Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Adjunct/Advisory Roles
Fellowship
Publications
Affiliations
Presentations
Timeline
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Diane Constantine

Director & Informatics Nurse Specialist
Fallston,MD

Summary

Experienced healthcare leader and informatics strategist skilled with aligning organizational goals with technology-driven solutions to improve patient outcomes and optimize resource allocation.


Leadership of clinical transformation and electronic health record implementation and optimization, empowering teams to adopt efficient and evidence-based practices.


Collaborative leadership skills with strong partnerships with clinical and operational colleagues, driving interdisciplinary initiatives.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience
15
15
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Director, Clinical Informatics

University of Maryland Medical System
12.2019 - Current

Accomplishments:

  • Led large scale implementations of electronic health record to align member organizations on same platform/vendor.
  • Designed and led the organizational strategy to centralize lab informatics team resulting in cost savings of $310k.
  • Partnered with nursing leadership on strategic vision for precision staffing, resulting in balanced assignments, reducing charge nurse time, and increasing visibility of capacity and workload across organization.
  • Optimized mobility solution and documentation, decreasing real time nursing documentation from 62 minutes to 9 minutes.
  • Partnered with clinical leaders to maximize use of existing technology solutions, saving ~$100k
  • Achieved system approach to downtime/business continuity activities and education to prepare and standardize organization.
  • Assessed and partnered with IT leaders to streamline request process and improve throughput.
  • Optimized Clinical Informatics education by creating on-boarding curriculum and partnering with UM School of Nursing to develop Nursing Informatics certification prep course and preceptor benefits.

Application Manager, Epic ClinDoc, Quality/PI, Patient Experience

University of Maryland Medical System
04.2016 - 12.2019

Accomplishments:

  • Partnered with nurse leaders to implement quarterly release for any nursing related documentation changes, decreasing instances of change for the front line.
  • Achieved replacement of 3rd party system to implement Epic’s case management functionality.
  • Negotiated vendor contract to save $20k/year.
  • Achieved break fix turnaround time from 11 to 3.2 days.
  • Led execution of CPOE portion of Leapfrog survey for medical system.

System Application Analyst IV, HOD

University of Maryland Medical System
03.2014 - 04.2016

Clinical Informaticist, Clinical Informatics

University of Maryland Medical System
01.2013 - 04.2014

Senior Clinical Nurse II, Department of Radiology

University of Maryland Medical Center
03.1998 - 01.2013

Accomplishments:

  • Developed strategy and procedures to implement pediatric sedation program.

Registered Nurse

University of Maryland Medical Center
05.1989 - 05.1989

Education

MBA -

University of Maryland Global Campus
01.2021 - 05.2023

Master of Science - undefined

University of Maryland, School of Nursing
01.2011 - 05.2016

Bachelor of Science - undefined

Stevenson University
05.2005 - 05.2010

Associate of Science: Nursing - undefined

Shepherd College
08.1983 - 05.1986

Skills

Strategic Planning

Product Development

Process Improvement

Policy Development

Teamwork and Collaboration

Budget Management

Employee Development

Certification

Board Certified, Nurse Executive Advanced, 2022

Adjunct/Advisory Roles

  • Adjunct Faculty, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, 2022-2023
  • Advisory Board, Summer Institute of Nursing Informatics, 2022-Present
  • Advisory Board, University of Maryland School of Nursing Preceptor/Clinical Site Representative, 2024-Present
  • Advisory Board, Epic's Nurse Well Being Committee, 2023-2024

Fellowship

The Healthcare Management Academy, Technology Fellowship – Rising CNIO, 2023- 2025

Publications

  • Electronic health record vendors in reducing hospital readmission rates: promoting interoperability, Journal of Informatics Nursing, 1, 2, 6-14, 2016
  • Comparison of dexmedetomidine with pentobarbital for pediatric MRI sedation, Hospital Pediatrics, 4, 6, 360-5, 2014

Affiliations

  • American Organization of Nursing Leadership
  • American Nursing Informatics Association
  • Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

Presentations

Available upon request

Timeline

MBA -

University of Maryland Global Campus
01.2021 - 05.2023

Director, Clinical Informatics

University of Maryland Medical System
12.2019 - Current

Application Manager, Epic ClinDoc, Quality/PI, Patient Experience

University of Maryland Medical System
04.2016 - 12.2019

System Application Analyst IV, HOD

University of Maryland Medical System
03.2014 - 04.2016

Clinical Informaticist, Clinical Informatics

University of Maryland Medical System
01.2013 - 04.2014

Master of Science - undefined

University of Maryland, School of Nursing
01.2011 - 05.2016

Bachelor of Science - undefined

Stevenson University
05.2005 - 05.2010

Senior Clinical Nurse II, Department of Radiology

University of Maryland Medical Center
03.1998 - 01.2013

Registered Nurse

University of Maryland Medical Center
05.1989 - 05.1989

Associate of Science: Nursing - undefined

Shepherd College
08.1983 - 05.1986
Diane ConstantineDirector & Informatics Nurse Specialist