Expert Details
Medicine and Healthcare
ID: 733463
Utah, USA
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year: 2008 | Degree: MD | Subject: Medicine | Institution: Ross University School of Medicine |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2014 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Physician Informaticist | Department: Clinical Development and Research |
Responsibilities:Expert uses evidence-based medicine and tools to develop clinical protocols. He is the primary clinical architect of new physician and decision support tools for Premier. He also supports the implementation of their clinical information system. He assesses and assists with adoption and associated processes throughout clinical observance. Additionally, Expert is responsible for the clinical design and development of tools that support Premier’s consulting work on the use of grouping methodologies for provider measurement, episode-based payment, and other payment innovation models. He functions as the senior clinical leader and method thoughts leader within the development team to develop Premier’s innovative clinical infrastructure and analytics, around episode-based medicine. He also develops, expands and maintains the clinical methods and clinical knowledge that support these analytics. He also serves as the subject matter expert for the tools that serve as the building block for these methodologies and analytics, particularly clinical surveillance and reporting. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2010 to 2014 | Employer: Hospira | Title: Clinical Manager | Department: Clinical Consulting and Account Sales |
Responsibilities:Expert led a consulting and training organization for a global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company. Improved department profit margins from 3% to 32%. Introduced a client ROI program that improved customer satisfaction ratings (Best of KLASsurvey) and increased client retention rates (100% since 2010). Managed training programs for more than 500 hospitals including BayCare Health System, Yale, HCA, CHI, Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, NIH, Emory Healthcare, and Cedars-Sinai. Personally consulted with 200+ clinical pharmacists and physicians to create antimicrobial stewardship programs that measured and promoted renal dose adjustments, adverse drug event (ADE) prevention, and therapeutic drug monitoring. Consulted with epidemiology and infection prevention staff to achieve NHSN and state health department reporting criteria. Provided infection prevention APIC workflow optimization solutions, CMS revenue retention models, and IHI bundle implementation support. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2008 to 2010 | Employer: TheraDoc | Title: Senior Clinical Consultant | Department: Account Development and Training |
Responsibilities:Expert collaborated with hospitals and health care organization to create and execute strategictraining plans, including NHSN reporting skills training, workflow boot camp, pharmacy antimicrobial stewardship skills training, and infection prevention process training. Identified hospital needs and implemented infection prevention and pharmacy programs to ensure maximum effectiveness of clinicians. Improved the NHSN reporting accuracy of a $5.5 billion healthcare organization by developing, designing and implementing a corporate rollout strategy in their infection prevention tool. Led 150 healthcare enterprise software implementations profitably on a budget of $110 million (e.g. training, project management, change management, executive involvement, and data integration). Led a lean six sigma clinical process initiative with a large handful of significant results. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Professional Appointments |
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| Faculty – Professor of Anatomy, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, UT Faculty – Psychology Professor – Argosy University, Salt Lake City, UT Adjunct Faculty at Eagle Gate College, Nursing College, Salt Lake City, UT Adjunct Faculty at Broadview University, Nursing College, Salt Lake City, UT Subject Matter Expert at Western Governor’s University, Salt Lake City, UT |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Quarterly "Fixing the Foundation" Award – Hospira Yearly MVP Customer Centricity Award – Hospira |
| Medical / Professional |
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| Expert received his MD in 2008 and has worked in the medical field for the entirety of his career. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | Fluent |
| Italian | Fluent |
| Spanish | Fluent |