Stephanie E. Makar

Passionate, driven, collaborative and team-oriented professional with over 17 years of project management, and over 30 years of pharmacy, in the healthcare industry. Experience includes, yet is not limited to simultaneously managing all facets of planning for new hospital buildings, hospital renovations and new or renovated medical office buildings throughout the northeast region, with specialization with Turner Construction, OSHA, and in hospital pharmacy, including USP 797, 795, and 800. Most recent experience includes working behind the scenes with various Electronic Medical Records, implementation and workflows. Experience with working with various Electronic Medical Records including Allscripts (Altera), Meditech, Dose Edge, and Med Keeper to name a few. Specializes in strategic planning and execution of solutions pertaining to Facility Design and Transformation, Clinical Collaboration and Communication, Strategic Operations and Advisory Services, as well as Medical Device Strategy and Integration. Experience bridges the gap between clinical/ business operations, and the organizational mission with goals to create service orientated architecture design, implementation, and sustainable asset to improve patient care and drive better outcomes. Collaborates with clinical providers and ancillary departments to collaboratively challenge current state, offer unique perspectives and encourage innovative solutions, while balancing cutting edge results and realistic expectations with optimal healthcare outcomes. Expertise in Shared Governance implementation to assist in obtaining or maintaining magnet status amongst healthcare facilities.

• Documented and resolved bedside barcode scanning issues which led to improvement and patient safety.
• Collaborated numerous team members in the development of The University Tower at UCONN Health.
• Supervised team of up to twenty staff members depending on project/ job.
• Achieved enhanced medication barcodes by introducing MILT Software for the pharmacy at Hospital for Special Care to assist in patient safety.
• Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets for many different projects
• Achieved a successful opening of the University Tower by working with accuracy and efficiency with the CT Department of Public Health

• Pharmacy IT Analyst
• Healthcare Project Manager specializing in hospital construction, renovations, medical equipment planning, managing over 5 construction projects at a time
• Board Certified Pharmacy Technician in both retail and hospital setting since 1992, obtaining board certification in 1999.
• Extensive and diverse experience in leading transformational results across a wide range of hospital departments during all phases of revamped and new construction of hospital buildings and medical office buildings from conception to completion of projects
• Successfully simultaneously managed all facets of medical equipment planning for new hospitals and renovations in the northeast region spanning from Maine to West Virginia to Ohio.
• Continuous and passionate leader in the healthcare industry when it comes to change, and leading change, and helping everything be successful
• Experience with drug builds, pharmacy analytics, pharmacy ordering and billing
• Instrumental in orchestrating and working with teams to help design, envision and activate different strategies supporting over 15M sq.-ft of new patient care, diagnostics, academic, research, and business/operational spaces
• Key Team Strategist helping develop a successful move packet for hospitals when relocating
• Faculty Presenter at the 2016 Annual Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo, discussing lessons learned with a new hospital tower build and move
• Roundtable Presenter at the 2015 SHSMD (Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development), Symposium discussing how to develop a guide for hospital moves, and lead change for employees to a different environment.
• Instrumental in the design and build management of the new state of the art and first ever hybrid operating room at UCONN Health John Dempsey Hospital