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Cerner Physician Community
Attendee Introduction
Welcome!
Please Note: Biographies received by October 1 are included.
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submit your biography. We will send out a soft copy of additional
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Fall CPC Meeting 2012
Aaronson, Barry, MD, FACP, SFHM
Title: Hospitalist and Associate Medical Director for
Clinical Informatics
Organization: Virginia Mason Medical Center
City, State: Seattle, WA
Specialty/Specialties: Internal Medicine/Hospitalist
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: AMIA/JAMIA
Brief Professional Biography:
Medicine residency, chief resident, Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Hos-
pitalist for 15 years/faculty for medicine residency, section head Hospitalist
service prior to switching to informatics. Completed National Library of Med-
icine fellowship in Biomedical Health Informatics at University of Washing-
ton in 2009 and have been working ½ time as hospitalist and ½ time as
Associate Medical Director for Clinical Informatics at Virginia Mason since.
Focus on use of real time group situational awareness to achieve 100%
compliance with quality and safety measures.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Particular interest/experience/expertise with mpages: 1) use of mpages for
custom summary pages, inpatient in particular, that allow for inflow docu-
mentation, ordering, and maintenance of diagnosis/problem list and 2) as
a tool to create a “quality safety dashboard (clinical andon board) in the
inpatient arena.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 10 yrs
Alsip, Jorge A., MD, MBA, CPE
Title: CMIO
Organization: UAB Health System
City, State: Birmingham, AL
Specialty/Specialties: Emergency Medicine
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Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: AMIA
Brief Professional Biography:
Education: BS in Biology (Alabama); MD (UAB); MBA (Alabama); Internal
Medicine Internship (UAB); Emergency Medicine Residency (Richland Me-
morial Hospital – now Palmetto Health).
I practiced emergency medicine full time in Mobile, Alabama for 19 years
and was the physician champion for our ED’s 1993 implementation of
voice recognition for documentation and 2004 implementation of a full
EDIS including CPOE. In 2005 I joined Cerner as a consulting physician
executive and was Medical Director of US Consulting when I left to accept
a position as UAB Health System’s CMIO in October 2011.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
During my 6 years as a Cerner associate my focus was on physician adop-
tion, especially PowerChart, FirstNet and PowerChart Ambulatory. While
at Cerner I also formed a FirstNet optimization team and spent a fair
amount of time performing assessments at client sites live with First-
Net. Before becoming their CMIO I worked with UAB Health System as a
Cerner consultant and helped implement PowerChart, CPOE, PowerNote,
PowerChart Maternity, and Meds Rec. We began rolling PowerChart Am-
bulatory (including CPOE, PowerNote and e-prescribing) out to our 150+
clinics in May 2011 and will complete the implementation later this year.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 7
Anderson, Colby, RN
Title: Physician Liaison/Clinical Informaticist
Organization: St. Joseph Mercy Health System
City, State: Ann Arbor, MI
Email: [email protected]
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 5 years
Ardis, Karen, MD, MA
Title: MIO, Baptist Easley Hospital; Medical Director Wound Care & Hyper-
baric Center
Organization: Baptist Easley Hospital (Palmetto Health)
City, State: Easley, SC
Specialty/Specialties: Fellow, American Board of Family Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
After completing my Family Medicine residency at Medical Center of Dela-
ware (now Christiana Care), I opened a rural family medicine office in Liber-
ty, SC. The practice thrived, and in 2005 we became the second practice in
the county to convert to EMR. As the hospital moved forward with steadily
rolling out the Cerner EMR, I decided to leave primary care and work as the
Physician Informatics Liaison, while still using the system clinically while
working as part-time Hospitalist and ED physician. My role has now been
redefined as MIO for Baptist Easley Hospital, and while I continue to work
PRN in ED and inpatient side, most of my current clinical work is in our
Wound Center.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
We started in 2003 with laboratory and radiology results and transcription
online, and have steadily added functionality to reach our current paperless
chart, both ED and inpatient. We are currently in the midst of converting all
our outpatient practices to PowerWorks, with expected completion date of
11/2012.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 9
Babitch, Leland A., MD, MBA
Title: Chief Medical Information Officer
Organization: Detroit Medical Center (Vanguard Health System)
City, State: Detroit, MI
Specialty/Specialties: Pediatrics
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: HISTalk
Brief Professional Biography:
Leland is a pediatrician by training, having gone to medical school at
Wayne State, and completing his residency at St. Louis Children's Hospi-
tal. He was in private practice for 3 years before returning to Detroit. He
went on to get his MBA from Michigan State, and went through several
positions at the DMC and the Department of Pediatrics at Wayne State,
including Administrative Fellow, Chief Compliance Officer, and Medical
Director for Ambulatory and Information Services. Eventually, he became
the first CMIO for the system of eight hospitals (1600 beds) in 2008 after
assisting in the successful launch of CPOE, nursing documentation,
closed-loop med scanning, etc. in 2006-2007. Leland still practices 1/2
day per week in a resident clinic, and supervises a team 2 weeks per year.
He lives in Birmingham, MI with his wife, a criminal defense attorney, and
two sons, 6 and 7.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Since assuming the position of CMIO in 1998, Leland has overseen the
launch of PowerNotes throughout the system, with over 120,000 created
each month. He is an end user of both PowerChart as well as Power-
Works, and is currently in the midst of a 2012 code upgrade. The DMC is
an early adopter of the St. John Sepsis rules as well as the alpha partner
for eQuality Check.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: DMC has been
a Millennium customer for 14 years, and Leland has been using the sys-
tem for 11 years. As "advanced users" the DMC has been at a HIMSS
Stage 6 since 2010
Banas, Colin, MD, MSHA
Title: CMIO
Organization: VCU Health System
City, State: Richmond, VA
Specialty/Specialties: Internal Medicine Hospitalist
Email: [email protected]
Twitter Name: @VCUHS_ONE_CMIO
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: AMDIS
Brief Professional Biography:
Colin Banas is an Internal Medicine Hospitalist and the Chief Medical Infor-
mation Officer for VCU Health System in Richmond, VA. He heads the Office
of Clinical Transformation, a unique group of clinicians and support staff
who drive innovation and optimization into the application of information
technology at the point of care. The clinician input architecture focuses on
6 core areas of interest: User experience, Online documentation, Electronic
orders, Clinical decision support, Clinical communication and Data Integrity
and analytics.
Having graduated from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, VA, Dr.
Banas went to work for Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in
2002. In 2008, while working at MCV as a Hospitalist for the Department
of Internal Medicine and as Medical Director for the Department of Care
Coordination, Dr. Banas received his Master of Science in Health Admin-
istration from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. He regular-
ly leads students in an online course in medical informatics.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Pretty good at CPOE, Discern Expert, Powerplans, Powernotes, mPages –
pretty much everything that is face-up for the docs (and some things that
are face down!)
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 10 years
Barger, Leslie, MD
Title: Physician Medical Director
Organization: Dignity Health, Mercy General Hospital
City, State: Sacramento, CA
Specialty/Specialties: Pulmonary/Critical Care
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
I attended Medical School at the University of Nevada, graduating in 1982. I
did my residency in Internal Medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University
in Portland, Oregon; Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at the Universi-
ty of Vermont, Burlington, VT. I have been in private practice with Mercy
Medical Group, within Catholic Healthcare West – now Dignity Health –
since 1991, in Sacramento, CA. My hospital affiliation is with Mercy Gen-
eral Hospital in Sacramento.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
5 hospitals in the Sacramento region, Sacramento Service Area/SSA,
went live with Cerner Millenium Power Chart on a single domain in March
2009, CPOE in September 2009, the upgrade in 2011 incorporated
mPages, MicroViewer, and electronic Med Reconciliation. We implement-
ed Power Notes starting in August 2011, ED Powernotes September
2012.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 4
Bashir, Muntazar, MD, MBChB, AMC, FRACGP, FRCP(UK), CPHIMS,
MBA (Dist.)
Title: Chairman and Consultant Family Physician
Organization: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (Gen.
Org.) - Jeddah
City, State: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Specialty/Specialties: Family Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Dr. Muntazar Bashir graduated from the University of Aberdeen Medical
School, in Aberdeen, Scotland, in July, 1990. After completing his intern-
ship in Bradford, England, he commenced General Practice training on
the Nottingham Vocational Training Scheme, Nottingham. In 1994 he trav-
elled to Australia, where he worked for two years on hospital rotations at
the Goulburn Valley Base Hospital in Shepparton, Victoria. He then worked
for four years as a full-time General Practitioner with admitting rights to
the local cottage hospital, in Echuca, Victoria. During his time at Echuca,
he passed the Australian Medical Council exam and the Royal Australian
College of General Practitioners fellowship exam, to become a Fellow of
the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
He returned to the United Kingdom in 1999 and passed the Royal College
of Physicians exam in July 2000. In September, 2000, he commenced
research at the University of Manchester and Manchester Royal Infirmary,
England. He moved to Jeddah in 2001, where he was appointed as an
Associate Consultant Family Physician, at King Faisal Specialist Hospital
and Research Centre. Two years later he was promoted to Consultant,
and since July, 2005, has been the Chairman of the Department of Family
Medicine. He has served the hospital as chairman on several important
committees (including the Medical Quality Management Committee and
Information Technology Task Force for the upcoming Mega-expansion of
the hospital) and since 2009 he has been the Chairman of the Cerner
Steering Committee. He passed his CPHIMS exam in July 2011, and com-
pleted his MBA with distinction in September 2011 from the Maastricht
School of Management, Holland.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Dr Bashir has been the Chairman of the Cerner Steering Committee in his
hospital since March, 2009. He has helped with the implementation of
Cerner Phase 2 (including Powerchart, FirstNet, Profile, Pharmnet, Radnet)
and the 2010 code upgrade. The King Faisal Specialist Hospital General
Organisation in Riaydh and Jeddah was awarded HIMSS Stage 6 status in
2012. He is currently working with implementation of Phase 3 (which will
including Helix, Outreach, Webconnect, AP image management, Laboratory
Imaging, Synoptic reporting, Infection Control, CPDI, MPages).
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 3.5
Beams, Terry
Title: Project Manager/Operations
City, State: Fontana, CA
Email: [email protected]
Bhushan, Adrien K., MD
Title: Chief Medical Informatics Officer
Organization: Memorial Hospital, a Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) facility
City, State: Chattanooga, TN
Specialty/Specialties: Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: AMIA, JAMIA, http://
dirkmd.blogspot.com
Brief Professional Biography:
I am a practicing hospitalist with a prior background in Healthcare IT Con-
sulting. I have both implemented, and used, various CPOE and electronic
documentation systems at different points in my career. I completed med-
ical school at the Medical College of Georgia, residency at Emory, and
chief residency at the University of Tennessee. I have been at Memorial
Hospital for 3 years, and am currently assisting in the implementation of
Cerner at our facility, as well as at multiple CHI facilities nationwide.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Minimal
Blackmer, Gayle M.
