Clinical Abstraction Manager - Flatiron Health
(2016-07)
- Oversee structured and unstructured data processing of community oncology records to support Real World Evidence for data subscribers
- Leverage Flatiron's proprietary software system, OncoEMR, to generate comprehensive datasets by extracting key data elements from electronic health records.
- Ensure a high standard of quality and efficiency in accordance with abstraction cohort policies and procedures.
- Assist in evaluating the feasibility and initial testing of novel data points or new abstraction methods within various disease areas.
- Address and resolve all discrepancies, and conduct audit adjudication for stability monitoring alerts to maintain data integrity.
- Review duplicate data abstraction to feed Machine Learning (LM) and Large Language Models (LLM) for cohort selections
- Expand development of Deep Learning and LLM-powered extraction of clinical insights from structured documentation within the electronic medical record.
- Ensure all projects meet monthly and quarterly data freeze and deliveries.
Professor of Practice, Health Information Management - Indiana Tech
(2016-10)
Interim Program Director, HIM programs (March 2021- May 2022)
- Instruct courses within the Health Information Technology (HIT) and Health Information Management (HIM) Programs.
- Oversee the online delivery of HIT and HIM programs to ensure quality and accessibility.
- Develop and enhance the curriculum for courses in the HIT and HIM Programs.
- Provide dedicated student advising services for all HIT and HIM students.
- Support program accreditation initiatives to meet and exceed industry standards.
- Contribute to marketing and recruitment strategies for the program to attract prospective students.
- Consistently achieve exceptional instructor survey ratings across both HIT and HIM programs.
- Successfully increased the pass rate for first-time RHIT test takers from 40% to 75% within 18 months during my tenure as interim Program Director.
- Maintained exceptional faculty evaluation scores across all courses taught
Visiting Professor III, HIT - DeVry University – Online
(2010-10)
- Teach a variety of online courses for the Health Information Technology Program including Healthcare Informatics, Legal and Regulatory Issues in HIM, RHIT Capstone, and RHIT Preparation.
- Assisted with creation of tutorials for Voice Thread and Kaltura
- Assisted with curriculum build for HIT120 and HIT220
Project Manager and Director of Services, Northwest Ohio Regional Extension Center - The Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio - Toledo, OH
(2010-05 - 2011-01)
1 year grant funded position
- Worked with local hospitals and health care centers to offer governmental grant assistance to primary care providers in NWO for the implementation and meaningful use of electronic health records.
- Worked with representatives from the state through the Ohio Health Information Partnership, as well as the Department of Health and Human Services and ONC to ensure that grant funding was allocated and accounted for.
- Responsible for creation of region wide education to provider bodies.
- Creative Marketing to reach target audience.
- Maintained positive relationships with contracted providers.
- Vetted and managed a panel of IT consultants to serve as implementation specialist for contracted providers.
- Management of all required grant reporting.
HIM Director and Privacy Officer - Henry County Hospital - Napoleon, OH
(2009-03 - 2010-06)
- Responsible for oversight, leadership, guidance, and management of the Health Information Services Department for the 25 bed critical access hospital.
- Led the institution through purchase, planning and implementation of Outsourced transcription services.
- Developed, planned and implemented Clinical Scanning of medical records at point of Care
- Project Manager for development of RAC (Reimbursement Audit Contractors) for the Hospital. This included implementation and training on RAC Tracker Software.
- Effectively decreased DNFB from average of $650,000 to $350,000
- Increased physician compliance of documentation standards from 47% to 94%
- Identified a $15,000 annual return on investment through strategic development and implementation of a hybrid transcription system.
HIM Manager of Records and Document Management - University of Toledo Medical Center - Toledo, OH
(2005-04 - 2009-03)
- Responsible for oversight, leadership, guidance, and management of three supervisors and 6 units within the HIM Department including Central Transcription, Records Management, Data Integrity, Release of Information, Records Analysis and Completion Unit and Appeals and Central Cancer Registry.
- Led the institution through purchase, planning and implementation of Document Imaging System (HPF – McKesson Horizon Patient Folder)
- Served as the HIM Department Administrator for HPF
- Developed and Implemented the Forms Management Committee and successfully executed the forms standardization and consolidation project
- Successfully led the CTS team through implementation of a new transcription vendor utilizing speech recognition software.
- Developed and implemented the current ORR structure with the Institution and Compliance reporting for the Joint Commission IM Chapter Standards
- Developed and maintained the physician training schedule for deficiency management and text editing within HPF.
- Coordinated and led the department through the transition of a move to an offsite location. This included the move of all medical records and files