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Aurora, Colorado

Virtual Health Center ClinDoc Owner: Developed and maintained ClinDoc solutions to close care gaps in UCHealth’s Virtual Health Center.Nursing and Respiratory Therapist Acuity Scoring System: Built and supported patient acuity scoring criteria and integrated these with workload assignments.M Code Development: Developed custom code and automations for documentation flowsheets.Promoting Interoperability: Configured the inpatient reporting framework for CMS submissions, supporting Medicaid and Medicare reporting.Business Continuity Access: Supported and built systems for patient data distribution to devices during unscheduled downtimes.Risk of Injury Fall Precautions Project: Collaborated with clinical informatics and system architects to create a dynamic data collection and risk stratification system for patient fall prevention.COSMOS Configuration: Configured inpatient data points for the Cosmos Dataset as part of HIPAA-defined limited datasets across the Epic community.ICU Stays Registry Implementation: Configured the registry and reports for ICU stays in Epic.Nursing Quality Dashboard: Developed a dashboard to address care gaps for central line and IUC care.OB Postpartum Hemorrhage Scoring Scale: Developed and implemented a scoring scale for postpartum hemorrhage risk in collaboration with obstetrics leadership.Crystal Report Conversion Project: Converted Crystal Reports to Epic Native SQL for ClinDoc and Radiant.Falls Prevention Predictive Model Implementation: Developed the logic for falls predictive modeling and prevention, adapting to evolving hospital needs.COVID-19 Crisis Triage Dashboard: Collaborated with cross-functional teams to assess ventilator resources and bed availability during the pandemic.Virtual Health Center Length of Stay Predictive Model: Assisted the data science team with chronicles data for length of stay predictions.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

-Led and assisted with clinical/nursing workflow technologies, addressing hospital-specific challenges and CMS Meaningful Use compliance strategies.-Specialized in configuring and supporting nursing workload acuity systems, Medical Early Warning Systems (MEWS), and other decision-support scoring systems.-Developed and maintained medication administration workflows, including barcoding compliance for accurate medication administration.-Integrated third-party systems such as LACE, LACE+, and Cerner's APACHE IV with Epic to enhance decision support and clinical operations.-Provided technical expertise for the setup and support of Epic’s Case Management and Communication Management modules, including payor follow-up.-Delivered on-site support for multiple Epic EHR installations and go-lives across 4 healthcare organizations, ensuring successful deployments and user adoption.-Led reporting and compliance initiatives for CMS Quality Measures Reporting, serving as the primary Epic contact for hospitals like Nemours Children’s and Cone Health.-Oversaw and supported inpatient clinical documentation and obstetrics workflows during 6 upgrades at 4 different organizations.-Served as a primary developer for the Inpatient Provider Efficiency Profile, overseeing metadata and patient data extraction processes.-Acted as Meaningful Use lead for Eligible Hospital Reporting, guiding Forrest General Hospital through regulatory reporting requirements.-Managed server error logs for hospitals, providing maintenance, error analysis, and solution deployment for production environments.-Held the role of Technical Services Lead for scoring and acuity systems, including APACHE, MEWS, PEWS, SAPS, and Epic’s proprietary Nursing Workload Acuity systems.-Extensive experience with Intersystems Cache, Epic Chronicles, and SQL for data storage, retrieval, and long-term clinical reporting.

Saint Mary'S College Of California

I worked as a multimedia technology consultant and assist with the maintenance and education involving the use of various multimedia in the school's classrooms.