Title: Executive Director, Ambulatory Systems
Organization: Adventist Health
City, State: Roseville, CA
Specialty/Specialties: Multi
Email: [email protected]
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Cerner Power Chart Office and Power Chart Ambulatory, IQ Health
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 4
Bongers, Wendy, MD
Title: Corridor CMIO/Mayo Clinic Health System Physician Champion for
Patient Online Services
Organization: Mayo Clinic Health System
City, State: Faribault, MN
Specialty/Specialties: FP
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: Crucial Conversations
Brief Professional Biography:
Worked for Allina Medical Clinics for 8 years, and with Mayo Clinic Health
System (MCHS) now for over 1 year. Special interest in improving work-
flows both clinically and within the EMR. Corridor Chief Medical Information
Officer for Owatonna and Faribault sites. Also MCHS Physician Champion
for Patient Online Services and representative from MCHS Clinical Practice
Council on the Mayo E-Health Platform working on implementing online
patient services.
Boyer, R. Michael, DO, MS, FACOA
Title: Associate Professor
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology
Medical Director, Olson Ambulatory Surgical Center
Associate Medical Director, Clinical Information Services
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
My primary academic/administrative/clinical interest is in quality, infor-
mation systems, patient safety, care-pathways and administrative medicine
relating to; creating/supporting evidence-based approaches to patient care,
establishing standards, developing process/protocols to support the stand-
ards and globally reducing multidisciplinary practice variance. Thoughtfully
constructed and deployed; fully communicating, multidisciplinary-shared
electronic medical records positively impact healthcare outcome. Discrete
electronic medical record structure, via queryable data, and user-friendly
interface promote documentation to drive process.
Regarding anesthesia and electronic medical record documentation: An
AIMS (anesthesia information management system) consists of a complex
array of process and technology assembled to document perioperative pa-
tient care by anesthesia providers. An AIMS, and/or any electronic medical
record technology should be implemented with overall enhancement of
patient safety, care quality, multi-disciplinary healthcare provider communi-
cation, cost capture/containment, research potential and overall process
improvement as primary objectives.
Northwestern deployed Cerner Solutions:
PowerChart – CPOE/Meds Process, Physician Documentation, All
Nursing/Clinical Documentation, BMDI/I-View in (NICU, SICU, CCU), First-
Net, PowerChart Office, PharmNet, SurgiNet, Anatomic Pathology, RadNet,
PowerChart Local Access, Surginet Anesthesia
Bresnan, Paul, MD
Title: Medical Director of Informatics
Organization: Lakeland Regional Medical Center
City, State: Lakeland, FL
Specialty/Specialties: Internal Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue : John Halamka; http://
geekdoctor.blogspot.com/ ; AMDIS
Brief Professional Biography:
Education: BS in Premedical Science (Lehigh University); MD (Medical
College of Pennsylvania); Internal Medicine Residency (University of Mi-
ami/Jackson Memorial Hospital)
I have practiced General Internal Medicine for 24 years at the Watson
Clinic, a multi-specialty physician owned partnership in Lakeland, FL. Four
years ago, I started to work at my hospital half time in informatics. I now
work half time in my clinical practice and half time at the hospital where I
assist in EHR system design, clinical process analysis, quality improve-
ment and workflow optimization.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
I have assisted in the implementation of FirstNet, PowerNoteED, Surginet,
PowerChart Office, PowerChart Maternity, PowerChart Oncology, Power-
chart CPOE, IMO, PowerNote and Lighthouse. We have created over 400
PowerPlans to aid in our go live in June 2012.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 4 years
Buchman, Timothy G., PhD., MD, FACS, FCCP, MCCM
Title: Director
Organization: Emory Center for Critical Care
City, State: Atlanta, GA
Specialty/Specialties:Surgery, Critical Care
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: Society of Critical Care Medi-
cine website, www.sccm.org
Brief Professional Biography:
Dr. Buchman is the founding director of the Emory Center for Critical Care
(ECCC), which is integrating ICUs throughout the Emory Healthcare system
and bringing together clinicians and investigators from diverse disciplines
to conduct research to define best clinical practices and inform public
health policy. The center also houses Emory's training programs in critical
care anesthesiology, surgical critical care, and pulmonary/medical critical
care, including the critical residency for NP/PA providers.
Dr. Buchman is past president of the Shock Society , the Society for Com-
plexity in Acute Illness and the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the latter
being the largest organization of critical care professionals worldwide. His
research spans the bench-to-bedside continuum, including studies of physi-
ological dynamics, genetics of predisposition to sepsis and of ICU end-of-life
care. Before joining Emory, he served as professor of surgery and director
of acute and critical care surgery at Washington University School of Medi-
cine in St. Louis. Prior to his 15 years on the faculty at Washington Universi-
ty, Dr. Buchman directed the surgical intensive care unit and the trauma
center at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where he completed his sur-
gical training.”
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Dr. Buchman is collaborating with the Emory IS team and Cerner's Innova-
tion Engineers to develop the Body System View, which aims to conform the
displays more closely to the ways clinicians think in the critical care environ-
ment. This new presentation of data provides a body system based organi-
zation to the data. Within each system, the data are organized into the cur-
rent state of the patient, the processes driving that state (medications, de-
vices, other treatments), the goals for that body system and finally a win-
dow into order entry focused on interventions relevant to that body system.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 4
Burwell, David L., MD
Title: CMIO
Organization: Altoona Regional Health System
City, State: Altoona, PA
Specialty/Specialties: Family Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Twitter Name: @CMIOARHS
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: CMIO.net
Brief Professional Biography:
Solo Family Medicine physician who is the first CMIO of a mid-sized health
system. IT interests include data analytics, Big Data, and Predictive Ana-
lytics.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
None yet.
Butler, Linda, MD
Title: Chief Medical Officer, Vice President of Medical Affairs
Organization: Rex Healthcare
City, State: Raleigh, NC
Specialty/Specialties: Pediatrics
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Dr. Butler received her undergraduate degree from NC State University,
her Masters at the University of Florida and her Doctor of Medicine from
the University of North Carolina. She has worked at Rex Healthcare since
2009.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 10
Castellano, Penny Z., MD, FACOG
Title: Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs,
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medi-
cine; Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality Officer, The Emory Clinic
Organization: The Emory Clinic; Emory Healthcare
City, State: Atlanta Georgia
Specialty/Specialties: Gynecology and Obstetrics
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: AMIA
Brief Professional Biography:
On faculty at Emory since 1990
Multiple leadership roles including student clerkship director for Gyne-
cology and Obstetrics, Medical Director of Emory Clinic North and Chief
Medical Officer for Primary Care
Senior member of the Emory Clinic Executive Administrative Team
since 2001.
Functioned as MD lead for initial ambulatory implementation of Cerner
Millennium in 2005
Continue to function as physician executive lead for use and further
implementation of Cerner in the Ambulatory venues of the Emory Facul-
ty Practice
Serve in lead roles for quality reporting and quality improvement initia-
tives across The Emory Clinic
Current Physician Executive lead for eligible provider Meaningful Use
Initiatives
Current clinical focus is complicated menopausal medicine
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
All ambulatory functionality
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 20
Cauley, Dean, MD, FAAP
Title: Medical Informatics Physician
Organization: Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters
City, State: Norfolk, VA
Specialty/Specialties: Pediatrics
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
MD-University of Illinois. Pediatrics Internship & Residency-Eastern Virgin-
ia Medical School/Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters (Norfolk,
VA). I am currently in my 11th year of practice in general pediatrics, and
my 2nd year working part-time as a medical informatics physician for our
health system.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
I was a physician participant in build sessions with Cerner architects prior
to our health system's ambulatory Powerchart go-live in the fall of 2010.
My nine-physician practice was the 2nd of our general pediatric practices
to go-live, and I have worked extensively with our IS & IT colleagues in sup-
porting the employees of my practice and of other practices in our system
as they have switched from paper to Powerchart. Our ER has gone live for
physician documentation, our subspecialty clinics are next, and the inpa-
tient services will follow.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: Three.
Chamberlain, Jerry, RN
Title: Director of Information Technology
Organization: Fort HealthCare
City, State: Fort Atkinson, WI
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
During his tenure at Fort HealthCare, Mr. Chamberlain has overseen a
comprehensive big-bang transition and implementation of the EMR into
every clinic, outpatient treatment venue, and inpatient department at Fort
HealthCare Within months of this transition, Fort HealthCare was able to
attest for Meaningful Use Stage 1, show marked clinical and operational
improvements, and was recognized as a HIMSS Stage 7 award hospital.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 10+
Colorafi, Joseph, MD, FCCP, HCEMBA
Title: VP CMIO
Organization: Dignity Health
City, State: San Francisco, CA
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: JAMIA
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Cerner Inpatient, Cerner Ambulatory, Powerinsight
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 8 years
Conant, Reid F., MD, FACEP
Title: CMIO
Organization: Tri-City Emergency Medical Group
City, State: Oceanside, CA
Specialty/Specialties: Emergency Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
PowerNote, Dynamic Documentation, Dragon Medical, Physician Documen-
tation Adoption, CCL scripting, MPages, CPOE, Process Improvement using
Cerner Solutions.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 10
Dassenko, David, MD
Title: Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Care Unit (Cardiovascular OR,
Cath Lab, CVICU, Periop Center, Diagnostics)
Organization: Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
City, State: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Specialty/Specialties: Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesia and Cardiovas-
cular Critical Care
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Practicing pediatric anesthesia and critical care for over 25 years. In the
past 5 years have been involved in the creation and management of the
Cardiovascular Center at Children's Hospital. This center was created
from a busy cardiovascular surgery program already in existence. The
purpose of the center was to concentrate all cardiovascular services un-
der one roof with streamline processes and improve quality. This included
the construction of new space to house the new program.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Cerner EMR at Children's for over 10 years. We were one of the first pro-
grams to integrate iAware software into our daily CVICU practice.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 10 years (hospital
wide), 4 years (CVICU - i Aware).
Elek, Ken, MD, FAAFP
Title: CMIO
Organization: Memorial Hospital of South Bend, IN
City, State: South Bend, IN
Specialty/Specialties: Family Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Twitter Name: @memcmio
Brief Professional Biography:
12.5 years of private practice, 12.5 years of residency faculty and 2 years
of CMIO experience.
Engel, Michael, MD
President of the Medical Staff @ The Alaska Native Medical Center Acting
CMIO since Oct 2011 Cerner Go Live Attending Physician Pediatric Critical
Care Medicine
Eskridge, Bernard (Bernie), MD, FAAP, NRP Instructor
Title: General Pediatrician, Newborn Nursery Medical Director, Region 7
NEEF Asthma Champion, Orders Management Committee Co-Chair
Organization: University of Missouri Health Care
City, State: Columbia, MO
Specialty/Specialties: Pediatrics
Email: [email protected]
Twitter Name: @eskridgeb
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: AAP, APA
Brief Professional Biography:
I obtained my medical degree for the University of Louisville, KY and com-
pleted residency training in Pediatrics at the University of Missouri. I am an
Assistant Professor of Child Health at the University of Missouri where I
function as a general pediatrician who maintains a private clinic, supervises
some resident training, serves as the Newborn Nursery Medical Director,
and participates in medical student education. I also have roles in CPOE
orders management, patient health information records, and oversight of
our Millenium Product. Finally, I serve as a CDC funded NEEF Faculty Asth-
ma Champion in NEEF region 7 and an Academic Pediatric Association Re-
gion 6 Co-Chair.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
I participated extensively in our Ambulatory Roll-Out over the past year in-
cluding our current oncology roll out. I also Co-chair our Orders Manage-
ment Committee
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 8 years
Esther, James H., MD, MBA
Title: CMIO
Organization: St. Luke's Hospital
City, State: Chesterfield, Missouri
Specialties: Board Certified Internal Medicine, Board Certified Rheumatolo-
gy
Email: [email protected]
Cerner experience: Two years. We completed CPOE roll out in May, 2012
Fisher, Scott R., MD
Title: Chief Medical Information Officer
Organization: Health Quest System
City, State: Poughkeepsie, NY (also Rhinebeck, NY; Fishkill, NY; Carmel,
NY)
Specialty/Specialties: Anesthesiology, Primary Care, Medical Informatics
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: ACPE
Brief Professional Biography:
Nearly 20 years in clinical medicine, primarily anesthesiology, obstetric
anesthesiology (sub-specialty), and primary care in underserved areas.
