Focused Nurse Informatics Specialist eager to leverage many years of industry experience to contribute to a health care mission. Passionate about changing healthcare delivery to be patient and quality outcome focused, while reducing clinical and medical burden.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nurse Informatics Specialist
Oregon Health Sciences University
Portland, Oregon
11.2017 - Current
Inpatient Departments Supported for the Health System: Respiratory Therapy, Spiritual Care, Infection Prevention and Control, Wound Care/Ostomy and Audiology.
Facilitates User Groups for the departments supported.
Participates in the Change Management processes.
Develops educational tip sheets.
Participates in Epic Upgrades.
Participates in the implementation process of when new partners become part of the health system.
Provides design, analysis and recommendations for the implementation and maintenance of clinical information systems (CIS) and their associated clinical and business processes.
Consistent with Oregon Nurse Practice Act, and the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics and Scope and Standards for Informatics Nursing, the NIS is a change agent, and supports the interprofessional team in all facets of data and information management, especially the technical, cultural, and process change requirements for effective socio-technical systems in a Culture of Safety.
NISs at OHSU provide expertise in any or all of the functions delineated in the Scope and Standards, and apply evidence-informed practice representative of the domains of nursing science, information science, and computer science.
Supported two Emergency Departments and one Urgent Care
Staff support: Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Certified Nurses Aids and Medical Assistants
Build and design analyst for FirstNet (Emergency Department/Urgent Care application).
Lead for Upgrades and Domain Strategy.
Project Management.
Education/Class training development.
Conducted training classes.
Conducted 1:1 training for Physicians.
Developed workflow, education and build for Emergency Department Boarders.
Developed workflow, education and build for Rapid Care Unit
Participated in St. John Sepsis.
Supported Leap Frog Survey for CPOE.
Supported Regulatory Accreditation.
Supported Emergency Department Core Measures.
Back up support for RadNet (Radiology application).
Registered Nurse, Case Manager/Assist JC
Tuality Community Hospital
Hillsboro, Oregon
06.2004 - 01.2007
Case Management
Supported Telemetry, ICU, PCU, Medical and Emergency Department
Coordinator of Care including assessment, planning of the optimal treatment plan or approach for the patient with the health care team.
Facilitator by actively promoting communication between all parties involved with the patient's care.
Utilized InterQual Criteria.
Evaluated medical information and complete assessments for discharge planning.
Concurrent and retrospective chart review for third party entities including managed care plans.
Initiated and completed safe discharge plans for inpatients by arranging home health, drug therapy interventions, outpatient clinics visits, skilled nursing placements, immediate care placements, foster home placements and assisted living arrangements.
Washington County Housing and Supported Services Network (HSSN) Council Member representing Tuality Healthcare.
Conducted retrospective chart reviews for compliance.
Developed staff education.
Assisted in regulatory policy creation and review.
Registered Nurse, Clinic Team Leader
Tuality Community Hospital
Hillsboro, Oregon
05.1994 - 06.2004
Managed day to day operations of assigned clinics and urgent care.
Provided patient are in Urgent Care.
Responsible for front and back office hiring, training and annual reviews.
Responsible for onboarding of new clinic providers (Internal Medicine, OB and Family Practice).
Responsible for creating annual budgets.
Maintained Moderate Complex Lab and Radiology state licenses per regulatory standards for Urgent Care.
Developed and maintained policies per hospital and regulatory standards.
Participated in Joint Commission compliance for clinics and outpatient areas.
Registered Nurse
Alpha Therapeutic
Vancouver, Washington
07.1992 - 05.1994
Leadership team member.
Acting supervisor when assistant director and director are absent.
Performed initial medical history and physical examinations on new donors.
Evaluate donor reactions and initiate emergency medical procedures as needed.
Review all donor laboratory data and collection records to determine donor's continued safety and suitability.
Perform venipunctures, set-up machines and disconnect donor when procedure is complete.
Provide counseling for donor's who have testing reactive for HIV-1, HIV-2 and other reactive tests.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Portland
Portland, OR
05-1990
Skills
Information system analysis
Task Prioritization
Continuous Improvement
Goal Setting
Teamwork and Collaboration
Analytical Thinking
Workflow Processes and Efficiency
Adaptability and Flexibility
Attention to Detail
Workflow Optimization
Certification
Informatics Nursing Certification (in process)
Epic Certified in Clinical Documentation
Cerner Certified in FirstNet Application
Accomplishments
November 2016: Best Medium Hospital IT Award from HealthCare IT News for Tuality
October 2016: Tuality President's Team Award Finalist for revising workflows for the EHR rules for Geri-Psych patients who are transfers or admitted.
October 2015: Tuality President's Team Award for internal build of the oncology application with integration into the EHR. Cost savings of $427,000
July 2015: Tuality President's Team Award Finalist for streamlining the process of the Emergency Department Information Exchange Alerts. Cost savings of $67,000
2013 - Assisted with the coordination of the 2013 Cerner West Coat Regional User Group Conference hosted by Tuality Healthcare.
PAS Resource Specialist - Diagnostic Imaging at Oregon Health & Sciences UniversityPAS Resource Specialist - Diagnostic Imaging at Oregon Health & Sciences University
Pediatric Registered Respiratory Therapist at Oregon Health Sciences UniversityPediatric Registered Respiratory Therapist at Oregon Health Sciences University
Nurse Navigator Hematology-Oncology at Oregon Health and Sciences UniversityNurse Navigator Hematology-Oncology at Oregon Health and Sciences University