Objective


Benjamin Camins

Apply project management and IT skills with clinical experience in providing systems integration solutions for healthcare.


Summary




7 years of intensive Epic implementation experience, more than 6 go-lives which all went successful.
More than 10 years experience in the hospital setting, OR, ER, CCU experience in comprehensive modes of clinical and financial data transmission related to healthcare, analyses and clinical/ business rules enforcement
Strong testing experience, writing of unit and integrated test scripts towards leading its testing implementation effort.
Solid technical infrastructure and data structures understanding and analyses
Professional technical writing and understanding of the healthcare business
Project Management experience and training towards PMP


Healthcare : Epic Suite : Bridges, Chronicles Install and Non-Programmer, EpicCare Ambulatory, Clarity-ADT, Clarity-Inpatient, Clarity-Ambulatory, EpicCare Inpatient and Ambulatory, Laboratory, Radiology, Order/Results, ADT Scanning/Transcription, PACS, HL-7 and HIPAA compliance, business intelligence/ data analyses of medical, pharmacy, enrollment and GL Claims
Hardware : HP-Obstetrical Information Management System, Marquette Unity Network with HIMS interface, Coherent Medical Laser Systems
DB/Software : Microsoft Access, Crystal Reports, MicroStrategy, SQL Server, Oracle 8i, Microsoft Project, Visio Professional, Visual Basic 6.0, DB2 - UDB Visual Warehouse and Hyperion OLAP, IBM Intelligent Miner
Testing : Test Scripts, TestDirector, LoadRunner and WinRunner
Project Management : PMP trained working towards certification


Employment

January, 2009 -  Present
Systems Architect

Utilize system architectural design and project management skills towards the HealthConnect Continuous Availability by building a new main interface engine and Epic Cache OLTP system serving all regions.
Conceptualize, design and plan for the Continuous Availability of web-based business and clinical HealthConnect transactions on a national scale.
Technical project management for the Integration Broker build using HL7 and Epic Bridges.
Hard-Coded IP to DNS analyses and remediation to empower smooth transition to fail-over systems for business continuity.

September, 2008 -  December, 2008
Epic Bridges Consultant

Design, build and configure Radiology, Laboratory, PACS Kodak-CareStream, PenRAD, Transcription, Scanning, Order and Results interfaces with Epic Bridges and provided go-live support after these interfaces went live in less than 4 months for a new Epic implementation.

Provided technical and functional documentation for all design and development, information gathered from users with respect to workflow, profile variables, business rules, mappings, etc.
Wrote all test cases for interface development and led testing effort towards go-live and post-go-live integration support.

June, 2006 -  September, 2008
Systems Integrations Senior Specialist

Gather requirements and document functional and technical specifications for building interfaces necessary for the integration of clinical and business systems with the Epic enterprise suite of healthcare applications.
Design, build and administer interfaces using Epic Bridges and Ensemble as the Interface Engine.
Partner with Epic clinical and business teams in providing a seamless transition to the Epic system and stabilized business processes after go-live.

Provide clear and comprehensive documentation on activities related to the interface build.

Perform issue resolution work, ie troubleshooting and analysis, formulation of solution and testing, related to Epic integration.

April, 2005 -  June, 2006
Regional Data Quality Lead

Manage Clarity Data Quality CDQ issues for Southern CA region as CDQ Lead. Built and managed database shared on a national level for issue identification and tracking. Liaison with business and IT owners of processes and data structures in dealing with the issues involving data governance, business workflow, compliance and security and data integration through interface and data migration/load.
Manage projects to drive highly-visible issues involving financial and clinical data to full resolution in order to enhance business and medical intelligence for data analyses and reporting, ie regional patient class definitions as used in HIM, ADT, Billing and SOSA compliance, post deployment data stabilization, data mapping, HL7 message redesign for physician transcription authentication

Audit and document processes on a regional level, data quality and security, change requests, report development, publication and library processes, training, data quality issues management and escalation.

Workflow analysis of clinical processes, Diagnostic Imaging, PT/OT in preparation for system development and deployment through user requirements definition, gap analyses, forms and report requirements analysis for Epic Order Composer and Clarity reporting and workflow aids designed for change management/ training.
Won user buy-in through gap reconciliation meetings resulting in signed agreement from the users for the deployment team to proceed with gap remediation strategy that resulted from workflow analyses performed.

Created database for workflow management for easy reference to Epic tracks and departments to facilitate phase deployment of Epic system.

February, 2005 -  April, 2005
IT Director/ PACS Integration Development Project Manager

Managed Radiology PACS to HIMS Integration Project for Walter Reed Medical Center, converting native Targa files to DICOM/ JPEG2000 images using .NET technologies while superimposing patient demographics on images. Designed Image Processing algorithm and security access authentication.
Authored winning proposal for a Dept of Health and Human Service HIPAA Assessment Project using NIST guideline as mandated by RFP.
Authored winning proposal for US Senate official web portal, project implementation strategy.

