Senior Director

• Aug 2021 - Present

Senior Advisor

• Feb 2021 - Jul 2021

Epic Program Manager - HealthNET

• Mar 2020 - Jan 2021

Epic Program Director for implementation of Epic system to New England Baptist Orthopedic Surgery Center. Developed project tracking for teams using Smartsheets. Project placed on hold due to COVID response and focus on reopening efforts. Project manager for Telehealth projects to implement consulting visits for inpatient, ED and telestroke encounters. Project Manager for Cosmos project for submission to centralized data repository for collection of de-identified patient data for evidenced based research and enhanced workflow.

Director

• Sep 2014 - Jan 2021

Director level consultant providing expertise of strategic and operational Healthcare Information Technology including Project Management of large EMR implementations, application integrations, data migration and archives. Technical experience managing IT departments and personnel including PMO development. Leader, mentor, analytical thinker and problem solver. Director level consultant providing expertise of strategic and operational Healthcare Information Technology including Project Management of large EMR implementations, application integrations, data migration and archives. Technical experience managing IT departments and personnel including PMO development. Leader, mentor, analytical thinker and problem solver.

PACS/CPACS Project Manager - HealthNET

• Oct 2018 - Mar 2020

Project Manager for system merger and acquisition of multiple hospitals for Steward Health focused on PACS/CPACS system implementations of McKesson Change HealthCare Radiology and Cardiology including integration to Meditech and many other 3rd party applications. Project Manager for system merger and acquisition of multiple hospitals for Steward Health focused on PACS/CPACS system implementations of McKesson Change HealthCare Radiology and Cardiology including integration to Meditech and many other 3rd party applications.

Epic Project Manager - HealthNET

• Jun 2017 - Oct 2018

Managed CHS M&A for Tower Health consolidation of 5 hospital for over 300 third party applications including inventory, decision management, contract negotiations and procurement processing. Facilitated outlook consolidation and marketing web sites for cutover. Development of SharePoint site to manage application tracking. Project manager for applications with new CHS sites for HCLL Blood Bank, Co-Path Pathology, HIM applications for coding and transcriptions (Optum, 3m), and case management to include conversions and interfaces.

Epic Project Manager - HealthNET

• Feb 2016 - Jun 2017

Managed Technical Dress Rehearsal (TDR) for client to include all scheduling of over 100 resources and full command center to fully test 6,000 devices in preparation for Epic go-live. First user of new Epic TDR tool, worked with Epic development for functional enhancements. Business Continuity Access (BCA) Project Manager for deployment of DR devices throughout hospital and clinics. Infusion pumps interoperability with Alaris, Lab Middleware DI, HIM ROI project manager. Coordinated 2017 Epic upgrade procedure using Orion.

Epic Senior Project Manager - HealthNET

• Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

Project Manager for all quality initiative projects to include core measures, meaningful use, population health, risk, infection control, BPCI, KPIs, JCAHO scorecards in preparation for go-live. Implemented Epic Meaningful Use Reporting and backend utilities for MU Stage 2 to attest for Eligible Physicians in 90 days. Project Manager of integration to University healthsystem Consortium (UHC, now Vizient) for business analytics after Epic go-live. Created and lead development of Reporting Workbench, Radar dashboards, registries, and reporting projects in coordination with reporting team. Advised on development of governances for reporting requests.

Epic System Consolidation - HealthNET

• Oct 2014 - Jan 2015

Worked with consortium of 28 hospitals in the NJ/PA area developing the consolidation plans for a single-instance of Epic and their IT purchases. Developed business plans, charters, and proposals. Negotiated with vendors on consolidated contracts, pricing, technology and infrastructure consolidation and other elements necessary to create a combined IT system from seven individual healthcare systems for improved patient care and cost savings. Worked with consortium of 28 hospitals in the NJ/PA area developing the consolidation plans for a single-instance of Epic and their IT purchases. Developed business plans, charters, and proposals. Negotiated with vendors on consolidated contracts, pricing, technology and infrastructure consolidation and other elements necessary to create a combined IT system from seven individual healthcare systems for improved patient care and cost savings.

Epic Project Director

• Jan 2011 - Jul 2014

Successfully led our EHR conversion from McKesson to Epic with upgrade completed to version 2012 thirteen months later.Enterprise release including: Beaker, Cadence, Prelude, ASAP, Inpatient, Ambulatory, HIM, Hospital & Professional Billing, Optime, Bridges, Cache’, Business Objects, Business Continuity Access (BCA)Integration with Nuance Dragon, McKesson HPF & PACS, Soft (Blood Bank), Surescripts, Obix, Exitcare, FirstDataBank, GE Aware Gateway, Business Objects, and moreTechnical infrastructure projects include Citrix, EMC storage solution, Aruba Wireless, Wireless Carts, Capsule Neuron Devices & DataCaptorCertified Epic Clarity Radiant Report WriterImplemented SharePoint site to manage and track projects – presented solution at Epic Advisory Group.

Projects Manager

• Oct 2006 - Dec 2010

Enterprise Projects Manager for a two-hospital system; primarily focused on healthcare projects including clinical applications, technical upgrades, security projects, and infrastructure implementation.Created first project management structure using standard project management techniques, project templates, and timelines.Installed and configured Microsoft Project Server and Microsoft SharePoint to management projects and project timelines.

Technical Services Manager

• May 1996 - Oct 2006

Enterprise Technical Project Manager for McKesson project handling major technology and infrastructure including SANS, Wireless network, cluster services, LAN/WAN, thin client, remote access, and core switch upgrades.Manager of Network Administration, Security, PC Support, Operations, Help Desk, and Print Shop staff.