Information Systems Health
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Branford, CT *****
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MICHAEL CEMENO, CISSP
SUMMARY
Transformative and progressive healthcare executive with experience in all aspects of IT and Security including restructuring and strategic (re)alignment in a fiscally responsible manner.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
CISSP
Dynamic leadership
Alignment of IT and business objectives
Strategic direction
Hospital department consolidation
Enhancing patient care through IT
Multidisciplinary practice plan implementation
Security planning
Departmental restructuring
Vendor portfolio management
EXPERIENCE
PRESIDENT AND CEO
MJC-HC CONSULTING BRANFORD, CT MAY 2017 TO CURRENT
Boutique consultancy, focusing on interim engagements including project scoping contracting and implementation leadership, IT strategic planning, IT business alignment and governance.
Assessments of all aspects of IT and Security
ISO 27001 and 27002 and NIST 800-34,37,39
Risk, BIA, BCP, DPR
IT architecture, planning and implementation, network and technical infrastructure
Meaningful Use, HITECH, HIPAA, ICD-10, Sarbanes–Oxley
Application contracting and implementation management
Epic contracting, Cerner Millennium EMR to revenue cycle, Meditech, Allscripts (Eclipsys and physician practice), GE Centricity (IDX Rad, IDX Physician, Logician), population health data management
Lawson and PeopleSoft ERP's ADP, Kronos, API
Microsoft License agreements
Outsourcing agreements contracting
Application, data center, help desk
Onshore, offshore, partial offshore and blended offshore
VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER (CIO)
WATERBURY HEALTH NETWORK WATERBURY, CT MARCH 2011 TO APRIL 2017
Executive reporting directly to CEO responsible for all aspects of Information Systems including Telecommunications, Clinical Engineering and Facilities functions for a 350 bed teaching Hospital, and 100 physician provider practice.
Successfully aligned IT priorities with the organization's goals and integrated IT into the business planning process for the first time for the enterprise
Created IT resource planning tool to track staff to projects and support business priorities and identify staffing requirements to meet those goals
Complete IT reorganization, saving 2 million dollars over two years
Comprehensive training plan for IT staff based on technical training and education, helping to remove the lower level IT employee “glass ceiling” with no incremental cost using grants
Meaningful Use implementation of whole house Cerner CPOE and provider documentation resulting in the total capture of MU dollars.
CPOE results showed >92% physician participation within three months of adoption
Physician documentation project reduced overall transcription costs by over 80%
Electronic barcode medication administration helped reduced med errors by 60%
Progressed from HIMSS level 4 to level 6
Proactive security architecture implementation
Replaced eight passive disparate detection systems to three prevention systems for better control with less manual administrator intervention.
Enhanced security with 24/7 live monitoring at little incremental cost.
Developed a plan to move to a Cloud-based Infrastructure whenever possible
Implemented a new Disaster Recovery plan with high availability hot site saving 200K per year ongoing expense over pure DR strategy
Migration to cloud-based PACS vendor neutral archive (VNA) Leveled both expense and capital to budget to even cash outlays over seven years
Created departmental consolidation strategy for merger with the Prospect Hospital system
Successful lab and radiology department consolidations are saving several hundred thousand dollars per year
Successful IT resources consolidation resulting in an additional 500K in savings
Designed and implemented ETL for population health management solution
Developed a successful Physician Informatics Committee (PIC) to provide advanced practitioner advisory services for clinical informatics projects
Cost effective EMR solution for non-owned community physicians without an EMR
Designed order and results integration plan for non-owned physicians EMR’s.
ASSOCIATE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
YALE-NEW HAVEN HEALTH SYSTEM NEW HAVEN, CT MARCH 2003 TO JANUARY 2011
Information systems executive reports to the system CIO. Lead for all operational activities for health system including application contracting, development and implementation expertise and overall responsibility for department policy, procedure, and budget. Executive IT liaison for all major departments and system executive staff
Yale-New Haven Health System is an Academic Medical Center and the largest healthcare provider system in Connecticut with over 2000 beds; and is affiliated with Yale University School of Medicine.
Implemented IT Sarbanes Oxley compliance within the health system
Reduced external audit costs through “effective “computer control designation
Enhanced application security
Developed and implemented EMR migration strategy for Yale New
Haven Hospital and Clinics
Full IP EMR adoption through Eclipsys SCM product
Full OP EMR adoption of clinics (26) through GE Logician
99% CPOE participation rate
HIMSS stage 6 adoption rating was achieved
Developed IT Strategy for patient throughput and to decrease Length of Stay (LOS)
Implemented Premise bed management system which increased bed turnover by 20%
Implemented Lynx ED system which decreased ED wait times by >20%
Fully deployed RFID solution for equipment tracking to reduce time to find scarce equipment
Added benefit of automated refrigerator temperature monitoring to meet the Joint recommendations and create operational efficiency
Shared data with and provided support to many university departments.
