Julie McEachern,RN
Sault Ste. Marie,ON
Summary
Forward-thinking Regional Manager with deep understanding of current clinical practice, regional preferences and MEDITECH functionality. Prepared to leverage 10+ years of progressive MEDITECH and clinical experience to positively impact operations. Highly skilled in assessing workflow processes and clinical operations to identify deficiencies. Aiming to utilize expertise in information systems performance to assist perpetuating health care mission and goals. Someone who has the ability to lead, train and deploy system implementations to increase client and employee satisfaction. Personal goal working in this field is to decrease clinician burden while improving quality and enhancing patient experience.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Regional Manager, Clinical Applications
ONE Initiative, Sault
10.2017 - Current
- Lead and participated in aspects of analysis, planning, design, development, training and implementation of EXPANSE including workflow adoption, direction setting, clinical content build, workflow usability sessions, and at the elbow go live support
- Assisted in the development of and rolled out curriculum and training materials that were utilized by clinical staff
- Facilitated on going operational support for sites
- Built and maintained positive working relationships with other ONE staff/teams as well as regional member sites
- Established and maintained operational standards
- Coordinated process and follow up of requests for enhancements and changes
- Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes by proactively managing individual and team tasks and streamlining processes
- Developed employees to cultivate collaborative and hardworking teams
- Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and mitigate risks.
- Policy and Procedure development to align with best practice from a clinical and systems perspective
Clinical Informatics Specialist
Sault Area Hospital, Sault Ste Marie
11.2011 - 10.2017
- Assisted in optimizing health information systems throughout the hospital by demonstrating advanced knowledge of clinical processes and supporting technology
- Provided guidance in development, implementation and maintenance of Meditech C/S
- Provided guidance for cross-departmental clinical improvements.
- Integrated decision support, clinical pathways and best practices into health information technology to enhance delivery of care and workflows.
- Served as liaison between end-users and health IT team.
- Worked closely with subject matter experts to develop solutions and improvements for clinical systems.
- Incorporated quality improvement and safety-enhancing methodologies and tools to improve workflow processes,
- Led, facilitated and attended focus groups and meetings to strategize workflow issues.
Education
Bachelor’s -
Sault College
05.2001
Skills
- Skills MEDITECH module proficiencies: PCS, EDM, AMB, QRM (Surveillance) PAPD and OM applicable to Client Server, EXPANSE 21 & 22
- Change Management (PROSCI)
- Excellent with Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Project management
- Human-centered workflow redesign
- Highly skilled in end-user education/training
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Affiliations
Member Registered Nurses Association of Ontario 2008-Current)
Member MUSE (2011-Current)
Timeline
Regional Manager, Clinical Applications
ONE Initiative, Sault
10.2017 - Current
Clinical Informatics Specialist
Sault Area Hospital, Sault Ste Marie
11.2011 - 10.2017
Bachelor’s -
Sault College
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