Lee David Milligan, MD, CHCIO
Scottsdale, AZ ****5 541-***-****
***********@**.*** www.linkedin.com/in/ldm007
‘Driving Scalable Next-Generation Healthcare Solutions through Vision, Innovation, and High Performing Teams ‘ PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Healthcare Executive with a diverse background and strong accomplishments in medicine, business, technology, and governance. Excels in leading innovations in healthcare services including developing and implementing innovative strategies and operational advancements that improve the patient experience, deliver better healthcare outcomes, and reduces enterprise risk. An engaging and decisive leader committed to team development through coaching, training, mentoring, and accountability. Consistently recognized for excellence in leadership, agility, and ease in forming and maintaining enterprise-wide strategic relationships leading to mutual goal achievements. SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Manage budget of $50M and teams of up to 300 members delivering high-impact enterprise-wide projects.
• Scale healthcare through process improvement by creating an HRO organization that improved uptimes by 99.4%
• Creator of the novel EPIC resuscitation module today known as CodeRunner; now used as the standard worldwide.
• Expanded products and services while simultaneously decreasing expenses.
• Appointed member of several Healthcare Board of Directors and Advisory Boards for Technology Vendors.
• Extensive presentation experience within both the healthcare and technology industries. RELEVANT SKILLS
Strategic Planning and Execution, Digital Transformation, Budget Management, Business Intelligence, Predictive Analytics, Executive Leadership, Innovation, Process Improvement, Technology Integration, Consumer Experience, Operations Management, Financial Management, Virtual Care, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Prescriptions, Electronic Health Record, EHR, Enterprise Project Management, Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Strategic Partnerships, Communications, Presentations
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SIMONMED IMAGING, Scottsdale, AZ
Senior Vice-President & Chief Information Officer July 2022-October 2023 The largest privately owned imaging & outpatient radiology group in the United States providing comprehensive diagnostic and interventional radiology services to over 3 million patients every year & across 12 states. Leads core strategic initiatives and is responsible for driving growth through both de-novo site creation and acquisitions. Fosters innovation with and without the use of technology. Introduced diagnostic AI/ML resulting in an improved diagnostic testing turnaround time by 36 hours. Introduced the first ever corporate genetic initiative (Precision Imaging) that improves patient safety while simultaneously enhancing revenue. Rapidly and objectively improved IT infrastructure operations resulting in marked improvements (85 hours of unplanned downtime converted to near-zero hours of unplanned downtimes) leading to a monthly & recurring business value of
$8.9M. Streamlined IT security--saving business operations 6,000 worker hours/year while simultaneously mitigating business risk at zero cost to the organization.
ASANTE HEALTH SYSTEM, Medford, OR
Senior Vice-President & Chief Information Officer 2019 - 2022 A three-hospital Integrated Health System and Medical Group in southern Oregon with $1.1B annual revenue and 6K+ employees. 175K annual ED/Urgent Care visits. Multiple Population Health initiatives including the Asante Health Network (ACO). Fortune/IBM Watson Top 15 Health System for nine years running. Established and lead a culture dedicated to exceptional customer experience and high reliability that delivers the greatest technological needs of the Asante community across nine counties. Lead Information Technology Services (ITS). Manage a leadership team of ~300 employees, an OpEx/CapEx budget of $50M, and up to 50 consecutive projects. EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP STRATEGIC PLANNING ENTERPRISE INITIATIVES
• Advisor to the CEO, select executive that leads on enterprise-wide: strategic planning, operational execution, quality improvement, recruitment & retention, communication and clinical/operational workflow optimization.
• Created a vision and plan to improve the overall reliability of enterprise-wide Health IT functions. Delivered 70% increased uptimes while expanding the definition of critical systems over the first 24 months.
• Developed and launched the enterprise digital mobility strategy providing for a more integrated experience for the clinicians and enhanced patient communication.
• Senior leader on all technology strategies, ITS strategic planning, clinical systems implementation, systems integration and interoperability, customer adoption, and satisfaction.
• Led the ITS team through schematic design, design development, and construction of a new $550M Patient Care Hospital Tower and Regional Cancer Center of Excellence. PROJECT LEADERSHIP TEAM LEADERSHIP
• Launched a division-wide continuous quality improvement framework that delivered dozens of internal ITS process improvements within the first 36 months.
• Developed a new managerial contract renewal framework that incorporates critical financial analysis to all external vendor contracts. Captured operating expenses savings of more than $1.1M in the first 24 months.
• Established an Electronic Health Records (EHR) customer satisfaction metric with an enterprise-wide KLAS survey for a Net EHR experience scoring in the 76th percentile for physicians and 78th percentile for ancillary caregivers.
• Attained customer satisfaction rating averaging 4.93/5.00 across the entire ITS Division.
• Re-tooled the entire InfoSec posture aligned with both NIST, v2, and Defense-in-Depth frameworks leading to an enhanced security posture and no external breaches.
