Responsible for managing multiple EHR implementations, selection, contract negotiations. Assisted as a member of the I.T. team supporting Public Health COVID-19 mass vaccination software modification and workflow process optimization. Project Manager for the implementation of Matrix Care Point-of-Care for Residents and Skilled Nursing Facility. Project Manager for the selection, contract negotiations and implementation of Patagonia EHR for clinicals and revenue cycle for the Public Health division.

● Sr. Project Manager – Tower Health - Program Manager responsible for a portfolio of third party clinical and revenue cycle applications and integration to Epic (CoPath, HCLL/Blood Bank, NaviHealth, Optum, MyDining, CIOX, APEasy, GE-DMS), vendor contract negotiation, and project planning for 5 hospital system integration and conversion project. Managed status reporting and executive briefings, project schedules, issue and risk escalation. Led technical teams to implement new third-party application functionality SSO integration to Epic (first hospital in country).● Project Manager- Rush Medical Center. Engaged to capture Epic Clinical and I.S. technology requirements, coordinate and manage the appropriate I.S. resources to frame the technology implementation roadmap for a new 484,000sqf ($450M) Ambulatory Building to support Cancer, Neurology, Infusion, Radiation Oncology, Retail and Infusion Pharmacy, Breast Imaging and Research. The new ambulatory building will feature advanced Epic tools and technology, Rover, Cantu, RTLS, Audio and Visual, Way-finding, smart parking/building systems, and advanced Check-in/out workflows with kiosk and personal greeters. ● Senior Healthcare Principal – MSNet, Inc. Provided management consulting for a firm specializing in EPIC staff augmentation and implementation support to develop strategic partnerships with CTG, Huron Consulting, and HCTec, consulting firms and development of the RFP and resource model for a $200M Epic implementation project at University of Illinois Chicago Health System.

Project Manager, ACL Laboratories Information Systems Strategic Project Manager leading the upgrade of Sunquest CoPath Anatomic Pathology application to a major release version 6.1 to 6.3, which supports automated specimen tracking and reconciliation, HPV instrument interface automation and Clinical Pathology integration$1.2 million project which includes hospitals, clinics and clients of Advocate Health Care (Cerner) and Aurora Health Care (Epic). Project consists of building out new test, production and DR environments; Testing all break fix and enhancements across different laboratory disciplines; Training lab, hospital and clinic technicians. Responsible for project plan, scope, budget, resource planning, schedule, vendor resources, running steering committee meetings, executive status reporting and obtaining stage gate approvals from Management Approval Board

Senior project manager for Pre-Registration, Pre-Certification, and Central Registration, standardization and optimization project across the entire CCHHS health system. Drove operational transformation strategy with senior leadership, system vendors, and guided internal work streams in defining, and development of a solution scope, project charter, resource requirements, schedule, and project plan. Reduced patient wait time by 2-3 hours, improved Pre-Registration rates by over 40% which directly reduced insurance denial rates, and further reduced paper printing of schedules by over 80% across 119 clinics and 2 acute care hospitals.Led cross-functional work streams to optimize and re-design registration area for Central Registration, utilizing an LEAN approach. Leveraged feature functionality of Cerner PowerChart, PowerNotes, FirstNet and Siemens PFS, for workflow optimization. Managed the implementation of Experian OneSource, web-based insurance verification system with Registration Quality Alerts (RQA’s).

Provided management oversight for the hospital’s ICD-10 and Clinical Document Improvement project, developed the project charter, scope, business requirements, ran steering committee meetings and developed a project management toolset. Managed a variety of I.T. Initiatives within the project portfolio to include MEDITECH v5.66 to v5.67 upgrade, implemented the Health Information Exchange (34 Illinois Cohorts), and 837 Claims optimization project.Led clinical work groups for post Go-Live optimization enhancements to address, Midnight Rule, Admitting Provider Signature, Queued Future Orders, Re-occurring Patients, and Transfusion Report Enhancements.

Interim Manager of Technical Optimization and Clinical Business Intelligence - Epic Systems, Swedish Hospital Providence Health System. Managed Radiant, Willow, Orders, Beacon, OpTime, and Business Intelligence analyst (12 FTE’s) in day-to-day operations and support activities.Epic Alignment Project Manager, Enterprise Clinical Systems – University of Michigan Hospitals. Managed integration team and build resources for conversion to Prelude, Resolute and Epic Care.Project Manager providing Epic Go-Live Support – Epic Ancillary Systems, University of Washington managing Willow, Radiant and Beacon builders (5 FTE’s) for the conversion from McKesson ClinStar to Epic for all in-patient applications.Assistant Project Director – Revenue Cycle, Covenant Health System. Provided project leadership for a major standardization and optimization of the entire revenue cycle “end-to-end”, including managing (71) full time consultants and (4) Project Managers across various work streams on Meditech 5.66 CS/CMS for a 15 hospital, 1 Critical Access hospital system.

Provided implementation leadership for a Patient Placement Center (PPC) project for a large academic medical center, using a structured project management approach and LEAN methodology Worked with analyst and clinical teams to develop innovative solutions - Optimized EPIC workflow for intake and bed placement process, including new reports a new ADT interface, leverage Hospital-at-a-glance and navigator changes resulting in improved turnover process and revenue capture

Member of the executive I.T. leadership team, recipients of the HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Award, “Signifying 1 of 2 organizations in the country representing 0.3% of all hospital in the United States”. Recognized as the top 1% of hospital data centers in the countrySupervised a staff of 14 FTE’s and an operating budget exceeding $6M annually. Managed a large application portfolio and support of 46+ different clinical ancillary applications, integrated to MyChart. Managed all clinical imaging (Radiology GE Centricity, Cardiology Siemens Syngo 7v, storage infrastructure, etc.), and ImageNow content management solutions for Revenue Cycle and image capture (insurance cards, face sheets, discharge plans, photos, etc.). Provided leadership for the implementation of multiple new applications as Epic’s first hospital in the country to implement Provation Gastro/Endo (GI) system, ROI, iEOB, Epic Scan, OBIX, OpTime, and other clinical innovations. Proposed various technology initiatives, i.e. Vendor Neutral Archives, Image retention and physician/clinician worklist navigation.