Regina Cole Resume 520155
- 1. Regina M. Cole, DNP, RN-BC, NEA-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS 1065 Peachtree Street Unit 3401 Atlanta, GA 30309 404 432-3111 [email protected] Summary 20+ years’ experience in Healthcare Information Technology and Clinical Care Leadership Experience in all aspects of HIT project management, systemimplementations and optimization leveraging technology to improve outcomes SME in health informatics practice, leadership and academics Driven by innovations and application of complex concepts into practice that address patient/ population healthcare research, quality, safety and costs Core Competencies New York University MA New York, NY Master of Arts - Nursing Education Post Graduate - Coursework in Health Computer Science Brooklyn College Downstate BSN Brooklyn, NY Bachelor of Science in Nursing Experience 2014-Present iHealth Consulting, LLC Atlanta, GA Principal - Chief Nursing Information Officer Consultant - Aventura, Inc. Providing strategic and operational best practice/processes to the Management Team. SME, educator, clinical leader and voice addressing product development, marketing sales approach, feasibility and usability of current and future products. Various other consultant roles providing clinical and academic HIT consultation. EHR: ADT, RIS, PACS, LIS, OM, Clin Doc, Pharmacy, Reporting, BCMA, CDS Evidence-Based Practice & Processes ARRA - MU, NQF, eCQMRequirements Workflow Reorganization Education Vanderbilt University DNP Nashville, TN Doctor of Nursing Practice - Informatics EHR/HIT large scale clinician training Benefits Realization – ROI Metrics Data Analytics, Predictives, Prescriptives Innovations Emerging Technologies - Advisor Skilled Change Agent, Team Builder, Mentor
- 2. Regina Cole Resume 2 2014-Present Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Nashville, TN Assistant Professor Adjunct – Clinical Nursing Health Informatics 2010-2014 Georgia State University School of Nursing & Health Professions Atlanta, GA Clinical Assistant Professor - Graduate Professional Faculty & Specialty Coordinator for the Nursing Leadership in Health Care Innovations Program - Administration Informatics track. Responsible for: strategic planning, grant direction, curriculum design, course development, instruction, evaluation, student admissions, advisement, marketing, collaboration with the business school health administration faculty, and securing residency site placements with preceptors. Within two years of start of the program it was the second largest nursing informatics program in the southeast. Worked closely with executive level hospital IT leaders and C- Suite’s, in the direction, supervision and coordination of the clinical residency opportunities for students. Chairperson for the Faculty Search Committee; Member School Strategic Planning Committee, Health Informatics Baccalaureate Program & Curriculum Design Committee, DNP Doctoral Program Development Committee, Master’s Program & Curriculum Committee, CCNE Recertification Committee, International School Initiatives - Toured many academic and clinical sites in the People’s Republic of China. Program Director - Human Resources Services Administration HRSA Grant, 2010-2013. Nurse Education Practice and Retention - GSU Nursing Leadership Program Development - $810,000. 2006-2010 Piedmont Healthcare Atlanta, GA Informatics Nurse Specialist - Provided oversight for the strategic and operational nursing/clinical informatics leadership in the development, deployment, re-engineering, optimization and integration of the clinical information systems. This included the design, selection, education, implementation, and support of all IT applications used by clinicians providing patient care – Eclipsys/Allscripts & McKesson STAR, Meds Manager and Admin Rx products. Committee Member: Epic System Selection Team, Patient Safety, Joint Commission Readiness Team, Informatics, HIM, Chairperson EHR Clinical Documentation Central Council, Nurse Practice Council. Preceptor for many graduate-level nursing informatics students. 2004-2006 Health Care Staffing Atlanta, GA Critical Care Nurse - Provided direct care to critically-ill adult patients in the CCU, CVCU, MICU/ SICU and the Neuro ICU. EHR Super User: Eclipsys SCM, McKesson’s AcuScan, Horizon Clinicals, STAR & PCS. 2001-2003 R & D Consulting Roswell, GA Consultant - Managed a small IT consulting firm that provided logistical material management consultation. 1997-2001 Northside Hospital Atlanta, GA Critical Care Resource Nurse - Provided direct care to ICU, CCU & IICU patients. McKesson Horizon Super User and Trainer, PCS user.
