Anka Meges, RN, BSN, MBA

Experience

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  Northwestern Memorial Hospital

  Aug 2001 - Aug 2003

  Registered Nurse

  Staff Nurse, in-patient level 3 perinatal center, with over 8,000 births a year• Cared for high-risk patients experiencing preterm labor, diabetes, preeclampsia, premature rupture of membranes, and hyperemesis. • Responsible for postpartum patients and newborns. • Preceptor new employees

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  Cardinal Health, Care Fusion Products

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2008

  Product Manager

  Defined software requirements specifications and use cases for all product offerings to meet business processes and customer expectations. Conducted regular product design reviews with Quality Assurance and Product Development teams to maintain product functionality within defined requirements.• Evaluated various hospital environments to develop new or enhanced workflows for software applications, resulting in improved software development and customer satisfaction

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  CareFusion

  Oct 2003 - Feb 2008

  Product Manager

  Defined software requirements specifications and use cases for all product offerings to meet business processes and customer expectations. Conducted regular product design reviews with Quality Assurance and Product Development teams to maintain product functionality within defined requirements.• Evaluated various hospital environments to develop new or enhanced workflows for software applications, resulting in improved software development and customer satisfaction

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  RelayStrategy

  Aug 2009 - Jan 2010

  Marketing/Sales

  Developed concepts for internal marketing materials with the marketing team. Inside sales work, including Request for Proposals and other related sales duties.• Completed RFPs which generated new business leads for the sales team

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  University Hospitals

  Mar 2012 - Mar 2018

  Provided all aspects of the change management process, from building awareness and workflow discovery to training design and delivery through reinforcement to ensure adoption for the Patient Centric Access and Revenue Management project impacting the Ambulatory practices.· Designed training curriculum for Soarian Scheduling and RevSpring, including user guides, job aids, power point presentation and videos, ultimately increasing productivity for the office staff. Provided on-site and on-call UHCare Acute support as clinicians at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital and MacDonald Women’s Hospital use the Electronic Medical Records and other clinical systems that integrate with the EMR. Educated end-users to adopt to UHCare Acute to meet their clinical workflows.Facilitated monthly steering committee meetings with hospital leadership to discuss EMR enhancements, resulting in adherence to Hospital and CMS guidelines. Prepared and implemented change management activities for the UHCare Ambulatory pilot program, then participated in the rollout of the EMR to all the ambulatory practices. Performed site visits, interviewed staff and designed an implementation strategy to accommodate the new system.· Developed EMR workflow templates which guided clinicians to customize their specific specialties, resulting in an optimal office workflow.

  • Sr. Change Management and Training Specialist

    Jan 2016 - Mar 2018

  • Clinical Systems Liaison-Acute EMR at Rainbow Babies and Children’s and MacDonald Women's Hospital

    Oct 2014 - Jan 2016

  • Sr. Clinical Adoption Analyst-Ambulatory EMR

    Mar 2012 - Oct 2014
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  Cardinal Health

  Apr 2018 - Dec 2019

  Project Manager

  Project Manager for the implementation of WaveMark, spanning seven Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals with a focus on the Operating Rooms. Uses project methodologies and related tools to bring the projects to a successful completion, within scope, on time and within budget.· Aligned a large project team who implemented and supported the WaveMark Application and significant Environment of Care changes in the OR within a tight project timeline.· Organized successful activations of a hospital enterprise application and maximized storage and visibility of inventory for the staff, resulting in enhanced patient safety. Show less

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  Impact Advisors

  Oct 2020 - Aug 2021

  Delivery Implementer-Allscripts
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  University Hospitals

  Aug 2021 - now

  Epic Principal Trainer: Beacon, Dorothy Clinicals, Research