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FREDERICK BLANCHE
CLINICAL SPECIALIST
 1442 Verna Court, New Orleans, Louisiana 70119  504.451.1549  fredblanche1969@gmail.com
QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE
Versatile and service-oriented professional with 20 years of experience in providing high-quality patient care and nonclinical
healthcare services; complemented with expertise in medical record management, health information management,
regulatory compliance requirements, work-flow improvements, clinical documentation standards, patient education, case
management, and staff supervision and development. Seeking an opportunity to further utilize and hone skills acquired from
extensive healthcare experience. It is my goal to apply the vast nursing, healthcare and informatics experience I have to assist
in the sale, design, development, and continuous quality improvement of health care equipment and systems. I am equipped
with outstanding ability to adapt to and function well within new and critical work environment without compromising
quality and performance.
EDUCATION
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Dean’s List: Spring 2014 – Summer 2015
90 hour Medical Records / Health Information Dept. internship at University Medical Center New Orleans, LA
DIPLOMA OF NURSING; REGISTERED NURSE - 1996
Macqueen Gibbs Willis School of Nursing
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS WITH EXPERIENCE
CASE MANAGEMENT AND MEDICAL RECORD SERVICES
 Offered first-rate services to the legal community, such as case management, Social Security disability case
evaluation, Social Security disability letter briefs, medical narrative timelines, medical records review for evidence of
malpractice and opinions for potential medically related cases.
 Exemplified keen attention to detail in preparing comprehensive psychiatric discharge summaries.
 HEDIS Data Abstraction for Psychiatric Corporation.
 Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting (IPFQR) Program data extraction.
 Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs) data set extraction. (Internship at University Medical Center)
 Prepared letter briefs for Social Security disability claims, medical narratives, and summaries for workers
compensation, personal injury and malpractice claims.
 Compile, process, and maintain medical records of hospital and clinic patients in a manner consistent with medical,
administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of the health care system.
 Conducted thorough client assessment, interview, case profile evaluation, records request, and ordering of medical
evaluations or examinations.
 Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to
program, set up functions, enter data, and process information.
LEADERSHIP AND TRAINING
 Rendered keen oversight to daily activities of 12 to 15 staff comprised of registered nurses, radiologic, and scrub
technicians.
 Managed four RN analysts and one administrative secretary.
 Carried out human resource functions, such as new employee hiring, evaluation, orientation, and training, along
with facilitation of continuing education and evaluations of pre-existing employees.
 Provided guidance to four teams under the Cardiac Catheterization Department, which involved staffing, scheduling
cases, interviewing, hiring, training, and orienting new staff; along with staff evaluations, discipline, and promotions.
 Facilitated in-services for nurses, medical students, interns, residents, respiratory therapists, and nurse technicians
for new hires, as well as during Emergency Department rotations and clinical protocols of research studies.
 Singlehandedly handled the preparation of mental health services for Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) inspection, while functioning as a JCAHO Preparation Team member.

