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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Responsible staff implementing, optimizing, and upgrading the Epic enterprise electronic health record in inpatient, ambulatory, operating rooms, procedural areas, and home health venues.Leading development of Clinical IT strategies and governance, business cases, budgets, and roadmaps that align with legal and regulatory requirements, UM Health ongoing business initiatives, and Executive-supported strategic priorities.

Ann Arbor, Mi

Program Manager for Clinical and Revenue Cycle IT division directing various implementation and continuous process improvement initiatives, including Epic MiChart upgrade release strategy and maintenance. Coordinates and monitors Michigan Medicine IT application service inventory standards and definitions.Presented and facilitates Clinical IT portfolio management with executive level Clinical IT governance groups. Successfully led scoping, development, and budget approval of the MiChart Stage 5 Program, a strategic multi-million-dollar initiative designed to implement high value Epic modules at UM Health.

Novi, Michigan, United States

Project Manager for health system wide Cerner implementation of the PathNet Laboratory Information System, including management reports and instrumentation testing and validation. Successfully led teams through Agile development cycles to stay on track with project milestones.

Greater Chicago Area

Project Manager for the EpicCare Inpatient suite of applications to merge 5 hospitals onto single EMR as part of Project One system-wide initiative.

Greater Chicago Area

Lead Cerner Strategist supporting Northwestern Medicine implementation of Epic Revenue Cycle focused on registration and scheduling integration points and charge generation. Technical project manager of hospital merger of Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital into Northwestern Memorial Hospital live Cerner system, including integration with third party healthcare applications and devices and migration of patient data from legacy systems.Provided expert level knowledge for implementation, upgrade, and environment management strategies, code/package management, issue management and resolution supporting implementation and optimization project across many venues of care.Built trusted, collaborative relationships with all levels of the health systems, including analysts, clinicians, business owners, and Executive Leadership.

Greater Chicago Area

Responsible for providing expert knowledge, implementation approach, and workflow design within scope for CPOE, Nursing Documentation, and Medication Process across the United States and Canada.Developed materials and taught system maintenance classes for client and Cerner associates.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Consultant automating hospital workflow and medical record management