Healthcare data integration

1. Richard M. Phillips
2600 Willow Green Drive
Duluth, GA 30096
(404) 401.2248
E-mail: Richard.phillips4@gmail.com
CAREER OBJECTIVE
To obtain a technical or management position in the Information Services industry providing both a
challenge and an opportunity to contribute to the right organization.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jan 2015 - Present Streamline Health Inc
Atlanta, GA
Senior Integration Consultant
 Streamline Health client integration using IBM WebSphere ESB tools. SOA
(Cloud) method deployment using IBM Message Broker. Clinical Document
Improvement, CAC, RCM along with Population Health Management
enterprise projects. Streamline Health products are the vanguard for
healthcare analytics. Using Rhapsody Engine, Oracle, webservers and ETL
tools. Clients include VA Hospitals, Community Health Systems, Dignity
Health, Texas Health along with progressive healthcare systems in New
York and New England. Tasks include HL7, X12, FHIR CDI integration.
EPIC interconnect services to client systems.
April 2010 – Dec 2014 HCTec Systems (Contract consultant)
Atlanta, Georgia
Healthcare Integration Consultant.
 HL7 Interface developer for Catholic Health Initiatives. Design and build
HL7 interfaces using Orion Rhapsody engine, Oracle e-Gate engine and
Cloverleaf. CHI migrating off of eGate to Rhapsody project. EMR
integration projects working with HL7, FHIR IHE X12, Flat-file message
types. X12 transactions - 834, 835, 837, 270/271 276//277, 278.
 Level 2 Cloverleaf certification. Using the Cloverleaf Engine implement
Nuance Dragon Transcription integration with McKesson HPF and
AllScripts HIS. HL7 - ADT and MDM events for. Univ Texas Health
system. DICOM integration.
 Project (Hospital Corp of America) to deploy a best in class Computer
Assisted Coding (CAC) Enterprise Solution to include: Master Data
Management efforts to normalize data sets using SQL Server, Oracle
database tools. Working with multiple EMR vendors.
Natural Language processing (NLP) based coding assistance for a
geographically dispersed set of users for ICD-9 to ICD-10 transition.
 Design and implement McKesson’s Horizon Clinical Infrastructure (HCI)
data interfaces to expedite Meaningful Use initiative for Community Health
Systems Corp. Nashville TN. OpenEngine FSI integration experience.
 Build HL7 interfaces (ver 2.x) to McKesson, Cerner, Meditech, Epic and
3M vendor including AdminRX, Horizon Meds Manager using Carelink,
Mirth, Cloverleaf interface mapping tools. Script design using Tcl, Pearl,
JavaScript with HL7, X12 and flatfile formats. All message types (events)
for CHS corp. Interoperability design, build and implement.
 Population Health Management and HIE integration projects. Mapping
CCD and CCDA along with X12 message data. In depth data analysis for
CMS (Gov) standards. Mirth, SFTP, ebXML, FHIR/HL7
 CHS Tasks include upgrading software applications on Linux/Unix servers

2. to obtain McKesson 10.x Pilot program goals. Cloverleaf and CareLink
Interface engine design for Community Health Systems.
 Software and network tools: Perl, FTP, TCP/IP, VPN, Permeo. Tcl,
NetConfig, Alert config, HL7 and X12 interface build.
 Team based approach to solve highly complex problems.
 Materials management automated data capture projects using SQL and data
mapping tools. Design and build interfaces for healthcare material supply
chain vendor VHA.
 Epic Clarity system support. Epic SQL report design. Epic Bridges Interface
support for Grady Health Systems.
 Revenue Cycle and decision support application upgrades on Resolute,
STAR and other EMR vendor systems. Supply chain application support.
 Epic Interface implementation to Resolute and Clarity.
 Tcl, Perl scripting, ETL functions, Master Patient Index design for Heath
Management Association Corp. (HMA)
April 2008 – May 2010 CareMedic Systems Inc. (Now United Health Group Corp.)
Atlanta, GA
Technical Lead
 Implement Electronic Medical Record interfaces for revenue cycle
management systems and ETL projects. Perform data integration tasks.
 Provide support and interface development using Pervasive Data integration
tool. Data interfaces include HL7 and X12 standards. eFR product
integration which is now part of Optum RCM effort. CDI integration.
 Interface projects include Meditech (Magic and Client/Server) with flat file
and HL7 message types. Meditech efforts involved collaboration with
third-party vendors. Other vendor interfaces from Cerner, Epic, SMS, HMS,
Sage, GE and McKesson. Materials Management Information Systems
design, build and implementation for hospital supply vendors.
 Revenue Cycle Management integration lead experience.
 Utilize business acumen acquired from diverse experience to solve complex
problems.
 Strategic planning and communicate vision.
Oct 2006 – April 2008 Northrop Grumman Corporation – Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. (CDC national center Atlanta, Georgia)
Atlanta, GA
Systems Engineer V
 HL7 Analyst on projects for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)
 Provide support and interface development on Orion’s Rhapsody interface
Engine and tools.
 HL7 Interface support for the National Center for Public Health Informatics
group within the CDC. Message formats include HL7 ver. 2.5 ORU^R01,
ADT’s, ORM including the national PHIN and NHIN standard. HIE
message design and implementation.
April 2003 – Oct 2006 McKesson Corporation - Provider Technology Group
Atlanta, GA
Interface Consultant (Enterprise Imaging Group)
 Develop, implement and install HL7 interfaces for the McKesson Horizon
Patient Folder EMR application.

