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Family Nurse Practitioner, Health IT and Quality Consultant
United States
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Experienced board certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Health IT clinical leader available for consulting services to develop strategy, innovation, and leadership for organizational changes in technology, practice, and culture required for implementation of advancements in quality improvement initiatives. Guidance with evaluation, implementation, and management of health information systems to optimize care delivery and public health processes. Experience with AHRQ TeamSTEPPS, NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home model, open access methodologies, behavioral health integration, panel management, chronic care management, ICD-10 and CPT coding and billing. Proficiency with implementation, customization, reporting, and user training for eClinicalWorks, athenaPractice, athenaOne, AdvancedMD, BlueEHR, i2i.
Specialties: Family Medicine, Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, Geriatric Health, Community Health, Health Disparities, Patient Centered Medical Home, Health Information Technology, Quality Improvement. HIPAA Privacy and Security and risk management.
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I will be part of delivering two presentations at the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association's national conference in San Antonio in late…
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Experience
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Principal Health IT and Clinical Quality Consultant
AMG Consulting LLC
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HTAA co-founder and Advisor
Health Technology Access Alliance
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Family Nurse Practitioner, Student Health Services
LaSalle University
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Family Nurse Practitioner
VNA Community Services, Abington PA
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Health IT and Clinical Quality Consultant
National Health Care for the Homeless Council
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Family Nurse Practitioner
Family Practice and Counseling Network
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Family Nurse Practitioner
Wyncote Family Practice
Education
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University of Pennsylvania
BSN, MSN Family Practice
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Activities and Societies: Sigma Theta Tau AANP ANCC Board Certified Family Practice
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The George Washington University School of Public Health
Graduate Certificate Health Information Technology
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Office of the National Coordinator Fellowship for masters certificate in Health IT for the Clinician Leader
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Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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medical volunteer
Philadelphia Medical Reserve Corps
- Present 12 years 7 months
Health
Medical service support for large scale public health demands. Currently supporting Pandemic Support for Covid-19 testing and vaccine administration for Philadelphia MRC and Montgomery County MRC.
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medical volunteer for Covid19
Black Doctors Covid 19 Consortium
- Present 3 years 7 months
Health
Publications
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Addressing Asthma Disparities Using Clinical Decision Support in the Electronic Health Record
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
The electronic health record (EHR) supports PCMH population management through the ability to capture data to identify patients with asthma, including status of asthma severity and control, number of asthma ED and hospitalization visits, medication use, and flu vaccine status. These reports are used to drive asthma case management initiatives such as group visits, home visits, and additional asthma education resources. Clinical decision support embedded in EHR can improve adherence to…
The electronic health record (EHR) supports PCMH population management through the ability to capture data to identify patients with asthma, including status of asthma severity and control, number of asthma ED and hospitalization visits, medication use, and flu vaccine status. These reports are used to drive asthma case management initiatives such as group visits, home visits, and additional asthma education resources. Clinical decision support embedded in EHR can improve adherence to guidelines through the provision of automatic prompts during the clinical visit for recommended services due (vaccines, spirometry, and follow up visits) as well as severity-based medication management.
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Health Information Technology: Addressing Health Disparity by Improving Quality, Increasing Access, and Developing Workforce
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Health IT is a vital tool to increase health care access, improve care delivery systems, engage in culturally competent outreach and education, and enhance workforce development and training.
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Courses
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AHRQ TeamSTEPPS
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NCQA PCMH: Foundational Concepts of the Medical Home
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Projects
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Bring On the Meaning of Meaningful Use
This Summer was a flurry of changes for CMS regulations on attesting to Meaningful Use in 2014 and 2015. This webinar will clarify the new rules and provide simple tools and strategies to help health centers to manage multiple health care initiatives and requirements while keeping track of their attestation process.
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ICD-10 Transition: 6 Months to Go!
Presented Webinar to PA CHCs outlining strategic steps to prepare health care organizations for ICD-10 transition.
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ACU HIT Blog
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commentary about current Health Information Technology policy, practice, and developments.
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Building an Asthma Care Home: Engaging Clinicians, Patients and Caregivers in Comprehensive Asthma Management
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Curriculum developed for EPA Indoor Air Quality Grant providing CME/CE clinician training on comprehensive asthma management emphasizing environmental trigger control and patient education within the patient centered medical home model of care. Development of an integrated electronic asthma clinical decision support form for the electronic health record in collaboration with Alliance of Chicago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-6ZPT16txk
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Transformation to a patient Centered Health Home: Engaging Leadership, Community, and Consumers
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National Health Care for the Homeless Council Workshop Training on developing a PCMH with meaningful use of health information technology in the health care for the homeless and other safety net populations.
Organizations
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NACHC
2023-2026 NACHC Quality Vendor-faculty and Advisor
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AllianceChicago
Health IT and Quality Consultant
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Health Technology Access Alliance
Director of Clinical Innovation
- PresentThe Health Technology Foundation mission aims to improve patient care by advancing access to innovations in health IT. We fulfill this mission through technology education, security and privacy certifications, access to the latest innovations in health IT, implementation support, and ongoing coaching. www.htafoundation.org
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Migrant Clinicians Network
External Advisory Board Member, ANCC Lead Nurse Planner
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Medical Response Corp
Clinician volunteer
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National Health Care for the Homeless Council
Subject Matter Expert Panel
- PresentHealth IT and Clinical Quality content
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Health Federation of Philadelphia
Clinical Consultant for Health Center Controlled Network
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