Now 14 1/2 years full-time in Medical Informatics. Primary interests in
Change Management, Clinical Transformation, and Physician Adoption.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Interfaced with multiple Cerner Hospitals as Physician Executive with
VISICU; CMIO Mentor, Delano Regional Medical Center, Delano, CA; Asso-
ciate CMIO, Program Director, Ambulatory EMR Project, Children's Hospi-
tal Los Angeles
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 2.5
Fleming, Richard, MD
Title: HCDM Physician Lead
Organization: Mayo Clinic Health System
City, State: Mankato, MN
Specialty/Specialties: Family Practice
Email: [email protected]
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 3
Forrester, Alan, FACEM
Title: Network Director of Emergency Hastings Mcleay
Organization: Mid North Coast LHD
City, State: Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Specialty/Specialties: Emergency
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
10 years post training and have worked in New Zealand, Ireland and Aus-
tralia. Currently working in community hospital network in rural New South
Wales Australia. Chair the state FirstNet user group for public hospitals in
New South Wales.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 5 years
Freeman, Davidson L., MD
Title: Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Medical Co-Director Information Tech-
nology
Organization: Georgia Health Sciences University
City, State: Augusta, Georgia
Specialty/Specialties: Pediatrics
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Practice General Private Pediatrics for 18 years before joining GHSU 10
years ago
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Began with IT ~ 6 years ago has we began Cerner. Currently on 2007-19
code set, upgrading early 2013 to 2012. Currently using CPOE in Ambulato-
ry and Inpatient setting. Currently expanding documentation to include all
Ambulatory and Inpatient encounters. Beginning Surgi-Net/Lighthouse.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: ~6 years
Gaughan, Thomas J., MD
Title: Medical Director Physician Relations/Quality
Organization: Flagstaff Medical Center
City, State: Flagstaff, AZ
Specialty/Specialties: Psychiatry
Email: [email protected]
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 8 years
Gelin, John D., MD
Title: Physician Champion
Organization: Citrus Memorial Health System
City, State: Inverness, Florida
Specialty/Specialties: Family Practice Physician and Medical Director-
Hospice of Citrus County
Email: [email protected]
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Go Live two weeks with Cerner Power Works at office and pre-conversion
support as physician champion for the physician track at Citrus Memorial
Health System.
Graham, Justin, MD, MS
Title: CMIO
Organization: NorthBay Health System
City, State: Fairfield, CA
Specialty/Specialties: Infectious Disease
Email: [email protected]
Twitter Name: @jvghealthcare
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: HISTalk
Brief Professional Biography:
Informatics expert since 1998, and in CMIO roles since 2006. First major
job after training was consulting with Deloitte and acting as the lead phy-
sician for clinical content for Kaiser’s inpatient EHR deployment. Led the
CMS Doctor’s Office Quality – IT project that was the pilot program for
today’s RECs. Developed an enterprise architecture and HIT solution as
part of the remediation of California’s prison healthcare system. Provided
CMIO leadership consulting as part of Dearborn Advisors. Currently the
CMIO for NorthBay Healthcare in Fairfield, CA.
Board certified in infectious diseases with a master’s degree in biomedical
informatics. Trained at UC San Francisco, Harvard University and Stanford
University. Continuing to practice medicine as an infectious disease expert
at NorthBay and as Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
No Cerner expertise prior to coming to NorthBay in 2010, but now I feel I
know enough to be dangerous.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 2.5
Grassey, Amy, MBA
Title: Director Process Optimization
Organization: Community Physicians Group
City, State: Missoula, MT
Specialty/Specialties: Multi-Specialty and Primary Care
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
I have over 15 years of integrated practice operations experience and have
led several successful EMR implementations working with various vend-
ers. I have built teams to support provider and staff adoption and devel-
oped training curriculums to enhance the learning experience.
I recently transitioned to Community Physicians Group where my role has
now evolved into developing the optimization plan for EMR utilization and
workflow efficiencies. With that we are becoming a recognized PCMH pro-
gram and expanding our Disease Management and Health Management
opportunities.
Gupta, Hemant, MD, MSc.
Title: CMIO
Organization: Lourdes Hospital, Ascension Healthcare
City, State: Binghamton, NY
Specialty/Specialties: Internal Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: AMIA, AMDIS, HIMSS, CMI-
Onet
Brief Professional Biography:
I have worked in Health IT since 2006. I completed medical school at
UMASS Medical School and Medicine Residency at Rush Medical Center,
Chicago. I have been involved in the patient safety, medical education and
compliance fields. In 2008 I was an MIO at Holyoke Medical Center, Mas-
sachusetts rolling out CPOE and physician documentation in Meditech.
Since 2011 I have been a CMIO at Lourdes rollout out CPOE, Med Rec,
CDS alerts, Physician Documentation in Cerner. We use Allscripts in our
outpatient. We are MU Stage I attested this year. I have worked on devel-
oping > 500 ordersets. Trained over > 500 doctors and support staff. Ex-
tensively involved with Zynx. Currently pursuing my MBA focused on
healthcare with the ACPE. I am actively interested in mobile computing
(EMR, CPOE), and secure text messaging for healthcare entities.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
I have been involved with CERNER since 2011 working with Powerchart
and Firstnet applications. As a development and transformational leader
at our hospital.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 2
Heiderscheit, Jon, MD
Title: Regional Medical Information Officer
Organization: Mayo Clinic Health System, Franciscan Healthcare
City, State: Onalaska, Wisconsin
Specialty/Specialties: Family Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine,
1995. Completed La Crosse-Mayo Family Medicine Residency, 1998.
Worked 7 ½ years practicing family medicine in Henderson, NC for Duke
University Affiliated Physicians. Returned to Franciscan Skemp Healthcare
(now MCHS) near La Crosse in 2007. Currently practicing family medicine
physician in Onalaska and serving as Associate Regional Medical Infor-
mation Officer since 2011.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Leading development of mobility strategy for MCHS. Led ambulatory CPOE
roll-out for Franciscan Healthcare. Active participant in Cerner Ambulatory
Council.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: four
Hill, Peter C., MD, FACP, FACCP
Title: CMIO
Organization: MedStar Washington Hospital Center
City, State: Washington DC
Specialty/Specialties: Pulmonary Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Currently preparing to implement CPOE, iView documentation and First Net
across a 7 hospital system
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 2
Hitch, Todd, MT (ASCP)
Title: Sr. Application Analyst
Organization: Fort HealthCare
City, State: Fort Atkinson, WI
Specialty/Specialties: Physician Adoption, Pharmacy, Image capture, mobili-
ty, laboratory
Email: [email protected]
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 26 years
Holland, William W., MD
Title: Senior Director of Physician Informatics
Organization: Banner Health
City, State: Phoenix, AZ
Specialty/Specialties: Family Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: AAFP
Brief Professional Biography:
Education: BS in Microbiology (Texas A&M); MD (Baylor College of Medi-
cine); Family Medicine Residency (Banner Good Samaritan Family Medi-
cine Residency); Medical Informatics MBL/NLM Course Fellow Certificate.
Banner Health is an integrated care delivery system with 23 hospitals and
80+ clinics over 7 states. I am a practicing Family Physician, who over the
past 3 years has been involved in the implementation and meaningful
adoption of electronic health records in the ambulatory space for Banner
Health. I am now the Senior Director for Physician Informatics focused on
integrating our Informatics strategy across our inpatient, ambulatory, and
ACO populations.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
We have been using Cerner solutions since 1993 and are utilizing multiple
Cerner products including PathNet, RadNet, PharmNet, SurgiNet, Power-
Chart, PowerOrders, MPages, PowerNote, and FirstNet across 23 inpatient
facilities. We have achieved HIMSS Analytics Level 7 at 18 of our facilities
and have attested for Stage 1 of MU at all of our eligible hospitals.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: Banner has been
using Cerner solutions for 19 years.
Hoppe, Natalie, RN, CNP
Title: Certified Nurse Practitioner
Organization: Mayo Clinic Health System
City, State: Mankato, MN
Specialty/Specialties: Cardiology
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: Up-To-Date, ACC.
Brief Professional Biography:
I have been a registered nurse since 1992 and a certified nurse practition-
er since 1998. I worked as a Family Nurse Practitioner at a Health Partners
Clinic (HMO) from 1999 to 2005. EPIC was implemented while I was there,
and I was the site EPIC Provider Champion throughout my employment. We
moved as a family to Mankato in 2005, when I joined the Mayo Clinic
Health System and have been working as an Acute Care Cardiology Nurse
Practitioner since then.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
I have always had an interest in the EMR and its integration into patient
care. I have been involved with the EMR committee at Mayo Clinic Health
System for 2 years. We will be going live with inpatient CPOE in less than
one year. As the majority of my care is in the inpatient setting, I am contin-
uing to try to advance my knowledge and skill in that setting. One example
is the Medication Depart Committee that I am involved with to address De-
part Medication concerns and patient safety.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 2 plus.
Hugman, Andrew, MB, BS, FACEM, FCEM
Title: Emergency Physician (Consultant); Pre-Hospital Care and Retrieval
Medicine Specialist (Consultant)
Organization: Prince of Wales Hospital Aeromedical & Medical Retrieval Ser-
vices, Ambulance Service of New South Wales
City, State: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Specialty/Specialties: Emergency Medicine; Pre-Hospital Care and Retrieval
Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Favourite Physician or Industry Online Venue: www.lifeinthefastlane.com
Brief Professional Biography:
A Brit who has moved to Australia over a decade ago, but still supports the
English rugby & cricket sides. An Emergency Physician who enjoys splitting
time between a busy metropolitan Sydney Emergency Department & being
a state wide duty consultant for pre-hospital & retrieval for the New South
Wales Ambulance Service. Keen technophile and early adopter & embrac-
es a closer interface of clinical medicine & technology, particularly in the
fields of emergency medicine, tele-medicine & remote & disaster medicine.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Powerchart (since 1999), FirstNet (since approx. 2003). Recently orches-
trated the conversion of a metropolitan ED into a near-paperless environ-
ment with ClinDoc in FirstNet.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 13 years
Iriana, Sarah, MD
Title: Practice site medical director for general pediatrics; Clinical lead team
for ambulatory EMR implementation
Organization: Penn State Hershey Medical Center
City, State: Hershey, PA
Specialty/Specialties: Pediatrics
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
I attended medical school at University of Vermont College of Medicine and
have been a practicing pediatrician for 17 years. I started working on the
design and implementation of our ambulatory EMR 1 1/2 years ago. Our
institution is in the process of a rolling outpatient go-live and currently all of
our primary care sites and some of our specialty clinics are live with other
specialty sites currently rolling out.
