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Responsible for integrating healthcare science, computer science, and information science to participate in the analysis, planning, development, training, implementation, evaluation, and maintenance of Ambulatory Clinical and Operational Information Systems across the enterprise. Utilize extensive knowledge as an informatics nurse/clinician, experience in the ambulatory setting and knowledge/understanding of ambulatory operations. Acts as internal consultant representing the Medical Groups and partners with Leadership, Clinical and Operational stakeholders, Information Technology Services, Business/Administrative Services, Project Management, and other entities to successfully design, educate, implement, adopt, and sustain interoperability within clinical and non-clinical(operational) information systems and practice. Develops and oversee multiple layers of management across the enterprise and develops direct reports to be highly strategic in perspective to meet the diverse and continually changing challenges of the health care environment within the Medical Group. Budgetary and financial management responsibility for function(s) with organizational impact.

Responsible for leadership of staff and management of all Clinical Applications including the EHR. This position is responsible for maintaining, and monitoring information management systems and standards to support clinical, research and academic functions of the organization. Develops department objectives, establishes and communicates applications standards, identifies new application vendors and resources. In addition, is a key leader responsible for IM service delivery. The Sr. Director builds and maintains effective client relationship strategies by facilitating communication between staff, management, vendors, and other technology resources within the organization to deliver and support application services.

Senior Consultant/Emergency Services in the areas of: 1. Clinical Standards of Care2. Finance/Charge Capture/ CPC COding3. Managment and Team Building4. Physical Plant Re-Design.

Integral member of the leadership team. Responsibilities include participation and facilitation of leading the governance process for clinical systems, driving the optimization of the electronic health record, participating in the strategy development for the hospital's information systems portfolio, leading the informatics program across the health system, and overseeing the safe and efficient design of the EHR.Driving innovative, market-driven data management initiatives that take organization to the next level Director, Clinical Solutions – Corporate Directs data management to ensure the integrity of clinical, financial and administrative information for measuring, controlling and improving the quality and safety of patient care and systemwide operations. Key initiatives supporting “Pillars of Success”• Improve Patient Safety & Provider Satisfaction: Led Duplicate Medical Record initiative resulting in merge and mediation of 1.5 million duplicate medical records (2017) • Achieve Operating Targets & Alignment with Physicians: Led Implementation of 3M e-CDI (Clinical Documentation Improvement) application (2018)• Enhance Population Health & Create Consumer Centric Experience: Led 3 application development projects, Cerner Retail Pharmacy solution (2018), Mediware Home Health IV solution (2018) and the Mediware Specialty Pharmacy application (2017), supporting new revenue-generating service lines • Value & Develop People: Achieved employee satisfaction score of Level 1, highest possible score. Featured in 2017 annual ISD meeting video.

Independent IT/Leadership Consulting. 2014 – 2017 Global leader in healthcare IT consulting offering a broad scope of solutions Executive leadership representative on consulting engagements and SME on client experienceServed in such roles as SVP, EVP, and CNIO.Led development of methodologies utilized in all phases of a Healthcare IT project from EHR project life cycle through Optimization and transformation up to and including attainment of HIMSS Stage 7 Achievement.Key Engagements• Large New York Health System: On-site Executive and Project Manager for successful EHR implementation • Well-known UK Health System: On-site Executive for business transformation initiatives• Top-tier Australian Health System: On-site Executive for Benefits Analysis and Final Business Case development for EHR presentation for Board approval• Major U.S. University-based Health Systems: Executive oversight of EPIC inpatient/ambulatory EHR implementations for multiple locations over large geographic areas

Robert Steele Joins Our Healthcare IT as the Executive Vice President of Strategy/Operations. In this role, Mr. Steele will be part of the executive team responsible for providing leadership, vision and oversight for Business Development, Client Relations and all aspects of EHR System Implementations. Mr. Steele’s experience includes, but is not limited to: Sr. leadership of healthcare EMR application standardization, build and integration testing, pre go-live training and readiness assessment, implementation/ go-live command center operations, and optimization adoption and sustainment. Additionally Mr. Steele has strong finance and budgeting experience related to system implementations as well as National Certification as a CPC.Mr. Steele has extensive clinical, managerial and informatics skills in all levels of healthcare institutions, including major Academic Medical Centers, Multi-facility Healthcare Systems and some of the top Pediatric Hospitals in the country.Prior to joining, Mr. Steele was a Senior Director of Applied Clinical informatics at the corporate level for Tenet Healthcare Inc. He has a proven track record as an integral part of the executive team resulting in the successful implementation and receipt of ARRA incentive funds for over 35 facilities. Additional Professional appointments include Senior Clinical Director Emergency/Trauma Services at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Interim CNO/Admin Director Emergency/Trauma Services at John Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth Texas. Robert is an active member of the American Academy of Certified Professional Coders. A voting Council Member of the National HealthTech Council as well as multiple and various Clinical and Professional Organizations

Responsible for Standards in the following areas: Lab/Radiology/Surgery-Peri-Operative, Scheduling, Perinatal and Emergency Department Systems. Extensive Experience in the Development and Executive Oversight of Such EHR Implementation strategies as Project Charter/Scope Development, Budget considerations and planning, Impact/Gap Analysis, Pre-Conversion Readiness Assessment, Go-Live Command Center Operations, Transition to Support Acitivites and Optimization. Coporate Onsite Executive Representative for all Facility System/Application Implementations across the country.