SHAUNTEH BLANKS
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Dynamic leader in Enterprise and Clinical Applications with over 10 years of experience driving strategy, implementation, and optimization of EHR, EMR, LIS, and digital health platforms across diverse healthcare settings, including large provider organizations and federal health systems. Recognized for the ability to translate complex multi-site healthcare environments into effective, compliant application solutions that enhance operational efficiency and support revenue generation, particularly in high-stakes environments where precision and user adoption are critical. Established as a trusted partner to CMIOs, CNOs, CIOs, and other key stakeholders in application governance and clinician enablement, ensuring seamless enterprise-scale delivery of technology solutions. Actively seeking a long-term leadership position focused on clinical applications outcomes and organizational growth, dedicated to fostering innovation and enhancing patient care through strategic technology integration.
Overview
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Work History
Senior Program Lead, Enterprise Clinical Applications
Piedmont Healthcare
2024 - 2025
- Led enterprise clinical application optimization initiatives improving nursing documentation efficiency and data integrity by redesigning Epic Rover scanning and documentation workflows.
- Partnered with nursing leadership, informatics, and IT to prioritize application enhancements aligned with patient safety, regulatory compliance, and operational performance.
- Identified workflow risks and usability gaps impacting downstream quality reporting and revenue-adjacent documentation accuracy.
- Established disciplined execution through RAID governance, issue escalation frameworks, and executive-level status reporting.
Senior Manager, Digital Health Applications
VaxCare
2024 - 2024
- Directed onboarding and optimization of digital health applications across 50+ clinical sites, achieving 98% device-to-EHR data accuracy through HL7-driven integration.
- Reduced clinical and financial reporting turnaround by 75%, optimizing data ingestion workflows and cross-system validation.
- Served as portfolio-level escalation owner, coordinating clinical operations, engineering, and support teams to resolve interoperability risks.
- Strengthened application scalability by identifying workflow constraints and data integrity dependencies impacting organizational growth.
Lead Specialist, Enterprise Health Applications
LabCorp
2023 - 2024
- Stabilized enterprise LIS–EHR integrations across 100+ EMR configurations by leading HL7 interface analysis, testing, and defect resolution.
- Improved diagnostic result delivery reliability by identifying routing failures, semantic mismatches, and workflow gaps.
- Supported go-live readiness and post-implementation stabilization through structured UAT and hypercare execution.
Lead, Clinical Informatics & Application Enablement
Raintree Systems
2022 - 2023
- Supported SaaS EMR enhancements by translating clinical and operational requirements into optimized application workflows and training strategies.
- Partnered with clinical and operational leaders to identify adoption risks, workflow gaps, and optimization opportunities.
- Developed SOPs, dashboards, and adoption metrics supporting informatics and executive decision-making.
- Supported release readiness and post-release stabilization.
Senior Lead, Federal Clinical Platforms
CiQIMA Federal Services (Department of Defense)
2022 - 2022
- Led Oracle Health (Cerner) PathNet workflow enablement across military treatment facilities supporting laboratory, provider, and nursing operations.
- Executed regulated clinical application governance, including validation, readiness assessments, and workflow optimization.
- Partnered directly with CMIO and CNO leadership to resolve configuration gaps, training needs, and operational risks.
- Ensured enterprise compliance and system readiness in highly regulated federal environments.
Senior Specialist, Behavioral Health Applications
Credible Behavioral Health
2021 - 2022
- Supported EMR implementations through workflow configuration, requirements validation, and client readiness assessments.
- Ensured data integrity and reporting accuracy across behavioral health organizations.
- Collaborated cross-functionally to resolve configuration and workflow issues impacting adoption.
Senior Consultant, Ambulatory Health Applications
Athenahealth (via TEKsystems)
2021 - 2021
- Led data extraction, mapping, and validation for Athena Clinicals implementations.
- Identified and mitigated data conversion risks impacting clinical operations and reporting.
- Supported go-live and hypercare stabilization ensuring provider readiness.
Senior Interoperability Analyst
ELLKAY
2020 - 2021
- Led HL7-based interoperability workflows supporting large-scale LIS–EHR data exchange.
- Resolved production issues impacting data ingestion, normalization, and downstream analytics.
- Supported large-scale COVID testing interoperability initiatives.
HL7 Analyst
Quest Diagnostics (via Ciber Global)
2019 - 2020
- Built and validated HL7 interfaces supporting LIS–EMR connectivity.
- Authored interface specifications and supported UAT and client validation.
- Resolved third-tier production issues impacting enterprise data exchange.
Senior Lead, Enterprise Application Deployments
Athenahealth
2015 - 2019
- Directed enterprise AthenaNet deployments across 200+ clinics.
- Led command center operations, escalation management, and go-live execution.
- Improved provider efficiency and documentation accuracy through workflow optimization.
- Supported ambulatory and inpatient workflows including orders, documentation, and reporting.
Skills
- Digital Health Platforms
- Interoperability & Workflow Governance
- Enterprise Clinical Application Strategy &Roadmaps
- Project planning, MS office, Google
- Relationship & Team building
- EMR & LIS Platform Ownership Workflow-Intensive Environments
- Documentation-Critical Environments
- Interoperability (HL7 v2, LIS–EHR, Middleware)
- Epic, Oracle Health (Cerner), ERMA & Athena Ecosystems
- Clinical Informatics & Adoption Enablement
- Revenue-Cycle-Adjacent Documentation Integrity
- Cross-Functional & Executive Stakeholder Leadership
- Program & Portfolio Delivery Governance
- UAT, Go-Live & Stabilization
- Risk, Change, Issue & Federal/ Regulatory Healthcare Management
- Data analytics & Software implementation
- Program performance analysis
- Patient care initiatives
Certification
- PMP – Project Management Professional
- HL7 v2 Messaging & Interoperability
- Epic, Oracle Health (Cerner), Athena Platforms
- Clinical Informatics & Workflow Optimization
- Federal Healthcare Systems & Compliance
Timeline
Senior Program Lead, Enterprise Clinical Applications
Piedmont Healthcare
2024 - 2025
Senior Manager, Digital Health Applications
VaxCare
2024 - 2024
Lead Specialist, Enterprise Health Applications
LabCorp
2023 - 2024
Lead, Clinical Informatics & Application Enablement
Raintree Systems
2022 - 2023
Senior Lead, Federal Clinical Platforms
CiQIMA Federal Services (Department of Defense)
2022 - 2022
Senior Specialist, Behavioral Health Applications
Credible Behavioral Health
2021 - 2022
Senior Consultant, Ambulatory Health Applications
Athenahealth (via TEKsystems)
2021 - 2021
Senior Interoperability Analyst
ELLKAY
2020 - 2021
HL7 Analyst
Quest Diagnostics (via Ciber Global)
2019 - 2020
Senior Lead, Enterprise Application Deployments
Athenahealth
2015 - 2019