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Senior Consultant specializing in the design, architecture, implementation, and support of healthcare interoperability, clinical data exchange, accountable care, and population health projects for customers of all sizes utilizing the InterSystems platform.VetsEz/Department of Veteran Affairs - Enterprise Solution Architect (2022-Present)•Responsible for overseeing the design, architecture, and implementation of all FHIR-based integrations within the Department of Veteran Affairs healthcare delivery network, ensuring seamless and efficient interoperability within the system. •Instrumental in designing, implementing, and supporting the national roll-out of a FHIR-based integration for the VA's Advanced Medication Platform. This initiative enables over 2500 concurrent users access to data for veterans across 128 national facilities, thereby reducing medication errors, enhancing healthcare outcomes and reducing cost.•Oversaw the design and delivery of a "self-service" API management platform, involving the assessment of customer objectives, definition of customer and team deliverables, monitoring requirements, governance, security measures, and documentation and training.Healthix - Integration Engineer (2016-2022)•Spearheaded the development and implementation of standardized flat file, HL7 and CDA interfaces for over 120 new participants and more than 30 EHR vendors. This "HUB" model significantly reduced the time, cost, and effort required for implementing new participants. •Directed a team of engineers in building, supporting, and maintaining the HUB model methodology, successfully reducing participant costs for joining a health information exchange to $0.•Sole architect/engineer responsible for the data migration associated with the HIE merger between Healthix and NYCIG combining data of over 20 million individuals to deliver more complete patient information to providers to facilitate care and improve patient outcomes.

•Senior level role responsible for partnering with the client, services, product and sales executives to support the client and position Allscripts Population Health as a key differentiator in the marketplace.•Provide leadership and guidance to the Allscripts Professional Services and Sales team regarding opportunities to improve services, enhance processes, and improve communication as a team.•Thorough understanding of the client's strategic priorities and organizational goals, business objectives, challenges, and capabilities in order to develop a client specific strategy and tactical delivery plan.

•Led the definition of architecture for dbMotion deployments, showcasing a broad understanding of data profiles and integration standards.•As the primary Data Engineer, spearheaded the successful implementation of dbMotion's largest customer, HCA.•Collaborated with clients to elucidate the broad integration informatics at their site, actively working with customers to collect data from multiple applications and integrate it seamlessly with dbMotion.

Recruited by GE Healthcare to contribute significantly to the development and implementation of their eHealth division. Collaborated closely with customers to formulate detailed design specifications for the successful implementation of HIE/RHIO projects. Played a key role in designing GE's population health management platform, leading to a joint venture between Microsoft and GE called Caradigm.

As the lead and sole engineer for clinical information exchange (CIE), I directed the architecture and planning of all integrations involving the platform. This included the successful implementation of a master patient index solution and numerous point-to-point HL7 and CDA interfaces, utilizing the Cloverleaf integration suite.

•Architected, developed and implemented the Boston HealthNet's Community Information Exchange (CIE) - a health information exchange that delivered a consolidated patient view of records across the HealthNet care spectrum.•Technical lead for a portal-based referral management solution designed to automate and enhance the referral process, thereby optimizing Return on Investment (ROI) and elevating patient care. This innovative solution streamlines and expedites referrals, fostering efficiency in healthcare delivery, improving patient outcomes, and maximizing the overall economic impact of the healthcare system.•Strategized, trained, and executed an e-Prescribing integration solution across 10 community health centers and a major metropolitan hospital encompassing over 1500 providers.

•Assessed and examined current EMR processes to identify opportunities for improvements and standardization.•Worked closely with administrators and providers to develop outpatient data entry forms and Crystal Reports designed to improve patient care and business processes.•Designed and built the prototype of a Health Information Exchange among Boston HealthNet Community members

•Supported, developed, and enhanced EHR applications at Boston Medical Center urban health centers to improve the quality of patient care.•Designed and developed clinical reports that played a pivotal role in securing grant funding for improving diabetes care in the inner city.•As the Lead Analyst, I was responsible for planning and managing all major EMR upgrades across 10 community health centers.•Implemented multiple point-to-point HL7 integrations.

•Provided service and application support to customers utilizing Meditech community wide scheduling•Developed training for new authorization and referral management application•Reviewed and analyzed enhancement opportunities and system modifications.

Bba, Management Information Systems

Certificate In Entrepreneurship, Business Administration And Management, General