Expert Details
Healthcare Strategy, Technology & Innovation
ID: 735444
California, USA
Expert has served as a Program Manager at Stanford Health Care, where he supported cross-functional projects focusing on care organization, delivery, and performance for SHC Primary Care, Employer-Based Services, and Psychiatry. He also served as the Associate Planning Manager at Kaiser Permanente's Northern California Region, in Delivery System Strategy, where he assembled and cooperatively managed matrix project teams of 6-8 physicians, capital construction project managers, financial analysts, and operations managers to define and address complex business needs, problems, and risks.
Expert received his Masters of Public Health, specializing in health policy & management, at the University of Berkley. He has received the Regent's Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives, and has 15 publications.
Areas of Expertise:
Management
o Project Management
o Team Management
Strategy / Business Development
o Strategic Planning / Market Research
o Business Analytics / Intelligence Planning
o Value Proposition Development
o Life Cycle / Revenue Strategy
o Business / Operations Plan Development
Planning
o Program Design / Implementation Planning
o Health Care Supply / Demand Forecasting
o Medical Technology Planning
o Workforce Pipeline Forecasting
o Capital and Operating Expenses
o Risk Analysis and Management
Contracts Management
o Contracts Development, Budgeting, and Negotiations
o Purchased Services Agreements
Finance / Accounting
o Financial Performance Variance Analysis and Insights
o Activities Based Costing / Total Cost of Care Analysis
o Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Valuation and Modeling
o Accounts Payable / Receivable
Research / Analytics
o Health Services Utilization / Throughput
o Drug Safety
o Pharmaceutical / Biotechnology / Medical Devices
o Predictive Analytics and Modeling for Finance / Operations
Software Experience / Knowledge
o Electronic Medical Records
o Pathology / Imaging
o Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project)
o Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS)
o Electronic Data Capture (EDC)
o Drug Safety Reporting
o Oracle Argis
o ARISg
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2011 | Degree: Master of Public Health | Subject: Health Policy & Management | Institution: University of CA, Berkley |
| Year: 1998 | Degree: Bachelor of Arts | Subject: Psychology | Institution: Berkeley |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2017 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Principal | Department: |
Responsibilities:Consulting services firm focused on health care strategy, technology, and innovation.Expert offers advising services like topic-specific research, environmental/market assessments, strategic planning, operations/workflows design and improvement deploying Lean and Six Sigma techniques, business plan development, corporate development studies and recommendations, and workforce need, preparation and development advising. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2016 to 2016 | Employer: Stanford Health Care | Title: Program Manager | Department: Ambulatory Care Services |
Responsibilities:Supported cross-functional projects focusing on care organization, delivery, and performance for SHC Primary Care, Employer-Based Services, and Psychiatry. Supported implementation of Lean A3s for operations improvements. With Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs at Stanford School of Medicine, developed a faculty physician Balanced Scorecard with Access, Quality, Productivity, and Patient Satisfaction with measures from multiple sources. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2011 to 2016 | Employer: Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California Region | Title: Associate Planning Manager | Department: |
Responsibilities:In Delivery System Strategy, assembled and cooperatively managed matrix project teams of 6-8 physicians, capital construction project managers, financial analysts, and operations managers to define and address complex business needs, problems, and risks. Contributed annual 10-year strategic and capital plan supply-demand forecast figures for Northern California service delivery planning. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2011 to 2011 | Employer: Zolo Healthcare Solutions | Title: Project Consultant | Department: |
Responsibilities:Reviewed operations, financial, and care delivery configuration information to support integrated care delivery re-design. Short-term contract engagement intended to last until September 2011. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2010 to 2010 | Employer: Kaiser Permanente | Title: MPH Intern | Department: |
Responsibilities:In support of Community Health’s Safety Net Partnerships Initiative, researched and produced two final reports of community health status and demographics, safety net provider landscape, and health care utilization for two Eastern Kaiser Permanente regions presented to Community Health executive leadership. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2011 to 2011 | Employer: University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health | Title: Project Consultant | Department: |
Responsibilities:For the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health’s Center for Public Health Practice and Leadership, synthesized state research on allied health workforce policy, forecasts and recommendations. Examined Allied Health professions for education/internship pipeline programs and geographic distributions |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2006 to 2011 | Employer: Jordan Research and Education Institute (REDI) | Title: Senior Research Coordinator | Department: |
Responsibilities:Position at East Bay Region Associates in Neurology moved to Alta Bates Summit Medical Center’s Jordan Research and Education Institute (REDI). Broader responsibilities for study oversight and management. Designed, executed, and published in Multiple Sclerosis a study that developed a Quality of Life instrument measuring QoL of Multiple Sclerosis patients. Assisted inpatient quality improvement projects. Extensive team direction of inpatient and outpatient pharmacists, physicians, clinical and infusion nurses, and other allied health and administrative staff. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2002 to 2006 | Employer: East Bay Region Assoc. in Neurology | Title: Research Coordinator | Department: |
Responsibilities:Supervised and educated teams of research coordinators, technicians, nurses and physicians on investigational study protocols. Developed/managed clinical workflows, administered medical and psychological evaluations and surveys, processed laboratory specimens, scheduled appointments in registration systems, managed insurance authorizations, roomed patients, cleaned exam rooms, and ensured incident-free patient appointments. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2000 to 2002 | Employer: Quintiles | Title: Senior Research Coordinator | Department: |
Responsibilities:At Quintiles, supervised junior clinical operations/management staff. Managed multiple clinical studies. Developed site management Standard Operating Procedures and clinical operations plans. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1998 to 2000 | Employer: Center for Applied Research and Evaluation | Title: Research Assistant | Department: |
Responsibilities:For the Center for Applied Research and Evaluation, supported research health services, epidemiologic surveillance, birth defects, practice guideline development/ implementation, inpatient medication errors, and practice variation. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1998 to 1998 | Employer: Pathway | Title: Psychotherapy Intern | Department: |
Responsibilities:For senior-year Psychological Services in the Community class, a 3-month, 10-hour per-week externship at an outpatient, group living day-treatment program. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1993 to 1994 | Employer: Arkansas Department of Health | Title: Home Health Aide, Certified | Department: |
Responsibilities:For the Union County office of the Arkansas Department of Health, provided 10 weekly hours of respite care for full-time residential caregiver for very disadvantaged elderly man. First and profoundly formative job in health care. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Regent's Award (American College of Healthcare Executives) Fellow (American College of Healthcare Executives) |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Publications: 15 |
Additional Experience
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| VOLUNTEER SERVICE Development Director, Oncotelligent (San Francisco Bay Area) Chief Strategy Officer, Pre-Meds Without Borders Business Development Advisor, Docduc Reviewer, Journal of Healthcare Management |