Izard, Stephen R., MD, PhD
Organization: Palmetto Health
City, State: Columbia, SC
Specialty/Specialties: Internal Medicine with open access, ie no appoint-
ment required
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
I received MS, Ph.D. and M.D. degrees and am board certified in internal
medicine. I have been inn an open access general medicine practice for
27 years
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
I have only been with Cerner for 6 months and consider myself to be a ca-
pable user but need to improve my efficiency
Jackson, Rene, BSN, RN
Title: Clinical Informatics Manager
Organization: University of Illinois Hospital and Health Science System
City, State: Chicago, IL
Specialty/Specialties:
Email: [email protected]
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
PowerChart, PowerNote, Lighthouse CQM, Meaningful Use Objectives, ,
FirstNet, PowerNote ED, iView, Care Aware, Medication Reconciliation, De-
part Process, Message Center, CPOE, M-Pages, BCMA, Autotext
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 16
Jarvis, Vincent N., MD, MPH
Title: CMO
Organization: New York Hotel Trades Employee Benefit Funds
City, State: NY NY
Specialty/Specialties: ABIM, AAHIVM, ASAM,
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
CMO for the NY Hotel Trades Employee Benefit Funds for three years, Over
two decades of Physician Executive Leadership, Focus on Delivery of High
Quality Comprehensive Medical Care
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Lead to over 50 PCPs and 150 Specialists to document care. Lead to en-
tire organization (about 1,000 staff) for Cerner Upgrade. Drive Quality.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 3 years
Jennings, Tripp, MD, FACEP
Title: CMIO
Organization: Palmetto Health Quality Collaborative
City, State: Columbia, SC
Specialty/Specialties: Emergency Medicine, Biomedical Informatics
Email: [email protected]
Twitter Name: @trippjennings
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: social media,
www.trippjennings.com
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 10
Jibrin, Ismail Musa, MD, PG Dip., FACP, FSHM
Title: Medical Director of Hospitalist Service and Clinical Assistant Professor
of Medicine
Organization: Verde Valley Medical Center
City, State: Cottonwood, AZ
Specialty/Specialties: Internal Medicine/ Hospitalist
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: AMIA
Brief Professional Biography:
I have been engaged with Hospital Patient Care for 22 years. I provide
comprehensive Internal Medicine care to inpatients. As an administrator, I
oversee and guide operations of the whole hospitalist services. Also, I
serve as a physician lead in introducing, and evaluating cutting edge
healthcare IT solutions.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
CPOE, Powerplans, Powerchart, M Pages, Meaningful Use, and Solution
Expert.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 5
Johnson, James, MD
Title: Chair, Quality Assurance Committee Chair, Quality Outcomes Commit-
tee
Organization: Tri City Medical Center
City, State: Oceanside, Ca
Specialty/Specialties: Anesthesiology
Email: [email protected]
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 2 years
Johnston, Laura, RN
Title: Clinical Analyst
Organization: Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
City, State: Seattle, Washington
Specialty/Specialties: Oncology
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Registered nurse working in nearly all venues and age ranges for 30+
years; Started at Cerner in 2002; returned to client status at SCCA in 2011
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
PowerNote specialist, CPOE, PowerPlans, Clinical documentation;
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 9
Joseph, Craig, MD
Title: CMIO
Organization: Agnesian HealthCare
City, State: Fond du Lac, WI
Specialty/Specialties: Pediatrics
Email: [email protected]
Twitter Name: @craigjoseph
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: Mr. HISTalk (www.histalk.com)
Brief Professional Biography:
I received my Bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of
Miami. My medical degree is from Wayne State University, and I completed
my pediatrics residency at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan. I practiced
primary care pediatrics for eight years in suburban Detroit. I joined Epic
Systems Corp. as a physician informaticist in 2005, helping to develop
their “Model System” content and configuration, as well as working with
their customer physician executives to maximize use of the electronic
health record.
In late 2011, I became the first CMIO at Agnesian HealthCare, a three-
hospital system with a large multispecialty physician group in central Wis-
consin. We’ve been live with multiple Cerner solutions since 2005, but we
are just now implementing CPOM system wide.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
PowerChart, CPOM, medication reconciliation
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: One
Klejka, Joseph A., MD
Title: YKHC Corporate Medical Director
Organization: Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation
City, State: Bethel, Alaska
Specialty/Specialties: Family Practice
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Originally born in Cleveland, Ohio, Joe completed his graduate medical ed-
ucation at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in Root-
stown, Ohio. Prior to coming to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in 1992, he
completed a 3-year Family Practice residency in Canton, Ohio. Since 1992,
Joe has worked for YKHC, first as a staff physician, then as Clinical Direc-
tor, and since 1996 as the Corporate Medical Director. He is Board Certi-
fied in Family Medicine. He also serves as a board member of the Alaska
Primary Care Association, a non-profit agency serving Community Health
Centers throughout Alaska.
In addition, Joe was elected to the Bethel City Council first in October of
2009 and again in 2011 both times he was elected mayor by the members
of council. Joe has lived in Bethel since 1992 with his wife Jackie and sev-
en children. He and his family have a 20-dog kennel and participate in
local and state dogsled races. His oldest daughter, Jessica, won the 2008
Junior Iditarod Sled Dog Race, and his oldest son, Jeremiah, won the 2011
Junior Iditarod Sled Dog Race.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: Going live January
28, 2013
Klevens, Michael, MD, FAAEM
Title: Emergency Physician, Director of Emergency Cardiac Services, Physi-
cian Architect Medical Informatics
Organization: St. Luke's Hospital
City, State: St. Louis, MO
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
B.A. Economics and History, Emory University; Commercial Banker, Mark
Twain Bank; M.D. MCP Hahnemann; Emergency Medicine Residency: Tem-
ple University; Assistant Professor Washington University School of Medi-
cine 2003-2005; Emergency Physician St. Luke's Hospital 2005-current
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
FirstNet 2007-current; Physician Architect CPOE and PowerChart for hospi-
tal wide roll out 2011-current
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 5
Krenn, Louis, MD
Title: CMIO
Organization: CoxHealth
City, State: Springfield, MO
Specialty/Specialties: Family Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Twitter Name: @louiskrennmd
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: Up-To-Date
Brief Professional Biography:
I attended medical school at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences,
followed by Family Medicine residency at CoxHealth. I have practiced fami-
ly medicine at CoxHealth Center Willard in Willard, MO for the past 8 years.
I have been involved with our EMR development since joining Cox as a resi-
dent, officially becoming CMIO in 2009.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
CoxHealth has been live with Cerner 15+ years including PowerChart,
PowerNote, CPOE, MPages, FirstNet (1 ED), SurgiNet, PathNet, Rad-
Net, Medication Reconciliation (limited), Depart, IView (limited), CareA-
ware, eMAR, POI, and Message Center. Coming soon - complete FirstNet
implementation, PowerChart Maternity, full Ambulatory rollout, and any-
thing else we can get our hands on.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 11
Kricheff, Mark, MD, MPH, FAAEM
Title: Medical Director (MHIN); Attending physician (SJRMC)
Organization: Michiana Health Information Network (MHIN) and St. Joseph
Regional Medical Center (SJRMC)
City, State: South Bend, IN and Mishawaka, IN
Specialty/Specialties: Clinical Informatics and Emergency Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Twitter Name: @TheLazyK
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: UpToDate
Brief Professional Biography:
Dr. Kricheff has been practicing emergency medicine full-time since
1994. Dr. Kricheff received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Film and Tel-
evision from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a minor in
computer science. Before medical school he worked as a page for the
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and at the ABC owned and operat-
ed station WPLJ-FM in radio promotions; he also worked in TV production
for ABC, MTV, VH-1 and other independent and commercial projects while
completing a post-bachelor’s pre-med program at Hunter College-City Uni-
versity of New York. His M.D. degree was received from Upstate Medical
Center in Syracuse, New York. He completed his residency in emergency
medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia in 1997
and he became a Fellow of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine
in 1999. After residency he practiced in the Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale, Flori-
da area before moving to his wife’s home state of Indiana in 2003. He
received his MPH degree in Public Health Informatics from the University of
Illinois at Chicago in 2007 at which time he joined the clinical advisory
team at the Michiana Health Information Network (MHIN). He was one of
two Medical Directors of Clinical Informatics at St. Joseph Regional Medical
Center (South Bend-Mishawaka, IN) during their enterprise-wide implemen-
tation of CPOE from 2007 to 2009. In 2011 Dr. Kricheff became medical
director for MHIN. In his spare time he enjoys parenting young children,
food strategy, digital photography, and chicken wrangling.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
I have used FirstNet and PowerChart clinically in my ED since our go-live 4
years ago and I've been using PowerNoteED exclusively for about one
year. With MHIN I've been using PowerChart view-only clinically for 6
years.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: Six
Krumholz, Alan J., MD, FAAP, DFACMQ
Title: VP Practice Development and Regional CMIO
Organization: Mayo Clinic Health System SW-WI Region
City, State: La Crosse WI
Specialties: Pediatrics, Quality Assurance
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Previous roles include: Pediatric Residency and Chief Resi-dent U. Mass
Medical Center; Assoc Prof of Pedi UMMC; Pediatric Practice 15 years; Sen-
ior Medical Director BCBS of Mass; Medical Director UVa Healthplan; Assoc
Prof Health Evaluation Sciences at UVa; Informatics Instructor at the Infor-
matics Institute.
Present roles include: Medical Director Health Tradition Health Plan; CMIO
and physician lead for SE region MCHS; Physician Lead MCHS Quality Out-
comes; Lead Physician on Humedica database project; President American
College of Medical Quality and representative to NQF and PCPI
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 4
Kunz, Keary P., MD
Title: CMIO
Organization: Central Washington Hospital
City, State: Wenatchee, WA
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
My first career was as an electrical engineer for GE. I am currently a GP
who has worked in an orthopedic office for 25 years, assisting in surgery
and seeing patients for musculo-skeletal or sports medicine problems.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
I served on the physician advisory group during the build process and then
moved to the CMIO position approximately a year and a half ago.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 2.5
Kussel, Sara M., MSA, BSN, RN, NE-BC
Title: Director of Clinical Informatics
Organization: Rutland Regional Medical Center
City, State: Rutland, Vermont
Specialty/Specialties: Clinical Informatics
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
I have been a healthcare professional for 17 years, currently leading an
Informatist team for Rutland Regional Medical Center, an acute care hospi-
tal, outpatient services and clinics.
Previously I practiced in women’s’ health as the Director of Women’s and
Children’s Services.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 2 years.
