Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Timeline
Generic

William Forte

Nesconset,NY

Summary

Attentive and goal-focused brings successful approach to cultivating complex best practices to meet organizational and regulatory expectations. Detail-oriented focus on achieving expected outcomes. Enthusiastic hard worker with expertise in cultivating lucrative client relationships and implementing better processes and procedures. Dedicated Consultant bringing dynamic skills in client oversight, issue resolution and presentation. Successful juggling multiple tasks and projects simultaneously. Excellent business knowledge within Healthcare. Results-driven Consultant with comprehensive experience leading and improving industry operations. Uniquely qualified to navigate rigors of latest standards, specifications and protocols for organizational and regulatory needs fulfillment. Lends complex roadmaps and calls-to-action to regularly achieve ambitious objectives. Analytical professional with technical knowledge and critical thinking skills to thrive in data-driven environments. Tackles challenges with positivity and drive to overcome. Works great alone or with others and consistently exceeds expectations.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Epic Orders Consultant

Novant Health, Inc
Rock Hill, SC
11.2014 - 05.2024
  • Implemented Epic at 8 Hospitals.
  • After Implementations Worked Directly for CMIO on Special Projects
  • Created/Modified EAPs
  • Created LQLs for EAPs/EDPs
  • Created/Modified PRLs/OSQs Order Sets, OSQs and Panels
  • Created/Modified Navigators/Sections/Topics Along With Configurations
  • Created/Modified LRP Reports and LPG Printgroups
  • Created/Modified Restrictors for Order sets
  • Created/Modified BPAs
  • Created/Modified Tasks and Task Templates
  • Modified Category Lists
  • Created/Modified Groupers
  • Modified Second Sign Rules
  • Modified Order Transmittal
  • Created/Modified CER Rules
  • Created/Modified Parameters for CER Rules
  • Use of Record Viewer
  • Created New Phases of Care
  • Created Quicklists for Various Users
  • Created PAF Columns for Systems Lists
  • Created/Updated Preference Lists for various hospitals/Departments
  • Updated E2N Activities, E2U Menus, E2R Roles
  • Created/Modified OCC Order Composer
  • Projects

Troponin Gen 5 - Created a Series of BPAs which looks back at Tropoin Gen5 results and deltas of results for current Troponin draws with 1 hour Troponin draws and 3 hour Troponin Draws. This causes a message to be written to the storyboard, presents a message with appropriate orders and Pushes a message to the providers cell phone.

Transfusion Order Set - Created an Order Set which has RBC, Platelets, Plasma and Cryo. This Order Set contains many OSQs which display depending on who the ordering person(Nurse, Provider, Anesthesiologist, CNA) is and where the patient is located (ED, Inpatient, Preop, In Room in OR).

Emergency Release Blood - Created work flow for Emergency Release of RBC, Platelets, Plasma and Cryo. If Nurse placing Order, updated second sign rule to make sure the order mode is Verbal or Telephone. Also created preference lists which get populated

MTP - Created work flow for Mass Transfusion Order Set. This also Updating Order Transmittal to send a report to the Lab to notify them when this is ordered.

If ... Transfuse - Created orders on conditions when to transfuse. BPA fires on result and says the result meets parameter to transfuse and appropriate orders or presented to Prepare and Transfuse. This is done for RBC with Hemoglobin, Platelets with Platelets, Plasma with PT/INR and Cryo with Fibrinigen.

Prepositioned Blood in Cooler - Created workflow for Prepositioned Blood in cooler. Consisted of EAPs, Order Sets and BPAs.

Results Routing for Teledoc Visit

TITRATION GOALS: HEMODYNAMICS - Updated ERX to Have LQL Which States What Should Be Answered on New EAP for Hymodynamics. A BPA is Fired if Correct Goal is not Answered in EAP. Updated ERXs to display Goals when on the MAR.

TITRATION GOALS: SEDATION / NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE / ANALGESIA - Same concept as above.

CRRT - Place Order Set, Then Depending on Results, If fires BPA to Order Proper Magnesium, Phosphorus and Potassium

Epic Orders Consultant

Catholic Health
Huntington, NY
11.2013 - 11.2014
  • Implemented Epic at 7 Hospitals
  • Created/Modified EAPs/EDPs
  • Created/Modified PRLs/OSQs Order Sets, OSQs and Panels
  • Created LQLs for EAPs
  • Created/Modified Navigators/Sections/Topics Along With Configurations
  • Created/Modified LRP Reports and LPG Printgroups
  • Created/Modified Restrictors for Order Sets
  • Created Programming Points LPP
  • Created/Modified Category Lists
  • Created LPFs Systems Lists and PAF Columns
  • Use of Record Viewer
  • Projects

Created New Eaps for Cold Therapy and Heat Therapy. With the following LQLs for Type and Site.

Created New Eaps for Notify Physician for Results which has Question as to what type of result(Chemistry, Hematology, Coagulation,etc… which then cascade to another question xxx Less Than xxx Greater Than.

Created BPA for Tetnus - Present User with BPA if Patient hasn't had a Tetnus shot in last 5 Years. BPA allows provider to order one.

Created PAF Column if Patient has a legal Guardian

Epic Orders Consultant

University of Chicago Hospital
Chicago, IL
06.2012 - 11.2013
  • Implemented Hospital
  • Created/Modified EAPs
  • Created/Modified LQLs for EAPs/EDPs
  • Created/Modified PRLs/OSQs Order Sets, OSQs and Panels
  • Created/Modified Navigators/Sections/Topics Along With Configurations
  • Created/Modified LRP Reports and LPG Printgroups
  • Record Viewer

Epic Orders Consultant

Resurrection Hospital
Chicago, IL
05.2011 - 06.2012
  • Implemented Hospital
  • Created/Modified EAPs/EDPs
  • Created/Modified LQLs
  • Created/Modified PRLs/OSQs Order Sets, OSQs and Panels
  • Created SmartText for EAPs Comments and Process Instructions.

Epic Orders Consultant

Tucson Medical Center
Tucson, AZ
01.2010 - 05.2011
  • Created/Modified EAPs
  • Created/Modified LQLs for EAPs/EDPs

Education

Computer And Information Sciences

Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
05-1985

Skills

  • Management Coaching
  • Quality Assurance
  • Best Practices Implementation
  • Process Improvement
  • Outcome Accountability
  • Client rapport
  • Strategic Planning
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Project Analysis
  • Problem-Solving
  • User Support
  • Processes and procedures
  • Software troubleshooting
  • Goal Setting
  • Resource Evaluation
  • Change Management
  • Content management system

Certification

  • Epic Orders Certified since 2009 - Active
  • Epic Order Transmittal Certified 2009 - Lapsed 2018
  • Epic ClinDoc Certified 2009 - Lapsed 2018

Timeline

Epic Orders Consultant

Novant Health, Inc
11.2014 - 05.2024

Epic Orders Consultant

Catholic Health
11.2013 - 11.2014

Epic Orders Consultant

University of Chicago Hospital
06.2012 - 11.2013

Epic Orders Consultant

Resurrection Hospital
05.2011 - 06.2012

Epic Orders Consultant

Tucson Medical Center
01.2010 - 05.2011

Computer And Information Sciences

Hofstra University
William Forte