Senior Healthcare Consultant - RN
Qualifications Profile
Strategic consultant and trusted healthcare professional; reputed for driving strategic vision and creating long-term value.
Multi-faceted and result-driven professional, offering extensive years of experience in the healthcare industry. Equipped with
extensive knowledge of operations and healthcare management, corporate communications, patient relations, staff development, and
information technology. Highly analytical executive with well-defined business acumen and outstanding analytical, technical, and
management skills. Committed to the highest standards of professional and personal service.
Areas of Expertise
Healthcare Operations and Administration - General/Executive Management
Operational Streamlining - Medical and Regulatory Compliance - Relationship Building and Management
Continuous Improvement - Rapid Conflict Resolution - Strategic Leadership and Team Building
Notable Accomplishments
Offered effectual support to HSi in getting its Meditech Certification in 2014
Leveraged industry expertise in rendering physician, end-user, and facility support for Magic Platform
Provided expert oversight to the development, execution, support, and optimization experience in PCS; as well as to the maintenance
of PCS dictionaries
Made substantial contribution to the upgraded testing for Magic, including testing upgrades in several modules
Served as the primary CPOE Go Live support; coordinated with physicians and medical staff with creation of favorite sets focused on
neonatologists, cardiac thoracic surgeon, and other specialties
Supported and facilitated comprehensive training on BMV module
Administered complex build of clinical documentation for chemotherapy clinics
Designed and instituted patient discharge module which included hyperlinks to relevant websites
Played an instrumental roles in upgrading MEDITECH Client Server from version Magic to 6.06
Held full accountability in conducting integrated testing in association with parallel testing; developing testing scripts and
scenarios; monitoring and resolving issues; and administering re-test to ensure that the application worked as designed
Earned recognition for training and developing clinical staff, pharmacy technicians, physicians, nursing assistants, and other end
users on BMV module
Rendered strategic leadership and guidance to multiple nursing departments as nursing supervisor, including Medical- Surgical,
Critical Care Unit, Patient Education, and Nursing Administration
Took charge of coordinating all accreditation activities with Wyoming State Department of Health and CMS
Professional Experience
Morgan Hunter Healthcare - Overland Park, KS
Senior Meditech Consultant Nov 2015–Jan 2016
Functioned as the Meditech specialist responsible for the following key tasks:
Implant of CS 5.65 ORM project for Pre-Op/PACU nursing documentation; validationof previous build of all dictionaries; and
assistance in preparing required nursing documentation;
Review of clients CS clinical MU support and utilization of Meaningful Use Assessment in analyzing MU setup requirements in MEDITECH
for Midas documentation that was sunsetted on December 31, 2015;
Submission of information for report writing.
HSi – Health Systems Informatics - Bainbridge Island, WA
Healthcare Consultant Feb 2014–Aug 2015
Provided support to a client with ongoing support for physicians and end users for Magic platform
Administered stage 2 CCD creation and mapping
Assisted the Quality Department in handling restraints and seclusion, from CPOE to nursing documentation; as well as the physicians
with new additions to CPOE or general support for physician documentation and implantation of surgeon and anesthesia for ORM module
Closely monitored the status for CPOE usage and evaluated usage between surgeons, hospitalists, and general physicians
MaxIT-VCS (Currently: Liedos Company) - Indianapolis, IN
Senior Healthcare Consultant Oct 2012–Aug 2013
Served as the Meditech specialist, responsible for implementing 6.0 platform and teaching modules of PCS/CPOE/POM. Go Live Support
[GLS] for 5.6x for CPOE.
PCS Builder – Clinical Documentation for clinical areas with documented support.
West Park Hospital - Cody, WY
Registered Nurse May 1996–Oct 2012
Assumed bedside care giver duties in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)/Coronary Care Unit (CCU) and House Supervisor duties which
included staffing which covered all departments for extra staff and Administrative Duties as assigned
Rendered assistance in converting EHR from paper to Meditech Magic Platform, and then to 6x platform
Generated and maintained comprehensive documentation of all nursing files to electronic form, encompassing all clinical areas, such
as ICU/CCU, Medical-Surgical, Admission Nursing/PMH with flow between PCS/EDM/ORM.
Education
Diploma of Nursing
Linfield College (Formally: Good Samaritan School of Nursing) - Portland, OR
Wyoming State Board of Nursing – License Current & Unrestricted
Professional Development
Certified Critical Care Nurse (CCRN) Certification, [Retired Status] AACN Certification Corporation
Affiliations
American Association of Critical Nursing (AACN)
American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA)
Award and Honor
Outstanding Citizen Award for recovering a missing kidnapped child, Department of Justice: May 2009
Technical Acumen
Meditech - Microsoft Office Applications (Word and Excel) - Publisher- IMO - NPR
Magic - Client Server 5.6x and 6.0x platforms