Experience

CISCRP

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager, Research Services

  • Apr 2023 - Present



Houston Methodist

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Specialist- Cardiac Cath Lab

  • Nov 2021 - Mar 2023

  • Supported Cardiac Cath Lab consisting of roughly 150 staff and 90 physicians. • Restructured shared governance to abide by Magnet standards by forming 2 councils, providing monthly agendas, preparing leader sponsors and chairs/co-chairs and providing overall structure using quality improvement methodologies such as impact difficulty matrix and FOCUS-PDCA. • Performed data management for cath lab by running monthly key performance indicators (KPIs) to analyze and use for real-time… Show more • Supported Cardiac Cath Lab consisting of roughly 150 staff and 90 physicians. • Restructured shared governance to abide by Magnet standards by forming 2 councils, providing monthly agendas, preparing leader sponsors and chairs/co-chairs and providing overall structure using quality improvement methodologies such as impact difficulty matrix and FOCUS-PDCA. • Performed data management for cath lab by running monthly key performance indicators (KPIs) to analyze and use for real-time process improvements such as patient experience, using HCAHPS, room utilization, after hours cases, volume, and turnover time, using Epic to present to physician and executive leadership. • Oversaw implementation of employee of the month recognition program for cath lab to acknowledge excellent staff. • Constructed surveys for staff to assess charge RNs, lead rad-tech and board runners on job performance; later analyzed responses and data points to find areas of improvement as well as areas of success. • Assembled and sent out themed monthly newsletter to highlight cath lab metrics, as well as feature birthdays, work anniversaries and any other events occurring within the month. • Liaison to analytics developer to automate cath lab metrics into a customizable Tableau dashboard for systemwide use. • Program management for physician, steering committee and staff meetings by preparing materials, PowerPoint presentations and meeting minutes. • Designed cath lab SharePoint site to consolidate information to one place where staff can access. • Created cath lab data dictionary to categorize all cath lab procedures by category type. • Performed data requests for physicians and fellows on procedure volume utilizing Epic. • Tracked cath lab equipment for biomed by adding beacon trackers, add new assets to the tracking system, Intelligent Locations, work with Intelligent Locations on troubleshooting issues, and assist on tracking equipment if missing. Show less • Supported Cardiac Cath Lab consisting of roughly 150 staff and 90 physicians. • Restructured shared governance to abide by Magnet standards by forming 2 councils, providing monthly agendas, preparing leader sponsors and chairs/co-chairs and providing overall structure using quality improvement methodologies such as impact difficulty matrix and FOCUS-PDCA. • Performed data management for cath lab by running monthly key performance indicators (KPIs) to analyze and use for real-time… Show more • Supported Cardiac Cath Lab consisting of roughly 150 staff and 90 physicians. • Restructured shared governance to abide by Magnet standards by forming 2 councils, providing monthly agendas, preparing leader sponsors and chairs/co-chairs and providing overall structure using quality improvement methodologies such as impact difficulty matrix and FOCUS-PDCA. • Performed data management for cath lab by running monthly key performance indicators (KPIs) to analyze and use for real-time process improvements such as patient experience, using HCAHPS, room utilization, after hours cases, volume, and turnover time, using Epic to present to physician and executive leadership. • Oversaw implementation of employee of the month recognition program for cath lab to acknowledge excellent staff. • Constructed surveys for staff to assess charge RNs, lead rad-tech and board runners on job performance; later analyzed responses and data points to find areas of improvement as well as areas of success. • Assembled and sent out themed monthly newsletter to highlight cath lab metrics, as well as feature birthdays, work anniversaries and any other events occurring within the month. • Liaison to analytics developer to automate cath lab metrics into a customizable Tableau dashboard for systemwide use. • Program management for physician, steering committee and staff meetings by preparing materials, PowerPoint presentations and meeting minutes. • Designed cath lab SharePoint site to consolidate information to one place where staff can access. • Created cath lab data dictionary to categorize all cath lab procedures by category type. • Performed data requests for physicians and fellows on procedure volume utilizing Epic. • Tracked cath lab equipment for biomed by adding beacon trackers, add new assets to the tracking system, Intelligent Locations, work with Intelligent Locations on troubleshooting issues, and assist on tracking equipment if missing. Show less