Kutz, Stacy
Title: Education Specialist / Physician Concierge
Organization: Fort HealthCare
City, State: Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Stacy Kutz, Education Specialist, Started with participation in the build and
implementation for CareNet solution for Fort HealthCare’s endeavor to the
Cerner EMR. She has since grown into a full-time educator for staff and
providers on the EMR implementation and ongoing utilization. Her current
focus includes performing in the capacity of a “physician concierge educa-
tor” to assist with troubleshooting and long term provider adoption.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
I have experience in multiple Cerner Solutions including but not limited to;
PowerChart, CPOE, Physician Documentation, ePrescribing, Powernote,
PowerOrders, PowerPlans, and Message Center.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 2
Lehman, Anna, MPAS, PA-C
Title: Physician Assistant
Organization: Mayo Clinic Health System
City, State: Menomonie, WI
Specialty/Specialties: Family Medicine, Emergency/Urgent Care, Healthcare
Informatics
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: AAPA (American Academy of
Physician Assistants)
Brief Professional Biography:
I received my bachelors degree in Biology from University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse in December of 2003. I received my masters degree in Physician
Assistant Studies from University of Wisconsin-La Crosse/Gundersen Lu-
theran Medical Center/Mayo Clinic of Health Sciences in May of 2006. I
began working at Mayo Clinic Health System-Red Cedar in Menomonie, WI
in August of 2006. Initially, I worked full time in patient care, splitting my
time between Family Medicine and Emergency/Urgent Care. In prepara-
tion for our EMR go live in March 2010, I started to provide support for
providers in relation to the EMR. Since 2010, I have been working ½ time
in patient care and ½ time in Healthcare Informatics.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
I work both in Powerchart and FirstNet as both a provider giving patient
care, as well as giving provider support with our EMR. I attend many meet-
ings, conference calls, etc with the Mayo Clinic Health System helping to
improve our Cerner product(s).
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 2-3 years (our go live
was March 2010)
Logue, Amanda C., MD
Title: Hospitalist / CMIO
Organization: Lafayette General Medical Center
City, State: Lafayette, LA
Specialty/Specialties: Internal Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
I attended medical school at LSU-Shreveport and subsequently did my In-
ternal Medicine residency at University of Tennessee in Memphis. I stayed
for a fourth year as a chief resident and then took a position at Lafayette
General Medical Center as a full-time hospitalist in 2009.
Since taking this position I have become the Hospitalist Medical Director.
After Lafayette General decided to continue the EMR project with Cerner,
we went live in January 2012. Soon after, I took a position with the hospital
as CMIO. I currently work half-time as a rounding hospitalist and the direc-
tor and half-time as the CMIO.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 7 years using Cerner
for viewing data only and less than 1 year using full CPOE and documenta-
tion.
Lundeen, Peter, MD
Title: Physician Solutions Architect
Organization: Spectrum Health
City, State: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Specialty/Specialties: Family Practice
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
30 years of primary care in Family Medicine
Multiple leadership roles at Spectrum Health, former medical staff
president, past VPMA, past member of Spectrum Health Board ,Priority
Health board, and past family practice department chairman
10 years experience in variety of roles within IT department supporting
deployment of Cerner functionality for the medical staff
Past 4 years focused on implementation, deployment and support of
CPOE, electronic meds rec, Depart Process at all Spectrum Health hos-
pitals
Focused effort on optimization of electronic workflow for inpt clinicians
(particular focus on hospitalists) within Cerner and related inpt applica-
tions at Spectrum Health
Continue to practice part-time as a hospitalist
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Deep level knowledge of CPOE/Meds Rec/Depart Process/Powerchart
functionality
Extensive experience with Mpage functionality both standard Cerner
content, in addition to building/deployment/support of a variety of cus-
tom Mpages within Spectrum Health
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 10 years
Majoor, Jennifer, MBBS, MHA, PhD, FRACMA, FAFPHM, FRANZCP
Title: Clinical Director ehcare, Consultant Psychiatrist
Organization: Eastern Health
City, State: Melbourne, Australia
Specialty/Specialties: Psychiatry, Public Health, Medical Administration
Email: [email protected]
Major, Alexis, MD
Title: ACH Hospitalist and CPOE, PowerNote and IT Physician Support
Organization: All Children’s Hospital
City, State: St. Petersburg, Florida
Speciality/Specialties: Pediatrics
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
I am a Pediatric Hospitalist and IT physician support liaison who has been
practicing medicine for 8 years and providing IT support for 6 years at my
current employer, All Children’s Hospital. In my time working with IT I have
been involved in CPOE implementation, Power Note Development, voice
recognition implementation in the EC and participating in ongoing teaching
of the medical staff in several of the Cerner Products that we are currently
utilizing.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
As above. I would consider myself a super end user of Power Chart, CPOE,
Power Notes and First Net with emphasis on Power Notes in both helping
to create them and in educating the medical staff in how to efficiently use
them.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 7 years.
Malnar, Gerry, MD, MBA
Title: Medical Director, Women’s Care Clinics at Truman Medical Center
Organization: University Physician Associates
City, State: Kansas City, MO
Specialty/Specialties: Gynecology and Obstetrics
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: asq.org
Brief Professional Biography:
After completing residency at Emory University, founded The Women’s Cen-
ter of Metro East, a private Ob/Gyn practice in greater St. Louis, MO. After
practicing 11 years, I transitioned to academic practice at University of Mis-
souri – Kansas City. I currently serve as medical director for Women’s Care
Services at Truman Medical Center and we are in the process of re-
engineering our office practice.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
We are currently adapting the OB Tracker to facilitate clinic operations.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 10 years
Manakas, Christopher, MD
Title: Urologist
Organization: Fort Healthcare, Urology Associates
City, State: Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
Specialty/Specialties: Urology
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Born and raised in the Chicago area, I pursued a degree in Chemistry and
Liberal Arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I attended
the Indiana University School of Medicine where I earned my MD and de-
cided to pursue a career in the 'best' surgical speciality, Urology.
I completed my training in Urologic Surgery at the University of Wisconsin
Madison Department of Urology in 2010 and joined Fort Healthcare Urolo-
gy Associate shortly thereafter. In an effort to maintain and academic con-
nection to the University of Wisconsin, I have maintained a fully privileged
Clinical Professor appointment that allows me to full advantage of the state
-of-the-art facilities there while maintaining a thriving rural Urologic practice
at home. My wife Catherine and I live in Fort Atkinson with our two young
boys, Frank and Michael.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
My organization was already committed to Cerner when I began my career.
With a little over one year under our belts, our Urology practice has become
an example of efficient EMR use for our organization. We have made sig-
nificant changes to our own office staff and personnel to fully leverage the
capability of the EMR and improve efficiencies as much as possible.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: One year
Margolis, Steve, MD, M.MED. FCS, BS.IS, MBA
Title: AVP, CMIO
Organization: Adventist Health
City, State: Roseville, CA
Specialty/Specialties: Head and neck surgery
Email: [email protected]
Twitter Name: @SteveMargolis1
Brief Professional Biography:
Steve Margolis, MD joined Adventist Health in November, 2010 as the
CMIO. Prior to working at Adventist Health, Dr. Margolis was the CMIO of
Orlando Health for six years, worked in the Clinical Transformation
Healthcare Division for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, and consulted in the
Strategy and Life Sciences Division at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
A Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Dr. Margolis earned his medical de-
gree at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and a master’s degree in
Medicine (Otology and Laryngology) from the University of Natal in Durban,
South Africa. He completed his Fellowship in Surgery from the College of
Medicine in Cape Town, South Africa, and holds a graduate honors degree
in Information Systems and an MBA.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
PowerChart
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 2 years
Margolskee, Howard R., MD
Title: EMHS eQuest Medical Director
Organization: Eastern Maine HealthCare Systems
City, State:Brewer, Maine
Specialty/Specialties: Internal Medicine/Informatics
Email:[email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Howard Margolskee, MD began sharing his time between Eastern Maine
Medical Center as the interim CMIO and Eastern Maine Health Care Sys-
tems as the eQuest Medical Director. Dr. Margolskee is very interested in
the benefits of the EMR in practice for standardization, Meaningful Use
and clinical decision support for evidence based practices. Prior to joining
EMMC/EMHS, Dr. Margolskee served as the Medical Director of Outpatient
Services at Sebasticook Valley Hospital (SVH) as well as CMO. He has been
using EMR in his practice since 1995.
Dr. Margolskee completed his Internal Medical training in 1981 at
Westchester County Medical Center after graduating cum laude from the
Catholic University of Louvain in Louvain, Belgium. His early career includ-
ed Assistant Director of Clinical Research for Revlon Health Care Group,
Associate Director of Clinical Research for Lederle Laboratories, Chief of
Staff at SVH, Chair of Quality Assurance Committee, and Lead Physician for
the eQuest Project. He has had presentations at ASCO and Michigan State
University and had had work published from this research on DDAVP.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 1-5 years
McGinnis, Patrick, MD, MS, MBA
Title: Director of Medical Informatics
Organization: Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center
City, State: Houston, TX
Specialty/Specialties: Aerospace Medicine / Internal Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: HISTalk http://histalk2.com/
Brief Professional Biography:
BS from Xavier University, Cincinnati OH. MD from University of Ken-
tucky. Aerospace Medicine at Wright State University, Dayton OH. Internal
Medicine at UTMB, Galveston TX. MS in Health Informatics from UT Hou-
ston Health Sciences Center. MBA from Georgetown. Ten years of experi-
ence with NASA Johnson Space Center as a Flight Surgeon. Over 25 years
experience with the US Air Force, mostly as a Flight Surgeon. Twelve years
experience in Healthcare IT, beginning with the implementation of an EMR
for NASA; followed by 5 years with Cerner and nearly 3 years with Memorial
Hermann.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
I have been involved with implementation and use of several different
Cerner solutions, but my work at Memorial Hermann is on the inpatient
side, primarily with the use of PowerChart and FirstNet.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 8 years
McKenna, Sean, MD
Title: Assistant Professor of General Pediatrics
Organization: Children's Hospital of Richmond (VCU)
City, State: Richmond, VA
Specialty/Specialties: General Pediatrics, Medical Informatics
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Undergrad at University of Notre Dame- 1995; Med School at University of
Illinois- 1999; Residency at University of Chicago- 2002; First and only clini-
cal appointment at Children's Hospital of Richmond where I work primarily
in the outpatient clinics but also cover the nursery and wards; Medical In-
formatics since 2006. Focus on Physician Documentation.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Powerchart since 2005; Currently 2012 code; 100% inpatient CPOE; Near
100% Provider Documentation online
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 8
Mellin, D.T. (Tom), MD
Title: CMIO
Organization: Beacon Health System, Elkhart General Hospital
City, State: Elkhart, IN
Specialty/Specialties: Internal Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Undergraduate: DePauw University, 1972. Medical School: Indiana Univer-
sity School of Medicine, 1976. Residency: University of New Mexico, 1976
- 1979. ABIM, 1979. Elkhart Clinic 1979 - 2010 General IM and Hospital-
ist practice. Our hospital just affiliated with South Bend Memorial Hospital
to form Beacon Health System. Memorial has been a Cerner client for
many years, we are moving from McKesson to Cerner in 2013.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Newly appointed physician champion/CMIO as we move to adopt Cerner as
our CIS and roll out CPOE.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: I am a real newbie.
