Alan G. Leathers RN., MSN. Galena OH. *****
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Cardiovascular Specialist/Product Training Development/Sales Support Specialist Licensed clinical professional with extensive experience in preventative and interventional cardiology and critical care patient practice. Clinical Subject Matter Expert (SME) in multiple areas of product development, sales and pre-sales, market analysis, workflow assessment and change in management, implementation, smart alarm/algorithm technology, cross-functional team collaboration, client relationship development, and product feedback. Additional experience new product launch deployment strategy, pre-sales, training, roadmap management and AI evidence-based pathways. Core competencies include:
Evidence-Based Practice Research Evidence-Based Methodologies Data Collection and Analysis Product Cost Analysis Quality Improvement Minimal Viable Product Development Utilization Development and Management Product Solutions Consulting Account Development Digital Health Implementation Methods and Deployment Practice Client Education Development. EXPERIENCE
MEDECISION, King of Prussia, PA (remote from Ohio) December 2023-December 2024 Clinical Adoption Partner
Clinical transformation consultant, specializing in payer market applications client services in software specific for Care Management, Utilization Management, and Referral Management for cloud-based solutions.
• Managed and further developed client accounts while transitioning solutions for businesses, care teams, and consumers to interactively maximize utilization while supporting the renewal of contracts at 100% for all accounts.
• Developed and presented quarterly business reports based on ingested data from purchased software solutions. These reports were tailored towards specific client needs and requests while consulting on measures for improvement outcomes. These reports supported an increase in product utilization for all assigned accounts.
• Consulted with clients on potential product improvement proposals, including auto-approval rules and prior authorization logic. Collaborated with the company product team on defined enhancements, as well as drafting SOW documents and managing the development work from a project development standpoint. This accounted for an increase in revenue from three of my assigned accounts.
SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS, Cary, NC (remote Ohio and Florida) May 2017-July 2023 Senior Clinical Transformation Consultant
Change-in-practice expert in support of multiple SaaS solutions undergoing implementation in the areas of radiology pathway companion solution, Ai pathway companion software tools (oncology), incidental findings, product testing, clinical end-user training, consulting services, utilization, and sales support.
• Served as primary clinical resource for baseline workflow assessments in support of software technology implementations for transition into future state clinical end-user workflow adoption and enhanced product utilization, which recorded a 100% success rate of all assigned projects.
• Clinical sales support SME responsible for clinical content and workflow modification discussions during sales engagement opportunities for workflow orchestrator, clinical pathway, and clinical support solutions through the design of clinical used cases. The work represented the precursor to the implementation process among all signed contracts.
• Developed and administered a remote training program for radiology workflow orchestrator and AI pathway applications using teleconference tools nationally throughout COVID. This training program accomplished 100% of its objectives in optimizing the application utilization goals. CARADIGM, Bellevue, WA (remote Florida) March 2016-January 2017 Clinical Applications Consultant
Clinical Subject Matter Expert and consultant in the deployment of Population Health/Care Management software for new and long-term client accounts.
• Assessed and documented baseline clinical workflows. Developed future-state workflows based on the functionality of newly implemented clinical software.
• Consulted with clients on configuration documentation required to develop end-user workflows.
• Designed and administered training programs for clinical end-users for care management applications.
• Ensured data integrity through rigorous systems integration testing, while supporting user acceptance testing.
iSorona: A NANTHEALTH COMPANY, Panama City, FL February 2012-March 2016 Clinical Solutions Executive
Senior clinical Subject Matter Expert in medical device software development for an innovative start-up company tasked with the research of new product requirements, functionality, cost analysis, evolving client needs, product life-cycle management, and sales for medical device integration solutions (HL7, FHIR). Conducted technical and clinical market research to define the development of medical IT solutions for remote patient monitoring, including UI/UX design related to product functionality to establish minimal viable products.
• Partnered with key stakeholders and regulatory between the company and client in support of product development and added functionality development.
