Jacksonville Beach, FL – Optimum Healthcare IT announced today that Betty O’Connor has joined the organization to further develop their Testing Services Practice. Ms. O’Connor brings 30 years of Project Management and Testing experience working with Government, Private Sector and Healthcare clients.
Ms. O’Connor’s experience for the past eight years has focused on healthcare IT. In the healthcare systems arena, her experiences range from working on key design and implementation teams to leading the quality assurance efforts to deliver fully integrated healthcare electronic health record systems. She has served in many implementation roles within a large multi-state health system and a key project management role in testing at a world renowned Healthcare system.
Ms. O’Connor has extensive experience in the testing and quality assurance arenas. Accomplishments include the development and implementation of the Workflow Governance Board to manage changes to the approved future state workflows which manages the changes to Security, Testing, and Training for the clients; development and maintenance of the Library of testing materials for all testing events ensuring the project has documented what was tested; who tested; and the results of the testing; and formalized the process for the Go/No Go recommendation to Leadership for the Project to move to the next phase of the project based upon the testing experience.
Ms. O’Connor has developed a methodology for testing that is adaptable to the operational and project requirements of the client. The basis for quality is developing a partnership with the application teams and the operational teams.
Ms. O’Connor has served in key EMR implementation events such as credentialing of trainers, curriculum development with the supporting policies, pre go-live events such as workflow walkthrough, Unit Testing, Integrated Testing, Regression Testing, Charge Capture, Claims, Statements, Mapped Record Testing, Interface testing, User Acceptance Testing, and Dress Rehearsal, as well as command center and activation/implementation strategies.
Ms. O’Connor has a proven track record for the successful management of virtual and onsite testing teams to partner with operational counterparts for successful Epic implementations.
Ms. O’Connor, a PMP since July 2001, holds Masters Degrees in Business Administration and Health Management Administration and holds current Epic Certifications in ADT/Prelude and Resolute Hospital Billing to version 2014.
Optimum Healthcare IT is a full-service consulting firm that consistently provides superior consulting services within the Healthcare Industry. They do this by bringing the most proficient business and clinical consultants in the industry together to identify clients’ issues, and to work with them to explore the right solutions to fit their organizational goals. Optimum combines people, processes, and technology to ensure their client’s success.