MarkDiehl.com

Health Information Architecture, Data Modeling, and Enterprise Architecture Planning

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Summary

Seasoned Health Information Technology executive, expert information architect and data modeler with extensive experience in clinical-IT fit, enterprise architecture and data management.  Provides value and improves business through information technology:

Summary

Experience

Professional Accomplishments

Education

Technical Skills

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• Influences government and private sector executives and board members on their healthcare strategic IT vision.
• Transforms operations and improves the organization’s position by selecting and linking appropriate technology to the clinical mission and business objectives.
• Optimizes business and clinical processes through enterprise architecture planning and information modeling, data management, and integrating resource management with operations.
• World-class health information architect and modeler with strong program, project, and systems development management experience.
• Nationally invited author and speaker, and leader in the national health IT standards community.

Professional Experience

2009:  Independent Consultant

Health informaticist specializing in clinical and business data architecture and modeling, electronic health records, and health informatics standards.

2007 – 2009:  Capital District Physicians' Health Plan

Director, Enterprise Data Warehouse - built data warehouse technical team; collaborated with consulting firm to create data warehouse solution architecture.  Created an information governance strategy as part of the corporate Core Asset Management initiative.

2002 – 2007:  Computer Sciences Corporation

Principal - Data architecture lead for the Clinical Knowledge Exchange data warehouse.   Enterprise data architect and modeler at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

2002:  Eclipsys Corporation

Senior Product Planner - Product manager for SunriseXA Clinical Manager and Disease Manager.

1999 – 2002:  First Consulting Group

Senior Manager of Systems Development - Strategic IT technical advisor to senior Defense Department and private sector healthcare executives;  Project manager and technical architect on numerous government and private sector projects.

1999: Paragon Computer Professionals

Technical Lead - Telecomm telemarketing data warehouse.

1998-1999: Independent Consultant

Enterprise Architecture Planning and information architecture.

1996-1998: U.S. Pharmacopeia

Director of Information Technology (CIO), promoted from Director of Clinical Informatics (electronic product development)

1976-1996: U.S. Navy Dental Corps

Information Technology executive and deputy program manager, IT project manager, clinical research laboratory division director, clinic manager, clinical IT director, clinic division director, clinician. 

Professional Accomplishments

• In mid-1990’s, no data level national standard existed for the clinical data architecture.  Led standardization committee effort, performed process and data modeling, wrote specification, and guided consensus review process resulting in the adoption of the ANSI 1000 Specification in 2001.
• Previously there were no best practices or quality standards for health information modeling.  Led the standardization effort and wrote the ASTM Standard 2145 on modeling best practices that was adopted in 2001.
• Integration of healthcare information and information systems has a history of professional and political impediments.  Authored the ADA House of Delegates Resolution 92H-1996 on seamless data availability across the health professions, the first formal endorsement of this concept by a healthcare professional organization.
• Throughout a 22+ year career in clinical informatics, published over 100 technical and professional papers, along with chapters in 3 books on health informatics and electronic health records.  Also have numerous professional presentations and briefings at the executive and board level in both Federal Government and private sector organizations.

Education

• MPH in Health Services Administration, 1996, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD.

• MA Computer Data Management and Health Services Management, 1985, Webster University, St. Louis, MO.

• Fellowship Certificate in Science and Research, 1983, Navy Medical Research and Development Command, Bethesda, MD

• Certificate in Automated Data Processing with President’s Honors, 1982, City Colleges of Chicago, IL.

• Doctor of Dental Surgery, 1976, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.

• BS Education/Chemistry, 1968, Kutztown State College, Kutztown, PA.

• Over 300 hours continuing professional and IT technical education

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Skillset Includes

• Health Informatics focus on clinical data architecture and electronic records.

• Electronic Health Record and interoperability standards including HL7; CCHIT certification and ARRA requirements.

• Electronic Health Record and Clinical Data Warehouse solution architecture and data design.

• Enterprise Architecture Planning, Zachman Framework, FEAF, and Spewak.

• Modeling – UML, Martin/Chen/IE, and IDEF notations using Rational Enterprise Suite (Rose), CA AllFusion (ERWin, BPWin, Datga Model Validator) CASE tools. 

• DW/BI ETL design, metadata repository, CA Advantage Repository and Data Transformer.

• Database and Metadata – model driven DB design, forward/reverse engineering and model synchronization in Oracle, SQL Server, Mumps/M/Cache.

• Life Cycle Management – SDLC, XP, RUP, with understanding of the impact of CMM, ISO 9000-3 on the development lifecycle.

• Tiered client-server and web-based system architecture, logical and physical.

• MS Office suite including Visio.

Contact: Dr. Mark Diehl

Home Office: 518-449-1450

Mob/Txt: 301-639-4161

email: markdata@aol.com