Manager Medical

Suzanne E. Weiss, MD

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Bronx, NY 10463

Home Phone: 718-***-****

Cell Phone: 612-***-****

E-Mail: *********@*****.***

Summary Of Qualifications

Working with and educating professional staff, including physicians and

nurses, as well as ancillary hospital personnel, on a variety of EMR

software.

Functioned as System Administrator and Clinical Analyst, as well as liaison

between clinical staff and the vendor.

Substantial implementation experience, as well as “go live” and “post go

live” support at a number of local medical centers.

Planning, organizing and creating educational materials, ensuring clinical

accuracy according to current medical guidelines.

Strong clinical and technical background, utilizing both areas of expertise

to make projects successful.

Utilized extensive art background to enhance projects’ creativity and visual

appeal.

Excellent written, verbal and communication skills.

Excellent analytical, organizational and problem solving skills.

Strong end-user and client liaison skills.

Demonstrated ability to complete tasks independently.

Exceptional customer service skills.

Professional Highlights

Physician by training, with four years of Information Technology experience,

focusing on the implementation and support of a number of EMR products,

including, but not limited to Sunrise Clinical Manager 5.0; NextGen 5.5/KBM

7.7; and GE Centricity CPA and CPM.

Continuing Education

EUN Conference, October, 2009

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Professional Experience/Work History

April, 2011 – April, 2011 Consultant

North Shore LIJ Health System New Hyde Park, NY

o Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager 5.0

Worked closely with physicians and nurses, offering

support as needed, during the “Go Live” event at several

of the NSLIJ hospitals

July, 2010 – December, 2010 Consultant

Continuum Health Partners, Inc. Secaucus, NJ

o Ormis GE Centricity Perioperative Manager

(CPM) Clinical Documentation v. 7.5

Functioned as System Administrator/Clinical Analyst for

the CPM program, troubleshooting issues as they arose,

and acting as liaison with the GE analysts and the

nursing staff

Worked closely with nursing personnel to educate them

on the upgrade of the new version of the surgery

program as it applies to their intraoperative job function

Supported the OR staff during the “Go Live” event

September, 2008 – May, 2010 Clinical Trainer

Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY

Hired by Maimonides Medical Center, the third largest independent

teaching hospital in the country, a 705-bed facility, with 2,500

computer users, specifically because I am a physician versed in

EMR systems. I have become expert in all of the hospital’s various

clinical systems that is taught by the MIS department, specifically:

o Eclipsys 7000

Educated new physicians, physician assistants, nurses,

social workers and other ancillary personnel, this

principal computer program of MMC, which is the

inpatient order entry program.

Group instructions, as well as one-to-one classes on

physician order entry, retrieval of results, and for nursing

classes, managing the medication administration record

(MAR)

Upgraded the physician manual for the new incoming

residents, verified and corrected the clinical components

of the old manual and made certain that content was

appropriate for its target audience

o Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager

Created approximately 100 clinical practice cases to

educate nurses and physicians from all areas of the

hospital in all clinical specialties in this application

Created PowerPoint e-mail ticklers to educate the staff

about the new changes coming to their work flow with

the adoption of the SCM program by the hospital

o NextGen 5.5/KBM 7.7

Outpatient Clinical Program

Educated physicians, nurses and other ancillary

personnel on the nuances of the upgrade of NextGen v.