September, 2004 -  February, 2005
Implementation Manager

Manage successful implementation of VitalSpring s business intelligence BI suite for healthcare cost management. Implementation entails claims data acquisition from vendors, ie United Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Kaiser-Permanente and analyzing, mapping and ETL of such data through a MicroStrategy web portal with proprietary BI clustering and internal domain experience.

Provided status reports using SQL queries on client s database in the data warehouse
Coordinated onshore and offshore resources for cost-effective and prompt implementation.

September, 2003 -  August, 2004
Business/Systems Analyst

Analyzed system and business workflow and write the interface functional specifications for appointment scheduling, healthcare delivery and patient visit administration, dictation and transcription/ for medical records and other ancillaries in preparation for a nationwide implementation of Epic, an automated medical records system. Worked with Business Stakeholders in selecting the optimum Profile Variable settings and Epic custom code to serve business.
Provided technical and business documentation for all analyses performed, gap analyses of existing legacy system to the new system being implemented as to documentation and report printing.
Led cross-functional teams of both IT and healthcare providers resulting in signoffs from business stakeholders to proceed with programming and testing based on specifications and prior business analyses.

Strategize and executed testing in TestDirector in system, workflow and data integrity test cases for all ancillaries analyzed, hands-on training and experience on KP s present legacy system and Epic.

August, 2001 -  August, 2003
Director

Designed and implemented successful offshore Help Desk support and Call Center operations for a major Wall Street institution. Contract award resulted from a successful response to RFP and a formal presentation of the business model to stakeholders, beating competition from strong global providers.
Analyzed and documented process/ data workflow for a major New York Hospital to successfully offshore software development and business processes in medical billing, IT support and patient scheduling.
Managed a team of 12 programmers in a full life cycle application development in building a patient information system and Dialysis system with medical billing interface.
Designed and led the creation and administration of a VPN connecting US and Manila and a Leased Line to Germany to enable offshore programmers perform software development and helpdesk support for a major German bank
Led development of a fully functional web-based project management software, supportive in building a winning offshoring business model.

October, 1998 -  July, 2001
of Applications/ Senior Technology Advisor

Led a 25 - member applications group in providing developed or procured software for mission critical operations.
Analyzed, recommended and implemented strategic IT solutions for the ministry vision in ERP for operational support, BPR through web-based CRM, IT infrastructure development and enterprise-wide systems integration.
Implemented business intelligence initiatives utilizing IBM Data Warehouse, Data Mining and OLAP reporting tools with Microsoft information delivery to the desktop in providing decision support system for senior management. An AS/400 served as OLTP server for an NT/DB2 data warehouse and OLAP server.
Integrated Internet shopping cart with external transaction processing for an effective fund-raising campaign generating $60M gifts/donations annual average using IBM Intelligent Miner in segmenting groups for a highly focused campaign.
Senior Systems Analyst
Performed requirements gathering and system analyses for an ERP solution integrating HR, main donor database and accounting.
Provided database design and system administration for a SQL Server 6.5 and a DB2 Data 7.1 Visual Data warehouse. Automated execution of daily data extracts.
Wrote an Access 97/Visual Basic program that utilizes e-mail for secured budget year-to-date reporting. The program linked 600+ function groups and individuals in the field offices to specific automatically-generated financial reports.

July, 1992 -  August, 1998
Systems Analyst

Integrated patient monitoring information with the hospital information system to provide health care providers with immediate access to vital patient data even in their homes and offices.

Analyzed complex data and process flow of patient demographics and informatics using data modeling IDEFxx and simulation tools Work Modeler.
Served as clinical interface for a task force that implemented a medical transcription service SoftMed utilizing digitized voice encryption and voice-to-data technology.
Gathered requirements in writing an RFP for a dialysis system that interfaces with Pharmacy, Laboratory and the hospital Patient Information System.
Senior Clinical Engineer

Performed system implementation, component level trouble-shooting and repair, in-service training, quality, security and safety control for all network communications of patient monitoring and information systems, laser surgical systems, all ancillary biomedical equipment.
Represented the hospital during JCHA inspection while coordinating and inspecting third-party projects on healthcare delivery systems as per HIPAA and JCHA standards. Involved with the successful ISO 9000 accreditation of the Biomedical Engineering department, the first 1 in the East Coast to do so.

May, 1989 -  July, 1992
Field Service Engineer

Education

Miscellaneous

Performed installation, preventive maintenance, trouble-shooting and repair, in-service training and the highest quality and safety control of manufacturer s surgical and ophthalmic lasers and delivery systems.
Acted as technical and clinical interface person on critical operating room situations requiring prompt and accurate hands-on work and decision-making with the health care provider.
Arslan Hussain
Deloitte Consulting
Project Manager
Kaiser-Permanente/ HealthConnect


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PFM
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Holy Cross Health
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Diane Becerra
Kaiser-Permanente
Project Manager III
KP HealthConnect Clarity Reporting