Connie Ayers

Experience

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  Ephrata Community Hospital

  Oct 2001 - Aug 2010

  • Effectively managed the activities and projects of 9 direct reports (clinical, financial, ambulatory, and Business Intelligence analysts). Performed supervisory functions, including task assignment and follow up, quality assessment, scheduling, and employee evaluations. • Planned and managed the enterprise wide Meditech C/S implementation. Implementation included General Ledger, Admissions/HIS, Abstracting/Quality/Risk Management, Radiology, Laboratory, Order Entry/EMR, Surgical Services, Pharmacy, Billing/Accounts Receivable, Human Resources/Payroll, Materials Management/Accounts Payable, MIS, Scanning, and Community Wide Scheduling. Program was completed on time and within budget. • Effectively coordinated daily activities of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Services, growing volumes by 10% annually. Annual testing volume in excess of 1,000,000 laboratory tests.• Managed fiscal oversight of the annual operating income of $50 million and annual operating expense of $6.4 million. Consistently demonstrated positive annual performance against budget.

  • Applications Director

    Oct 2008 - Aug 2010

  • Meditech Program Director

    Jul 2006 - Oct 2008

  • Laboratory Administrative Director

    Oct 2001 - Jul 2007
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  MaxIT Healthcare

  Jun 2010 - Feb 2011

  Project Manager

  • Installed various Meditech Magic clinical applications (NUR, BMV, EDM, ORM, CPOE, eMAR, etc).

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  Catholic Health Initiatives

  Jan 2011 - Jul 2016

  Program Manager

  • Partnered with CHI hospital resources, national functional groups and clinical vendors to successfully implement complex enterprise programs/projects. Defined business requirements and established governance processes.• Monitored project budgets, schedule, and scope. Developed dashboards to reflect progress, challenges and escalation points.• Built and maintained relationships with key project and program stakeholders, business sponsors, and vendors. Mentored the project team on best practices for successful project conclusion.• Currently managing an $82 million budget national program for all CHI facilities to implement CareFusion Pyxis ES Unit Based Cabinets. Successfully completed 30 hospital implementations to date.• Currently managing a $25 million budget national program for all CHI facilities to implement TheraDoc clinical surveillance and decision support application. Successfully completed 35 hospital implementations to date.• Managed $11 million budget program for 2 health systems to successfully achieve attestation for Meaningful Use Stage 1 and Stage 2. Programs included upgrade of existing Meditech Magic modules, implementation of required Meditech Magic modules, and upgrades or implementation of various other vendor applications and interfaces required to support MU activities (Iatric Patient Portal, ExitCare, Provation, PatientKeeper, Iatric Visual SmartBoard, Iatric Visual Flowsheet, and DrFirst).• Additional enterprise wide programs and projects successfully implemented within scope, schedule and budget:o Hospira SmartPumpso McKesson Horizon Home Care application in current and acquired facilitieso Cerner code upgradeso Meditech Magic clinical applications (NUR, BMV, EDM, ORM, CPOE, eMAR, etc)o Multiple patient physiological monitor interface projectso GE MUSE, GE MARS, interfaces between GE Centricity and Meditech Magico 340b contract pharmacy and splitter software Show less

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  CareFusion

  Jul 2016 - now

  Enterprise Program Manager

  Act as a single, executive level interface with strategic customers as well as CareFusion leadership.Responsible for leading multiple concurrent CareFusion implementation project teams (program) at strategic customer sites and for IDNs.