Harris County Public Health

• United States
• Government Administration
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Epidemiologist

  • Mar 2020 - Nov 2021

  - Under Incident Command Structure, promoted to team lead for probable case and death team for COVID-19 response. - Coordinated and managed a team of more than 15, including scheduling, on a weekly basis. - Implemented a strategy to monitor employee productivity. - Liaison to medical examiner to submit patient identifiers for those deceased and suspected of COVID-19. - Reviewed and completed quality assurance for death summaries before officially adding to Harris County death… Show more - Under Incident Command Structure, promoted to team lead for probable case and death team for COVID-19 response. - Coordinated and managed a team of more than 15, including scheduling, on a weekly basis. - Implemented a strategy to monitor employee productivity. - Liaison to medical examiner to submit patient identifiers for those deceased and suspected of COVID-19. - Reviewed and completed quality assurance for death summaries before officially adding to Harris County death count. - Conducted case investigations for confirmed COVID-19 cases. - Interviewed patients under investigation (PUI) and patients under monitoring (PUM) to collect information on COVID-19 exposure and provide guidance. Show less - Under Incident Command Structure, promoted to team lead for probable case and death team for COVID-19 response. - Coordinated and managed a team of more than 15, including scheduling, on a weekly basis. - Implemented a strategy to monitor employee productivity. - Liaison to medical examiner to submit patient identifiers for those deceased and suspected of COVID-19. - Reviewed and completed quality assurance for death summaries before officially adding to Harris County death… Show more - Under Incident Command Structure, promoted to team lead for probable case and death team for COVID-19 response. - Coordinated and managed a team of more than 15, including scheduling, on a weekly basis. - Implemented a strategy to monitor employee productivity. - Liaison to medical examiner to submit patient identifiers for those deceased and suspected of COVID-19. - Reviewed and completed quality assurance for death summaries before officially adding to Harris County death count. - Conducted case investigations for confirmed COVID-19 cases. - Interviewed patients under investigation (PUI) and patients under monitoring (PUM) to collect information on COVID-19 exposure and provide guidance. Show less



Harris Health System

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Healthcare Administration Intern

  • Sep 2019 - Dec 2019

  -Developed a Wall of Wellness that highlights patients and providers on milestones of improvement such as lowering blood pressure. -Assisted in the development of the intern hiring process. -Created a deliverable based on patient satisfaction surveys for the Healthy Heart, Healthy You Program. -Streamlined the referral coordination flow and scheduling process for the House Calls Program. -Developed a Wall of Wellness that highlights patients and providers on milestones of improvement such as lowering blood pressure. -Assisted in the development of the intern hiring process. -Created a deliverable based on patient satisfaction surveys for the Healthy Heart, Healthy You Program. -Streamlined the referral coordination flow and scheduling process for the House Calls Program.



Baylor College of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Healthcare Administration Intern

