Glen Gomez, BSN, RN

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Education
High School Diploma, Fenton High School (June 2006), Bensenville, IL Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Elmhurst College (May 2010), Elmhurst, IL Elmhurst College Cumulative GPA: 3.97 Master of Science in Medical Informatics, Northwestern University (June 2014), Chicago, IL

Certifications
EpicCare Inpatient Clinical Documentation EpicCare Inpatient Procedure Orders EpicCare Inpatient Decision Support Masters Reporting Workbench Report Writing and Administration MyEpic/Radar Administration Excel with Business (Advanced Proficiency) Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Honor Recognition
Induction into the National Honor Society, September 2005. Presidents Award for Educational Achievement, 2006. Nomination for participation in the Congressional Student Leadership Conference, 2006. Nomination for participation in the National Young Leaders Conference, 2006. Elmhurst College Deans List, fall of 2006-Graduation (May 2010). Illinois State Scholar, 2006-2007. Induction into the National Deans List, October 2007. Nomination for representation of the United States and Elmhurst College in the International Scholar Laureate Program, November 2007. Induction into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, December 2008. Induction into the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, Zeta Beta Chapter, April 2009. Elmhurst College Student Government Associations 2009 Leadership Award, April 2009. Induction into the Omicron Delta Kappa Society, November 2009.

Induction into the International Honor Society in Social Sciences, Pi Gamma Mu, December 2009.

Leadership
Spanish Culture Presentation at the Elmhurst College Research and Performance Showcase, May 2007. Student Representative for the Junior and Senior Class of the Deicke Center for Nursing Education, 2008-2010. Publicist for the Student Nurses Association, 2008-2009 Self-employed in a computer repair business, with the ability to maintain and serve several clients from diverse backgrounds. Taught part-time computer classes for native Spanish speakers at the Bensenville Community Public Library.

Experience
Epic Certified ClinDoc Consultant, Saint Francis Health System; Tulsa, Oklahoma- April 2013 - Present Actively participating in a brand new implementation through involvement in Validation, Reengineering, Content Review, and other project sessions. Lead facilitator for several Clinical Content Build-Out areas, as well as support person for newlycertified Project Team staff and Clinical Documentation advisor to Project Team leadership. Epic Certified ClinDoc Consultant, Bronson Healthcare Group; Kalamazoo, Michigan January 2013 - April 2013 (3 month contract) Built hundreds of Patient Education and Care Plan records at a fast pace, leading to the resolution of numerous outstanding support tickets and issues. Designed multiple decision support tools for Surgery, including an Opioid-induced Sedation Scale BPA and an automated, rule-based scoring system for identifying patients at risk for postoperative complications. Resolved over 35% of all outstanding support logs for the Epic Clinical Documentation/Stork team, which directly addressed bottlenecks in the support tracking system. Epic Certified ClinDoc Consultant, JPS Health Network; Fort Worth, Texas - October 2012 - January 2013 (3 month contract) Involved with the building and maintenance of numerous components of the hospitals newlyimplemented Epic EMR, including but not limited to Clinical Documentation, Orders, Willow, Infrastructure, Reporting Workbench, and Decision Support applications. Designed, built, tested, and deployed an auto-calculating Modified Early Warning System (MEWS) Score flowsheet group. This auto-calculated MEWS Score will reduce documentation errors and enable clinicians to identify susceptible patients for assessment by the Medical Emergency Team (MET) before increasing in acuity. Provided high-quality, on-time deliverables to the Respiratory Therapy department in the form of a comprehensive ClinDoc-Orders-Willow solution, which allowed clinicians to recover and save hundreds of hours in productivity.

Application Coordinator, Franciscan Alliance; Hammond, Indiana - July 2011 October 2012 Collaborated with the OneChart Project staff as a part of the Epic Clinical Documentation Team with extensive experience as the Clinical Documentation Project Lead for: two implementations, reporting for nursing and interdisciplinary staff, enterprise-wide device integration, the corporate Enhancement and Optimization Project, and physician Problem List build. Comprehensive utilization of Reporting Workbench and Radar as a Report Analyst; generation of numerous reports for quality, inpatient clinical users, and other disciplines. Actively formulated Best Practice Alerts as a part of the organizations attempt to increase patient safety, improve clinical outcomes, and ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines. Participated in implementations, optimization, upgrades and support for Epic clinical applications. Heavily involved with the training of physicians and advanced care providers during workflow optimization sessions. Provided comprehensive troubleshooting for customers and staff during daytime support hours and on-call/after-hours. Clinical Information Systems Analyst (Consultant), Rush University Medical Center; Chicago, Illinois - January 2011 - July 2011 (6 month contract) Collaborated with the design, compilation, testing, and maintenance of build in both testing and production environments. Used experiential, clinically based knowledge acquired at Rush Oak Park Hospital in order to optimize workflows that were built into Epic. Communicated with clinical leaders at Rush University Medical Center and Rush Oak Park Hospital in order to facilitate the actualization of true parity between both institutions builds. Continuous participation at the Epic Command Center during Rush Oak Park Hospitals Go-Live, coordinating the required system changes as well as the floor support needed during this transitional period. Registered Nurse (Intensive Care Unit), Rush Oak Park Hospital; Oak Park, Illinois - August 2010 - July 2011 Assessed, diagnosed, implemented, planned, and evaluated care in compliance with the Illinois Nurse Practice Act. Monitored and reported critical hemodynamic and laboratory values and administered interventions as indicated. Served as a patient advocate and implemented optimal interpersonal skills to interact effectively with patients, visitors, and facility personnel Collaborated with the interdisciplinary healthcare team in order to successfully coordinate and execute high-quality patient care. Information Technology Intern, Rush Oak Park Hospital; Oak Park, Illinois - December 2009 - February 2010 Participated in the preparation and configuration of multimedia projects to disseminate the mission of Rush Oak Park Hospital to staff and patients. Involved in computer repair (inpatient and ambulatory), hardware upgrades, software updates, and the deployment of new computers.

Experience with the Incident Ticket documentation system and various avenues of resource utilization, including: auxiliary staff, technical documentation databases, and third party vendor support services. Patient Care Technician/Nursing Unit Clerk, Elmhurst Memorial Hospital; Elmhurst, Illinois - June 2009 - October 2009 Conversant with Meditech v5.x and v6.x., including order entry in multiple Meditech modules. Nursing/Biology Tutor and Student Ambassador, Elmhurst College; Elmhurst, Illinois September 2007 - May 2010 Assisted students with their learning and academic progress in the subjects of Anatomy and Physiology, Pathophysiology, Bacteriology, and various nursing theory classes. Accentuated the benefits and features of a liberal education at Elmhurst College using a synergistic blend of guided tours, statistics, and personal experiences. Computer Monitor, Bensenville Community Public Library; Bensenville, Illinois - June 2006 - August 2010 Lead Instructor for Spanish and Bilingual computer classes, as well as directing the instruction of numerous English computer classes. Experience with curriculum design for computer classes and other technology-related community classes taught in an interactive Smart Classroom setting to students of all ages and learning needs. Troubleshooted, repaired, and maintained computer hardware, software, and networking components of the Library's technological infrastructure. Participated in the integration of library science with the latest technology through Internet book reviews, the development of computer-assistance websites and wikis, and electronic translation services for the Latino Community. Consultant for Project Next Generation, a grant-funded program designed by the Illinois Secretary of State to teach children in grades six through nine the fundamental use of computers and the Internet.