Myra Ehrman Email & Phone Number

United States

Boynton Beach, Fl

Manage multiple, complex projects.Evaluate team performance.Communicate with internal/external teams and stakeholders.Create and maintain process, standards, and documentation.Evaluate and report project outcomes.

Remote

Provided remote project management leadership, including requirements planning and development, and meeting guidance, for a small healthcare IT virtual company whose software allows for rapid de-identification and linking of healthcare data sets. Noted for being a quick learner and willing to take leadership or support positions alike depending on the situation. Commended for being an excellent communicator in all realms, through completion of notes, meeting minutes, follow-up calls, and project management tasks.• Developed requirements for and identified web-based project management and policies/procedures applications; established vendor relationships with selected products, including pricing and contracts. • Assembled current and future state analyses for company’s internal site key management.• Constructed original process and role-based workflows for cross-functional team members.• Led alignment and kickoff meetings; created documentation templates; and wrote and edited white papers.

Fort Lauderdale, Fl

Spearheaded project management, application support, contract management and process re-engineering for 14 healthcare facilities in the South Florida region. • Project-managed a $10M division-wide telehealth technology project which centralized and optimized the behavioral health intake process, thus improving patient care coordination and retention rates. • Oversaw large-scale implementation of cash register technology (Computrition) which synced purchases made via employee badges to payroll systems, thus reducing manual payroll hours and related reporting errors. • Orchestrated two construction buildouts, which were on time and on budget (One project to support centralized Telehealth team and one to expand Obstetrical services).• Developed strategic plans in Microsoft Project and trained key department leads (Chief Operating Officers, Assistant Chief Financial Officer, Assistant Vice Presidents, etc). • Guided operational tasks needed to open a new clinical services department.• Updated project plans and reported key information to leadership monthly. • Authored/facilitated strategic documents, including project charters and status updates, detailed project, education and communication plans, and implementation toolkits.• Organized project activities, including task assignments, milestones, and deliverables.• Led risk and issue management identification and resolution; continually advised technical and non-technical resources regarding best practices.

Fort Lauderdale/ Davie, Florida

Led development and integration of clinical policy, standards, and procedures for NSU’s Clinical Informatics department. Oversaw a staff of 5 professionals.• Oversaw software support and maintenance for NextGen (medical/auxiliary clinics) and AxiUm (dental clinics) practice management and EHR systems.• Enforced standard processes and documentation responsibilities for issue and change management, testing, and software training.• Clinical team lead for planning phase of major upgrade project to install NextGen Rel. 5.8, KBM 8.3

Boca Raton, Florida

Provided senior leadership for physician and practice staff in training and adoption of NextGen EHR across the tri-county South Florida region. Directed all project management phases for electronic health record implementation in 120+ physician offices, including e-prescribing for all providers. Managed a team of 5. • Led 2011 and 2012 Meaningful Use data collection and attestation (90 days and full year) reporting for Eligible Professionals (EPs) to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), resulting in $3M in EHR incentive payments by 2014. Led 2013 MU attestation preparations.• Initiated release upgrade planning for Meaningful Use Stage 2 and ICD-10.• Analyzed healthcare information and monitored reports; advised the leadership team regarding process improvements.• Managed EHR budget and ensured adherence to compliance regulations.• Provided frequent system recommendations to corporate Tenet Physician Systems; input was sought often and respected nationally.• Forged strong alliances with third party vendors for IT and clinical system support.

Toronto, Canada Area

Contracted to lead the Information Technology components and assist/support in the implementation and building of MEDITECH 6.0 Physician Care Manager (PCM) module, including hands-on PCM design and build expertise, for a community acute care hospital in a Toronto suburb..

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Provided effective project management for multiple projects based on organization-wide clinical and business integrated system (MEDITECH MAGIC), and other software applications. • Implemented EHR in hospital/continuity of care departments, including nursing home, ambulatory, and ancillary units, with medical, nursing, pharmacy, dietary, social work, psychology, and others. • Controlled resource utilization on major projects, including one with a multi-million dollar budget, resulting in several thousand dollars in capital cost savings.• Coordinated all aspects of the system development life cycle, including user requirements. Developed new reports, including specifications and QA testing.• Implemented new processes, information systems, upgrades, and enhancements for a variety of software products, resulting in improved usability, efficiency, data interpretation, and end-user satisfaction. Created change management workflows.• Trained all levels of users on system functionality and provided higher level customer support during and post implementation, both in person and on call.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Functioned as System Analyst for a Physician Clinic feasibility study and vendor selection. The Clinic needed to assess the possibilities available to replace their physician office software system. The scope of the project included applications for patient registration and scheduling, billing, accounts receivable, and the electronic health record. The analysis extended beyond functionality to include strengths and weaknesses of the vendor, implementor, and underlying technology. The project resulted in the successful selection of a vendor, with subsequent implementation. Developed unit-costing methodology utilizing workload data collection and data collection template training, directing field data collection, analyzing results, and modifying data collection templates based on the field data collection.Directed a team of clinical and information services staff on site for both a teaching hospital and a northern Ontario merged hospital. The team provided project assessment, planning, and initial implementation support for a large client-server based clinical information system, which included a clinical data repository, order entry, results review, and documentation in an electronic health record. The team’s responsibilities included strategic planning for automated data collection, including workflow organization and redesign, hardware and resource requirements, and integration with other software programs.Developed unit-costing methodology utilizing workload data collection and data collection template training, directing field data collection, analyzing results, and modifying data collection templates based on the field data collection.

Mscn, Nursing

Research-oriented program

Education record

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Nursing

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy