Gwenn Darlinger

Experience

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  Abbott Laboratories

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1996

  Product Testing
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  Quest Diagnostics

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2000

  Senior Technical Billing Analyst
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  Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

  Nov 2006 - Jul 2012

  Project Manager

  • Manage Health IT strategic project teams in support of HIT developments that impact the Blue systems.• Lead e-prescribing and health information exchange workgroups to build consensus and collaboration among Blue Plans active in these areas.• Provide Health IT expertise and Blue perspective to national industry groups. o Advisory Council for National eHealth Collaborative University o HIMSS e-prescribing task force o Board Member Center for Improving Medication Management o HL7 Standalone e-Prescribing Task Group• Conduct presentations to internal and external organizations on Health Information Technology. - BlueCross and Blue Shield Summits and Symposiums - NeHC Health IT Orientation Show less

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  Quest Diagnostics

  Jul 2012 - Jun 2015

  • Selected as key strategic business driver of a new groundbreaking position, operating as the main point of contact between the Clinical Franchises and regional commercial & operations for new test launches, technologies, technology services and initiatives• Spearheaded development and implementation of tools and processes necessary to facilitate the successful implementation of strategic initiatives at the regional operational and commercial levels• Developed processes to promote positive customer experience with new solution launches Show less • Manage a team of five implementation analysts who established interfaces between the lab and the physician’s electronic medical records system for ordering, results and billing.• Responsible for implementation projects for three business units in the Great Lakes Region.• Advisory Council for National eHealth Collaborative Universityo Shape the educational programs, serve as faculty, help recruit faculty, and provide additional advice to NeHC• Lead process improvement teams to solve ongoing quality issueso Audit Improvement Team – develop action plan and analyst support program to improve audit scores for the Physician Interface Team.o Training Program Team – build structured training program to ensure consistent education for new analysts including reference material, independent modules and uniform evaluation. Show less

  • Regional Manager, Process Excellence, Healthcare IT Solutions

    Sept 2014 - Jun 2015

  • Manager, Physician Interface Implementations

    Jul 2012 - Sept 2014
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  Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

  Jun 2015 - now

  • Develop new, focused vision for the team while managing executive level acceptance and specific objectives for team members.• Manage Electronic Clinical Data Exchange Workgroup that focuses on promoting interoperability by supporting the effective movement of electronic clinical data.• Manage development and implementation of HIT strategy related to health information exchange, mobile health and clinical data interoperability.• Direct a national webinar on how the HIT trends and dynamics of HIT are taking us beyond the EHR into provider collaboration, population health and patient engagement. • Leads BCBSA and Plan representation at national industry committees to ensure industry direction is consistent with the Blues, strategies, priorities and policies. o Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI)  Workgroup on Genomics Workgroup on Mobile Health Show less

  • Director - Enterprise Data Solutions

    Apr 2021 - now

  • Manager, Health Data Interoperability

    Jun 2019 - Apr 2021

  • Health Information Technology

    Jun 2015 - Apr 2021