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Responsible for the overall direction and vision of the Information Services (IS) department, which includes IT, Informatics and Telecommunications. Responsible for leadership and strategic planning, with a focus on achieving goals by fostering innovation, prioritizing IS initiatives, and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future IS systems across the organization. Accountable for all aspects of the organizations information technology and systems including, implementation, and evaluation of information and telecommunication systems that enhance health outcomes, improve patient care, strengthen the clinician / patient relationship, and improve funding opportunities for the organization. Serve as the Corporate Security Officer. Accomplishments:• HIMSS Davies Award winner in Community Health category 2014• Establishment of corporate HIPPA and Cybersecurity programs, policy and procedures• Implemented enhanced IS customer service platform to serve the organization• Standardization of workflow within the EHR to support MU stage II, PCMH, and AACH accreditation

Drive strategic planning and direction for clinical and technical field operations function, establishing a high performance culture focused on delivering superior customer service with operational efficiency. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer along with working integrally with the Sales and Marketing team to drive market growth as well as the Engineering and Manufacturing teams on product design & development, product manufacturing, product quality, and regulatory affairs. Full responsibility for departmental budgeting.

Provided leadership with responsibility for setting the strategy and direction of application development in the Enterprise Data Warehouse and data mart arena. Responsible for leading activities to improve the usability, accuracy and timeliness of Business Intelligence (BI) across the enterprise through the implementation, distribution and support of BI tools and data warehouse architecture.

Responsibility for leading activities based on the systems life cycle including: analyzing, designing, developing, selecting, testing, implementing and evaluating new or modified informatics solutions that support Pharmacy Operations in a start up Specialty Pharmacy environment. Acted as an internal consultant to Pharmaceutical staff for development of solutions and recommendations for disease management, patient safety and utilization programs. Responsible for design and development of adherence, persistency and compliance programs with pharmaceutical partners.

Supported business functions utilizing information technology to solve problems and address user’s needs, providing insight into strategic IT direction with relation to the current and future business environment. Responsibilities included coordination of product/system selection, development of detailed project plan and the business case including: request for proposal, technical/security evaluations, negotiation and development of vendor contracts, and IT product research. Also facilitated procurement and management of project resources along with the project budget. Worked in collaboration with IS management committees to manage change, risk and communication within projects.Responsibility for clinical and technical aspects of departmental work efforts, acting as a liaison to evaluate information technology and data needs. Identified ways that IT can improve workflow, with a concentration on benefits realization. Emphasis placed on understanding the core business processes related to preparing for the implementation of an integrated CIS. Focus on utilization of quality methodologies including: six sigma, lean thinking, business process engineering, flowcharts and root cause analysis (FMEA). Speaker at National conferences: HIMSS, CFHIMSS and FHIMA.

Provided individualized care to patients in a high volume-high acuity areas. Involved in formulating and achieving unit goals. Positions included direct responsibility for scheduling, payroll, staff evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions, operational budget issues including capital budget, service charge master maintenance, institution of task force development and staff meetings and inservicing. Responsibility for regulatory compliance for speciality department.