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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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