Kevin Sprecher

Experience

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  Duke University Health System

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2000

  Nursing Informatics System Specialist

  Configured, implemented and supported Philip’s®CareVue 9000 system, consisting of 11 pairs of HP Unix servers, Allbase database, 3000+ users and 225 workstations installed in 11 care units.

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  Spectrum Health

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2004

  Project Manager

  • Managed product development partnership with Cerner® for their next generation of integrated direct charting flowsheets and care planning applications (iNET®).• Implemented Cerner’s medication integration, clinical notes and electronic medication administration (eMAR) applications.• Implemented Cerner’s MilleniumCareNet®, PharmNet®, RadNet® and CapStone Enterprise Scheduling® products.

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  Memorial Hermann Healthcare System

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  Manager, Clinical Solutions

  Managed operations for team that supports complete systems life cycle for orders processing, documentation, interfaced physiological monitoring, intake and output, and medication administration.

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  St. Anthony's Medical Center

  Jan 2007 - Aug 2012

  Leadership for Lean Six Sigma process improvement (LSS / PI), patient safety and compliance programs, and operational oversight for care management, quality management, clinical informatics, clinical decision support, regulatory standards and customer service departments. Leadership of clinical information system visioning, EMR selection and defining new informatics roles that provide clinical and change management expertise.

  • Vice President, Center for Clinical Effectiveness

    Jan 2008 - Aug 2012

  • Director of Clinical Informatics

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2008
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  Caldwell Butler & Associates

  Jun 2012 - Jun 2018

  Managing Principal, Clinical Financial

  Providing comprehensive strategies and solutions for healthcare organizations desiring to improve their performance through the integration of Lean-Six Sigma and other advanced quality methods. Establish organizational methods of driving accountability, change, and implementation. Exclusive to healthcare, and developed proprietary software applications for achieving meaningful gains in organizational performance.

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  BJC HealthCare

  Jan 2018 - now

  Oversight of regulatory, risk, patient safety, emergency management, environmental health and safety, infection prevention and occupational health departments. Aligning strategic plans with implementation of process improvement initiatives. Current priorities include sustainment of High Reliability Organization principles and implementation of improving access to care. Providing consulting services for BJC HealthCare through the Center for Clinical Effectiveness.Engagements included defining Clinical Informatics roles for the system, implementing telepsychiatry for the outpatient, inpatient and emergency departments, planning chief for COVID-19 Incident Command, and implementing High Reliability Organization principles.

  • Clinical Program Manager

    Apr 2023 - now

  • Performance Improvement Consultant

    Jan 2018 - Apr 2023