Overview
Work History
Education
Certification
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Richard Yaw

Austin,TX

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Clinical Applications Professional 5

UCLA Health
02.2019 - Current


  • Serving as an application team lead supervising five analysts and 2 administrative staff via mentoring, build review, providing opportunities for growth, and leading weekly build discussions
  • 1st & 2nd tier support for all enhancement requests, incidents, and technical support for EpicLink, Healthy Planet and Care Everywhere
  • Serves as a Interoperability architect
  • Met Medicare Advantage Star target ratings through various workflow and technical implementations (CPT II, Bulk Order, Payer Platform)
  • Serving as Payer Platform SME for various payers and features
  • Collaborates with All ISS teams across the enterprise to ensure implementation of strategic projects and goals
  • COVID-19 Portfolio: Bulk Ordering of vaccines for employees and patients, scheduling tickets, Happy Together Lab mapping of COVID-19 Results, Ambulatory build to support ramp of video visits from 300 visits a year to 3000 a day.
  • Project Portfolio: Happy Together (Genomics) & Labs (EAP/LRR), Registries, CPT II, Payer Platform, Compass Rose, Full Shift ECR Implementation, My Action Plan, Paging setup via CE ADT Notifications, Care Gap Closure


Emergency Room Registered Nurse

St Davids Healthcare
10.2023 - Current
  • Educates patients and families on post-discharge care instructions, promoting adherence to prescribed regimens for improved health outcomes at home.
  • Provides skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
  • Administers appropriate medications and treatments, ensuring accurate dosage and timely delivery for improved patient health.
  • Enhances patient care by conducting thorough assessments and promptly addressing critical needs.
  • Actively participates in monthly Clinical Informatics workgroup to provide feedback and suggestions for improving EHR/Clinical workflows
  • Collaborates with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.

Nurse Extern - Cardiac Step Down Telemetry Unit

St. Davids South Austin
07.2021 - 08.2022

EHR Application Specialist II - Rapid Cycle Deployment

Loma Linda Medical Center
03.2016 - 02.2019
  • Liaison between managed services analysts(consultants) and community connect operational leadership
  • Reviewed build and mentored managed services and LLUH Ambulatory & eHealth Analysts
  • Epic 2015,2017, and 2018 Project Lead/Upgrade builder for Ambulatory/eHealth
  • MyChart/Link Portfolio: MYC Spanish, Push Notifications, Direct Scheduling, Open Scheduling, Instant Activation, Custom ticklers, eCheck-In, Video Visits, e-Visits, MyChart SMS, Scheduling Tickets, MyChart Web server build, EpicCare Link Site build/web server maintenance
  • Interoperability Portfolio: Carequality implementation, eHealth Exchange, Happy Together Encounters/Labs, Direct Messaging, Social Security Admin implementation, managing Quest/Labcorp Interface updates & issues
  • Ambulatory Portfolio: SmartSets, BPAs, Printer Mapping, SmartTools builder, Department, Orders, OTX, and Nurse Triage
  • ePrescribing Portfolio: Electronic Medication Prior Authorization, CancelRx, RxChange, EPCS, eConsults, SNC eConsults, Specialty Pharmacy

Clinical Informatics Analyst

Molina Healthcare
06.2014 - 03.2016

Lead Pharmacy Technician

Kaiser Permanente
08.2011 - 04.2014

Inpatient Pharmacy Technician

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
10.2010 - 10.2011

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Western Governors University
Austin, TX
04.2023

Master of Science - Integrated Healthcare Management

Western Governors University
Salt Lake City
2017

Bachelor of Science - Health Informatics

Western Governors University
Salt Lake, Utah
2016

Certification

  • Registered Nurse TX - 1116634
  • Registered Nurse CA - 95376121
  • TNCC/ENPC - Trauma Certifications
  • ACLS/PALS/BLS Certifications
  • Certified Professional In Health Informatics (CPHI)
  • EpicCare Ambulatory
  • Epic Healthy Planet
  • Epic Care Everywhere
  • Epic MyChart
  • Epic Link
  • Epic Bridges
  • Epic Security
  • Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA-Inactive)
  • CPHIMS (Inactive)

Volunteer Projects

  • Admin/Moderator of the WGU Prelicensure Facebook Group - Providing 1on1 tutoring, mentoring, advice, for Alumni students, prospective, and current students. Current membership of the group is 6000 + Members


Timeline

Emergency Room Registered Nurse

St Davids Healthcare
10.2023 - Current

Nurse Extern - Cardiac Step Down Telemetry Unit

St. Davids South Austin
07.2021 - 08.2022

Clinical Applications Professional 5

UCLA Health
02.2019 - Current

EHR Application Specialist II - Rapid Cycle Deployment

Loma Linda Medical Center
03.2016 - 02.2019

Clinical Informatics Analyst

Molina Healthcare
06.2014 - 03.2016

Lead Pharmacy Technician

Kaiser Permanente
08.2011 - 04.2014

Inpatient Pharmacy Technician

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
10.2010 - 10.2011

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Western Governors University

Master of Science - Integrated Healthcare Management

Western Governors University

Bachelor of Science - Health Informatics

Western Governors University
Richard Yaw