Managed clinical data projects and technology implementation for various program offices by overseeing data exploration and analysis, application development, creating timelines, and ensuring accountability; example include providing a mapping platform to Home Based Primary Care clinics across the VA and using health outcome data to plan new Healthy Teaching Kitchens in VA clinicsAnalyzed population health data by applying spatial statistics to VA data to understand how health outcomes… Show more Managed clinical data projects and technology implementation for various program offices by overseeing data exploration and analysis, application development, creating timelines, and ensuring accountability; example include providing a mapping platform to Home Based Primary Care clinics across the VA and using health outcome data to plan new Healthy Teaching Kitchens in VA clinicsAnalyzed population health data by applying spatial statistics to VA data to understand how health outcomes among patients vary across the VA health care system; examples include exploring disease and risk factor variation (obesity, cardiovascular, mental health) and use of services (type of procedures, cost) Designed implementation plan for new VHA dialysis clinics using patient volume and site suitability; determined candidate cities and facilities for expansion of free-standing dialysis clinics; used location analytics to determine best census tract in each city that would be the most accessible to patients currently using fee care for dialysis treatmentDirect creation of geographically enabled data for regional, hospital, and patient-level quality and safety measures; worked with regional and facility leadership to interpret and understand variation; developed Geographic Information Systems (GIS) web applications as a visualization and planning tool for hospital and program office leadershipDeveloped GIS and spatial data training seminars for VHA employees Member of contract workgroup to establish Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) within VHA Policy and Planning program office (approximately 1500 employees and 50+ GIS users)VA GIS User Group Steering Committee member (chair for 2012) --Created a bi-weekly discussion group for attendees to discuss relevant GIS topics; planned monthly training sessions Show less

Completed weekly rotations through various service areas at the Kansas City VA Medical Center to gain an understanding of hospital administrative practices at the point of care for veteransCollaborated with the Women Veterans Health Strategic Healthcare Group in analyzing secondary data sources and survey development for emergency department utilization and resourcesAnalyzed and displayed both performance measures and quality indicators from across the VHA geographically;… Show more Completed weekly rotations through various service areas at the Kansas City VA Medical Center to gain an understanding of hospital administrative practices at the point of care for veteransCollaborated with the Women Veterans Health Strategic Healthcare Group in analyzing secondary data sources and survey development for emergency department utilization and resourcesAnalyzed and displayed both performance measures and quality indicators from across the VHA geographically; organized a data library for geographic data and images Show less

Incorporated GIS into organization by introducing directors and staff to the capabilities and analysis techniques Specific projects included analyzing mobile mammography sites within the Louisville/Jefferson County area, determining accessibility, and developing a model, using socioeconomic status data, to identify census tracts considered high risk for low breast cancer screening

Norton Leatherman Spine CenterAssisted with multiple clinical research studies involving spinal surgery outcomes by updating databases, administering surveys, and gathering patient information

Involved in creation of large format atlas for visually impaired by researching and developing multiple map projects in coordination with various vision experts

Member of student team that completed the 2009 Community Profile (assessment) for the local organization, which was used to determine funding priorities for grant applicantsProvided data analysis of breast cancer data for the eight county service area; utilized GIS to gain a better understanding of the demographics of the area and to view data spatially