• Expanded enterprise-wide products and services while simultaneously decreasing the relative ITS budgetary expense by 18% over the first 24 months.
Vice-President & Chief Medical Information Officer 2016 - 2019 Launched the ITS Analytics department, initiated the enterprise-wide Data Governance initiative, led the transformation of the Asante Health Information Management department, and led the overhaul of clinical EHR training.
• Developed the business plan and gained CEO approval for the ITS Analytics department. This department is the enterprise solution for all information products including custom SQL & Clarity reporting and Radar Dashboards. Information product delivery time improved by 82%.
• Spearheaded enterprise adoption of OpenNotes, increasing medical record accuracy and the ability for patients to review records and comprehend their medical care (through MyChart).
• Led the Healthy Planet Epic module implementation delivering significant value related to Population Health.
• Launched the first-ever, Asante Data Governance effort from scratch. Crafted the Asante DG plan to include Data Quality, Data Use (glossary), Data Movement, and Data Accountability.
• Led the overhaul of the inpatient Epic training experience with attention to Credential Trainer certification, actual patient profile buildouts within Epic, and customer CT shadowing resulting in an enhanced training experience as evidenced by a YoY 42% improvement in provider satisfaction scores.
• Oversaw Health Information Systems (Medical Records) and spearheaded the effort to consolidate the previously dispersed HIM team into a single, unified team. This led to multiple gained efficiencies and cost savings. Medical Director of Informatics 2013 - 2016
Launched the Asante Provider Informatics Program and the Epic Ambulatory Improvement Project. Led implementation of ICD-10, directed Population Health and implemented the Emergency Department Information Exchange.
• Launched the Asante Provider Informatics Program resulting in a 200% improvement in service line satisfaction.
• Developed and launched the Asante Epic Ambulatory Optimization Project enhancing Epic build, creating custom Epic training, and standardizing Ambulatory workflow.
• Deployed the Asante Epic instance to multiple new organizational clinics and Community Connect sites. Implemented the Asante Epic instance to an acquisition hospital, Ashland Community Hospital (previously EHR: MediTech).
• Medical Director of ICD-10/CDI (Clinical Documentation Integrity) and led the system-wide adoption of ICD-10.
• Led the Asante implementation of Collective Medical Technologies EDIE/Pre-Manage products including report architecture, content, and clinician workflow analysis/engineering.
• Served on the Oregon Health Authority Opioid Prescribing Guideline Task Force to develop statewide opioid prescribing guidelines (2016). Guidelines developed are located here. Clinical Informaticist 2012 - 2013
Certified Epic Physician Builder and Credentialed Trainer. Built large quantity of Epic user interface including Workflow Engine Rules, Best Practice Order Sets, and Reports with Print Groups.
• Conceived, wire-framed, and built the novel Epic in-hospital, Code Blue, EHR response tool (CodeRunner) This tool allowed responding physicians to quickly understand patient-specific parameters, identify reversible etiologies for clinical demise, and act to countermeasure the source of the deterioration. Epic Systems incorporated CodeRunner into their model (foundation). EHR build is now available anywhere the Epic EHR system is installed.
• Epic-certified Trainer for hundreds of physicians, directed quality assurance, coordinated EMR configuration, and led the implementation of Intelligent Medical Objects. CLINICAL CARE DELIVERY
ASANTE HEALTH SYSTEMS, Medford, OR – Attending Physician (full and part-time): Rogue Regional Medical Center, Ashland Community Hospital, Three Rivers Medical Center, Urgent Care, Asante TeleHealth 2000 - 2022 MEDFORD MEDICAL CENTER, Medford, OR - Attending Physician (Launched UC Department) 2007 - 2010 EDUCATION
UCLA-HARBOR MEDICAL CENTER: Emergency Medicine Internship/Residency (1997 – 2000) Honors: Voted UCLA-Harbor Resident Teacher of the Year (2000, peer nominated, faculty elected, yearly award). THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: Doctor of Medicine (Dean’s List) 1997 THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Bachelor of Arts Degree (BA) Spanish, minor in Chemistry (Cum Laude)- 1993 Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Golden Key, Dean’s List, full academic scholarship-Department of Biology PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Physician Builder, Epic Corp—Basic (2014), Orders (2015), Analytics (2016) Biomedical Informatics 510 (10x10), OHSU with Dr. William Hersh (2013). Grade: A Epic ASAP Certified Trainer- (2013)
