Andres Jimenez, MD

CEO

Dr. Jimenez is CEO of ImplementHIT, a leading Allscripts EHR implementation and training organization. He was the former Allscripts clinical director of content and online training, currently a PhD Candidate in Education and over the last 5 years has researched more effective ways to train physicians to use EHRs. Dr. Jimenez has participated in over 50 Allscripts Enterprise EHR implementations, trained thousands of doctors, and developed 1000’s of V11 Note forms with a special focus on Allscripts note documentation workflows that incorporate the use of Dragon. Dr. Jimenez is one of only two Allscripts/Dragon Medical Voice Recognition physician experts, recognized by Nuance (maker of the software) as part of their Physician Advocate Program.

Dr. Jimenez was invited and recently presented on EHR training at the 2011 HIMSS Annual Conference, and 2011 Allscripts Annual Customer Experience (ACE) Conference speaking on the OptimizeHIT training methodology and innovative platform that results in significant reductions in pre-implementation training time and faster return to full and sustained productivity by physicians. Dr. Jimenez is also founder and chairman of the non-profit, studentsofmedicine.com, which mentors 100 premed underprivileged high school students annually in the Bronx, NY. He also authored two books that provide guidance to premed and medical students who dream of becoming doctors one day.

Dr. Jimenez went to Dartmouth and Brown for medical school, continued onto General surgery at Emory, and completed an educational leadership fellowship at the USC School of Medicine. He still cares for patients twice a month using Dragon to document approximately 40 patient encounters per day.

Dr. Jimenez is an expert at developing training initiatives for large healthcare organizations challenged with adoption of health information technology (including ICD-10) and quality initiatives, producing measurable improvements in productivity and significant returns on investment. He was the former Allscripts clinical director of content.

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^*PhD researcher implies all but PhD, meaning the person has completed all course works and comprehensive exams, and is in the final stages of their dissertation work.

Daniel Gebremedhin, MD

President

Daniel Gebremedhin, MD is one of the new-breed of physician entrepreneurs on the cutting edge interface of Medical Informatics and Online Education. Currently an Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, he serves as a staff physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He splits his time between clinical activities and Harvard Business School, where he is completing his MBA with a focus on Online Medical Education.

In addition to his work with Implement HIT, he is the acting President of the non-profit organization, Students of Medicine. He has an interest in developing health care infrastructure in the developing world, and currently serves as a consultant for the Clinton Foundation in Ethiopia. He is the founder of the Step One Method preparatory program. This innovative program has helped thousands of Medical Students prepare for the USMLE Step 1 Medical Board examination. He formerly spent four years as an MCAT Instructor for the Princeton Review. He is a sought after public speaker and travels regularly across the country giving instructional and motivational seminars on topics ranging from Medical Exam preparation to challenges facing the Health Care Industry.

He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. As a Woodruff Scholar, he graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of California, San Diego, graduating with Honors. He hails from San Diego, and currently resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Raymond Ramirez

Chief Operating Officer

Raymond Ramirez has 21 years of experience helping organizations reach their full potential and drive a sustained advantage through the smart leverage of informatics.

Before joining ImplementHIT, Raymond held various roles at Microsoft Corporation, ultimately managing their field operations efforts, building their largest U.S. territory serving small and mid-market organizations. Prior to joining Microsoft, Raymond held global roles in product management, marketing operations and business development at IBM, Dell and AT&T.

As Chief Operating Officer at ImplementHIT, Raymond is passionate about helping our clients take advantage of the latest advances in Healthcare IT to run more efficient operations and ultimately serve more value to patients and stakeholders.

Brianna Siobhan Q. Murphy, CPA, MBA

Chief Financial Officer

Brianna holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Western Washington University; is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), and Certified in Financial Management (CFM). She has applied her accounting and business experience to a wide range of industries including not-for-profit, public accounting, privately held small to medium business, home-based business, and individuals.

Having grown up in an entrepreneurial family, Ms. Murphy holds a strong passion for supporting independent business owners. She enjoys living an entrepreneurial lifestyle as a 10-year entrepreneur in the accounting, financial services, online, and home based business industries.

Gary DeJarnett

Information Technology Director

After graduating from Texas Tech University with a BBA in Management Information Systems, Gary was employed by the university for 16 years as a programmer and programmer/analyst. This time spent learning from other programmers who had decades of experience in the computer industry was an invaluable way to begin an IT career. Gary had the opportunity to design and develop solutions in several languages from mainframe CICS/DB2 systems, to pc-based applications using Microsoft Access/VBA. In his final years at TTU he developed expertise in Flash Actionscript, writing web-based Flash applications to perform tasks such as allowing users to access the mainframe database through innovative interfaces. Over the years he worked with nearly every team in the application programming area including Student Records, Payroll, Personnel, Financial Aid, and Housing.

After leaving TTU Gary developed several innovative Flash-based applications such as AuctionMapper.com and SavvyGraph.com which have been featured in PC World and USA Today.Gary brings to ImplementHIT a wide variety of programming skills and decades of experience in developing IT-based solutions. These skills are now instrumental in successfully overseeing other developers as well as in creating innovative solutions for the medical industry.

Rita Wyrostek

Operations Director

Rita is an accomplished operational and organizational development professional with over 20 years of experience as manager, educator, consultant and entrepreneur. Rita began her career in the human relations industry working as trainer, consultant, and executive coach. Her expertise spans from strategic planning, redesign, change management, and professional development to managing processes and new product development areas. She has a training background in both corporate and academic positions.

Rita has an M.A. from Northeastern University and a B.A. from University of Illinois. She is an experienced executive coach using a wide variety of assessment tools such as: 360, Myers Briggs and various other leadership development tools. In her corporate endeavors, Rita has taken part in several change management initiatives involving technology solutions to improve processes and increase productivity. By staying highly attuned to her client needs, her efforts helped produce the following results:

• Implemented enterprise-wide performance management process and system for 10,000+ employees.
• Reduced turnover 14% over 18-month period with executive business leaders and HR team.
• Improved customer satisfaction 27% by increasing employee productivity and improving quality.
• Increased self-awareness, morale and team effectiveness for managers and employees through assessment tools, training and development activities.

Her extensive background paired with her wide-range of professional perspectives enables her to offer business solutions that facilitate open communication and engage high-performing employees. Additional areas of experience include:

• Executive Leadership Development
• Strategy and Business Planning
• Management and Professional Development
• Career Development Planning & Coaching
• Team Building