3.  Build and install Computer Output to Laser Disk (COLD) interfaces to
Hospital Information Systems. Horizon Patient Folder is designed to be
utilized as the Electronic Medical Record for the Healthcare client.
 Implement X12 ANSI interfaces from Clearinghouse to our EMR and
document imaging solution.
Oct 2001 – March 2003 Quovadx Corporation (Lawson)
Atlanta, GA
Healthcare Integration Consultant
 California Healthcare Foundation Care Data Exchange – RHIO
implementation.
 Technical components of the Care Data Exchange (CDE) effort were
donated to the Open Health Tools org. to help foster HIE initiatives. Tasks
include design, implementation, technical writing along with disaster
recovery related to Healthcare IT. HL7, CCOW, X12 message builds.
Support EDI healthcare information systems integration teams within
hospitals and IDN’s. Measured progress using Microsoft Project software.
Utilized software tracking tools – Visual Source Save and Clear-Quest
 Assist with design and implementation for replacement of Lab Information
Management System within the Florida Department Of Health. Use of
Public Health messaging standards such as SNOMED, LOINC, HL7.
Deploy EDI/HIPAA transaction set. NHIN
 Electronic Medical Record (EMR) design and implementation.
 In-depth projects using platform technologies such as Windows
NT/Windows 2000, Oracle, IIS/ASP, and MS SQL/Server.
 QDXi Interface Engine (Cloverleaf) TCL development and support with
large Healthcare Information System vendors. Meditech-(MAGIC), IDX,
SMS-(Invision), Mckesson-(STAR, ADT Interfaces) Cerner, Eclipsys-TDS
Order/Results, Epic and Sunquest as examples.
 Utilize functional scripting language with TCL, PERL and VB.
 Single Sign-On (CCOW) deployment using Sentillion with Eclipsys Sunrise
XA, DR Systems and the Care Data Exchange – Santa Barbara, CA.
Sept 1998 - Oct 2001 Healtheon Corporation
Atlanta, GA
Integration Engineer
 Responsible for systems integration life cycle of Practice Office
Management Information Systems (POMIS) to WebMD Practice portal.
 Integration and Deployment to aggregate all components of a customer's
solution, perform software load, and quality assurance tests, integrate the
application-ready solution with the client's existing architecture, and
deployed the solution throughout the network. Provided a transition
management plan for moving from the existing to the new solution
environment
 Interface deployment tools include message broker engines, (Cloverleaf and
XLink) for disparate interfacing, modular web-enabled components - COM,
ActiveX, JSP, ASP, XML.
 Completed meta-data interface builds from HIS system to fully integrate
into Java-based web portal. Designed and implemented the web-enabled
patient demographic interface from Medical Manager application to Clinical
Lab portals for WebMD/Envoy.
 Ensure internal software development methodologies adhere to designated