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Healthcare CIO [CHCIO], CHIME, active continually Board Certified, Clinical Informatics, ABPM, active until 2028 Board Certified, Emergency Medicine, ABEM, active until 2030 Physician Builder-Basics, Analytics, and Orders certified, Epic Corp., February 2016 American Medical Informatics Association 10x10 Certification, July 2013 Certified Trainer-Epic Corporation, ASAP Application, February 2013 Salem Health – Physician Leadership Institute Certified Fluent spoken and written Spanish (Certified Translator, Los Angeles County, July 1997-present). BOARD OF DIRECTORS & ADVISORY BOARDS
ASANTE HEALTH SYSTEM - Director, Governing Board, (2016 – 2019) ASANTE PHYSICIAN PARTNERS - Director, Governing Board (2013 - 2020) PROPEL HEALTH (Population Health Corp) - Director, Governing Board (2015 – 2018) OREGON ACO - Director, Governing Board (2015 – 2018) HALO COMMUNICATION – Advisory Board
GALEN HEALTH – Advisory Board
SYMPLR – Executive Advisory Council
THIS WEEK HEALTH - Advisory Board
HMG STRATEGY – International Advisory Board
HIMSS OR – Advisory Board
HONORS AND AWARDS
ASANTE HEALTH SYSTEM: Values in Action Yearly Award (2015) for demonstrating Asante core values. AMERICAN RED CROSS: Workplace Hero Award (2011). Nominated by local peers and selected by a committee of the American Red Cross. This award is bestowed for extraordinary acts. Category: Workplace Accomplishment RESUME ADDENDUM – LEE MILLIGAN
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
SELECT PRESENTATIONS
Keynote: A Conversation with Former CIOs: Wisdom, Advice and Anecdotes, This Week Health, April 14, 2023 The Healthcare CIO and IT Teams Evolution, HIMSS OR Event, February 24, 2022 The Journey of a CIO with Dr. Lee Milligan: Leadership, Financials and Growth in Health IT, This Week Health, January 28, 2022
Biggest Health IT Moments in 2021, This Week in Health IT with Bill Russell. December 27, 2021. Becker’s Healthcare Podcast with Scott Becker. November 7, 2021 Making the MD to CIO Transition, This Week in Health IT with Bill Russell. February 24, 2021. Becker’s Healthcare Podcast with Scott Becker. October 27, 2020. Paving a Path to Success as a Healthcare CIO with Bill Russell. September 11, 2020. Digital Health Leaders Podcast with CHIME CEO, Russ Branzell. May 29, 2020. Healthcare Innovation Pacific Northwest Summit: Winning Strategies or Developing an Inclusive EMR Experience, November 20, 2019
CMIO Podcast with Mark Weisman. August 29, 2019.
HIMSS-Washington Fall Conference: Lifting the Fog: Tangible Steps to Digital Fluency, October 16, 2018 This Week in Health IT: A Trust Erosion in Healthcare + Putting Healthcare Data to Work, October 10, 2018 This Week in Health IT: 23 and Me Sells Your Genetic Data, Ethical? Plus, Scaling Analytics in Healthcare, August 3, 2018 HIMSS-Oregon: Population Health Data Governance: A Strategic & Collaborative Approach, October 4, 2017 HIMSS-Oregon Annual Conference 2017: What We Have Learned, May 10, 2017 Asante Executive Team Critical Issues quarterly meeting: ITS-Analytics, Progress Update, January 18, 2017 Asante Executive Team special session: Asante Analytics: Designing clean data, actionable information and strategic insight, May 25, 2016
HIMSS-Oregon: Population Health in Oregon, November 10, 2015 Asante Physician Partners, Board of Directors presentation: Healthcare Information Technology: APP Ashland/Talent Ambulatory. Optimization in an era of expansion, June 2, 2015 Epic Certified Trainer (CT), ASAP Lecture Series (100, 200 and 300 level Lectures)-March 2013-Present. Snake Bite Envenomation, guest speaker, CMEDownload.com (EM Live!)-May 2012. Medford Medical Clinic: Strategic Plan, Urgent Care Business Model, July 2007. PUBLICATIONS
Framing the CIO-Vendor Relationship, HealthSystemCIO.com, November 11, 2021. Halvorson, S., Tanski, M., Milligan, L., Yackel, T. Transitioning from Volume to Value: Lessons Learned from the Dissolution of a Population Health Partnership. Academic Medicine, September 2019-Volume 94-Issue 9 – p 1305-1309. Top Priority for 2019 + the Biggest Need for Innovation in Healthcare Delivery, Becker’s Health IT & CIO Report, October 11, 2018.
EHR Minefields, Part 2: What’s the Fix?, HealthSystemCIO.com, September 11, 2018. EHR Minefields, Part 1: Why Clinicians Feel Unsafe, HealthSystemCIO.com, September 4, 2018. EHR Implementation: What Should Stay and What Should Go?, HealthSystemCIO.com, August 27, 2018. EHR Accountability: It Starts at Home, HealthSystemCIO.com, June 11, 2018. Data Governance: A Matter of Trust, Health Tech Magazines, May 2018. Analytics Optimization: Doing What it Takes, HISTalk, March 21, 2018. From Theory to Practice: How One Team put a New Spin on EHR Training, HealthSystemCIO.com, March 19, 2018. Milligan LD, Gausche M, et al: Out-of-Hospital Management of Foreign Body Aspiration in Children. Annals of Emergency Medicine 1999; 34: S95.