RN

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

PhD (3 Years)

Doctorate (PhD) in Global Health Economics

Georgetown University

Washington, DC.

MSN (2 Years)

Masters (MSN) in Nursing/Health Administration

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

BSME (4 Years)

Bachelors (BSME) in Mechanical Engineering

Central Alabama College

Alexander City, AL

AND (2 Years)

Associates (ASN) in Nursing

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Certificate Nursing Informatics

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Registered Nurse (Alabama/North Carolina/Tennessee/Washington State)

Registered Professional Engineer (Alabama)

Board Certification in Clinical Informatics

CNOR Certification

LEED-AP Certification

BLS & ACLS Certifications

CAREER SUMMARY

Dr. Richard Tomlinson is a Registered Nurse and a Registered Professional Engineer. Richard possesses degrees in nursing and engineering, and possesses advanced degrees in nursing and health economics. He is board certified in clinical informatics and is a certified OR Nurse. Dr. Tomlinson has a combined 30+ year professional experience track in healthcare; 15 years in C-Suite/VP roles, 15 years in perioperative services, and 11 years in clinical management consulting. He has extensive expertise in perioperative services leadership. He has served in virtually all chairs within perioperative services, from OR scrub/circulator to perioperative director and perioperative vice president; he is a “hands on” leader in terms of management style and in terms of physician engagement.

Vice President of Perioperative Services Overview/Accomplishments:

Degreed in mechanical engineering, nursing, with PhD in economics.

Former Health System COO over 6000 bed health system.

15+ years of Progressive, Promotional Management/Director/VP of Perioperative Services experience.

Expert in market share growth and establishment and development of surgical service lines.

Experienced in Level One Trauma and Transplant Center.

Consulted perioperative strategy/improvements for some of Nation’s premier health systems (Stanford, Duke, UAB, Trinity Mother Frances)

Experienced in academic, for-profit, and faith-based organizations.

Very much “hands-on” leadership style. In the OR’s frequently, can still scrub and circulate as well as execute executive leadership.

Experience includes academic teaching facility over:

o43 OR Suites

oDirected 17 Managers, Responsibility varying from 400-600 FTE’s

Architect of first in Nation SPD shared risk contract reducing labor costs $1.5M and annual hospital-wide transactional discounts totaling additional $2M annually-2018.

Co-Chair Surgical Services Executive Committee-2017.

Redesigned block for 20 OR suite facility-2017.

Led CVOR growth inclusive of construction of 2 CVOR rooms and Hybrid Room and moving CV to its own cost center-2018.

Formed consultancy in 2014. Expert in periop workflow efficiency, interim leadership, and process improvement redesign.

Successful completion of multiple JCAHO Surveys and State DOH Surveys.

Mechanical Engineer. Chaired and facilitated construction projects well in excess of $1B.

Managed operational budgets over $80M.

Managed capital budgets over $100M.

Reduced inpatient room turnover times average 13 minutes-2018.

Reduced SPD incidents 88%-2018.

Expert in clinical informatics and EHR systems (Epic, McKesson, Meditech).

In summation, Dr. Tomlinson possesses the “hands-on” business, management, clinical and academic acumen necessary for excellence as a healthcare leader. With his background, experience, and leadership skills, Dr. Richard Tomlinson brings to any organization the requisite professional expertise highly valued in progressive healthcare settings.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Overlake Medical Center

Executive Director of Perioperative Services (5/1/2017-Present)

(interim) Director of Perioperative Services

Bellevue, wa

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Initially retained as turn-around consutant for perioperative services. within 2 months asked to remain in permanent role. focus of this role is to provide daily operational leadership for perioperative services, as well as lead operational transition and to strategically lead perioperative services through performance improvement and process improvements initiatives.

Budget: $67M operating budget

Direct Reports: report to the chief operating officer. 7 direct reports.

Staff: 407 FTE’s (Union environment)

Hospitals: 1

ASC’s: 1

Inpatient surgery: 16 rooms, 1000 cases/mo.

Outpatient surgery : 4 rooms, 450 cases/Mo.

PCU

PACU

Special Procedures Unit

Sterile Processing Department

Surgical Pre-Admissions Department

Specialties: Open Heart (Inc TAVR)

CVOR

Ortho (Inc. Mako robot) & Ortho Trauma

Bariatrics

Colorectal (Inc 2 Da vinci xi robots)

Spine

Neuro

GYN

Eyes

Breast (Inc. Flaps)

Uro

General

ACHIEVEMENTS:

led surgery block redesign and implementation.

transformed “at risk” spd operations.

lean process implementation in spd.

achitect of nations first performance based, risk-sharing spd outsourcing contract. touted by stryker the first of its type partnership in the US. saving overlake $2.5M annually in operations.

led process improvements in inpatient surgery first case in the room start times to average from 55% to 83%.

led process improvements in or turn around times from avg. 57min to 38min.

executive project lead: $233M tower expansion including 3rd cvor and hybrid cv rooms.

co-chair: surgical services executive committee.

co-chair; advanced robotics committee.

co-chair; capital governance committee.

