iMethods is a Healthcare IT Consulting and Staffing firm dedicated to guiding hospitals through the challenges associated with implementing and leveraging their healthcare technology. Our mission is to create meaningful work in every community we serve. We are driven with the purpose of helping you improve patient outcomes by providing quality solutions, building meaningful relationships and delivering exceptional results.

Responsible for overseeing staff responsible for design and development of EDI application interfaces and data maps. Responsible for developing and implementing an EDI strategy and supporting organizational initiatives including documentation quality improvement, implementation support, and workflow management. Responsible for data to day staff performance while ensuring the project departmental milestones and goals are being met. Business area of responsibility is the Health Plan.

EDI and Integration Manager for Scott and White/First Care Health Plans. IT role and responsibilities were outsourced to Atos in May 2021. Transitioned to Atos in same position.

ApplicationsManaged outsourced legacy application solutions for eleven hospitals, Created and maintained archiving schedule for legacy electronic health record; Performed SQL queries for COVID-19 reportingProject/Program ManagementProject Managed clinical implementations, data migrations, and archive initiatives (40+ applications), PACS image migration, Coordinated network migration for two hospitals and thirteen related offsite locationsLeadershipMember of GuideIT Leadership Team, Member of Change Advisory Board, Major Incident Investigation and Communications, Performed due diligence and budget profile for acquired entities, Organized acquisition and divestiture IT activities between multiple entities, Facilitated and coordinated contract amendments with 50 vendors for rights to run for 120+ clinical, security, and infrastructure applications, Account leader and lead IS liaison between acquired entities, Coordinated and managed 12 week project EMR abstracting project with 80 contractors (hired within 2 weeks), On site customer engagement for Florida hospital EMR replacement; staff managementStaff ManagementResponsible for the management and resource planning of staff, support, and development of applications, reports, and integration

ApplicationsResponsible for all ambulatory applications pertaining to HealthTexasProvider Network including but not limited to the EHR, PM, Integration Engine,Laboratory System, and 20+ other clinical, revenue cycle, ancillary applications. Managed acquired applications. Performed SQL data extracts for data migration. Project/Program ManagementManaged large scale EHR and laboratory system upgrades for 1000+ providers across 250 clinics, Implemented Oncology EHR and Staff ManagementResponsible for the management and resource planning of staff, support, and development of applications, reports, and integration. Reorganized team structure, trained on change management processes, integrated to system standards

ApplicationResponsible for the Registration and Scheduling applications and conversions from previous HIS, workflow, process improvement, implementation, application support, ADT and SIU development and support;Project/Program ManagementLed/mapped interface testing initiatives for 40+ applications, Managed 10 hospital implementations, Program Manager for Transplant initiatives, Responsible for managing complex projects and workload due to varying needs across the Health Care System,IntegrationResponsible for medical device integration from biomedical devices to the EHR, Allscripts/Eclipsys Interface Subsystem including but not limited all traffic in and out of the clinical health record—integrating with middleware, Cloverleaf interface engineLeadershipWork collectively with business and IT leaders for workflow and analysis planning, business and system improvement processe, Work collectively on the ARRA/MU requirements for hospitals and eligible professionals; Sub-group lead on CCD creation and transmission for HIE and MUStaff ManagementResponsible for the management and resource planning of staff, support, and development of applications, reports, and integration

ApplicationsSupported Health Information Management systems (systems examples dictation/transcription, coding and reimbursement, document imaging) for 9 hospitals 24x7 including but not limited to application configuration, interface support, and troubleshooting. Supported Patient Management system including table and system updatesProject ManagementManaged application and server upgrades, Communication to business partners and customers, Managed and mapped interface specifications to/from numerous systems (examples include transcription, respiratory and rehabilitation notes to clinical health repository)LeadershipProvided guidance to HIM directors on budgetary planning, IT liaison HIM director members