Mells, Cary, MD
Title: Medical Director
Organization: Tri-City Emergency Medical Group
City, State: Oceanside, CA
Specialty/Specialties: Emergency Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 8
Metcalfe, Tracee, MD
Title: CMIO and Medical Director Adult Hospitalist Program
Organization: Vail Valley Medical Center
City, State: Vail, CO
Specialty/Specialties: Internal Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 7
Miller, Katrina, MD
Title: CIS- Medical Director
Organization: Adventist Health West
City, State: Roseville, CA
Specialty/Specialties: Family Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Twitter Name: @drgroovy
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: Connect.ah.org
Brief Professional Biography:
Katrina Miller, M.D. is a Family Physician who currently serves as Clinical
Information Systems Medical Director for Adventist Health, West. She
trained in Quality Management through American College of Physician Ex-
ecutives, and has chaired multiple inpatient and ambulatory quality and
peer review committees. She is Diplomate of the American Board of Family
Medicine and Assistant Professor through USC’s Keck School of Medicine,
having served as faculty in Residency programs, Medical and Physician
Assistant Schools. She is Fellow of the National Institute for Program Di-
rector’s Development (NIPDD) and Pre-Doctoral Director’s Institute (PDDI).
Her BA is from Reed College in Portland, OR, MD from EVMS in Norfolk,
Virginia and residency was at UCLA-Westwood. In 2011 Dr. Miller was hon-
ored to receive the Glendale, CA “Women in Business Award for Science
and Technology”.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Powerchart - User, Designer, Tester. PowerNote, CPOE, PowerPlans, CDS.
Knowledgable on FirstNet, PharmNet, SurgiNet, RadNet, PathNet, BCMA,
PPID, Powerchart Maternity, Powerchart Oncology.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 3
Minior, Devin N., MD, MBA, FACEP
Title: Physician Advisor – Applied Clinical Informatics for EM
Organization: Banner Health
City, State: Phoenix, AZ
Specialty/Specialties: Emergency Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: ACEP, AMDIS
Brief Professional Biography:
BS in Molecular Biology (UPenn); MD (Tufts University); MBA (Brandeis
Univ./Northeastern Univ.); Emergency Medicine Residency (Albany Medical
Center). I currently practice emergency medicine full time for three years in
Phoenix, AZ, and help staff three Banner Health EDs. Vice-chief of staff
and credentialing director at Banner Ironwood Medical Center.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
System wide lead Banner Health ED Clinical Consensus subgroup on First-
Net EMR issues, as well as lead Banner Health Vision Team on ED IT for
risk management purposes. Recent issues addressed include ED *2G PN
conversion project, CPOE, physician documentation, update and creation of
new order sets, customized discharge instructions, meaningful use, clinical
decision support.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 3 years
Misulis, Karl E., MD, PhD
Title: CMIO West Tennessee Healthcare & Clinical Professor at Vanderbilt
University School of Medicine
Organization: West Tennessee Healthcare
City, State: Jackson TN
Specialty/Specialties: Neurology, Hospital medicine
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: Facebook
Brief Professional Biography:
My first foray into IT was as an undergraduate Physics major writing in
FORTRAN and WATFOR, eventually transition to MASM and C long before
most Cerner associates were born. Over the years, I moved from Physics to
Physiology and Pharmacology, studying ways to improve the sequelae of
spinal cord and peripheral nerve trauma and to protect against neurotox-
ins, still with computer-intensive tasks and writing my own interfaces and
analytic applications. While the clinical side of my practice has always
been hospital-based, I transitioned my nonclinical efforts from medical
research to IT about 15 years ago. I was first involved in some of the
groundwork of Vanderbilt’s primordial EMR and PACS efforts and now am
CMIO at West Tennessee Healthcare where we have completed the conver-
sion to CPOE and physician documentation, meeting MU and HIMSS level 6
standards.
Outside of medical practice and teaching, I have published 17 books
(number 18 coming out this January from Oxford University Press), raised
two great boys with my biochemist-wife, play keyboards with a local rock
band, and do comedy and lectures on cruise ships. Life is good. Carpe di-
em!
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
West Tennessee Healthcare uses Powerchart, Firstnet, Powerchart mater-
nity, Pharmnet, among others. I was integrally involved in design,build,
training, and rollout of these applications. My band even played for the
post-launch celebration for Powerchart/Firstnet.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: Discussions with
Cerner since 2004, using daily since 2008.
Morris, William Arthur (Art), MD
Title: Assistant Medical Director for Family Medicine, CANOPY Electronic
Medical Records
Organization: Carolinas HealthCare System
City, State: Charlotte, NC
Specialty/Specialties: Family Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Twitter Name: @doctorartmorris
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: uCern
Brief Professional Biography:
Received medical degree from LSUMC, Shreveport, Louisiana and complet-
ed residency under direction of former AAFP President, Jack Stelmach, MD
at Goppert Family Care Center, Baptist Medical Center, Kansas City, Mis-
souri. Full time physician with Barnett Family Practice, Indian Land, South
Carolina, a part of Carolinas HealthCare System, since 1992 and the prac-
tice medical director since 2005. Additionally, served Springs Memorial
Hospital, Lancaster, SC as Physician Advisor and Chief of Staff as well as
focused projects in utilization review and credentialing.
Since 2010 have represented ~150 family physicians as part of Carolina’s
CANOPY EMR team. Our Ambulatory Health Information Team integrates
physician, practice management and Information Systems members to
provide testing, advice, and oversight re: configuration, pilots, implementa-
tion and training for ~1100 ambulatory physicians (over 200 practices) in
the CHS system.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Have been fully live with PowerChart in our office since 2008, including
eRx, except for CPOE for orders/charges. Our office will be one of the Am-
bulatory Pilots for CPOE beginning October 30th before rolling out to all CHS
ambulatory providers in 2013. Participating in the design of Med Rec and
Dynamic Doc projects.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: Four
Nutinsky, Charles, DO, FACOS, MMM
Title: VICE PRESIDENT OF MEDICAL AFFAIRS/CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
Organization: CITRUS MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM
City, State: INVERNESS, FLORIDA
Specialty/Specialties: ADMINISTRATION, GENERAL SURGERY, VASCULAR
SURGERY
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Graduated COMS and completed a rotating internship, general surgery resi-
dency at UMDNJ. Practice privately for 4 years then became full time clini-
cal faculty at UMDNJ/SOM for 8 years. Returned to private Surgical Prac-
tice in Pinellas County, Florida transitioning to full time Administrative Med-
icine following completion and obtaining a Masters Degree in Medical Man-
agement from Tulane University.
Penrod, Louis E., MD
Title: CMIO
Organization: Baptist Health
City, State: Jacksonville, FL
Specialty/Specialties: Physician Medicine & Rehabilitation; Spinal Cord
Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Clinical experience is primarily in inpatient rehabilitation of multiple condi-
tions, with a focus on neurological disorders and trauma, within an aca-
demic setting. This includes participation in two NIDRR-funded Model Cen-
ters for Spinal Cord Injury and PM&R Residency Program Director. Lead
the establishment of an independent academic Department of PM&R at
the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Publication in the field of
PM&R include several book chapters as well as peer-reviewed research
articles.
Informatics experience started in an outpatient setting (with a non-Cerner
product) but then transitioned to inpatient clinical decision support using
Cerner technology. In addition to practical experience, holds a MS in
Healthcare Informatics from the University of Missouri, has published peer-
reviewed research articles, and served as an Associate Editor for the
HIMSS-sponsored book Improving Medication Use and Outcomes with Clin-
ical Decision Support: A Step-by-Step Guide.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Experience has primarily been focused on PowerChart. Of this, ten years
was focused on deploying clinical decision support using the Discern Ex-
pert rule engine. During that time, hands-on experience as a physician end
user as well as providing physician leadership on deployment of Power-
Chart at four tertiary academic hospitals. Over the last two years, have led
the deployment of PowerChart and associated functionality throughout
Baptist Health, including big bang implementations at a pediatric and an
adult tertiary hospital.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 12
Perkins, Randa, MD
Title: Executive Director of Medical Informatics, Hospitalist
Organization: Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare
City, State: Tallahassee, FL
Specialty/Specialties: Family Medicine, Hospitalist
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: Reddit
Brief Professional Biography:
Reformed programmer (C++, Pascal). Relocated from Kentucky to Florida;
Tallahassee resident for 12 years. Florida State University graduate, go
Noles! Currently coordinating CPOE rollout, pending February 2013, of our
770 bed acute care hospital.
Menachemi, N., Perkins, R., Van Durme, D., Brooks, R. (2006). Examining
the Adoption of EHR and PDA use by Family Physicians in Florida. Informat-
ics in Primary Care, 14(1). 1‐9.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Experience with PowerChart, PowerNote, PowerPlans.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 4
Pilot, Mitchell, MD, CAP, ASCP, AMIA
Title: Information Systems Applications Analyst
Organization: Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
City, State: Houston, TX
Specialty/Specialties: Pathology (retired), Information Systems (active)
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: AMIA, LinkedIn, uCern
Brief Professional Biography:
Mitchell Pilot, M.D., received his medical degree from Duke University and
completed residencies in Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh and
Johns Hopkins Department of Laboratory Medicine. While a senior resi-
dent, and later Instructor in Pathology at Johns Hopkins, he helped develop
one of the first in-house MUMPS laboratory information systems, which
remained in use for over 30 years in the Johns Hopkins laboratories.
