Senior Epic Orders Consultant

• Apr 2021 - Present

Sr. Consultant Epic Inpatient Orders and Decision Support

• Aug 2017 - Jul 2020

• Co-led Downtime Workstream for 11 hospital health system, worked with facility leadership to educate and support transition from legacy EMR to Epic processes • Implemented Epic Inpatient module at 8 acute care hospitals, 1 LTACH, 2 COVID Surge, and 4 quarantine hotel facilities in less than 3 years and total of 8 go-lives • As Orders team Testing Lead, developed and executed functional, application and integrated testing scripts • Imparted expertise and guidance around complex provider workflows including Consults, Medication Reconciliation, and Discharge/Readmit with emphasis on Provider Engagement including at-the-elbow support as needed during go live • Built and optimized patient system list folders, patient lists and patient list columns • Completed build and provided support for MAR Hold on Transfer functionality • Responsible for analysis, build and completion of mapped record testing for Dietary orders • Identified solutions and completed custom procedure order build to support non-standard workflows as needed • Developed and presented educational materials for newly certified full-time employee analysts Show less

Sr. Consultant - Epic Inpatient Orders/Decision Support

• Jun 2015 - May 2017

- Led Decision Support team for 8 hospital health system and established end user adaptation, assisted with decision process for steering committee, mentored newly certified analysts - Created over 75 net new Best Practice Advisories to meet orgazinational needs while leveraging less intrusive alternatives when possble to minimize alert fatigue - Responsible for establishing approval process while designing and implementing decison support tools - Utlized BPA Cube to analyze existng alerts to ensure optimal functioning - Developed and executed 90 application testing scripts for Best Practice Advisories while adhering to system standards - Principal integrated testing analyst for Orders and Decision Support teams - Provided go-live support for 7 hospitals and multiple clinics and on-call support for live sites Show less

Sr. Inpatient Orders Consultant

• Feb 2015 - Jun 2015

- Inpatient Orders and Order Set analyst and liason supporting Epic 2012 Inpatient go-live - Supported executve leadership analysis of integrated workflows including blood administration, consults and med reconciliation - Completed procedure and order set build including new frequencies, procedures, questions and smart texts - Developed restrictor records for order sets to ensure appropriate visibility to specific patinet populations - Performed detailed quality assessment of approximately 300 order sets, recommended areas of improvement and made changes as appopriate - Evaluated variances in workflow and assisted with redevelopment of Surgical Orders Management tools - Provided at the elbow support for surgeons to assist in general Epic adaptation Show less

Epic Consultant- Inpatient Orders and Decision Support

• Jan 2014 - Sep 2014

- Supported stabilization and refinement for live Epic sites, 2012 upgrade and multi facility implementation - Led operational workgroup focused on streamlining nursing orders and nursing worklist including analysis, design with operational owners, build, testing - Co-led integrated workgroup to evaluate Best Practice Advisories across multiple roles and recommended enhancements to physician and nursing leadership - Mentored Orders FTE analysts to increase troubleshooting skills in resolution of complex issues - Provided daily production support for live sites including issue resolution, build and testing Show less

Epic Consultant - Inpatient Orders and Decision Support

• Oct 2011 - Sep 2013

Epic Consultant

• Jun 2011 - Oct 2011

Application Systems Analyst

• Mar 2009 - Jun 2011

Registered Nurse

• Jan 2003 - Mar 2009