Previous roles have included EHR Project Manager for community clinics, Clinical Informatics Analyst for a pediatric hospital and health center, and Manager of Nursing Systems for a university health system. Other experiences have included healthcare consulting for IBM, Healthlink, SAIC, Kaiser Permanente, NIH, and the Department of Defense.
Linda has served as project manager for numerous process and quality improvement projects over-seeing: requirements, system selection, specifications, design, planning, development, document preparation, site/workflow analysis, regulatory compliance, education, benefits realization, return on investment, and optimization. Prior to her informatics career, she also worked on the front lines of healthcare as a pediatric nurse in both med/surg and intensive care.
Linda is on the advisory board of the Medical Records Institute and also serves as chair for the Davies award committee. With numerous presentations and publications to her credit including speaking engagements in Finland, South Africa, and at national conferences including TEPR and HIMSS, her academic background includes a bachelor of science in nursing degree from the University of Michigan, an MBA from Northeastern University, and teaching/curriculum development experience while on the faculty for University of Phoenix.
Selected Publications and Professional Seminars
�EHRs for Free Clinics� Annual Meeting for the National Association of Free Clinics, Sept 2007
Connecting Communities: Creating a California Network for EHR Adoption� TEPR Towards an Electronic Patient Record Conference May 2007
�High Tech/High Touch Connection: Designing Technology that Works for Your Clinic,� Council Connections publication, 2006
�Community Clinics Health Network: Connecting for Care E-Health for People and Communities� Kay Center Symposium, Claremont Graduate University Dec 2006
Newsletter author and editor for Heatlhlink, an IBM company Government Services 2005
�Project Management Lite� a methodology developed for Genentech Corporation 2004
�The Nursing Shortage: Can Technology Help?� June/02, Contributed author to California Healthcare Foundation publication
�New Remedies,� Fall/02, Contributed to California NurseWeek article on using technology to help recruit/retain nurses
�Survivor South African Safari,� Winter 01/02, MuseMatters Publication Muse International Medical Users Software Exchange�
�Healthcare Priorities Across the Planet: The USA Perspective� Sept 2001, International MUSE/MIX meeting South Africa part of keynote address morning of Sept 12, 2001
�You are Now Free to Move about the Medical Center: Using Wireless Laptops to Improve Patient Care,� May 2001, International MUSE meeting Anaheim, Ca.
�Using Mobile Laptops on Physician Rounds in the ICU,� Feb 2000, HIMSS presentation, New Orleans
"Nursing in the Internet Era," July 1997, Clinical Nurse Specialist Network of Southern California
"Computers, Systems, & Nursing Implications: Nursing in the Internet Era," May 1997, Ambulatory Care Nursing Wave of the Future Sponsored by Kaiser/Sharp San Diego
�Consumer Health Informatics in the Internet Era,� April 1997, From Transition to Transformation, AHA 1997 Joint Cancer & Neuro/Ortho Symposium, Boston, Ma.
�Nursing in the Internet Era,� March 1997, Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society, University of San Diego, San Diego, Ca.
"The Cancer Information Highway: Enhancing Staff/Patient Education Using the Internet, Feb 1997, Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Meeting, San Diego, published paper jointly with Dr. Georgia Robbins Saddler, UCSD Cancer Center Director of Outreach
"UCSD Cancer Center's Physician Data Query/Patient Information File Demonstration Project� Sept 1995, National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute Bethesda, Maryland
"At the Bedside: Where Caring and Technology Meet"1992-1994 UCSD Medical Center
"Patient Care Systems: Today's Development &Tomorrow's Vision" Oct 1989, Seminar sponsored by Kuopio University and Mumps Users Group Helsinki, Finland