As Assistant Professor of Pathology at Emory University he managed a new-
ly installed Community Health Computing (CHC) Laboratory Information
System at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Mitchell later
joined CHC in Houston, TX, where he co-authored their Anatomic Pathology
system and contributed significantly to the development and support of
their laboratory information system. CHC was acquired by ADAC Laborato-
ries, and later by Cerner Corporation, at which time Mitchell became asso-
ciated with Classic Solutions and wrote CCL for Cerner's Classic-to-
Millennium migration team. After 22 years in the medical software vendor
community, Mitchell joined Memorial Hermann Health Care System where
he is currently involved with data analysis and reporting within their Cerner
Millennium system.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Deep understanding of Millennium's internal Oracle tables and the use of
CCL to produce on-screen and printed reports for patient care and physi-
cian rounds. Conversant with various Millennium build tools for Power-
Forms, XR reporting (including Clinical View Manager and Report Request),
CCL (Discern Visual Developer), and Business Objects.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 6 years (including
time as a Cerner associate)
Reid, Dale, MD
Organization: Mayo Clinic Health System - Eau Claire
City, State: Eau Claire, WI
Specialty/Specialties: Family Medicine
Rusnak, Ron, MD
Title: CMIO:
Organization: Aultman Hospital
City, State: Canton, Ohio
Specialty/Specialties: Emergency Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Graduate of Medical College of Ohio, Toledo Ohio 6/1987. Emergency
Medicine residency 1987-1990. Miami Valley hospital emergency physi-
cian 7/90-9-91. Emergency physician Aultman Hospital Canton Ohio 9/91-
12/2009. Board Certified Emergency Medicine 2011 – 2021. CMIO Ault-
man Hospital 1/2010 – present.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Involved in initial FirstNet build 5/2006. Became CMIO 2009. Implemented
SurgiNet 2010 and went live with house wide CPOE 3/19/2012
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: six
Sarkarati, David, DO, FACEP, CPE
Title: Vice CMIO Florida Emergency Physicians
Organization: Florida Emergency Physicians
City, State: Orlando, FL
Specialty/Specialties: Emergency Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Saxe, Michael, MD
Title: CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Organization: MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL
City, State: MIDDLETOWN, CT
Specialty/Specialties: EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
I HAVE BEEN AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN AT MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL FOR 27
YEARS, AND HAVE BEEN THE CHAIR OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE FOR 18
YEARS. OUR ED SYSTEM HAS ONE TRADITIONAL HOSPITAL ED, AND TWO
FREESTANDING ED'S, WITH A TOTAL VOLUME OF 92,000 PATIENTS PER
YEAR. I ALSO AM THE CO-CHAIR OF OUR HOSPITAL'S CLINICAL OPERA-
TIONS COMMITTEE, WHICH IS VERY FOCUSED ON IMPROVING ED FLOW
AND LOS, INPATIENT FLOW AND LOS, AND REDUCING ED BOARDING.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH CERNER'S FIRSTNET ED PROD-
UCT. STARTED WITH TRACKING FIVE YEARS AGO, CPOE FOUR YEARS AGO,
AND NURSING DOCUMENTION AND DEPART ONE YEAR AGO. WE STILL
DOCUMENT WITH A COMBINATION OF PAPER T-SHEETS AND DICTATION,
AND HAVE PLANS TO EVENTUALLY DOCUMENT ON FIRSTNET, BUT NO
DEFINTE DATE TO BEGIN THAT LAST STEP.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: FIVE
Schuster, Anthony (Tony), MD, MBA, CPE
Title: Chief Medical Information Officer, Associate Service Chief, Anesthesi-
ology
Organization: Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
City, State: Tampa, Florida
Specialty/Specialties: Anesthesiology, Medical Management
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Tony Schuster is the Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) and Associ-
ate Service Chief of Anesthesiology at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Flor-
ida. Since 2010 his role as CMIO has evolved beyond that of the liaison
between clinicians and IT. More recently his involvement has expanded
into operational and strategic functions in IT. He also served as the Medi-
cal Director of Perioperative Services at Moffitt, providing leadership for a
major perioperative process improvement project which produced measur-
able and sustainable results.
Dr. Schuster completed his undergraduate studies at The Ohio State Uni-
versity, and received his medical degree from Northeastern Ohio Universi-
ties College of Medicine. In 2005 Dr. Schuster graduated with honors from
the University of South Florida Executive M.B.A. Program while working at
Shriners Hospital for Children. In 2011 Dr. Schuster was awarded the In-
augural Scholarship for the Cleveland Clinic Samson Global Leadership
Academy Training for Healthcare Executives. He has thirteen years of clini-
cal experience, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology,
and is Board Certified in Medical Management. Dr. Schuster works tire-
lessly in a wide variety of roles in an effort to improve healthcare delivery at
Moffitt Cancer Center and beyond.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
I have thirteen years of clinical experience as an Anesthesiologist at
Shriners Hospital for Children and Moffitt Cancer Center and Research
Institute. I have used Cerner Solutions at both institutions, and served for
the last two years as the CMIO at Moffitt with expanding responsibility in
how the organization utilizes Cerner Solutions as a tool for patient care.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: Thirteen.
Schutzengel, Roy Ephraim, MD, MBA
Title: CIS Medical Director, Ambulatory Services
Organization: Adventist Health
City, State: Roseville, CA
Specialty/Specialties: Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology, Pediatric Hema-
tology/Oncology
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: LinkedIn, HIMSS
Brief Professional Biography:
Licensed physician (21 years in clinical practice) and accomplished busi-
ness leader (owning and managing multi-site medical practice, 3 years as
CMO at EMR software company, 11 years as clinical department chairman,
2 years as HIT consultant), recognized as one of America’s top doctors and
as a pioneer in transforming health care through the implementation and
use of leading-edge technology. Author of multiple publications in various
journals.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
New to Cerner on the solution side, many years of Cerner experience as a
clinician.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 10
Shafer, Timothy, MD
Title: Physician staffing Grace Cottage Family Health Outpatient Clinic;
Grace Cottage Hospital inpatient acute and level I care; Grace Cottage
Emergency Department; Medical Director: Grace Cottage Hospi-
tal
Organization: Grace Cottage Hospital
City, State: Townsend, Vermont
Specialty/Specialties: Family practice
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Dartmouth Medical School graduate 1981; Lancaster General Hospital
Family Practice Residency Program (Lancaster Pennsylvania) 1984; Na-
tional Health Corps physician Townsend Vermont 1984–1987; private
practice of family medicine, Townsend Vermont 19 87–2004; employee of
Grace Cottage Hospital 2004–present.
Associate clinical instructor University of Vermont Medical School and Alba-
ny Medical College 1984–present
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Went live in June 2, 2012. Two months of mind-glazing exhaustion, blood
on the keyboard and intermittent frothing at the mouth frustration has
gradually given way to reasonable functional competence and grudging
détente.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 0.33
Sing, Weylin, DO, FACEP, CPE
Title: Vice Chairman, Florida Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine;
CMIO, Florida Emergency Physicians
Organization: Florida Emergency Physicians
City, State: Orlando, Florida
Email: [email protected]
Smith, Amanda M., MT (ASCP)
Organization: University of Missouri Health Care
City, State: Columbia, MO
Specialty/Specialties: Laboratory Information Support
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
I worked as a Med Tech for many years, first as a generalist, then as Lead
Tech in Hematology. When University of Missouri Health Care started
building PathNet, I was part of the build team. After the PathNet build, I
became a part of the Laboratory Information Support team.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
PathNet General Laboratory build, and rules associated with PathNet.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 4
Smith, Philip A., MD, MS, FAAFP
Title: Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer
Organization: Adventist Health System
City, State: Altamonte Springs, FL
Specialty/Specialties: Family Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: AMDIS Listserv
Brief Professional Biography:
Phil has been CMIO at AHS for over 9 years and has led physician strategy
for CPOE and physician automation as well as clinical decision sup-
port. Phil coined the term and methodology of a “commoditized approach
to CPOE” which enabled AHS to do 26 hospitals “big bang” CPOE activa-
tions across 9 states in 27 months including physician electronic documen-
tation, problem list adoption and clinical decision support. He is the au-
thor of “Making Computerized Provider Order Entry Work” Springer, Lon-
don, UK Oct 2012. Phil is a member of the Health Management Academy,
AMDIS and serves on the Physician Advisory Council for Elsevier.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Phil helped Cerner develop their first generation NHIQM tools as well as the
mCDS platform and the new eRx mPage. He served as physician executive
at Cerner Corporation on the Care Transformation team 2001-3. He has
spoken at annually at CHC since 2002.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 12 years
Stair, Stephen W., MD, FACP
Title: Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine; Medical Compliance Officer,
UAB Medicine; Physician Executive Sponsor, IMPACT Ambulatory
Organization: UAB Medicine
City, State: Birmingham, Alabama
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
I am originally from Knoxville, Tennessee, and went to UT-Memphis to med-
ical school. My residency training was at UAB and I stayed to practice in
Birmingham at a community hospital for 9 years, then came back to UAB
for the past 9 years. I work as a faculty internist part-time, and I serve as
the Medical Compliance Officer for the health system where we do exten-
sive Compliance education in billing, coding, EMR, etc., for our faculty and
residents. In 2010 I was asked to serve as the Physician Executive Spon-
sor for our Cerner Ambulatory project, in which we have brought 135 clin-
ics live with full functionality over the past 18 months. Fun!
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
My primary Cerner expertise is in clinical optimization of the system over
the past 2 years, which has been the extent of my experience with Cerner
solutions.
Stambaugh, Eric, RN, PHRN
Title: Sr Application Analyst
Organization: Wellspan Health
City, State: York, PA
Specialty/Specialties: FirstNet, PowerNote, Lighthouse
Email:[email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
Currently covering point analyst for Firstnet, PowerNote, Depart, and Meds
Rec. Also Prehosptial RN for EMS agency providing ALS care for emergen-
cy calls and interfaculty transports. Assistant Manager for Emergency De-
partment that is Level 1 trauma center with average census of 76,000
patients per year.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Design, build, and maintaining FirstNet, PowerChart applications.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 7 years
Steen, Christian C., MD
Title: Physician
Organization: Palmetto Health Senior Primary Care Practice
City, State: Columbia, SC
Specialty/Specialties: Family Medicine, Geriatrics
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: blog
Brief Professional Biography:
i am a Family Medicine Residency and Geriatrics Fellowship trained physi-
cian in practice since 2003. I am experienced with numerous clinical infor-
matics solutions having used three different solutions in practice. I have
pursued extra training in clinical workflow evaluation/design and clinical
informatics implementation. I have served as Medical Director and Direc-
tor of IT for the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Department
of Family Medicine prior to my transition to practicing purely Geriatric medi-
cine. In my role of Medical Director I developed custom evidence
based clinical content for our EMR solution and then trained both physi-
cians and clinical staff in the use of the developed content.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
i am a physician user of the inpatient and outpatient Cerner solutions. I
serve as our practice physician application expert/super user. It is my role
as the practice expert in clinical informatics to re-evaluate our clinical work-
flows and determine how best to implement the informatics solution for our
practice. I organize and provide training for my physician colleagues in the
efficient use of the solution in clinical practice.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 7 years using inpa-
tient solution, <1 year using outpatient solution.
Steen, Jamee H., MD, FAAFP
Title: Director ACCES Clinic, Physician Senior Primary Care
Organization: Palmetto Health
City, State: Columbia, SC
Specialty/Specialties: Family Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
20 plus years experience at Palmetto Health organization, with last 15
working with EMR. Worked initially in academic affiliation with University of
South Carolina Dept of Family and Preventive Medicine as Pre-Doc director,
Program Director and Vice- Chair. Recently moved into a private practice
setting and run a Duke Endowment funded ambulatory center for medical-
ly fragile discharges on the side. Currently using Cerner inpt prod-
uct, outpt product and GE Centricity product.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 2
Sullivan, D. Matthew, MD
Title: Director – Medical Informatics
Organization: Carolinas Healthcare System
City, State: Charlotte, NC
Specialty/Specialties: Emergency Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Twitter Name: @DrSullivanEM
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: Greg Weidner, MD
Brief Professional Biography:
I am a practicing Emergency Physician that also works in Informatics.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
I am a member of the Cerner ED Strategic Council.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 6
Svetly, Andrew B., MD, MBA
Title: CMIO and Senior Medical Director
Organization: Florida Hospital
City, State: Orlando, Florida
Tarrago, Rod, MD
Title: Chief Medical Information Officer / Pediatric Intensivist
Organization: Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
City, State: Minneapolis, MN
Specialty/Specialties: Pediatric Critical Care
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: AMDIS
Brief Professional Biography:
I am a pediatric intensivist and Chief Medical Information Officer Children's
Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. I have helped lead multi-level EMR
implementations at two children's hospitals over the last ten years. I am
particularly interested in using the EMR to improve patient safety and quali-
ty, especially in the pediatric ICU.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
I have helped Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota implement sev-
eral Cerner solutions including nursing and respiratory therapy clinical doc-
umentation, CPOE, and recently device integration and bedside barcode
medication administration.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 10
Tashjian, Christopher H., MD, FAAFP
Title: President
Organization: River Falls/Ellsworth/Spring Valley Medical Clinics
City, State: River Falls, WI
Specialty/Specialties: Family Practice
Email: [email protected]
Twitter Name: @CTashjianMD
Brief Professional Biography:
Dr Tashjian has a passion for practicing quality care at an affordable
price. His clinic improved its “ideally controlled” diabetic population from
27% to 43%, ranking this practice in the top 5% of all clinics in Ameri-
ca. After implementing a full functioning EMR in 2010, Cerner Ambulatory
ASP, his clinic’s ideally controlled diabetic population improved to
57%. Having direct access to patient data on regular basis has allowed Dr.
