Accomplishments

Increased Shadyside Hospital IT Top Box ESS results by 23.6% year over year

Central Telemetry Unit at Shadyside Hospital

  • Addressed urgent need to set up Centralized patient monitoring to address patient care concerns
  • Took just 18 days(including weekends) from initial concept to staffing a fully operational CTU
  • Coordinated Network switch installation, Hardware acquisition, cabling needs, and room setup
  • Collaborated with multi- disciplinary team to design and convert this room into the CTU

West Wing Patient Unit Construction

  • Member of multi-disciplinary team assembled to design more efficient decentralized nursing unit
  • Participated in focus groups to ensure that all IT needs were met
  • Completed Project 64K under IT budget
  • Introduced digital signage powered by Cerner, first location at UPMC
  • Led initiative to establish best in-room computer mounting solution to accommodate all nursing requirements

A.C.E.S recipient in 2014

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