Jonathan Bauer, Mba, Chcio, Cphims, Cdh-E Email & Phone Number

Berlin, Md, Us

Berlin, Md

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Somerset, Pa

Provided executive-level leadership with full accountability for all technology initiatives across a 130-bed, community-based, acute care hospital with six practices and 850+ employees. Motivated and directed cross-functional group of 18+ IT and registration professionals to seamlessly execute related activities on time and within budget, including systems modernization and compliance. Named Privacy and Security Officer for hospital and affiliates.• Conceptualized, developed, and initiated five-year strategic plan to move hospital and practices to paperless environment using McKesson Paragon EMR.• Collaborated with hospital leadership to determine requirements, created accurate budget, allocated resources, garnered key stakeholder buy-in, and implemented full suite of innovative applications to enhance system.• Instituted policies and best practices to enhance system security, including development of an evolving security governance program, and facilitated regular Security Team and Governance Group meetings to discuss and evaluate security plan execution.• Utilized Six Sigma methodology to develop baseline for system evaluation and deployed web-based survey tool to regularly gage efficacy.• Authored multiple effective strategies to ensure Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) “Meaningful Use” regulatory compliance, and championed uptake of Paragon suite of applications including adoption of computerized physician order entry (CPOE), medication reconciliation, and physician documentation processes.• Initiated development of custom, touch-enabled, cross-platform electronic signature app.• Secured ~$4.7M funding from Medicare and Medicaid stimulus programs.

Somerset, Pa

Ensured smooth operations of hospital technology infrastructure by optimizing original Paragon EMR implementation (2006), spearheading strategic planning, and employing Six Sigma methodology to evaluate system functionality. • Slashed budget by $100K in first year by eliminating several contracts and adding in-house Database Administrator, Interface Engineer, and Systems Analyst to Information Services Group.• Implemented Dragon Medically Speaking to replace entire transcription department and negotiated flat fee for site license resulting in $500K+ annual savings.

Cranberry, Pa

Orchestrated installation and support of all Automated Inc. software products for Fortune 16 company with more than $100B gross revenue. Developed group budget based on predictive service increase model. Set and managed long- and short-term objectives for direct reports, monitoring performance through regular evaluations. Regularly met with peers to ensure departmental goals aligned with and supported overall corporate mission. Directed day-to-day operations including software product installations and quickly addressed technical issues. Clearly communicated trends to functional peer management groups.• Recruited, hired, and trained 20+ employees, grew Network Services Group from two members to 11 members, and managed Technical Services Group installing and supporting all automation products.• Proactively hunted alternative methods of supporting and servicing clients in an ongoing and successful effort to reduce annual budget.• Slashed field disaster recovery plans by 60%, reduced field service costs, and accelerated scheduling effectiveness by innovating new procedures.• Improved revenue forecast accuracy and decreased customer downtime due to hardware failure by employing Six Sigma principles.• Established key performance indicators (KPI) for software product installation leading to reduced costs and informed decisions regarding time, budget, and process flow.*Previous success as Project Manager and Account Manager for DataMatrix Systems, Inc. and Team 1 Systems, Inc.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor’S Degree, Physics