Summary:

Project Manager /Business Analyst in Healthcare Louisville Highlights

• PMP certified Fifteen years managing and implementing projects for pharmacies and labs
• MT AMT, ASCP - Two years as LIS Manager for a lab servicing POLs and Long Term Care
• Key player for two start-up companies: Controlled Pharming Ventures and Premier Lab
• Believe in building synergy through shared knowledge, shared vision, and a positive attitude
• Able to work independently and as a team in a fast paced, multi-task environment
• Welcoming and respectful of input and debate from administration, stakeholders, and other team members.
• Strong communication, time management, research, problem solving and analytical skills

Employment

Senior Business Analyst

Support SDLC for Mediware IV dispensing conversion, general AS400 functionality, ICD9 to ICD10, labels/manifests and requests for prior authorizations. Fully implemented Microsoft Dynamic CRM with a Scribe DTS interface to Salesforce, IFD mobile support, Outlook Connector, call center dialogs, and time card functionality.Compiled and tested SoftLab order menu for reference lab interface. Implemented iStat glucometers in 40 hospitals and integrated with NovaNet, Telcor QML , Orchard Copia, SoftLab, Protouch, Meditech, and Business Warehouse.

Pharmacy Consultant

Implemented Carefusion's Pyxis Point of Care- Med Verification bedside scanning . Responsible for interfacing lab results, formulary cleanup, workflow assessments, design decisions, SOPs, integration testing, and go-live support.

Senior Analyst, Implementation

Managed multiple, simultaneous installation projects for Pharmacy systems Med-Pyxis, Connect, PARx,C2Safe, Anesthesia . Stages included pre-contract, pre-go live, preparation, performance and partnering.

Clinical Implementation Specialist, Solutions

Installed DHS's clinical lab system in small community hospitals. Interfaced with instruments, HIS, and billing module.

Implementation/Project Manager

Collaborated with Purdue, NASA, FDA, and USDA to grow pharmaceutical crops underground using cGMP. Coordinated construction of a BSL3 4 growth chambers. Project trumpeted in Popular Science and on Amazing Discoveries.

Lab Information Manager

Implemented and integrated Orchard Harvest LIS , web-based ordering, an electronic medical record EMR system, Scheduling system, and POCT with AS400. Worked with vendor to design the EMR system so field staff could remotely upload records from laptops and PDAs. Brought a reference lab from conception to go-live in 90 days and passed CAP inspection within the year. Obtained CLIA certificates for POCT. Closed due to bankruptcy.

Lab Implementation Manager

Coordinated the development and implementation of clinical exchange solutions used to transmit EHR between labs and providers: remote printers, CPOE, ClinScan reference lab software , instrument interfaces, and ProxyMed.com, a commercial claims clearinghouse. Responsible for project plans, product deliverables, QA, and release management. Retained customer base through multiple mergers, the Y2K frenzy and the rollout of HIPAA/EDI provisions.Interfaced lab instruments, created Access database for documenting research, mined data, and wrote NIH grantsgneWorked bench in chemistry, hematology, pharmacology and toxicology. Managed front office and phlebotomy staff. Implemented bedside sample collection and labeling solution. Developed a phlebotomy training program, trained staff on HIS and interned with the hospital's education department.

Project Management/Analyst

• Initiated project by conducting a feasibility study to determine which solutions best satisfied business needs.
• Determined user and functional requirement specifications URS/FRS based on needs, cost benefit, and workflow.
• Engaged stakeholders and SMEs to identify wants, needs and factors that could impact success.
• Arranged for vendor demos and compared offering to determine best fit before submitting RFP to the short list.
• Negotiated terms for LIS and lab equipment, generators, real estate leases, contracts and change requests.
• Obtained and managed resources, assigned roles based on RACI model and monitored burn down of man hours.
• Determined communication strategy during kick-off call and kept teams abreast of status on a regular basis.
• Provided management with status reports and final deliverables calling out challenges and risks.
• Created project plans with concrete strategies to stay in scope and meet goals and objectives within timeline.
• Prepared and reviewed PDLC documentation: business cases, story boards, SWOT analysis, charters, implementation schedules, requirement specification, proposals, 'As Is' and 'To Be' workflows, gap analysis, and lessons learned.
• Promoted the adoption of best use and best practice when reviewing customer's SOP and workflow.
• Contracted with vendors to install networks, equipment, and reference lab interfaces as defined by URS/FRS.
• Maintained calm when carrying out contingency or fallback plans and during crucial conversations.
• SLDC strategy: initiate, analyze, design, construct, validate, train and implement, production, close and support