Richard Leighton Email & Phone Number

Bremen, In, Us

South Bend, Indiana, Us

The VP of Technology serves to inform, manage, integrate, and enable all critical Orthos technologies/IT processes, information systems and to serve as the key resource through which Orthos remains informed regarding general market IT trends, including technologies and IT processes utilized by or under development within the financial and health sector and the broader information community.Strategic Initiatives and Organizational Planning:• Provide executive-level oversight and direction to issues of information technology selection, strategic planning, operational performance, risk management, cyber security, and security viability.• Ensure information technological safety and soundness to optimize support of Orthros mission.• Assist the leadership in the annual strategic priorities planning process.• Advise and assist Orthos in the selection and deployment of technologies. Present recommendations independently and challenge business partners’ thinking regarding technology.• Promote a culture of continuous process improvement.• Establish vision and strategy of Information Technology in alignment with and to support organizational needs and communicate such strategies to the Orthos Board of Directors.• Provide direction and oversight of the annual IT Strategic and Tactical plans. Maintain succession plans for critical positions and ensure critical talent/skills are identified and in place to support organizational growth and needs.* Lead manager and Product owner on the development of Orthos Orbits Revenue Cycle Management Platform

Mishawaka, Indiana, Us

Provide day to day direction and monitoring of IT operations for Unity Medical & Surgical Hospital and UFM Physician Practices information technology activities and resources. Development of IT departmental goals, plans and standards consistent with the technological, clinical, administrative, legal and ethical requirements/objectives. Management of IT staff and clinical Informatics team. Develop and manage IT budget. Provide direction and evaluates all departmental activities including research, design and development of new technologies, service level determination, HIPAA/HITECH compliance, and business process improvement.

Mishawaka, Indiana, Us

Manage all hospital systems including McKesson Paragon, Provide financial/Clinical analysis and SQL reporting, develop and manage IT budget, provide application support.

Mishawaka, Indiana, Us

Development of both clinical and financial reports (mostly SQL) for nursing and administration. I provide troubleshooting and support for McKesson Paragon: General Ledger, Materials Management, Fixed Assets, Patient Management, Medical Records, and Registration. Custom vb.net development.Development and monitoring of Information policies and information exchange. Key member of Unity's meaningful use attestment team for our hospital and clinics.

Fort Wayne, In, Us

MIS Adjunct Professor @ Indiana TechIS2900 PHP & MYSQL

Elkhart General Hospital & Memorial Health System -- Implementation of CERNER solutions replacing McKesson systems. Support and implementation of CERNER SurgiNet.

Promotion to Sr. Application Analyst - HPF @ Elkhart General Hospital

Developed web/windows applications to enchance hospital business processes. McKesson HPF Systems support, LaserArc support, Sharepoint Adminstrator, Crystal Reports Server Administrator, and Crystal Reports development.

Elkhart, In, Us

Developed internal applications for use in the hospital.

Culver, Indiana, Us

Web application development, PHP, Access Development, Sharepoint Adminstrator, Blackbaud System (Registers Office, Admissions Office, Net Communities) Setup and Upgrades. Crystal reports development, MS SQL, Registration support, eCommerce Administrator, Joomla Support and Development. ETL projects.

Developed PHP/MySql websites. Managed all customer relations, projects, and managed three programmers and 2 designers.

Masters Of Science, Information Systems

Bs, Management Information Systems

Certificate, Vb.Net Advanced Training

Certificate, .Net Programming Basics