Developed a dual registration function to allow both university (union) and hospital (non-union) employees to register for their prospective institutions
Lead for a security response team to mitigate a potential data breach in over 200 clinics within a 10 day period securing data for tens of thousands of patients
Developed a post abstract registry database for research data in conjunction with the University Department of Pathology
Implemented Telestroke Telemedicine program which resulted in TPA administration times down to 10-15 minutes based on patient evaluation by a Yale neurologist
Developed shared governance and consolidation opportunities with member hospitals
Consolidation of Tumor Registry among the three IDN's, saving operational dollars and providing enhanced patient safety
Developed the health system ARRA/HITECH act response and developed new policy and procedures to enable compliance
Developed cross hospital BI system utilizing SAS
Headed the Epic IT system contract negotiation team
Spearheaded the IT implementation for 500,000 square foot Smilow Cancer Center on time budget
Spearheaded the IT implementation of the 80,000 square foot Shoreline Medical Center on time and budget
VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER (CIO)
GREATER HUDSON VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM NEWBURGH, NY JULY 1998 TO FEBRUARY 2003
Senior executive reporting directly to the System CEO. Responsible for all information systems for a four hospitals integrated delivery system with over 900 beds. Information systems direct line management responsibilities for the entire health system. Responsibilities included the strategic and operational planning for the consolidation of all IS resources, including IT personnel and data centers.
Guided efforts for system consolidation of IS
Created a countywide fiber WAN to connect the four hospitals
Coordinated fast-track selection of the PeopleSoft financial products
Led a full PeopleSoft ERP system implementation (GL, AP, MM, and HR) in two hospitals within three months of signing contract
Coordinated the selection and installation of a full modality PACs system
Coordinated the contracting of Cerner Millennium for two of the hospitals
Coordinated the IS implementation of a 25 million dollar ambulatory center.
DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL SERVICES AND COMPUTER OPERATIONS
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM PHILADELPHIA, PA JUNE 1997 TO JULY 1998
Responsible for all technical areas of information systems for TUHS and its affiliation with the Temple University School of Medicine and seven area hospitals, including Temple University Hospital.
Responsible for complete system deployment at the new 63 bed Temple University/Shriner's Children's Medical Center
Provided integration of 6 separate systems, in a 90-day time frame.
Designed and implemented logical/physical layer security strategy for the entire network.
Implemented Wide Area Connectivity within the system
Supported SMS Invision implementation.
INFORMATION SERVICES DIRECTOR, HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL/AHIG DVRV ALLEGHENY HEALTH, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION
PHILADELPHIA, PA JANUARY 1995 TO AUGUST 1997
Information systems executive liaison for the Philadelphia system flagship 600 bed Hahnemann University Hospital and all 108 AHIG Delaware Valley Physician practices. Part of senior management executive team as well as like responsibility with the physician executive staff.
Developed "cookie-cutter" installation methodology utilizing standardized workflow analysis for network and application installs
Implementation of 108 SMS Signature physician systems in less than one year
Developed specifications and implementations strategy for all new systems
Pharmacy, flow cytometry, home infusion, OR scheduling and supplies, and a custom electronic referral submission and tracking application
Migration from TDS to SMS Invision
Created IS steering and the patient care/IS steering committee.
DIRECTOR MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
BERWICK HOSPITAL CENTER BERWICK, PA DECEMBER 1991 TO FEBRUARY 1994
Managed MIS department for 179-bed acute care hospital and two 120-bed nursing homes.
Responsibilities were inclusive of budget and management functions for MIS, Occupational and Employee Health Departments.
Installed first Ethernet network for the all three campuses.
CORPORATE VICE PRESIDENT OPTIONS OPERATIONS
DREXEL BURNHAM LAMBERT, INC. PHILADELPHIA, PA JANUARY 1980 TO JANUARY 1991
Developed and maintained first computerized accounting system for DBL's Philadelphia floor operation
Developed and programmed sophisticated options trading modules.
COMPLIANCE ANALYST
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE, PHILADELPHIA, PA JANUARY 1979 TO JANUARY 1980
Designed specifications for auditing programming
EDUCATION
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PHILADELPHIA, PA
BBA Finance/Accounting
ACTIVITIES AND HONORS
Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA)
Chairmen CIO Committee 2015-2017
American Hospital Association
"Most Wired"- Waterbury Health System 2012-2017
"Most Wired"- Yale-New Haven Health 2004-2011
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
HIMSS Member 1998-Current
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
CHIME Member 1998-Current
Harold Leever Heart Center of Waterbury
Board Member 2014-2016
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