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Brian Deshotel

Summary

Described as a transformational leader, Brian Deshotel is a dedicated healthcare IT professional, with over 25 years of progressive experience in healthcare operations, workflow, and informatics, including an in-depth knowledge of Epic, Lab, OR, Radiology/Cardiology and other 3rd party clinical applications. His strength in leadership, technical abilities, and project management help to achieve high employee engagement, superior patient experiences and strong executive and physician satisfaction and alignment.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Epic Project Manager

Albany Health System
09.2022 - 12.2024
  • Epic project manager for ancillary modules, Beaker CP/AP, Blood bank, Radiant, Cupid, OpTime/Anesthesia, and related third-party applications (Data Innovations (DI) and Haemonetics Safetrace).
  • Albany Med Health System is a 4-hospital health system with Albany Medical Center being a Level 1 trauma and academic facility.
  • Managed CCV1, CCV2 and CCV3 (Critical project milestones).
  • Managed Lab/Blood bank Hardware analysis, procurement and deployment.
  • Led weekly meetings with Lab Leadership, Beaker and LIS Blood bank team.
  • Facilitated Blood bank work group including Safetrace build and testing.
  • Interacted with Senior leadership regularly to address any needs we mutually encountered.
  • Managed a team of 26 analysts and contractors.
  • Employee engagement and satisfaction remained positive.
  • Facilitated interdisciplinary meetings with various teams to achieve specific goals (Discovery, Workflow decisions, Testing, etc.).
  • Beaker Go live went very well, with ticket volume ~160 tickets at go live then quickly decreased to normal levels within 3 weeks.
  • Prepared detailed reports on updates to project specifications and progress; identified conflicts and team activities.
  • Established open and professional relationships with customer and team members which resolve issues and conflicts quickly.

Epic Project Manager, University of Chicago

Evergreen Healthcare Partners
10.2021 - 09.2022


  • Team of 10 Analysts and contractors
  • Epic Project Team lead and Project Manager and team lead for Epic Ancillary modules (Radiant, Optime/Anesthesia, and related 3rd Party applications (Capsule Vitals Stream, Capsule Vitals Plus, PACS, OBIX, etc.).
  • Team of 10 Analysts and contractors
  • Prepared detailed reports on updates to project specifications, progress, identified conflicts and team activities.
  • Adapted plans and adjusted equipment to maintain high standards of functionality and safety.
  • Established open and professional relationships with team members which helped resolve issues and conflicts quickly.

Epic Team Lead, University of Washington

Global Healthcare IT
02.2020 - 05.2021
  • Epic Project Team lead and Project Manager for Epic Ancillary modules (Radiant, Cupid).
  • Co-Project manager with Epic Beaker to develop and implement Lab workflows for AP and CP.
  • Directed and supervised team of 10 engaged in Epic build and other software development.
  • Prepared detailed reports on updates to project specifications, progress, identified conflicts and team activities.
  • Minimized resource and time losses by addressing employee or production issue directly and implementing timely solutions.
  • Adapted plans and adjusted equipment to maintain high standards of functionality and safety.
  • Established open and professional relationships with team members which helped resolve issues and conflicts quickly.
  • Coached team members in techniques necessary to complete job tasks.
  • Participated in cross-functional team-building activities.

Manager IT Ancillary Systems

Northeast Georgia Medical Center
07.2018 - 02.2020
  • Epic Beaker, Radiant, Cupid, Blood bank
  • Provide leadership and project management services to the NGHS Epic project (Beaker, Radiant, Cupid, Blood Bank)
  • Review projects and work with IT and operational leadership to prioritize and complete
  • Review ServiceNow tickets and develop strategy to address outstanding issues with operational owners
  • Monitored multiple databases to ensure efficiency and data integrity
  • Increased team efficiency by 36%
  • Increased Employee Engagement score in 1 year (3.69 to 4.08)
  • Ticket resolution improvement of 32%

Senior Consultant Epic Systems, Northeast Georgia

CSI Consulting
04.2018 - 07.2018
  • Epic Beaker, Radiant and Cupid
  • Provide leadership and project management services to the NGHS Epic project
  • Review ServiceNow tickets and develop strategy to address outstanding issues with operational owners
  • Review outstanding projects and work with IT and operational leadership to prioritize and complete

Director, IT Ancillary Applications

LCMC Health
03.2017 - 03.2018
  • Epic Beaker, Radiant, Cupid, Optime, ASAP, Orders
  • Provides leadership and direction to the Ancillary Systems Team responsible for the implementation and maintenance of IT applications supporting Lab, Radiology, Cardiology, Surgery and other providers as necessary
  • Interfaced applications included SoftLab, Softbank, RALS, Siemens RapidComm, ACR Select

