Strategic Planning - How High Performing Organizations Align Project Management and Strategic Planning to Achieve on Strategic Goals (6 PDUs)

Hello Everyone,

 

My name is Ron Johnson and I will be your course instructor/facilitator. I am currently the Vice President- Information Services/Rural Health and the Chief Information Officer for Eastern Health in St.John's , Newfoundland. I have overall responsibility for Health Information Management, Information Technology, Access/Security/Privacy, Clinical Engineering, Telecommunications, Decision Support, Strategic Planning, Rural Health, Legal Services, Supply Chain Management, Medical Device Reprocessing, Infrastructure Support, Environmental Services, Portering, Food Services, and Capital Equipment Planning and Capital Equipment Budgeting for the entirety of Eastern Health. Previous to this position, I was the Chief Technology Officer at Eastern Health. Prior to that, I was the Director for Materials and Biomedical Equipment Support at Eastern Health and had overall responsibility for Supply Chain Management and Biomedical Engineering. Overall I have over 23 years progressive career experience in Healthcare, managing small, medium and large scaIe projects. I hold a Diploma of Technology from College of the North Atlantic, a Bachelor of Technology from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and a Masters of Employment Relations from Memorial University of Newfoundland. I am also certified in Change Management and hold the professional designations of a Project Management Professional (PMP), and Certified Health Executive(CHE).

 

I look forward to the facilitating this learning experience.

 

Regards,

 

Ron

 

• Designed and implemented a Remote Patient Monitoring project to monitor patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder(COPD) & Congestive Heart Failure(CHF) with the aid of a Canada Health Infoway Grant. To date over 1000 patients have been on the program with evaluation results showing increased self-management, better quality of life while reducing the need for acute care interventions. This project is one of the few in Canada to be moved to sustainability from a pilot project.
• Led a team that redesigned Primary Care Delivery on the Bonavista Peninsula of NL. The redesign included a shift from institutional delivery of primary care to a patient centric approach with healthcare delivered by a multidisciplinary team. The redesign included technology enablers such as EMR, Telehealth, etc that connected patients from the remoteness of NL to specialists in St. John’s, NL. To date, evaluation results are showing reduction in ED visits, increased patient and provider satisfaction while shift from a disease burden model of care to a population health approach.
• Fostered a culture of Innovation at Eastern Health that has engaged front line care givers to work collaboratively with the Chief Information Office, the Department of Health & Community Services, MUN, NLCHI, Local Startups, National & International Vendors resulting in the launch of multiple software solutions that have spurred local job creation while setting the foundation to build a sustainable Medical Technology Sector in the Province of NL.
• Developed and Implemented and leads a Living Lab that acts as test bed from startup’s to Multi-National Firms.

 

NL provincial representative on National Pan Canadian Electronic Synoptic Surgical Quality Initiative Network Forum.

 

NL provincial representative on National Care Sector board with responsibility for development of Industry Standards for Healthcare ecommerce.

 

Code Grey: Stained Surgical Instruments and Their Impact on One Canadian Health Authority, Healthcare Quarterly: http://www.longwoods.com/content/25285