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Asheville, Nc, Us

Asheville, Nc, Us

Oversee a dedicated group of individuals who are responsible for implementing MAKE's workflow and testing tool, TransIT. These folks have the tough job of translating clinical, financial, and operational workflows into test scripts that have a level of detail that makes them easy to follow, yet can still be easily updated later on. I also manage consultants across the country working at various hospital sites, helping make them successful so they can in turn make their hospitals successful.

Asheville, Nc, Us

Managed all IT aspects of a hospital acquisition, which involved the merging of the Cerner EHRs, PACS/CPACS systems, Pyxis, Kronos, and Workday, along with multiple other applications. Oversaw replacement of entire network infrastructure and all end user devices. Negotiated key vendor contracts related to hospital acquisition to reduce TCO. Created roadmap, phasing, and project plan to guide team through the work. Reported directly to C-Suite for oversight, and created custom governance to involve key departmental stakeholders in decision-making processes.

Asheville, Nc, Us

Project director overseeing EHR expansion and rollout to multi-facility organization resulting from hospital acquisition. Created strategy and helped set vision for separate Ambulatory rollout over multiple phases. Worked with leadership to keep all IT projects on track and ensure the teams are informed and working towards common goals.

Asheville, Nc, Us

Led cutover events for major Cerner Millennium go-live, then helped client transition into post go-live support model. Worked extensively to help client stabilize environment to improve client satisfaction. Modeled and implemented new governance structure, PMO department, role descriptions, end user support, and downtime planning to better fit department. Mentor and guide teams to improve their skills and confidence and provide guidance at executive leadership level. Manage high risk, high visibility projects to meet hospital goals.

Asheville, Nc, Us

Led multiple cutover and go-live events for multi-phase Cerner Millennium rollouts. Managed resources, command center, issue resolution, and overall health of go-live. Helped with transition from go-live to post go-live support structure, including stability and improved operations. Trained staff on use of data analytics and tools to monitor, audit, and improve end user satisfaction.

Asheville, Nc, Us

Trusted adviser to hospital leadership team. Negotiated client contracts with vendors and created strategies to save upwards of $2M annually. Implemented sweeping changes to the program office to better run projects and project proposal approvals. Worked closely with clinical leadership to bridge the gap between IT and clinical users. Oversaw multiple project implementations and held vendors accountable to meeting stated goals.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Responsible for executive level relationships and satisfaction of hospital system, ownership of clinical and financial solutions, oversight to ongoing project work, and process improvements in clinical, operational, and IS departments. Lead large team on project work and ensure hospital mission and vision is adhered to through strategic roadmap.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Manage all clinical and non-clinical projects with IS involvement. Create and maintain project roadmap based on strategic direction. Development of portfolio management, capacity management, and PMO guidelines to create standardized project deliverables.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Manage IS operations for hospital to streamline processes and create efficiencies. Own relationships with leadership and end users to improve customer service. Manage ITIL processes to ensure adherence to standards and repeatable actions. IS liaison to hospital leadership, responsible for overseeing relationships and setting strategic goals for the organization. Ownership of day-to-day operations of IS staff, budget, and direction.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Most recently worked as a project manager at a multi-facility hospital standardizing and implementing CPOE. Have experience at previous sites implementing CPOE, RadNet, SurgiNet, PathNet, CPDI, CareAdmin, CareMobile, eMAR, Ambulatory, physican and nursing documentation, and PharmNet. Led code upgrades, platform migrations, and all phases of project work.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Alpha support for new code releases to clients. Managed software releases, issue prioritization, internal testing domains, and communication to clients.

Ames, Iowa, Us

Responsible for managing 300+ devices across College of Education, including student labs and faculty devices. Developed backup policies for department, created database for issue tracking, and ensured network availability.