Heather Owen Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

In January 2023, Heather moved into a leadership position for a team of Health Network Strategy Executives within population health network strategy in the US for Oracle Cerner, currently leading in the Investor-Owned and Community client regions. She leads a team of seasoned professionals with decades of industry and/or Cerner product and service experience who provide subject matter expertise as trusted advisors partnering with clients on strategies to deploy and optimize integrated population health networks. These strategies are centered on driving organizational strategies and KPIs. She continues to make an impact as an experienced communicator and facilitator driving strategic collaboration across matrixed groups of stakeholders, from technical to clinical to the C-suite.

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Same role - now as part of Oracle Health. As lead health network strategy executive, Heather focuses on partnering with clients on their key strategies to deploy and optimize integrated health networks driving organizational KPIs. She impacts clients as an experienced communicator and facilitator with strength as a connector driving strategic collaboration across matrixed groups, from technical and clinical to the C-suite.

Kansas City, Missouri

As lead health network strategy executive, Heather focuses on partnering with clients on their key strategies to deploy and optimize integrated health networks driving organizational KPIs. She impacts clients as an experienced communicator and facilitator with strength as a connector driving strategic collaboration across matrixed groups, from technical and clinical to the C-suite.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Leading Cerner's Well-being market strategy. Overseeing collaborative efforts across our lines of business including market growth and positioning strategies, market messaging, sales enablement, client relationships and retention, strategic partnerships, and product roadmap.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Led an initiative in our Clinical Strategic Business Units in the area of Regulatory & Value-based Care strategies. This included client engagements, analytics and solution development surrounding programs such as MACRA, MIPS, CPC+, and the Leapfrog Hospital Survey. This included the launch and strategic roadmap development for a regulatory portal for analytics, scoring and submission for clients.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Lead a team of Strategists who have responsibility for the strategic direction of our clinical solutions including existing solutions and innovative development. Oversight over broader solution workflows impacting physician workflow and strategies. Work closely with clinicians and contacts at client sites as well as with Cerner engineers and leadership to enhance our solutions and determine priority, use cases and oversee design for development areas on the roadmap. Subject matter expertise in areas of clinical documentation, provider flow and regulatory & value based payment & quality programs impacting clinical workflow.

Responsibilities for the strategic direction of our physician-focused solutions including existing solutions and innovative development. Work closely with clinicians and contacts at client sites as well as with Cerner engineers and leadership to enhance our solutions.

Focus on assisting clients on determining ways they can better utilize their solutions including usability, training, and meeting Meaningful Use criteria.

Manage Cerner's team of Ambulatory Solution Consultants including training and administrative responsibilities. Provide high-profile client presentations and solution demonstrations. Consultative discussions with current and prospective clients around workflow and best practices for successful use of IT in the physician office setting. Led the teams responsible for Cerner's CCHIT and Meaningful Use certification projects.

Sales software demonstrations, presentations, trade shows and industry events, functional responses to RFP's, new associate training and certification. Q2/2007 Solution Consultant Contribution Award Recipient.

Sales Executive with responsibility for selling Physician Office automation solutions - Practice Management, Electronic Medical Record, EDI Services, etc.

Worked in several areas of the company including client-facing build and training support, managing client events from conception to follow-through. Sales Training throughout.

Ba, Organizational Communication

Activities and Societies: Zeta Tau Alpha, Lambda Pi Eta, Concert Choir, First Year Student MentorFirst Year Student Mentor of the Year.

British Studies, Marketing And Visual Design