MICHAEL DIJAMCO
GRANADA HILLS,CA
Summary
Registered Nurse with 18 years of experience in Nursing/Clinical Informatics and 16 years in Adult Critical Care. Notable accomplishments include the successful implementation of clinical information systems throughout the system development life cycle, lead optimizations of clinical systems and operations integration, and enhanced patient care delivery through the utilization of health information technology. This includes implementing integrated enterprise clinical communication and Telehealth solutions.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Informatics Practice Specialist II
Kaiser Permanente
Pasadena, CA
01.2016 - Current
- Company Overview: Southern California Region
- Co-chair of the regional clinical informatics peer group and leads multiple regional teams, including clinical informatics specialists, system administrators, and various workgroups
- Employs project, HIT, and change management best practices
- Regional clinical lead and responsible for designing, optimizing, and implementing clinical technology solutions such as Inpatient Video Visit, Tele Sitter, HealthCare Anywhere Virtual Room, Virtual Inpatient Care Connect, Vocera, Secondary Clinical Alarm Notification System, Bedside Lab Specimen Labeling System, Large Volume Pump Integration, and Telemetry Monitoring System
- Successfully implemented significant regional initiatives to drive improved patient outcomes, throughput, access, and affordability through effective collaboration with leadership, physicians, nurses, clinical care teams, and key stakeholders
- Formulates and executes strategies for operational integration of clinical systems, technology deployment, and activities related to process workflows and system implementations that affect the delivery and management of nursing and patient care services
- Functions as a Nursing Informatics subject matter expert and offers guidance in various regional and national workgroups and committees
- Provides clinical expertise in designing, analyzing, and modeling nursing practices, processes, and services into clinical information systems
- Partners with the medical center leaders and acts as a liaison, problem solver, and facilitator for the impact of Epic EHR changes have on the delivery of patient care and member services, including escalating change requests and communicating changes to end-users and leadership
- Provides consultation, analysis, recommendations, and decision support for a broad array of complex clinical nursing and patient care issues that interface with clinical systems and technology
- Collaborates with the regional and local Accreditation, Regulation, and Licensing (AR&L) teams to ensure compliance with administrative, legal, and regulatory requirements and governmental and accrediting agencies
- Assists with developing and maintaining regional policies
- Participates in interdisciplinary and improvement teams locally and regionally to identify potential future uses for Epic EHR and other systems and potential improvements in the current use of the systems
- Southern California Region
ICU Registered Nurse/Relief Charge Nurse
Keck Medical Center of USC
Los Angeles, CA
01.2008 - 01.2016
- Co-chair of the Inter-professional Technology and Informatics Council
- Function as a relief charge nurse and co-charge nurse in addition to delivering evidenced-based nursing care
- Function as a liaison between nurses, physicians, and other health care providers as it relates to informatics
Nursing Informatics Program Manager
Northridge Hospital Medical Center
Northridge, CA
01.2007 - 01.2014
- Successfully implemented three major clinical information systems and multiple clinical applications throughout the systems development life cycle
- Clinical systems and applications include MEDHOST (EDIS), GE CPN (OBIS), TeleTracking, Discharge Call Manager, Patient Call Manager, AirStrip OB, and InQuicker
- Responsible for the design, configuration, building, testing, training, implementation, and support of various clinical information systems and applications
- Configured and ran reports such as privacy security audits and various reports to obtain necessary metrics for multiple departments
- Functioned as a System Manager/Administrator and a liaison for information technology personnel, physicians, and multidisciplinary teams to coordinate systems implementation, maintenance, training, support, and to resolve functional and technical system issues
- Participated in various committees such as Patient Satisfaction Committee, Magnet Steering Committee, and Information Technology Operation Committee
ICU Registered Nurse /Informatics Nurse/Clinical System Analyst/Relief Charge Nurse
USC University Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
01.2001 - 01.2007
- Functioned as an Informatics Nurse Lead / Clinical System Analyst and assisted with testing, training and lead the implementation of Cerner Power Orders and eMar modules
- Educated physicians and ancillary personnel with the navigation and functionalities in Cerner
- Functioned as a relief charge nurse
- Provided leadership, direction, and managed efficient departmental flow
Education
Master of Science Degree - Health Care Informatics
University of San Diego
01.2018
Bachelor of Science Degree - Nursing
University of Phoenix
01.2008
Associate Degree - Nursing
Los Angeles Valley College
01.2001
Skills
- Process Optimization
- Information Systems Design
- Strategic Decision Making
- Team Leadership
- Health Information Technology
- Effective Team Collaboration
- Project Management
- Adaptability
- Prioritization and Time Management
- Effective Team Collaboration
Certification
Registered Nurse-Board Certified (RN-BC) - Informatics Nursing, American Nurses Credentialing Center, 01/01/11, Present
Timeline
Clinical Informatics Practice Specialist II
Kaiser Permanente
01.2016 - Current
ICU Registered Nurse/Relief Charge Nurse
Keck Medical Center of USC
01.2008 - 01.2016
Nursing Informatics Program Manager
Northridge Hospital Medical Center
01.2007 - 01.2014
ICU Registered Nurse /Informatics Nurse/Clinical System Analyst/Relief Charge Nurse
USC University Hospital
01.2001 - 01.2007
Master of Science Degree - Health Care Informatics
University of San Diego
Bachelor of Science Degree - Nursing
University of Phoenix
Associate Degree - Nursing
Los Angeles Valley College
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