Duane Laabs

Stillwater, MN, 55082 651-491-8299 duanelaabs@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE
To aid Medical Centers and Clinics in the implementation of Electronic Medical Records.

SUMMARY
* 8 years of leadership experience in healthcare IT all highly visible and highly successful projects * 5 EHR Go-Lives End to End All highly successful received awards for smooth installs * Strong Knowledge of EpicCare Inpatient, EpicCare Ambulatory, (Stork, Willow), Epic ADT/Prelude/Cadence NextGen EPM/EMR/KBM * Designed more than 300 clinic documentation screens for dermatology, surgery, cardiology, behavioral health, orthopedics, ENT, and family practice * Expert in building consensus among providers, nursing and staff while implementing EHRs * Implemented workflow analysis for multiple clinics and medical centers improving performance by 10 % before EHR go-live * At go-live provider/nurse efficiency improved 10% (1 hour) over previous process * Strong knowledge of hospital and multispecialty clinic workflow (Software - Epic, NextGen) * Programmed Multiple HL7 interfaces -- Integrated Registration - Hospital system using Cache / Clinic using NextGen SQL -- Lab - Internal hospital system / outside reference lab -- Spoke at 2 National Interface Conferences on complexity of interfaces produced * Managed multiple locations as an IT Director - always under budget and meeting tight time lines * Strong knowledge of Microsoft Project, Visio, Orion Health Interface Engine, Intersystems Ensemble * Lead western Wisconsin committee on implementation of EHR - 7 different medical centers

Career Driver
Inspiring health care centers and ultimately individual departments to embrace new technology and new work flow to improve efficiency and improve patient care.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Electronic Health Record Consulting 2009-Present Private consulting focused on implementation of electronic health records to improve customer efficiency and improve patient care, experience with multiple go-lives and with multi-specialty clinics Epic/NextGen St. Croix Regional Medical Center 2005 - 2009 Director of ITBuilt strong IT team that focused on work flow analysis - implemented several HL7 interfaces while integrating the hospital and clinic systems with lab and radiology - managed 2 different Budgets totaling more than 3 million annually - while implementing EHR built new wing on hospital Walker Art Center 20032005 Director of IT - Built IT strong IT team that implemented high tech solutions for new Walker Art Center managed 3 different budgets totaling more than 1.5 million TSI Inc Lead Systems Analyst - Worked on defense projects in US, Germany, Sweden and England Fingerhut Lead Systems Analyst - Multiple major projects nation wide University of Minnesota Analyst Programmer - Worked on Ullyses and Wind NASA Space project - programmed in C United States Department of Interior 1996 - 2002 20022003

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Education
University of River Falls - Computer Science / Math CCDA, CCNA, MCSE, PMP Class 2013 certification pending 19811985 2002 - Present