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FREDERICK BLANCHE
CLINICAL SPECIALIST
 1442 Verna Court, New Orleans, Louisiana 70119  504.451.1549  fredblanche1969@gmail.com
 Coordinated and led the enrollment of research subjects, coordination of follow-up visits, and communication with
sponsors, along with Infectious Disease Network communication, and clinical trials Principal Investigator.
 Participated in IRB communications, which involved preparation of IRB proposals, consent forms, lay summaries,
and budgets to be submitted to LSU for approval.
 Acted as LSU representative in emergency medicine research for start-up meetings and investigator meetings in
various cities throughout the country.
 Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization,
representing the organization to customers, the public, and other external sources.
INTERPERSONAL COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION
 Proactively communicated activities and treatment results with physicians, nursing staff, allied health staff, acute
and chronic dialysis staff, and other members of Healthcare Team.
 Closely monitored and reported quality improvement and performance improvement measures.
 Effectively functioned as a Root Cause Analysis Team member responsible for medical/legal research and
interviewing participants involved in a sentinel event, as well as identifying and analyzing system failures to
determine and recommend necessary correction of identified system failures.
 Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing educational or training
programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
 Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team
members.
NURSING AND PATIENT CARE
 Oversaw the delivery of care for adult population with various coronary and peripheral vascular diseases.
 Applied nursing best practices in the provision of direct patient care, management of laboratory procedures, case
flow, and administration of orders, assessments, and continuity of care.
 Served as a scrub nurse, in charge of setting up cardiac catheterization and peripheral vascular procedures, which
involved the assessment and preparation of patients, assistance to physician with procedure set up and equipment
manipulation, and removal and maintenance of arterial/venous sheath.
 Educated patients on treatment plans and procedures.
DOCUMENTATION AND REPORT GENERATION
 Created and submitted departmental performance improvement report, which included revision of data collection
tools and data collection methods.
 Ensured timely reporting of all mental health services performance improvement activities to LSU Health Sciences
Center (LSUHSC) associate hospital administrator of compliance.
 Generated comprehensive compilation of select performance improvement activities to be presented to the LSUHSC
Board.
 Created and updated all employee files, while administering Touro’s Cardiac Cath Laboratory, which included
annual credentialing, continuing education, performance and compliance requirements.
 Protect the security of medical records (clinical and research) to ensure that confidentiality is maintained.
 Review clinical and research health records for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with regulations or protocols
 Plan, maintain, and operate a variety of health record indexes and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, and
disseminate information.
 Compile and maintain patients' medical records to document condition and treatment and to provide data for
research and care improvement efforts.
WORK HISTORY
Fred Blanche Medical Record Services, L.L.C. | New Orleans, LA
SOCIAL SECURITY BRIEF WRITER | OWNER– SOUTH LOUISIANA MAR 2012–PRESENT

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FREDERICK BLANCHE
CLINICAL SPECIALIST
 1442 Verna Court, New Orleans, Louisiana 70119  504.451.1549  fredblanche1969@gmail.com
Vincent Law Firm | New Orleans, LA
CASE MANAGER | MEDICAL-LEGAL RESEARCHER | BRIEF WRITER JAN 2012–PRESENT
Ochsner Medical Center | New Orleans, LA
STAFF REGISTERED NURSE AUG 2011–FEB 2012
Electrophysiology Department
Touro Infirmary | New Orleans, LA (Nov 2005–Aug 2011)
SUPERVISOR | MANAGER JAN 2009–AUG 2011
Cardiac Catheterization; Special Procedures; Electrophysiology Department
STAFF NURSE NOV 2005–JAN 2009
Memorial Medical Center Baptist Campus | New Orleans, LA
REGISTERED NURSE, STAFF NURSE SEP 2004–AUG 2005
Special Procedures Department
Gambro Health Care/Acute Dialysis Unit, Baptist Campus | New Orleans, LA
REGISTERED NURSE, STAFF NURSE MAR 2003–SEP 2004
Medical Center of Louisiana | New Orleans, LA
PROGRAM COORDINATOR JUL 2002–FEB 2003
Quality Management Department,
SENIOR CLINICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE/COORDINATOR JUL 2001–JUL 2002
Department of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine Research
REGISTERED NURSE, STAFF NURSE SEP 1996–DEC 2002
Adult Emergency Department
Advantage Nursing Agency | Metairie, LA
PRN EMPLOYEE JUL 1998–SEP 2005
Emergency Department
CERTIFICATIONS
Registered Nurse: For Reinstatement
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider: For Renewal
Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider: For Renewal
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Outward Bound – Wilderness Leadership Program
Emergency Nursing Pediatric Core Course
Trauma Nursing Core Course
AWARDS
Dean’s List: Spring 2014 – Fall 2015
Touro’s Employee of the Month, February 2009
Warren L. Rosen, M.D. Award for Excellence – Nominee, 2007
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

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FREDERICK BLANCHE
CLINICAL SPECIALIST
 1442 Verna Court, New Orleans, Louisiana 70119  504.451.1549  fredblanche1969@gmail.com
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
Louisiana Health Information Management Association
Greater N.O. Health Information Management Association
ACTIVITIES
Ozanam Inn, New Orleans
Lusher Charter School, New Orleans
The Covenant House, New Orleans
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation – Fundraiser
NOAIDS Task Force, New Orleans