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  -Utilized Televox by analyzing patient reminder data to quantify the success of patient reminder initiatives. -Gathered and reported on Fast Pass sooner appointment data to analyze project outcome measures. -Secret shopped front desk staff to improve employee performance and operations. -Pilot tested the hospital discharge initiative by collecting provider slot data to add to Epic provider templates. -Tested branch logic questionnaires in Epic in order to determine if branching… Show more -Utilized Televox by analyzing patient reminder data to quantify the success of patient reminder initiatives. -Gathered and reported on Fast Pass sooner appointment data to analyze project outcome measures. -Secret shopped front desk staff to improve employee performance and operations. -Pilot tested the hospital discharge initiative by collecting provider slot data to add to Epic provider templates. -Tested branch logic questionnaires in Epic in order to determine if branching logic was functioning properly. Show less -Utilized Televox by analyzing patient reminder data to quantify the success of patient reminder initiatives. -Gathered and reported on Fast Pass sooner appointment data to analyze project outcome measures. -Secret shopped front desk staff to improve employee performance and operations. -Pilot tested the hospital discharge initiative by collecting provider slot data to add to Epic provider templates. -Tested branch logic questionnaires in Epic in order to determine if branching… Show more -Utilized Televox by analyzing patient reminder data to quantify the success of patient reminder initiatives. -Gathered and reported on Fast Pass sooner appointment data to analyze project outcome measures. -Secret shopped front desk staff to improve employee performance and operations. -Pilot tested the hospital discharge initiative by collecting provider slot data to add to Epic provider templates. -Tested branch logic questionnaires in Epic in order to determine if branching logic was functioning properly. Show less



MD Anderson Cancer Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2018 - May 2019

  -Assigned identification numbers to patients in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma database. -Collected and extracted patient data to from electronic medical records (EMR), Epic and Clinic Station, in order to analyze and determine commonalties. -Edited and expanded on surveys used in Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) for clinical data. -Wrote a paper on cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma involving the external auditory canal. -Researched in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma… Show more -Assigned identification numbers to patients in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma database. -Collected and extracted patient data to from electronic medical records (EMR), Epic and Clinic Station, in order to analyze and determine commonalties. -Edited and expanded on surveys used in Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) for clinical data. -Wrote a paper on cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma involving the external auditory canal. -Researched in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma involving the scalp and transoral robotic surgery (TORS) of the oropharynx. Show less -Assigned identification numbers to patients in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma database. -Collected and extracted patient data to from electronic medical records (EMR), Epic and Clinic Station, in order to analyze and determine commonalties. -Edited and expanded on surveys used in Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) for clinical data. -Wrote a paper on cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma involving the external auditory canal. -Researched in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma… Show more -Assigned identification numbers to patients in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma database. -Collected and extracted patient data to from electronic medical records (EMR), Epic and Clinic Station, in order to analyze and determine commonalties. -Edited and expanded on surveys used in Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) for clinical data. -Wrote a paper on cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma involving the external auditory canal. -Researched in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma involving the scalp and transoral robotic surgery (TORS) of the oropharynx. Show less



University of Arizona

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  - Extracted measles data for math model for temporal incidence of this disease in the U.S. - Used CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports to gather measles surveillance data - Analyzed data to denote trends between cases and outbreaks - Compared findings to results of “Wakefield Report” and determined if it affects Measles transmission in United States - Compared national vaccine coverage data to state vaccine coverage data from 1995 to present day - Extracted measles data for math model for temporal incidence of this disease in the U.S. - Used CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports to gather measles surveillance data - Analyzed data to denote trends between cases and outbreaks - Compared findings to results of “Wakefield Report” and determined if it affects Measles transmission in United States - Compared national vaccine coverage data to state vaccine coverage data from 1995 to present day



Tucson Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Infection Control Intern

  • Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

  -Collected and analyzed hand hygiene/personal protective equipment audits -Helped roll out the Hand Hygiene Campaign -Collected and analyzed hand hygiene/personal protective equipment audits -Helped roll out the Hand Hygiene Campaign



Harris County Public Health

• United States
• Government Administration
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Volunteer

  • May 2016 - Jul 2016

  Assisted alongside the Zika Task Force including: - Prepared informative documents to be handed out for presentations - Assembled materials for mosquito prevention kits - Organized presentations and helped coordinate events - Helped create and review informative Zika documents for public use Assisted alongside the Zika Task Force including: - Prepared informative documents to be handed out for presentations - Assembled materials for mosquito prevention kits - Organized presentations and helped coordinate events - Helped create and review informative Zika documents for public use