5.5 to the KBM 7.7 version of the outpatient clinical

application program, specifically order entry for

physicians, data retrieval, managing medication

administration for the nursing classes

Worked on content and development by creating clinical

case studies for physicians and nurses to practice in the

new EMR environment to help them understand the new

application

Revised NextGen 5.5 Psychiatry manual ensuring clinical

accuracy

in addition to adding the necessary revisions to reflect

the latest changes in the newest version of NextGen for

the Psychiatry Department

o Ormis GE Centricity Perioperative Manager

(CPM) Clinical Documentation v. 7.4.2 P01

Worked closely with nursing personnel to educate them

on the upgrade of the new version of the surgery

program as it applies to their preoperative job function

o GE Centricity Perioperative Anesthesia

(CPA Program for Anesthesiologists) v. 7.6.2

Created a Captivate movie to teach viewers how to

access

anesthesia case documentation

Educated physicians in the workings of monitor capture

and

how to do appropriate documentation electronically

o Allscripts ED 6.2

Trained the new physicians in the new ED application

upgrade. Specifically taught physicians order entry and

data retrieval

Created a PowerPoint presentation for computer-based

learning of the new emergency department program for

physicians

o For the Department of Surgery

Created an instructional video utilizing Adobe Captivate

demonstrating the utility of using a patient tracker sheet

to keep track of team as well as individual provider’s

patients during various aspects of a patient’s stay in the

hospital

o E&C IPrOB (now known as Perigen)

Trained physician and nursing personnel as well as

medical students, the obstetrics program used by

Maimonides Medical Center, specifically physician order

entry, data retrieval and nursing medication administration

record

o Aspira’s PACS

Educated physicians and medical students on the x-ray

program used by Maimonides Medical Center

o HIE Initiative: Brooklyn Health Information Exchange (BHIX)

Educated physicians how to access Brooklyn’s Health

Information

Exchange (HIE), known as BHIX, and how to utilize the

portal for

immediate patient care

Instructed ancillary hospital personnel in the registration

process

of new patients wanting to participate in the HIE system

June, 2008 – August 2008 Consultant

Columbia Presbyterian – Weill Cornell

Medical Center New York, NY

• Trained physicians, nurses, social workers and other ancillary hospital

personnel in Eclipsys SCM as Cornell upgraded to the latest version of

SCM

• Offered on-sight support, troubleshooting assistance, coaching and

guidance during the “go live” change over to the new version of Eclipsys

August, 2007 – September, 2007 Implementation Analyst and Trainer

Database Solutions and Training New York, NY

• Worked with proprietary medical software teaching and training nursing

home

personnel including nurses and physicians as the institutions were

converted to electronic medical record (EMR) format

• Offered on-site support, troubleshooting assistance, coaching and

guidance

with the new program’s implementation

• Troubleshooting: Found errors in the medical software program that

were in conflict with day to day nursing care and brought them to the

attention of the IT staff

SKILLS:

Proficiency in: Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, Adobe Captivate

Medical Software: Well-versed in VistA CPRS, EpicCare Inpatient Clinical System and

EpicEMR, Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager 5.0, Eclipsys 7000,

IRIS, SigmaCare, NextGen 5.5/KBM 7.7, Ormis, Allscripts ED,

E&C IPrOB, Aspyra’s PACS (for radiology),

GE Centricity Perioperative Anesthesia, Allscripts ED 6.2

EDUCATION:

MD Degree: University of Nuevo Leon (Monterrey, Mexico)

MS in Education: The City College of New York

BA in Psychology: The City College of New York

LANGUAGES:

Spanish: Fluent in both written and spoken Spanish

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS:

Teaching Certifications:

New York City Public School System

National Education Association Certification

Medical Certifications:

The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates –

Philadelphia, PA (certificate valid indefinitely)

HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS:

Vice President of the Premedical Society – The City College of New York

Created and advanced educational programs for the college

community to encourage interest in the biological sciences

and medicine

Hospital Volunteer – Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City

Received commendation pin for exemplary service

University of Nuevo Leon – Monterrey, Mexico

Honors in Anatomy, Neuroanatomy and Biochemistry

MEDICAL TRAINING:

June, 2004 – June, 2006 First and Second Year Resident Physician –

Family Medicine

Hennepin County Medical Center Minneapolis, MN

July, 2002 – June, 2003 Second Year Resident Physician – Internal

Medicine

Roger Williams Medical Center Providence, RI

July, 2000 – June, 2001 First Year Resident Physician – Internal

Medicine

Graduate Hospital Philadelphia, PA

July, 1999 – June, 2000 First Year Resident Physician – Psychiatry

Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI

References – Available on request

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