Consultant, Team Lead Epic Ancillary Applications

Divurgent Consultants
01.2017 - 03.2017
  • Epic Team Lead (Consultant) assigned to St Luke's Health System in Boise, ID.
  • Boosted success of client's organization by improving performance, motivation, job satisfaction, hiring practices, training programs and management systems.
  • Minimized resource and time losses by addressing employee or production issue directly and implementing timely solutions.
  • Responsibilities included the post go live stabilization of the Epic Radiant Application.
  • Collaborated with the Imaging team to ensure PACS, decision support software and other interfaced applications were optimized.

Director, Imaging Informatics

Ochsner Health System
10.2006 - 10.2016
  • Leader of the Informatics team responsible for the Imaging IT infrastructure, including PACS, Siemens RIS, EPIC Radiant, Voice recognition software, Magview, Vender Neutral Archive (VNA), Hologic Secureview. These systems are networked to 15 hospitals and various clinics in 4 regions of Louisiana.
  • Led installations and upgrades including Epic EMR, PACS, Cardiology PACS and other healthcare software/hardware.
  • Imaging representative for strategic IT implementations involving new hospital acquisitions, joint ventures, and other partnerships (Stand alone ED, Health system partnerships, etc.
  • IT team mentor, Executive Collaborator, Trusted Business Partner
  • Create operational policies, procedures, standards, guidelines and best practices.
  • Oversee department meetings with staff leads, managers and vendors to ensure continuity of IT systems support and goal attainment.
  • Assess new innovative technologies, mission critical systems, security, communications and business continuity.
  • Create financial forecasts, outline expenditures and modify budget when necessary.
  • Procured over $10 million of maintenance and strategic capital funds to support technology enhancement, growth, and standardization initiatives related to Imaging.
  • Worked with Revenue cycle team to improve the Imaging Service line chargemaster which resulted in a $7 million increase in gross revenue.

Education

MBA - Business

University of Phoenix
05.1999

Bachelor of Science - Radiologic Technology

Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, LA
05.1992

Skills

  • Epic EMR / Beaker/ Radiant / Cupid / Optime / Anesthesia
  • Software integration (LIS, Data Innovations, Blood bank, CVIS, Capsule, Materials Mgt, etc)
  • PACS (GE, Agfa, Hologic, Intelerad)
  • Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA)
  • Interfaces / HL7 / DICOM
  • Cross-functional team management and leadership
  • Lab Specimen Collection and Management (AP/CP), Blood Bank
  • Interventional Radiology, Mammography, Surgery, Cath Lab
  • Workflow design/redesign
  • Change Management
  • Policy and Procedures development
  • Staff development and competencies
  • Hardware/Software upgrade planning
  • Large-scale Healthcare IT software systems
  • Data Migration strategies
  • Strategic Planning and Analysis
  • Medical Billing/Charge Master
  • Vendor management
  • Other IT Topics (Datacenter,Active Directory, Virtual Servers, Networking, DMZ, VPN, Security, Helpdesk)

Accomplishments

    EPIC EMR / PACS Installations (15sites) EPIC version upgrade (v2012, v2014 and v2015) PACS upgrade (v6.3 and v6.6) Hologic Digital Mammo Tomosysnthesis Adeptus Free standing ED (8 sites)

Certification

EPIC Radiant Certified

Certified Imaging Informatics Professional (CIIP)

Certified Radiology Administrator (CRA)

Registered Radiologic Technologist (RT, CT)

Louisiana Registered Radiologic Technologist

Affiliations

AHRA, HIMSS, ASRT, Project Management Institute (PMI)

Timeline

Epic Project Manager

Albany Health System
09.2022 - 12.2024

Epic Project Manager, University of Chicago

Evergreen Healthcare Partners
10.2021 - 09.2022

Epic Team Lead, University of Washington

Global Healthcare IT
02.2020 - 05.2021

Manager IT Ancillary Systems

Northeast Georgia Medical Center
07.2018 - 02.2020

Senior Consultant Epic Systems, Northeast Georgia

CSI Consulting
04.2018 - 07.2018

Director, IT Ancillary Applications

LCMC Health
03.2017 - 03.2018

Consultant, Team Lead Epic Ancillary Applications

Divurgent Consultants
01.2017 - 03.2017

Director, Imaging Informatics

Ochsner Health System
10.2006 - 10.2016

MBA - Business

University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Science - Radiologic Technology

Northwestern State University of Louisiana

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