – Present)Led the implementation of OpTime & Anesthesia at MemorialCare’s SMMC, LBMMC, and OCMMC campuses.Configured PeopleSoft-to-Epic materials management interface.Converted preference cards from ORMIS to Epic.Worked with IMO (Intelligent Medical Objects) to standardize both performable and historical surgical procedure content in Epic.Implemented OpTime/Anesthesia user templates.Designed and implemented a supply optimization to improve documentation and charging accuracy across sites.Configured automated Anesthesia billing workflow, including daily transfer of all closed Anesthesia encounters to multiple billing companiesDesigned and implemented a reporting optimization to ensure that OR site administrators are able to retrieve information from Epic in a standardized and meaningful way. Identified and resolved Crystal and Web-I (Web Intelligence) report issues by taking deep dives into Clarity database, Crystal report, and Web-I report configurations.Designed and implemented surgeon authorization optimization.Designed and led recurring knowledge transfer sessions for OpTime/Anesthesia team.UTSW Anesthesia Intra-op Implementation (05/2013 - 1/4/2014)Implemented Anesthesia Intra-op at UTSW’s Zale OR location, involving in-depth Epic and DataCaptor configurationOptimized Anesthesia clinical and billing workflowsResolved build issues outstanding since UTSW’s initial go-live at St. Paul’s OR locationConfigured Epic’s SCIP functionality to improve compliance workflows and SCIP compliance ratesTrained UTSW analysts in Epic Anesthesia, preparing for certification and long-term supportThedaCare OpTime Optimization Assessment (05/2013)Completed a 50-page Gap Analysis Report, resulting in an optimization contract between ThedaCare and Nordic involving multiple Nordic consultants, estimated to save ThedaCare approximately $20 million annually

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  Perceptive Software

  • Kansas City, Missouri Area

  • Healthcare Implementation Consultant

    • Apr 2012 - Apr 2013
    • Kansas City, Missouri Area

    Perceptive Software Implementation ConsultantHealthcare Implementation ServicesShawnee, KSManage and support the implementation of ImageNow (enterprise content management software) and its integration with Epic via HL7 messages and API calls in hospital systems across the USIn-depth build experience with Corepoint (HL7 interface), SQL, and Perceptive’s standard solutions for integration with Epic, including the following workflows:Registration, HIM, Records Correction, and Photo CaptureConversion project experience, importing docs from legacy system into ImageNowSupervise and mentor new implementation consultants

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  Epic

  • Verona, WI

  • Project Manager (Application Manager)

    • Sep 2010 - Apr 2012
    • Verona, WI

    Epic Project Manager (Application Manager)Implementation ServicesCertified in OpTime, Anesthesia, and Reporting with in-depth implementation and build experienceManage and support the implementation of Epic health care software in hospital systems across the USWork directly with clinicians and subject matter experts to optimize health care workflows related to surgical and anesthesia care areasSupervise and mentor new project managers