Nuclei Health Consultancy

Principal/ Chief Executive Officer (4/2013-Present)

Nashville, tn

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Nuclei Health is a performance centric healthcare consultancy, providing strategic advisory consulting, innovation solution engineering & deployment, interim executive c-suite leadership, clinical system solution design, ehr project consulting, operational improvement strategty, engineering services, and go-to market strategies for hospitals and clinical technology start-ups. Founder and chief executive officer of the firm. leadership role overseeing all aspects of the firm to support the overall delivery of national business growth and strategy. leads new business origination efforts and supports multiple client engagement teams while maintaining key client relationships.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

successfully sustained growth of firm to average growth exceeding 436% over 4 year period. established book of business exceeding $4M in 2016. served as consultant for the following engagements:

interim surgical services leadership-overlake medical center (wa) (2017)

surgical services strategic master plan-memorial hermann Hospital tx (2016)

interim surgical services vp- stanford university medical center ca (2015)

Interim cio-blount co hospital, tn (2014)

new surgical services service line management – north sunflower hospital ms (2014-2016)

surgery block optimization – innova health system dc (2014)

go-to market strategy development & rollout-rexuti health tn (2016)

product design, go-to market strategy development-vtm, llc tn (2016)

innovation strategy (market share development)-integrity healthcare, tn (2016)

new product consulting go-to market strategy-zimmer biomet pa (2017)

surgical services workflow redesign-duke university medical center nc (2014)

nursing services redesign-university of pittsburgh medical center pa (2014)

nursing services optimization-georgetown sc Health System (2014)

surgery kpi implementation-st. thomas west Hospital tn (2015)

spd performance improvement master plan-st. thomas west hospital tn (2016)

robotics program strategy master plan-tampa regional medical center fl (2015)

epic integrated testing lead-st. louis university hospital mo (2016)

epic integrated testing lead- august hospital ga (2015)

mckesson paragon implementation-north sunflower hospital ms (2016)

Clinovations (An Advisory Board Company)

Vice President & Clinical Strategy Officer 6/2010-4/2013)

Washington, dc

RESPONSIBILITIES:

clinovations is a physician-owned full service consultancy. provides strategic, clinical and health IT advisory and management consulting to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and quality of health care.

vice president and clinical strategy officer of the firm. leadership role overseeing all aspects of firm business development within the ehr consulting and strategic advisory business units. led the initial directional discussion with advisory board to aquire and merge capacity within these business sectors. lead the growth and expansion with key client relationships. responsible for business growth averaging 350% during my tenure.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

increased business revenue 350% average during tenure.

epic clin doc physician optimization-md anderson medical center tx

epic clin doc physician optimization-trinity mother frances health system tx

surgery kpi metrics implementation-Trinity Mother Frances health system tx

surgery services block optimization-cleveland clinic

Strategic Advisory-EHR platform system selection-Gritman Medical Center ID

Nursing reorganization design solution-Gonzales Medical Center tx

Meditech LSS and 6.0 PM-Rutherford Hospital nc

Baptist Health System

System Vice President Perioperative Services (2/2005-6/2010)

Interim director surgical services (montclair hospital)

Birmingham, al

RESPONSIBILITIES:

accepted Interim Director of Perioperative Services for montclair hospital; within 10 months and immediate leadership success offered the vice president perioperative services role for the health system. system vp responsible for all of perioperative services including inpatient surgery, outpatient surgery, cath lab, perfusion, bariatrics, special procedures unit, surgical pre admissions, recovery, and sterile processing department. Focus of this role was to provide stability within the business unit and to provide direction and leadership in the forward strategic progress for perioperative services, as well as lead operational transition and to strategically lead perioperative services through performance improvement and process improvements initiatives.

Hospitals: 6 (inclusive of level 1 trauma)

ASC’s: 6

Responsible for Budget: $327M operating budget

Direct Reports: report to the chief operating officer. 7 direct reports.

Staff: 3808 FTE’s (Non-Union environment)

Inpatient Surgery: 57 rooms, 1800 cases/mo.

Outpatient Surgery: 20 rooms, 1350 cases/Mo.

PCU

PACU

Special Procedures Unit

Sterile Processing Department x6

Surgical Pre-Admissions Department

Specialties: Open Heart (Inc TAVR)

CVOR

Ortho (Inc. Mako robot) & Ortho Trauma

Bariatrics

Colorectal (Inc 2 Da vinci xi robots)

Spine

Neuro

GYN

Eyes

Breast

Uro

General

ACHIEVEMENTS:

reduced overall system operating budget 7%.

increased system fcitr starts average to 87.2%

responsible for initiative surgical block redesign at 2 facilities, increasing surgical volumes 11%.

instituted perioperative center of excellence with cerner ehr.

