Adventist Health System Work Values

Daily Duties at Adventist Health System:

Responsible for managing the IT and communications needs at 4 hospitals, 4 Medical Office buildings, 3 home health agencies and many outpatient sites in the state of Texas. I was recruited to lead the first major implementation for a complete hospital system replacement. I managed a 16 million dollar budget. Accountable for: providing strategic and tactical planning, development, evaluation, and coordination of information management systems; collaborate with IT leaders to develop strategic and operational IT plans that are aligned with business objectives; report on agreed upon service levels performance and develop new service level agreements in conjunction with admisitrative leaders; ensure appropriate regional delivery and support of IT services; Develop regional IS strategy that is integrated into the overall IS strategy picture for Adventist Health. • HIPAA Security Officer- Act as the regional HIPAA Security Officer and work with the organization’s System HIPAA Security Officer to plan, implement and monitor an effective HIPAA compliance program within the region. • Service Delivery and Support– Oversee the support and delivery of IS services to customers. Work closely with corporate PMO to ensure that projects and support are delivered on budget and on time as defined by the customer and Information Management. • Vision and Strategy– Articulate, communicate and implement the corporate information systems strategy. Develop and initiate plans, projects, budgets, priorities, and operational activities to meet the organization’s business, clinical and community goals. • Planning & Directing– Assist in the planning, prioritization, management and scheduling of all information systems and telecommunications projects activities and assignments for the Texas region. • Budget & Financial Administration– Assist in developing systems operating expenses and capital budgets. Approve and administer these budgets and report regularly on budget status. • Staff Management- Recruit, train, motivate, evaluate, and retain a highly skilled staff in the areas of sales management and business support. Provide ongoing leadership and motivation to ensure that the staff is focused committed and capable of producing expected results. Create and maintain a teamwork environment conducive to productive output, successful staff advancement and a rewarding work experience. Establish and enforce department policies, procedures and standards. Oversee all staff that work within the region. • Applications and Systems Development– Interface with and support management in all areas and at all levels in the definition of requirements, selection, design, development, implementation, and support of information systems. • In coordination with the corporate PMO, oversee information system project teams responsible for the systematic requirements definition, identification, product evaluation, selection, and contract negotiation for purchased application, operating system, utility, and productivity hardware, software, telecommunications and networks. • Communications– Develop effective written and oral mechanisms to document and report on information systems strategies, plans, priorities, budgets, schedules, and the current status of major projects and assignments. • Contract Negotiations– in coordination with corporate IT assist with arranging contracts for the acquisition of information systems, including software, hardware and support services, following standard processes. • Reporting– Direct the establishing and monitoring of department quality objectives, milestones and benchmarks. Research and utilize effective, standardized tools to measure performance against these standards, and to document and regularly report on all plans, priorities, schedules, budgets, staff assignments, programs and the current status of projects and routine assignments. • Teamwork– Promote and demonstrate good teamwork on assigned projects through actions and job performance. • Customer Service– Lead in the development and administration of an effective Customer Service Plan which includes provisions to accept, record, prioritize, assign, track, resolve and report on customer service problems and issues. Assist with establishing departmental programs, which promote and emphasize the commitment to exceptional customer service standards. planned and installed HP hardware servers, CISCO wireless devices and infrastructure, Oracle Database system, and expanded WAN communications.

What they like about Adventist Health System:

Organizations with strong, centralized leadership are particularly attractive to you. You require a work environment with leadership that aggressively seeks to expand and grow the business and does so in a visible and decisive manner. In general you prefer to work in an environment in which there is a strong link between leadership, its actions, and a strong set of company-wide values.

Tags

ARRA, ICD 10, Affordable Care Act, Meaningful Use, Project Management, Program Management, Biomedical, Health Information Management, Process Improvement

Skills

P&L responsibilities, Presentation, Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts., Technology Solutions, Sales Support, Software Implementation, Requirements Analysis & Specification, Leadership , Process Improvement skills

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