• Created a clinical content library and peer review model for approved educational material for a population health solution using contracted content from various publications. The scope of the library was later integrated into all NantHealth product solutions.
• SME in the development of alarm-data collection software and an alarm data collection consulting practice with smart-alarm technology for 510K approval, supported by an iOS and Android secondary alerting solution which produced a 49% reduction in medical device clinical alarms. Outcome data presented at HIMSS 2014.
• Designed and co-developed a population health-based wellness program solution, which included the integration of wearable devices into client EMR systems, along with the development of a patient portal solution in support of client objectives that earned the approval of the largest company-wide contract.
• Consulted in the design, development, and sales support for a hypertension management and patient portal solution for a population health/wellness program managed by a top five U.S bank with over 104,000 employee participants, with a five-year contract totaling $45 million. ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL, Dayton, OH August 1998-January 2012 Registered Nurse, CCU and ICU
Provided comprehensive patient care in the specialty areas of critical care involving multiple end-organ diagnosis, infectious disease, pulmonology, cardiology, cardiac catheterization, cardiovascular/peripheral re-perfusion, nephrology, and vascular repair.
• Consulted with multidisciplinary team members, interventional cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, and pulmonologists to organize and coordinate healthcare services to meet patients' complex care needs.
• Initial charge-nurse assignment accounted for a 29-point improvement in patient satisfaction scores within the first three months of appointment for an 18-bed cardiopulmonary care unit.
• Developed and deployed a mentoring program for new and float nurses rotated through the CCU. Proficiency levels were successful among participating nurses within 3 months from the introduction of the program.
• Conducted research for a proposal and successful implementation of the first Rapid Response Team implemented in the hospital.
• Headed up an internal project on the physical and diagnostic assessments for Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia nursing education program and evidence-based intervention process for a twenty bed ICU. This program was subsequently implemented throughout the hospital.
• Trained in procedures for the cardiac Cath-lab, electrophysiology-lab, Mitral Valve Replacement procedures, TEE, Coronary Artery Bypass, echocardiograms, and CT imaging. ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS, Dayton, OH October 2000-March 2005 Cardiovascular Medical Center Specialist
Developed and managed cardiology and gastroenterology business sales portfolios for medical centers, universities hospitals, and government health care agency accounts throughout Southwestern Ohio.
• Developed and managed relationships with Key Opinion Leaders in the areas of interventional and preventative cardiology, nephrology, and internal medicine, endocrinology, pharmacology, and cardiology fellowship programs throughout Southwestern Ohio.
• Provided clinical/product presentations to territorial cardiologists, gastroenterologists, endocrinologists, medical directors, and medical staff personnel.
• Developed a cardiology fellowship physician speaker program concentrating on presentation techniques, which was used to improve product messaging in the primary care market across the region. This development program was later expanded across the U.S.
• Accomplished and maintained greater than 90% efficiency in calls on top 80% prescribing physicians.
• Top of class in market share of two mega-brand launches throughout the district.
• Regional and national educator for cardiology physiology, pharmacology, and new product launch preparedness programs.
EDUCATION / CERTIFICATION / LICENSING
Master Of Science (M.S.) In Nursing: Clinical Nurse Specialist-Critical Care 2005-2008 Wright State University College of Nursing & Health, Dayton, Ohio Bachelor Of Science (B.S.) In Nursing
Wright State University College of Nursing & Health, Dayton, Ohio 1995-1998 Ohio Board of Nursing: RN280686 (active)
Florida Board of Nursing: 9448245 (active)
SKILL SETS and PROFICINCIES
Clinical Assessment Pathophysiology and Pharmacology Expertise Use-Case Development Standard Operating Procedure Development Clinical Practice Standardization Study Design Clinical research Dissemination and Overview Microsoft Applications SaaS Jira Confluence Paragon Rally Agile Google Cloud Digital Leader.