University of Alabama Medical Center

Clinical Director- Trauma & Orthopedic Service Lines (12/2003-2/2005)

Birmingham, al

RESPONSIBILITIES:

UAB Hospital is an academic level 1 trauma center. Enterprise is 45 OR suites performing

79,000 cases annually. Served as the Director over the Trauma & Orthopedic business division.

report to the division vice president. 5 direct reports. Focus of this role was to provide stability within the business unit and to provide direction and leadership in the forward strategic progress for services, as well as lead operational transition and to strategically lead perioperative services through performance improvement and process improvements initiatives.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

created ortho truma center of excellence.

reduced overall system operating budget 4%.

increased system fcitr starts average to 92.8% annualized.

responsible for initiative increasing surgical volumes 13%.

successfully reduced operating budget 5% annualized.

Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital

Surgery Supervisor

Surgery Scrub Tech/Nurse (2000-2004)

Birmingham, al

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Surgical scrub tech while in nursing school. circulating nurse in evenings and supervisor thereafter. 8 OR’s, over 1200 cases monthly. Caseloads vary from cataracts, open globes, Enucleation, trauma, retina, corneal transplants and plastics. Heavy pediatric trauma volumes. Served as charge nurse to develop and deploy fast response trauma float pool team serving Children’s Hospital, UAB Hospital, and Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital.

Carolinas Healthcare System

Chief Operating Officer (1995-2000)

VP Hospital Engineering, Union Medical Center

Charlotte, nc

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Carolinas HealthCare System is a leading healthcare organization in the Southeast. served as vp of engineering for 400-bed union regional medical center, then assumed the responsibility for starting and leading the new position of facilities chief operating officer. 3 direct reports. Over 7,600 beds, 60,000 employees. responsible for over 900 care locations including:

Academic medical centers

Hospitals

Freestanding emergency departments

Healthcare pavilions

Physician practices

Outpatient surgical centers

Laboratories

Rehabilitation centers

Home health agencies

Nursing homes

Hospice and palliative care

Pharmacies

ACHIEVEMENTS:

led the development of new business division within the health system.

9 svp direct reports.

budget responsibilities over $6.92B gross operating budget.

construction responsibilities of $3.3B.

construction portfolio inclusive of new hospitals, new surgical towers, new asc facilities,

new patient bed towers, new ltc facilities, numerous other major construction projects.

Auburn University

VP Facilities Engineering (1985-1995)

Auburn, AL

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Served as the campus mechanical engineer for all new construction and retrofit design projects. served as the campus energy manager.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

Served as the resident mechanical engineer for the University

Lead designer for all mechanical system projects

Field inspector for all mechanical system new construction projects

Owner representative for all commissioning and large project TAB

Prepare, review contracts and project costing

Served as the University energy engineer

Guillot/Voit/Tomlinson (GVT) consulting Engineers

Chief Operating Officer (1978-1985)

Birmingham, al

RESPONSIBILITIES:

GVT was a full service mechanical and energy engineering firm. the firm provided full mechanical system design (hvac, fire protection, plumbing) for hospitals. also provided energy conservations engineering within the healthcare and commercial facility sectors.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

partner and coo

Responsible for all energy conservation engineering projects

Responsible for all commissioning and mechanical start-ups

Managed a team of 18 engineers and 36 energy auditors

Principal designer and project manager

COMPETENCIES

CORE COMPETENCIES:

15 years C-Suite level leadership.

Expert in perioperative services leadership.

Hospital clinical and non-clinical operations.

Heart, Spine, Eyes, L&D, Ortho, and Bariatric service lines.

Expert in developing robotics and advanced technology service lines.

Expert in perioperative process improvement.

LEAN Process

Expert in clinical technology and analytics.

Significant experience in hospital administration and operations.

Regulatory standards (AAAHC, CMS, AORN, DOH and OSHA) experience.

Expert in facility construction and engineering.

Optimized organizational structure to lean standards and improved workflow efficiency.

Optimized supply chain in surgery, saving millions in inventory management and value purchasing.

Re-engineered workflows and documentation to optimize NDNQI measures.

Experienced in managing system level operating budgets of $1B+.

25 years experience in management of large teams, inclusive of physicians, nurses and engineers.

Strong budgeting, contract management, value based purchasing experience.

HEALTHCARE ACHIEVEMENTS:

Founder/CEO of successful healthcare consultancy.

Successful turn-around leader of surgical service lines.

Integrated strategic direction in multi-facility enterprises, increasing market share and revenues.

Delivered solutions involving third party partnerships resulting in lowering operational costs and improving quality metrics.

SVP responsible to stand-up and deliver Clinical Informatics Division for the Nation’s largest HHH Provider. $IB in revenues, 450 facilities, 20K clinicians.

Consulting nurse executive implementing optimized Surgical Services for hospital, decreasing operation expense over $17M annually, and increased service line profitability 11%.

Redesigned nursing point of care delivery, increasing patient thruput by 10%.

Successfully implemented over $5B in EHR systems.

Designed first EHR system for home health market.

Architect of nations first risk-share, performance-based SPD outsourcing strategic partnership contract with Stryker.

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