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Krista Parker

Noblesville,Indiana

Summary

Focused and highly skilled Senior Clinical Informaticist with a strong desire to transition into a Clinical Informatics Manager role. Adept at utilizing my extensive experience in clinical informatics to drive process improvements, enchance patient outcomes, and optimize clincial workflows. Proven to work effectively with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and colleagues to implement innovative technology solutions. Seeking a challenging managerial position where I can leverage my expertise and passion for clincial informatics to inspire and motivate team members to meet organization goals.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Clinical Informaticist, Informatics Nurse Specialist

Indiana University Health North Hospital
12.2010 - Current
  • Train, mentor, and support other clinical informaticist to promote growth in their role which will ultimately provide the best service to our customers
  • Facilitates knowledge of current state, desired state, and gap analysis of clinical processes that are enabled by clinical information technology
  • Works collaboratively with key stakeholders to evaluate outcomes, and opportunities for improvement post implementation
  • Maintains a trusting and effective relationship with all customers
  • Assists clinical managers in identifying areas of concern or opportunities for improvement in relation to clinical information systems
  • Provide guidance and support to end users in the clinical information system to improve workflow efficiencies
  • Maintains a current knowledge of trends and issues in health care, nursing practice, healthcare informatics, regulatory needs, organizational policies, and procedures related to clinical practice, and the legal implications of the clinical information system
  • Functionality expertise for clinical applications supporting core patient care processes and their relationship to other organizational information systems
  • Works collaboratively with IIS counterparts to ensure consistent and effective use of technology resources and optimization of installed applications and sustainability
  • Analyze and assess clinical information systems in collaboration with information system teams to respond and resolve issues to promote workflow efficiency
  • Develops content and standard work to meet learning objectives for new technology implementations
  • Plan, implement, and support latest health information technology projects to support nursing workflow and improve patient outcomes
  • Represent and lead nursing informatics in clinical councils, rapid improvement strategies, and system-wide initiatives
  • Formulates reports, collects and analyzes data to assist in identifying trends that provide opportunities to improve organizational performance and clinical outcomes

Labor & Delivery Clinical Coordinator

Indiana University Health North Hospital
10.2006 - 12.2010
  • Leadership duties included mentoring charge nurses, preceptors, and staff in their roles
  • Engage in crucial conversations with staff in relation to attendance and performance
  • Clinical duties included assessing and caring for triage, antepartum, high-risk, labor, and post-partum mother, and babies
  • This includes vaginal deliveries and circulating cesarean sections
  • Administrative duties included assessing patient acuity and staffing
  • Mentoring staff and being available for questions related to electronic documentation, including OB TraceVue (OBTV), Cerner PowerChart, and Cerner SurgiNet
  • Key roles and responsibilities: OBTV super user - Initial super user from opening of hospital
  • Provided education and support through classroom training and in the clinical setting
  • Assisted OBTV administrator with system build, downtimes, upgrades, and education
  • Cerner PowerChart Maternity design team member
  • Taught OBTV to newly hired registered nurses and physicians
  • Developed curriculum for OBTV end user training
  • Developed Krames information for antepartum, labor, and delivery
  • Assisted in developing preadmission delivery services for labor and delivery
  • Developed PDSAs for unit specific areas in need of improvement
  • Monitoring the outcomes related to PDSAs
  • Completed auditing and compiled statistics for quality initiatives mandated by TJC and Anthem related to maternal child nursing.

Registered Nurse, Labor & Delivery

Indiana University Health North Hospital
10.2005 - 10.2006
  • Experience in caring for laboring patients and their families as well as high-risk obstetric patients, long-term antepartum, extended postpartum recoveries, and circulating cesarean sections
  • Duties also included night shift charge nurse and OB TraceVue clinical information super user.

Registered Nurse, Labor & Delivery

St. Vincent Women’s Hospital
05.2002 - 09.2005
  • Experience in high-risk labor and delivery, long-term antepartum, extended postpartum recoveries, and circulating cesarean sections
  • Duties also included night shift charge, OB Tracevue Superuser, and preceptor for nursing capstone students.

Registered Nurse, Labor & Delivery

Riverview Hospital
01.2004 - 11.2004
  • Responsibilities include assessing and caring for antepartum, laboring, and postpartum patients
  • Experience also in circulating cesarean sections.

Registered Nurse, Labor & Delivery

Riverview Hospital
01.2000 - 05.2002
  • Responsibilities include assessing and caring for antepartum, laboring, and postpartum patients
  • Experience also in circulating cesarean sections.

Education

Master of Science in Nursing – Nursing Informatics -

Walden University
Minneapolis, Minnesota
04.2015

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana
12.1999

Skills

  • Registered Nurse with 23 years experience
  • Experienced in the field of clinical information systems
  • Strong communication skills both verbally and written with great interpersonal skills
  • Strong ability to educate, demonstrate, and teach new technologies in both a classroom and clinical setting
  • Detail-oriented and highly organized
  • Strong computer knowledge and skills
  • Working knowledge of project management methodologies, change control, quality and system performance methods and metrics, database design, and workflow analysis
  • Education and participation in Six Sigma, Lean, and Rapid Improvement Events
  • ANCC Board Certified in Nursing Informatics
  • Member of American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA)
  • Member of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

Certification

  • Registered Nurse in Indiana, 28146732A
  • ANCC Board Certified in Nursing Informatics, 2014

Timeline

Senior Clinical Informaticist, Informatics Nurse Specialist

Indiana University Health North Hospital
12.2010 - Current

Labor & Delivery Clinical Coordinator

Indiana University Health North Hospital
10.2006 - 12.2010

Registered Nurse, Labor & Delivery

Indiana University Health North Hospital
10.2005 - 10.2006

Registered Nurse, Labor & Delivery

Riverview Hospital
01.2004 - 11.2004

Registered Nurse, Labor & Delivery

St. Vincent Women’s Hospital
05.2002 - 09.2005

Registered Nurse, Labor & Delivery

Riverview Hospital
01.2000 - 05.2002

Master of Science in Nursing – Nursing Informatics -

Walden University

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Indiana University
Krista Parker