Ogo Ekwueme, MPH, PMP (Global Health Strategist-Innovator-Speaker)
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Health LeadHER™
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United States
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Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Global Health Strategist & Engineer
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Jan 2021 - Present
Business and career accelerator specializing in building and scaling women owned health businesses and careers through government health contracting. Women are taught how to scale their missions and visions for healthcare through local, state, federal, and international government contracting. www.Healthleadher.com Business and career accelerator specializing in building and scaling women owned health businesses and careers through government health contracting. Women are taught how to scale their missions and visions for healthcare through local, state, federal, and international government contracting. www.Healthleadher.com
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Career Haven
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Hospitals and Health Care
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Principle Systems Engineer & Innovator I Clinician Burnout & Patient Safety Strategy
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Sep 2018 - Present
www.careerhaven.com - Career Haven uses the power of technology, systems engineering and data science to improve clinical workflows, operational efficiencies and reduce burnout risk for clinicians. Career Haven develops technical tools and strategies that mitigate the mental burden on clinicians, manage mental distress, attrition and avoidable medical error rates. Services include: - Automated Distress Detection & Support Platform - Managerial and Executive Management Training - Employee Productivity and Crisis Management - Operational & Staffing Strategy - Organizational Psychology, Culture and Human Capital Management - Clinical Workflow Analysis & Optimization Strategy Contact us at support@careerhaven.com or personal message me on LinkedIn. Show less
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Health System Strategist I Project Manager (Government Contracting)
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Oct 2019 - Present
Kecco Health builds upon our CEO's 12 years of enterprise level experience in Health Systems Delivery, Health Technology, and Health System Implementations. Our consultants are well versed in project and contracts management, operations management, revenue cycle, regulatory compliance and process improvement. They posses advanced understanding of PMI Project Management Principles, Agile Software Development procedures, Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement methodologies as well as an advanced skill level with Microsoft products. Our organization is able to recognize trends in the evolving global health landscape and are continuously pushing for innovation by challenging the constraints of modern day health delivery. We are able to translate complex concepts into successful strategic roadmaps, visual representations and analysis, while managing multiple high stakes projects. As well, our consultants are avid learners, continuously seeking opportunities to uncover new and innovative strategies, tools, and concepts that improve the patient care experience, and ultimately, care outcomes. Services: -Project/Program Management -Systems Engineering -Budgeting & Resourcing -Risk Management -Data Analytics & Visualization -Process Improvement (Lean Six Sigma & Agile) Specialty Areas: -Electronic Health Records -Health Information Management -Revenue Cycle - Patient Safety -Clinician Burnout -Operational Efficiency -Blockchain & Artificial Intelligence Clients include: Department of Defense, Veterans Health Administration & Defense Health Agency Show less
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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
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United States
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Health Systems Engineer (Government Contracting)
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Jun 2018 - Sep 2019
Pharmaceutical Analysis and System Dynamics Modeling • Assisted the Department of Defense with decision support analysis using Tableau, as well as the creation and maintenance of pharmacy benefit metrics and market analysis. • Responsible for determining cases that can be modeled using system dynamics and translating findings into strategic roadmaps. • Created symbol maps to understand the geo-spatial distribution of beneficiaries, beneficiary support hubs, and pharmacy access points. Trauma Readiness and Technical Capacity within Emergency Medicine • Responsible for identifying operational gaps in emergency medicine process flows for military treatment facilities. • Performs information systems capacity analysis and formulates new strategies for managing workflow metrics. Show less
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UnitedHealth Group
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Project Manager
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Jan 2017 - Aug 2018
Revenue Cycle Project Consultant • Responsible for identifying operational gaps for local and international multi-hospital financial operations teams. • Successfully constructed an internal audit system, allowing for a 20% increase in daily production, and a 10% reduction in total A/R days. • Reviews business requirements and developed impact analyses for highly complex processes. Leads the development of recommendations by less senior analysts/consultants and negotiates final requirements and mediates impacts across all stakeholders. Information Governance Project Consultant • Consulted with international clients to design and implement Records Management and Information Governance programs and best practices. • Responsible for evaluating existing record management policies and retention schedules and developing recommendations for problem resolution and enhancements. Clinical Documentation Project Consultant • Analyzed reports and identified trends and statistical significance in coding opportunities as well as CDI opportunities that will assist in the organizational process of documentation improvement. • Successfully developed improved CDI budget tracker, leading to 20% decline in budget overages. Health Information Management Project Consultant • Employs various project management strategies to ensure that 4 million dollar coding/auditing contracts are completed on budget, on schedule, and meets stakeholder’s expectations. • Established specific and necessary planning, control and quality improvement mechanisms that monitor the implementation of specialized HIM specific projects in conjunction with the Sr. Director of HIM. Show less
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Kaiser Permanente
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Project Manager
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Sep 2016 - Dec 2016
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MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Project Manager
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Sep 2015 - Dec 2016
PMO Project Manager & Regulatory Consultant PMO Project Manager & Regulatory Consultant
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Linac Health Services
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Washington DC
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Project Manager
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2008 - Jun 2015
• Support strategic planning and quality improvement initiatives by ensuring project teams understand all aspects of project processes, produce expected deliverables and adhere to strict deadlines • Construct presentations, agendas, memos and letters detailing quality initiatives • Manage grant applications through tactful collaboration with external contractors and internal subject matter experts • Effectively utilized quantitative and qualitative techniques to develop improved operational and administrative procedures as well as communication protocols • Actively participated in Joint Commission Review preparations and lead various quality assurance projects • Reviewed and edited outgoing executive level correspondences as well as coordinating medical staff meetings, developing meeting agendas, presentations and minutes • Prepares and maintains financial report spreadsheets, analysis and funding requests • Evaluates risks related to documentation practices • Effectively managed field nurse monitoring system implementation leading to 100% employee compliance, as well as distinction among Health Agencies nationwide • Identify and reconcile errors in patient data to ensure accurate business requirements and service efficiency. The reconciliation of errors increased customer acquisition rate by 70% within four months • Facilitate monthly performance improvement meetings with Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services which led to a 50% increase in quality improvement program rating Show less
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Education
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The George Washington University
Masters, Public Health -
Bowie State University
Biology, Health informatics -
University of Maryland College Park
Microbiology