- 3. Regina Cole Resume 3 1996-1997 Emory University School of Nursing Atlanta, GA Graduate Faculty Nurse Practitioner Program - Coordinated acute care nurse practitioner students senior clinical and seminar courses. Informatics Faculty - Grant recipient developed a graduate health informatics technology course for nursing, public health, and medical students. 1994-1995 Valley Hospital Ridgewood, NJ CCU Level IV RN & Clinical IS Specialist - Advanced practice nurse clinician, provided direct care to CCU patients. Clinical implementation team resource. HP 9200 CIS Super User & Trainer. Meditech Super User. 1992-1993 New York University Division of Nursing New York, NY Project Director & Adjunct Faculty - Directed all aspects of a large research study of patients with AIDS. Developed and taught an honors nursing research course. 1987-1990 Staten Island University Hospital Staten Island, NY ER RN Level 1 Trauma Center - Care provider to ER patients from newborn to adults. 1986-1991 College of Staten Island Staten Island, NY Nursing Faculty & Informatics Specialist - Instructed critical care, informatics, health assessment, medical surgical and fundamental courses. Grant Recipient - Developed a Nursing Informatics course and an educational software program that taught nurses how to use a hospital information system. 1985-1986 Cabrini Medical Center New York, NY Nurse Manager - ICU & Hemodialysis Unit - Managed 50 employees in all aspects of Unit and patient care delivery. HIS computer selection committee member. 1978-1984 New York University Medical Center Hospital New York, NY Staff RN-Senior Clinician-Assistant Head Nurse-ICU- Supervised staff of 85 in the care to CCU, CVICU, MICU and SICU patients. Charge RN. HIS ICU Implementation Coordinator and Super User - TDS/Technicon. License/Certifications Georgia State & New York State RN License Board Certified Nurse Executive-Advanced ANCC NEA-BC Fellow in the Health Information Systems Society HIMSS FHIMSS Board Certified Informatics Nurse ANCC RN-BC Certified Professional in Health Information Management Systems HIMSS CPHIMS Advanced Practice Nurse Critical Care Nurse Practitioner NJ APN, C (1992-2003) Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse CCRN AACN (1982-2007)
- 4. Regina Cole Resume 4 Honors & Professional Activities 2013 March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Finalist - Informatics, Research & Evidence-Based Practice 2013 Nightingale Academic Scholarship Award - Vanderbilt University 2013 Kaiser Foundation Scholarship Academic Award - Georgia State University 1990 Inducted into the National Honor Society for Nursing - Sigma Theta Tau International 1982 Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities - New York University 1982 Samuel Eschborn Award -“Exemplary Leadership and Service as a Student” - NYU Presentations 2015 GA Department of Public Health Conference “Informatics: The EHR and Public Health Nursing” 2015 GA ANIA Chapter Meeting “HIT – Personal and Professional Innovation” 2015 HIMSS 15 – Moderator – “Key Technologies for Physician-Led Accountable Care Success – Farzad Mostashari, MD” 2014 GA HIMSS Healthcare Regional Trade Faire – Moderator - “Clinical Informatics Executive Panel” 2014 STTI – Nursing Honor Society- DNP Project Poster Presentation “Academic Electronic Health Record System Criteria Relevance and Attitudes toward Adoption in Accredited Schools of Nursing”, Nashville, TN 2013 American Medical Informatics Association National Conference - Podium “Academic Electronic Health Record System’s Criteria Relevance and Attitudes toward Adoption in Accredited Schools of Nursing”, Washington, DC 2013 Emory University, Georgia Tech & GSU Health Innovations Program - Podium/Panel “Leveraging Health Information Technology at the Point of Care to Facilitate Interdisciplinary Practice”, Atlanta, GA 2013 Healthcare Trade Faire & Regional Conference - Panel “Talent Management Building a World Class IT Staff: Trends and Strategies for Attracting and Retaining Exceptional IT Talent in a Demanding Marketplace”, Atlanta GA 2013 Nursing Informatics Boot Camp - Podium “HIT & Project Management”, Atlanta, GA 2012 Nursing Informatics Boot Camp - Podium “Information Technology”, Atlanta, GA 2011 GA HIMSS Town Hall - Panel “Sustaining Healthcare IT”, Atlanta, GA 2011 GA HIMSS Conference - Panel “Clinical Informatics Enables Patient Engagement”, Atlanta, GA 2011 Georgia Nurses Association Membership Assembly - Panel “Nursing Informatics: Not the Newest Kid on the Block”, Atlanta, GA Service & Professional Activities 2014 - 2016 HIMSS National - Quality, Cost & Safety Committee Member 2015 - Present GA Chapter of the American Nursing Informatics Association - Board of Director Member 2014 Georgia State University DNP Doctoral Capstone Project Committee Member - Informatics
- 5. Regina Cole Resume 5 2013 Doctoral Internship at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology with Judy Murphy, RN Deputy Director for Policy & Planning, Washington, DC 2013 Vanderbilt University DNP Scholarly Project - “Academic Electronic Health Record System Criteria Relevance and Attitudes toward Adoption in Accredited Schools of Nursing” National survey of Nursing Faculty 2013 Grant Reviewer, Emory Healthcare Innovations Program HIP/ACTSI/GSU - Innovation Research Grant Program 2013 Program Director - Human Resources and Services Agency HRSA Nurse Education Practice and Retention Grant to develop and implement the Nursing Leadership in Healthcare Innovations Program at Georgia State University School of Nursing - $ 810,000 2012 - Present March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Award Selection Committee 2012 Strategic Planning Training - Georgia State University Robinson School of Business 2011 - Present GA HIMSS Board of Directors - Chairperson Professional Development Committee 2009 Lean Training Georgia Institute of Technology Innovations Center 1997 - 2003 Roswell Women’s Club - Chairperson for the Education Scholarship Committee 1997 Emory University - Grant for development of an “Interdisciplinary Healthcare Informatics Course for Nursing, Medical and Public Health Graduate Students” 1990 Academic Computing Faculty Software Grant - City University of New York. Developed and programmed a Hospital Information System prototype educational software that nursing students used to learn about electronic health record systems. The software product won an award for the best application developed by a faculty member at CUNY that year 1990 New York University - “Retrospective Study of Patients with AIDS” - Grant Director involved in all aspects of the research design, public health data tool development and data analysis Professional Associations ANA - American Nurses Association GNA - Georgia Nurses Association AACN - American Association of Critical Care Nurses HIMSS - National & Georgia Chapter ANIA - American Nursing Informatics Association STTI - Sigma Theta Tau - Iota Chapter - Nursing Honor Society