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1. Erick Winegar
Cell: 703-999-1746
Email: Ewinegar2@gmail.com
43865 Hickory Corner Terrace Unit 103
Ashburn, Virginia 20147
U.S. Citizen
Healthcare IT Consultant / Systems Analyst / Application Analyst
Organized, detail oriented, results driven IT professional with 25 years of experience in healthcare IT
consulting for hospitals, pharmacies, ambulatory, clinical and business areas, and physician offices. Over
21 years of expertise in consulting for medication order management with hospital pharmacy and orders
applications with GE Centricity®
Enterprise. Extensive knowledge of clinical and business applications.
Experience includes consulting services, healthcare technology, gathering and analyzing system and
software requirements using Agile and SCRUM methodologies, clinical transformation, Electronic Health
Record (EHR) deployment, process improvement, process workflow analysis and design, data analysis,
application analysis and support, database design, gap analysis, develop business cases, best practices,
technical liaison between development team and users, reviewing and updating functional and technical
specs, advanced knowledge of SQL, Enscribe, unit and integration testing, function and regression testing,
manage testing environments, training, usability studies, software design, build, implementation, problem
solving for complex technical issues, project management, clinical and patient care services, client demos,
and sales support. Recent focus on decision support for providers and patient needs through
implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Additional interests include IC, cyber security, database
queries, statistical analysis and modeling.
Skills, Expertise and Qualifications
Consulting and project management for hospital pharmacy, clinical and business applications - GE Centricity
Enterprise (CE) / Lastword / Carecast – including Electronic Health Record (EHR) deployment, Medication
Order Management, Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE), Meaningful Use (MU) requirements for
the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Electronic Medical Record (EMR), Electronic Medication Administration
Record (eMAR), Bar Code Med Charting (BCMC), Prescription Pad (RxPad), and Automated Dispensing
Systems (ADS)
Consulting Services, Gathering and Analyzing System & Software requirements, Clinical Transformation,
Process Improvement, Process Workflow Analysis and Design, Data Analysis, Application Analysis and
Support, Software and Database Design, Implementation, Unit and Integration Testing, Function and
Regression Testing, Training, Usability Studies, Problem solving for complex technical issues, Gap Analysis,
SQL database queries and reports, Enscribe, Functional and Technical Specs, consult with engineering on
software requirements for product enhancements, Technical Liaison between development team and users,
Develop Business Cases, Best Practices, Agile and SCRUM Methodologies, Clinical and Patient Care Services,
Client Demos, Sales Support
Provided consulting services for multiple enterprise-wide system installations for large, complex healthcare
clients, to identify and define needs, and providing input to engineering to create and implement solutions
Worked with development on decision support for providers to support patient needs throughout phases of
Meaningful Use implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Trained and certified on Centricity Enterprise (CE) - Enterprise Orders (EO) through version 6.11 in 2016.
Worked with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, PeopleSoft, and Siebel.
Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Cell: (703) 999-1746 Email: ewinegar2@gmail.com
2. Experience
1995 – March 2016 / Principal Healthcare IT Consultant
GE Healthcare / IDX / PHAMIS - Enterprise Consulting Services – Ashburn, Virginia
Customers and Responsibilities Included:
East Orange General Hospital – East Orange, New Jersey – 2011-2016
Provided Consulting services and Best Practice recommendations to customer for EHR system, to support
clinical and patient care services
Implemented Centricity Enterprise 6.11 - Medication Order Management, CPOE, RxPad, eMAR, Bar Code
Med Charting, MU & MU2 for Affordable Care Act (ACA), specializing in workflows, data and application
analysis, technical liaison between development team and customer IT teams/users, decision support, gap
analysis, system and database design, build, screens, labels, reports, SQL queries, interfaces, audits, training,
testing, order sets, unit and integration testing, as well as troubleshooting and resolving customer issues
Reviewed functional and technical specs and provided feedback for software enhancements using Agile and
SCRUM methodologies
Worked with customer for several years upgrading multiple times to CE version 6.11.2.5
Inova Health Systems – Falls Church, Virginia – 2008-2011
Implemented Medication Order Management and Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) in three
facilities, specializing in workflows, analysis, decision support, design, consulting with engineering on
software requirements for product enhancements, build, implementation, order sets, as well as
troubleshooting and resolving issues
Worked with customer to successfully upgrade multiple versions of system software
The University of Virginia – Charlottesville, Virginia – 2004-2008
Implemented CPOE, and eMAR for inpatient hospital, and EO RxPad and Orders for 100+ Ambulatory clinics
Project manager in charge of development of the EO RxPad faxing module to allow faxing of prescriptions to
thousands of pharmacies throughout Charlottesville, Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland, and
Washington DC area
Worked with customer to successfully upgrade multiple versions of system software
Technical liaison between programming team and customer users
IDX UK and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital – London, England – 2001-2004
Implemented anglicized version of Gemini Orders and Pharmacy for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Worked on the development and Anglicization of CPOE, and the Pharmacy and Orders product for the UK
Sales demos and support of the system to win the contract to provide our product to the Southwest and
London regions of the UK healthcare market
Other customers - 1995-2016
Mayo Clinic – Rochester, MN
Mount Sinai / Continuum Health Partners – New York, NY
Scripps Healthcare – San Diego, CA
Montefiore Medical Center – New York, NY
Thomas Jefferson University – Philadelphia, PA
Wake Forest University – Winston-Salem, NC
Sharp Healthcare – San Diego, CA
Virginia Hospital Center / Arlington Hospital – Arlington, VA
Cell: (703) 999-1746 Email: ewinegar2@gmail.com
3. Specialized in Pharmacy Systems analysis, design, re-engineering, client workflows, tailoring, build, training,
testing, interfaces, integration test support, reports, Enscribe and SQL database query, workflow audits,
tailoring preservation, upgrades, mentoring personnel, and implementation of new functionality
Expertise with CPOE implementations, EO RxPad, EO Orders and Pharmacy, decision support, eMAR,
medication charting, input in product design and development, upgrades, and activation support
1994 – 1995 / Pharmacy Systems Implementation Consultant
Community Health Computing, Inc. – Dallas, Texas
Responsible for implementation of hospital pharmacy system and consulting with clients on workflows,
database design, system build, reports, labels, training, software quality assurance and supporting clients
Provided software testing and design input for future product development on Unix based environments
1991 – 1994 / Pharmacy Systems Support Analyst
Cardinal Health/Owen Healthcare, Inc. – Houston, Texas
Responsible for installing hospital pharmacy systems at multiple client sites and training staff
Responsible for training and mentoring internal personnel, testing software, installation and configuration
of LAN, on-site and in-house, and telephone support for clients
1989 – 1990 / Software Systems Analyst
International Mathematical and Statistical Libraries (IMSL) – Houston, Texas
Responsible for porting IMSL mathematical and statistical software libraries to various environments,
including CRAY Y-MP, SUN, DEC, and HP9000 systems
Designed UNIX scripts for interactive software installation procedures, and developed user documentation
for installation and testing
Education & Certifications
The University of Houston – Houston, Texas
- Bachelors of Science - Mathematics, 1987
- Minor, Computer Science – Science and Business Applications, 1987
GE Centricity Enterprise Orders (EO) Certified 2010-2016 - via GE Healthcare IT Education Services
GE Continuing Education for CE/EO Version 6.6/6.9/6.11 and Meaningful Use requirements
Cell: (703) 999-1746 Email: ewinegar2@gmail.com