4. specifications. Development tool use – Clearcase
 Develop and follow software Test Plan for both in-house software and
deployment sites.
 Facilitate project meetings as necessary. Co-ordinate vendor attendance.
 Establish project goals, timelines and monitor adherence.
 Work with meta-data interface standards – HL7, ANSI X12, FTP.
 Lead interface projects with SMS-Invision, Medical Manager, Quest
Diagnostics, LabCorp, IDX, Medic for reference lab Orders/Results. Design
and support Patient Demographic interfaces for over 120 Practice
Management Systems. Mentor national Implementation Engineering team
toward successful install and go-live.
 Utilize Six Sigma techniques toward continuous improvement objectives.
 Six Sigma certification obtained at Digital Equipment Corporation. (Now
Hewlett-Packard)
March 1997-Sept 1998 Egleston Children’s Hospital at Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
Systems Integration Analyst
 Develop, install and support systems integration efforts applying proven
methods to create a detailed project plan with all tasks, phases, milestones,
resource requirements, dependencies and risks clearly defined. Hospital
data Interface support.
 Systems/tasks include: Mckesson/TPA, STATLAN, SunQuest, Pyxis,
DFM, LAN/WAN development and support. Create Hospital Information
Systems design flow and build design specifications for critical enterprise
systems. Capacity planning.
 Document application end-user guides. Create trouble-shooting and QC
methodology templates for HIS user and vendors. Meet and exceed
customer demands for all related hospital support issues.
 Develop and support Hospital Integration Engines – CAI, NEON,
STATLAN. Interface development and support. Support Cerner interfaces.
June 1995-March 1998 Eclipsys Healthcare Systems (Allscripts)
Atlanta, Georgia
Interface Consultant
 Performed implementation, consulting and coding support of vendor-
supplied software packages, including installation, customization and
ongoing support and maintenance. Developed functional specifications for
complex software development projects. Resolved highly complex technical
application issues involved with large-scale system integration.
 Integrate HL7 interfaces from TDS 7000 to commercial HIS applications.
 Full cycle -design, install and support included STC-datagate (OpenHub)
engine, EDI mapping, IBM MVS-TSO, IBM VSE-CMS.
 Required knowledge of multiple technology areas; database design, object
oriented design, structure programming techniques, database performance
evaluation, data warehousing, mission critical site administration, wide area
and local area networking and software development.
 Client references – Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia, New Haven,
Springfield Medical.
May 1986-June 1995 Digital Equipment Corporation
Semiconductor Operations
Hudson, Massachusetts

5. Quality Control Supervisor
 Directed semiconductor operations staff of 25, responsible for all quality
control activities including audits to assess conformance to measured
requirements. Statistical Process Control software tool development and
support. Designed the SPC application for data analysis.
 Implement and maintain various quality assurance software tools and
applications.
 Manage analysis for manufacturing and engineering projects.
 Utilized advanced manufacturing methodologies in accordance to MRP, JIT
and ISO standards. Deployed Total Quality Control methods.
Quality Engineering Technician
 Implement manufacturing and quality shop-floor database systems.
 Relational database management systems (RS1 and QiSPC).
 Program software database tracking systems for related process control.
 Manage Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) programs.
EDUCATION
1981-1983 Faulkner State College
Bay Minette, Alabama
1988-1990 Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts
Industrial Engineering
(Co-Op Program with Digital Equipment Corporation)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROFICIENCIES
VAX/VMS Software Semiconductor Wafer FAB certification
RDMS Systems Network Management and Routing
Six Sigma /TQM certification (DEC) C and C++ Programming
Windows™ Software Applications MRP, MRP II, JIT, ISO-9000, RS1
Strategy of Experimentation-DuPont LAN/WAN Installation
Design of Experiments Methodology (DOE) XML/XSL, HTML, ASP, JSP, JavaScript, VBScript,
O/S –Solaris, AIX, HP-UX HTTP, SOAP, JAVA- On Solaris
REFERENCES
Available on Request

6. Quality Control Supervisor
 Directed semiconductor operations staff of 25, responsible for all quality
control activities including audits to assess conformance to measured
requirements. Statistical Process Control software tool development and
support. Designed the SPC application for data analysis.
 Implement and maintain various quality assurance software tools and
applications.
 Manage analysis for manufacturing and engineering projects.
 Utilized advanced manufacturing methodologies in accordance to MRP, JIT
and ISO standards. Deployed Total Quality Control methods.
Quality Engineering Technician
 Implement manufacturing and quality shop-floor database systems.
 Relational database management systems (RS1 and QiSPC).
 Program software database tracking systems for related process control.
 Manage Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) programs.
EDUCATION
1981-1983 Faulkner State College
Bay Minette, Alabama
1988-1990 Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts
Industrial Engineering
(Co-Op Program with Digital Equipment Corporation)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROFICIENCIES
VAX/VMS Software Semiconductor Wafer FAB certification
RDMS Systems Network Management and Routing
Six Sigma /TQM certification (DEC) C and C++ Programming
Windows™ Software Applications MRP, MRP II, JIT, ISO-9000, RS1
Strategy of Experimentation-DuPont LAN/WAN Installation
Design of Experiments Methodology (DOE) XML/XSL, HTML, ASP, JSP, JavaScript, VBScript,
O/S –Solaris, AIX, HP-UX HTTP, SOAP, JAVA- On Solaris
REFERENCES
Available on Request