Eric T Newsom

Experience

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  ETN Consulting

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2003

  Independent Systems Technology Consultant

  Developed, marketed, and supported program to manage databases of market research field services to target recruiting lists to qualify potential respondents for focus groups. Consulted with financial trading companies to implement electronic trading over LAN/WAN.

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  Fresenius Medical Care

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2007

  Patient Account Representative

  Handled Accounts for Indiana Medicaid Patients, organized CMS audits, medical billing (ICD-9, HCPCS).

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  Indiana University School of Nursing

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  Research Assistant

  Recruited Patient Participants & Administered Interventions According to IRB Guidelines.

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  Logical Semantics, Inc

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  Research Assistant

  Annotated semantic knowledge of radiology sentences, performed literature searches.

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  Indiana University Health

  Jan 2009 - May 2017

  • Team Lead, Union Health Project—Ambulatory Phase (July 2016 to May 2017) Implementation of IU Health Cerner license platform at large regional Indiana health system. Union Health maintained its proprietary brand and focus of this implementation involved intricacies of merging two competing health systems into one EMR platform license.Selected accomplishmentso Assessed talents of intermediate skilled team members to identify precepting needs and provided continuous work performance feedback during project cycle to develop skills for independent functioningo Implemented effective interpersonal skills to guide team through problem solving of client concernso Oversaw merging 20+ site work flow data analyses and used expert judgement to analyze effect of change requests on scope baseline resulting in an action plan with no scope changeso Oriented 50+ consultants for go-live phases, managed 100+ daily go-live work tickets, delegated resolution assignments, adjusted support site assignments• Team Lead, Southern Indiana Physician—4 Phase Ambulatory (February 2015 to July 2016)Large multi-site, multi-specialty physician practice covering a 75-mile radius transitioning from customized Allscripts platform to IU Health Cerner platform.Selected accomplishmentsPhases 1 & 2o Coordinated an orthopedic surgical ordering and an obstetrics/gynecology procedure scheduling process improvement projects resulting in improved pre-op ordering efficiency, improved efficient for pharmacy pre-op quality control, eradication of legacy paper process, and streamlining of pre-account registrationo Performed workflow analyses and coordinated support analysts’ activities to prep for go-live resulting in multi-site 100% preparednessPhases 3 & 4o Managed three teams independently over entire implementation process from kick-off through go-live support with accolade from Program Manager that these phases were the smoothest of entire statewide integration project Show less • Analyst, IU Health Bloomington and Paoli Hospital—Inpatient (February 2014 to January 2015)Integration of large regional medical center and a critical access hospital to IU Health Cerner platform from McKesson systemSelected accomplishmentso Analyzed workflow patterns of respiratory ancillary service of both hospitals and developed new workflow for integration with new platformo Analyzed workflow patterns of acute dialysis services and developed auto reporting option eradicating need of third-party service provider quality control paper documentationo Identified in legacy system key markers flagging inpatient cardiac patients at risk for readmission that were missing in IU Health monitoring system that created a daily patient rounds list to further assess those patients for participation in cardiac rehab serviceso Coordinated physician champions of all acute care services of both hospitals with a kick-off presentation outlining order-set review process, managed working order-set review committees, and submitted order-set change requests with only one request requiring vote from statewide oversite council Show less Responsible for developing education EMR simulations for web-based training, learning labs, one on ones, and instructor led classesSelected accomplishmentso Developed web-based training for 10,000+ statewide IU Health nurses for the patient plan of care Cerner module roll-out—largest single audience for IS departmento Scrutinized workflow for sophisticated one on one training of mother/baby milk labo Generated scenario and development of web-based training for new patient education interface to implement goals/objectives for Customer Experience department Show less

  • Application Analyst-Clinical II (Team Lead)

    Feb 2015 - May 2017

  • RN-Admin

    Feb 2013 - May 2017

  • Application Analyst-Clinical II

    Feb 2014 - Jan 2015

  • IS Clinical Educator

    Feb 2013 - Feb 2014

  • Associate Partner, RN

    Jan 2009 - Feb 2013
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  AMN Healthcare

  Nov 2017 - now

  Travel Registered Nurse