1. JESSICA BELTRAN GARCIA, RN
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jjdn.garcia@gmail.com ∙ (773) 848 -8888
PROFILE
Passionate about improving the operational integrity of clinical information
systems; while integrating quality improvement, patient safety, regulatory
standards and maximizing financial outcomes.
16 years diversified experience resulting in an agile healthcare information
technology leader.
CORE COMPETENCIES
 Systems Lifecycle
 Application Development &
Maintenance
 Inpatient & HOD workflow redesign
 Decision Support
 Clinical Strategy
 Business Analysis; Strategic/Tactical
Planning
 Request Prioritization
 Multidisciplinary/Cross Functional
Consensus building
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
RL Canning Consulting (Cook County Health & Hospital System) Chicago, IL
Clinical Informatics Strategy Consultant 9/2013-present
Design & implement new solutions, as well as, optimize existing applications to
ensure maximum system performance and clinical efficiency for inpatient &
hospital based outpatient departments
▪ Optimized the EMR request process to improve prioritization & alignment
with organizational initiatives. Lead EMR request workgroup to review and
prioritize requests.
▪ Managed Barcode Medication Administration design and implementation
with an average 30 day adoption rate of 90%
▪ Implemented electronic tracking board /orders and optimized nursing
documentation at Cook County Jail Urgent Care to address Department of
Justice requirements.
▪ Led perioperative optimization project to transition all perioperative paper
orders ,as well as, nursing documentation to the EMR
▪ Informatics leader for Oncology module implementation improving revenue
capture of chemotherapeutic agents
▪ Create test scripts & lead integration testing for assigned projects
▪ Chair Nursing Documentation committee & co- chair Orders committee

2. JESSICA BELTRAN GARCIA, RN
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jjdn.garcia@gmail.com ∙ (773) 848 -8888
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare Chicago, IL
Program Manager- Alignment and Customer Service 1/2011-8/2013
Develop and manage clinical informatics program for the Inpatient & ED
▪ Drive project implementation plan, lead change management, user adoption
and value realization of IT systems
▪ Serve as thought leader to create innovative solutions to complex workflow
▪ Ensure effective customer relationships to promote continuous exchange
between stakeholders (within and across the health system – academic &
community hospital)
▪ Developed request prioritization methodology to ensure requests align and
advance strategic goals
▪ Responsible for successful attestation of MU stage 1, preparations for stage
2 of the Inpatient and Emergency department ,as well as, Leapfrog CPOE
survey
University of Chicago Hospitals Chicago, IL 9/2002- 1/2010
Nursing Informatics Consultant 9/2006-1/2011
Responsible for the analysis, design, development, implementation, adoption
and support of the EPIC Inpatient Orders/Decision Support module
▪ Leader in the timely & budget neutral CPOE implementation
▪ Served as clinical liaison to define project scope and requirements. Chaired
the nursing workgroup and co-chaired the physician workgroup to ensure
effective process design, development and implementation
▪ Responsible for the planning and build of inpatient nursing /radiology orders,
as well as, inpatient decision support alerts ( 400+ nursing orders,
converted 1000+ radiology ancillary orders into CPOE, designed & built 150
order sets for adult/pediatric populations and created the decision support
alerts library)
▪ Provided go-live support for Clinical Doc & Radiant implementations, as
well as, version upgrades
▪ Served as a champion and clinical representative in the planning, designing,
building and implementation of the clinical information system. Served on
the Nursing Informatics and Policy/Procedure Committees
Manager, Utilization Review & Audit 6/2003-9/2006
Operational management at a 600+ bed, nationally ranked academic medical
center (responsible for 27 FTE’s in adult and children’s pavilions).
▪ Implemented standardized criteria to identify medically unnecessary days
and achieve positive throughput outcomes
▪ Created proposal and project plan for implementation of a new application.
Awarded capital budget funds to replace inefficient database
▪ Increased departmental FTE’s by 20% and decreased turnover by 50% in
order to affect positive utilization management outcomes organizationally

3. JESSICA BELTRAN GARCIA, RN
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jjdn.garcia@gmail.com ∙ (773) 848 -8888
Staff Nurse, Medical Oncology casual status 9/2002-6/2003
Case Manager, Medical Oncology 9/2002-6/2003
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL 9/2000- 9/2002
Continuity of Care Coordinator, Solid Organ Transplant 9/2001-9/2002
Responsible for utilization review / case management to achieve positive care
management outcomes
Staff Nurse, Medical Oncology 6/2000-9/2002
EDUCATION
Masters of Science Administration & Leadership 2005
DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois summa cum laude
Bachelor of Science in Nursing 1999
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois cum laude
LICENSURE & CERTIFICATIONS
Registered Professional Nurse, State of Illinois, License No. 041-319091
Informatics Nursing, ANCC certification (2011-2015)
EPIC Certifications-Inpatient Orders, Decision Support and Order Transmittal
(2010)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Information Technology/application competencies
● Proficient in several healthcare clinical and financial systems (EPIC,
Cerner & IDX Lastword – GE Centricity).
● Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Visio).
Familiar with Microsoft Project and Access.
Fluent in oral and written Spanish
RESEARCH/PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society , member
National Institute of Health, Ponticific Catholic University of Chile 1999
● Grant awarded and presented research findings at national conference
Committee on International Collaboration (CIC) 2000
● Engaged in extensive research and presented findings at CIC
symposium