ANTONIO Cruz

• Leading EMR conversion project for largest physical therapy company
• Evaluate SOW, SOF, MSA with IT Applications, IT Infrastructure, Rev Cycle teams
• Prepare project plan for data center migration deployment
• Report project status to C Suite, identify risks and barriers
• Coordinate leadership resources for implementation.

• Responsible for deployment of At the Elbow Support Staff to ambulatory sites for Epic Go-Live
• Triage end user issues and deployed appropriate resources to resolve issues
• Report out to Leadership for high priority issues
• Advised IT team regarding support protocols

· IT Project manager overseeing the infrastructure and IT application and device rollout for new ambulatory building construction.

· Coordinating Epic rollout with hardware devices

· Coordinating procurement, deployment, scheduling of IT devices, network IDF closets and chassis

· Responsible for DAS coordination in the building and garage

· Responsible for coordination of Rauland nurse call rollout

· Coordinating RTLS rollout

· Coordinating iPhone procurement and application deployment for ambulatory services

Establish timelines, deliverables and risk assessments to Rush Leadership

• Troubleshooting wireless infrastructure and Vocera software connectivity at Northwestern Medicine
• Managing rollout of Vocera Communications software
• Leading effort for network connectivity assessment
• Managing client database and advising client of optimization opportunities.

• Developed reports with medical directors using Epic reporting workbench reports to assess productivity of staff and throughput of emergency department processes
• Lead Retail Pharmacy McKesson Enterprise Rx rollout for 15 Chicagoland retail sites
• Lead Genesys Cloud conversion of PureConnect Cloud for 18 Contact Center sites using Agile Methodologies
• Implemented Illinois Prescription Medication Program to meet Joint Commission standards
• Lead Revenue Cycle Management integration project with two EMR software solutions
• Implemented 340B program with projected cost saving of $10-13M for 3 hospital pharmacy sites
• Created and coordinated Epic Upgrade cutover plans and shortened Epic Upgrade downtimes to end users from 6 hours to consistent 2-hour downtimes
• Evaluate potential vendor contracts working with vendor management office and preparing Request for Proposals and Total Cost of Ownership and project estimations for resources and services
• Coordinated Epic Disaster Recovery client site walk throughs and created Epic DR documentation for AMITA Epic applications ensuring failover server and redundancy processes are in place

• Successfully led two Epic electronic medical record two version upgrades
• Continued to maintain ASAP team lead role while managing the Epic Upgrade projects
• Lead Epic project Integrated Testing for Epic suite of applications to ensure Nova note review completed and software tested through downstream systems

• Staff nurse responsible for the care of the post-operative surgical client
• Functions as a charge nurse responsible for scheduling, patient satisfaction, resolving staffing and patient issues
• IT resource for documentation through Powerchart to staff.

• For both Acute and Ambulatory Systems for the largest Catholic Healthcare System in Chicago
• Lead Application Specialist responsible for implementing the electronic medical record (EMR) in organization’s 7 emergency room departments
• Primary Scanning Workgroup member assigned to coordinate the transition of scanning images in the Emergency Department
• Lead resource for the Clinical Informatics members for assimilating the information technology components of the EMR

● Lead analyst for the creation, update, and maintenance of clinical documentation and evidenced based order sets for multiple disciplines using Eclipsys software.

● Coordinate new, update existing clinical charting protocols with physicians and nurses.

● Train incoming physicians of the organization on computerized documentation system.

● Lead analyst for Computerized Physician Order Entry, facilitating multidisciplinary meetings to review, change, and maintain order sets based on evidenced based practice.

● Train incoming analysts on Eclipsys software.

● Provide clinical expertise to analyst staff regarding clinical workflow.

● Led pilot for Nursing task build and implementation.

● Train physicians on the use of voice recognition software for documentation.

• In charge of implementing the criteria for the cardiac care program initiative on a national level for BCBS Plans
• Design and build the programmatic requirements, preliminary survey, and full survey for use electronically
• Design electronic Request for Information (eRFI) specific to cardiac care, encompassing business rules, workflow, and content.

● Lead analyst for the creation, update, and maintenance of clinical documentation and evidenced based order sets for multiple disciplines using Eclipsys software.

● Coordinate new, update existing clinical charting protocols with physicians and nurses.

● Train incoming physicians of the organization on computerized documentation system.

● Lead analyst for Computerized Physician Order Entry, facilitating multidisciplinary meetings to review, change, and maintain order sets based on evidenced based practice.

● Train incoming analysts on Eclipsys software.

● Provide clinical expertise to analyst staff regarding clinical workflow.

● Led pilot for Nursing task build and implementation.

Train physicians on the use of voice recognition software for documentation

• Worked directly with Pharmacy directors at Stroger, Core Center and Oak Forest Hospitals in IS pharmacy improvements in documentation
• Managing HIS nursing team in the implementation of Surginet, CPOE, Nursing Forms, and Medication Administration record
• Project Manager for integrated Retail Pharmacy/Easyscript Alpha Site Project
• Responsible for coordinating the implementation of the billing process, mail order system, and interface for charging pharmacy items.

● Oncology Float Nurse

● Surgical experience focusing on the care of post-operative obstetric/gynecologic, eye, ear, nose, & throat, urology, transplant, and gastroenterological patients.

● Medical experience of multidiscipline patients.

Float Pool experience involving cardiac, cancer, psychiatric and special procedure patients