Tashjian to change his practice of chronic disease management to one of
being proactive instead of reactive. In September of 2012 the CDC and
Million Hearts program recognized Dr. Tashjian's group as one of only two
groups in the nation to be named Hypertension Control Champions for inte-
grating quality hypertension care with the electronic medical record.
Tashjian is active in setting policy for the medical community. He serves
on the Board of Directors of HealthPartners Inc. where he is Co-Chair of the
Medical Board of Governors and Chair of the Health Transformation Com-
mittee. In addition he serves on the Board of Directors for the MMIC
Group, the State of Wisconsin EMS Physician Advisory Committee and
Western Wisconsin Medical Associates. He is the Chief Medical Advisor for
WHITEC, Wisconsin’s Regional Extension Center for Health IT, as well as
being an advisor to WISHIN (Wisconsin’s Health Information Exchange) and
Doctors Helping Doctors Transform Healthcare.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
I use the Cerner Ambulatory, ASP on a daily basis.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: Two
Tierney, Steve, MD
Title: Medical Director/CMIO
Organization: Southcentral Foundation
City, State: Anchorage Alaska
Specialty/Specialties: Family Medicine
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Twitter Name: @stevetierneyak
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue (Media, Association, Blog, So-
cial Media, etc.): IHI and LinkedIn
Brief Professional Biography:
Steve is the current CMIO and Medical Director for Quality Improvement at
Southcentral Foundation and has been with SCF since 1995, the last 10
years as the QI Director. He is trained as a Family Physician and completed
his residency training at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore
city. After serving 5 years in the US Coast Guard he received a BS in Micro-
biology from the University of Maryland in 1986 and spent two years work-
ing as a staff microbiologist in Bethesda at the National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Disease. He attended medical school at the Uniformed Ser-
vices University, also in Bethesda and received an MD degree in 1992 and
still maintains an active practice in the Primary Care clinic at the Southcen-
tral Foundation Primary Care Center. He has spoken nationally and interna-
tionally on clinical quality program design, data management strategies.
SCF was rewarded for their efforts in improvement with the National Mal-
colm Baldrige Award for Health Care in 2011.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Powerchart office, Pharmnet, and IQ health
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 1 year
Tomasi, Mark R., MD
Title: Vice-Chief Medical Information Officer
Organization: Mayo Clinic Health System
City, State: Rochester, MN
Specialty/Specialties: Emergency Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Trujillo, Monica, MBBS, MPH, FRACMA
Title: CMIO & Regional Director Medical Services
Organization: UnitingCare Health
City, State: Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Specialty/Specialties: Medical Administration
Email: [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
I obtained my degree in Medicine and Surgery, Universidad del Valle, Co-
lombia 1998.I then migrated to Australia and now hold an AMC Certificate
2000, MPH JCU 2005, and have been a Fellow of the Royal Australasian
College of Medical Administrators since 2009. I have been 12 years in
Queensland Public Hospitals, nine of those years focussed in Medical Ad-
ministration with a strong voice for IT benefits in healthcare. I have been
recently appointed as UnitingCare Health's CMIO, a brand new role in Aus-
tralia, and will be leading the clinical side of a project that will see the first
HIMMS level 6 facility in Australia.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Nil yet, brand new to Cerner
Villavicenco, Carlos, MD, MMI, FAAP
Title: Regional Hospitalist Program Medical Director
Organization: Seattle Children’s Hospital
City, State: Seattle, WA
Specialty/Specialties: Pediatrics, Medical Informatics
Email: [email protected]
Twitter Name: @matlatzinca
Brief Professional Biography:
Worked as a Navy pediatrician following graduation from residency, then
moved to Seattle to lead a hospitalist team at an affiliated community hos-
pital. Since then I have expanded the program to now include 4 different
sites and 2 affiliate sites. I finished my Masters in Medical Informatics this
past spring and am now working part-time in the informatics department at
Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 5
Vita, Eleanor, MD
Title: Assistant CMIO
Organization: Mayo Clinic Health System
City, State: Owatonna, Minnesota
Specialty/Specialties: Family Medicine
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Brief Professional Biography:
BS in Chemical Engineering, Cal Poly, Pomona, California 1980; Chemical
Process Engineer (design and construction) for almost 10 years, Fluor Cor-
poration, Irvine, California; MD, University of Southern California Keck
School of Medicine, California 1994; Family Medicine Residency, Chief
Resident, Kaiser Permanente, Orange County, California 1997; Family
Medicine physician with OB for almost 9 years, St. Mary’s/Dean Venture,
Baraboo, Wisconsin; Family Medicine physician currently at Mayo Clinic
Health System in Owatonna, MN since 2006; Assistant CMIO since June
2012.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
I don’t claim to be an expert
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: Around 2 years
Voran, David, MD
Title: Medical Director Innovation Clinic
Organization: Heartland Health
City, State: St. Joseph, MO
Specialty/Specialties: Family Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Twitter Name: @dvoran
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: MedScape.org
Brief Professional Biography:
Prior to joining Heartland Health, Dr. Voran was a physician executive for
Cerner Corporation (2003-2006), the CMIO for Health Midwest (1997-
2003) and the Executive Director of Information Technology at the Universi-
ty of Kansas Medical Center (1994-1997).
Dr. Voran received his bachelor's degree in anthropology from the Wichita
State University in 1974. He earned his medical degree from the University
of Kansas School of Medicine in 1998 and post graduate degree from the
University of Kansas - Family Practice in 1991. He maintains his Board
Certification in Family Medicine and is an active member of the American
Academy of Family Practice and was a member of the Academy's ad hoc
Committee on Electric Medical Records. Dr. Voran is active in a number of
professional organizations and is past president for the Heart of America
Chapter of HIMSS and is a Medical Director for CVS Minute Clinics in the
Kansas City area.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
PowerChart, Ambulatory. CAMM.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 14 years.
Wetzel, James L., MD
Title: Vice President Physician Services
Organization:Olathe Medical Services, Inc.
City, State: Olathe, KS
Specialty/Specialties: Internal Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Wilhelmsen, Adrian, PMP
Title: Solutions Manager, Clinical IT
Organization: Memorial Hermann
City, State: Houston, TX
Specialty/Specialties: Emergency and Perioperative Services
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: ModernHealthcare; LinkedIn
Healthcare, IT and Cerner groups; Healthcare IT News; CIO Forum
Brief Professional Biography:
Healthcare IT professional for 16-years with 18-years in the healthcare are-
na relative to revenue cycle, ambulatory operations and EMR, project man-
agement (PMP certification), systems implementation. Current focus is in
clinical IT product development (Emergency & Periop) and management
specializing in business analysis, requirements development, systems im-
plementation and support. Key focus on strategic growth related to indus-
try and regulatory direction with a basis on the voice of the customer.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Cerner Millennium architecture, revenue cycle and clinical Net knowledge
including Ambulatory, SurgiNet, FirstNet, Scheduling, bedside device inte-
gration.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 15-years working
with Cerner solutions
Wilkerson, Suzanne, MD
Title: Hospital EHR Medical Director
Organization: Columbia-St. Mary's
City, State: Milwaukee, WI
Specialty/Specialties: Hospitalist, Family Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: UpToDate
Brief Professional Biography:
I received my BA in Political Science from Northwestern University in 1991
and graduated from University of Illinois - Chicago Medical School in
1995. I completed my Family Medicine residency through the Medical Col-
lege of Wisconsin at St. Mary's Milwaukee. I worked as a primary care phy-
sician for Columbia-St. Mary's from 1999-2009. Since 2009 I have been a
hospitalist at Columbia-St. Mary''s.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
I have been using PowerChart at Columbia-St. Mary's since fall 2006. I was
involved in the initial development and rollout of PowerChart in our commu-
nity clinics at that time. The clinics have been "paperless" and us-
ing PowerChart since then. Since 2010, five other hospital medical staff
physicians and I have been working at Columbia-St. Mary's as Physician
Design Consultants. We have been intimately involved in both the design
and implementation of PowerNote and CPOE at both our hospital campus-
es. Most recently I advanced my informatics involvement and was appoint-
ed the Hospital EHR Medical Director. I work closely with Mitch Carneol,
MD our new Clinic EHR Medical Director.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 6
Wolver, Sue, MD
Title: Assistant CMIO, Assistant Professor in General Internal Medicine
Organization: Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
City, State: Richmond, VA
Specialty/Specialties: General Internal Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Twitter Name: @swolver
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: KevinMD
Brief Professional Biography:
I spent 10 years as an Air Force flight surgeon before going to VCUHS to do
a residency in Internal Medicine in the Women's Health track. I stayed on
as faculty and spend half of my time in patient-care and teaching and half
of my time in informatics with a focus in the ambulatory setting.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
I have been working with the Cerner application since 2004. We got the
2012 code earlier this year and are upgrading to the new look and feel mid
-October. We have had inpatient CPOE since prior to our Cerner instillation,
but do not have CPOE in the outpatient space. I am piloting the Patient
Portal and hope to move toward electronic renewals in the next few
months. I enjoy creating custom Powernotes, but am looking forward to
dynamic documentation. I also designed the clinical aspects of Health
Maintenance and have expertise in all things Message Center.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 8
Yen, Tony, MD
Title: CMIO
Organization: Evergreen Health
City, State: Kirkland, WA
Specialty/Specialties: Hospitalist/Internal Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Favorite Physician or Industry Online Venue: http://blogs.wsj.com/health/
Brief Professional Biography:
Started Evergreen Health’s Hospitalist Team in 2000 which has grown
from 1 to 24 MD FTE. Optimized coding and physician documentation and
reduced 30 day readmissions as Evergreen Health’s Medical Director of
Care Management. Former Chair of Medical Specialties. Clinical Instructor
at University of Washington Medical School. Actively practicing hospitalist.
Brief Summary of Cerner Solution Expertise:
Implemented bar code medication administration with CareAware in
2009. Implemented inpatient CPOE in May 2011 with sustained 85-89%
of all orders entered via CPOE. Implemented complete Cerner suite within
Evergreen’s Specialty Clinics in July 2012. Targeting March 2013 for con-
verting Evergreen Primary Clinics to Cerner from existing EMR.
Approximate number of years using Cerner Solutions: 10 years.
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