1. Sharon Rock, RN, BSN, CMUP, CPHP
2750 Hardyville Road
Munfordville, Ky. 42765
(Home) 270-524-2312
(Cell) 270-576-2440
srrock@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
Associate in Applied Science, December 1998
University of Kentucky Community College System, Elizabethtown, Ky.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, July 2009
Kaplan University
Masterof Science in Nursing, 23 Credit Hours Completed
Western Kentucky University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TJ Regional Health, June 2015-Present
Director of Clinical Informatics
Responsible for the leadership and management of comprehensive clinical quality
informatics initiative for TJ Regional Health.
Designs, develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates the strategic informatics
strategy with the primary goal of advancing the quality of healthcare services
delivered.
Responsible for development of clinical workflows, data analysis, and creation of
policies/procedures that support the clinical quality informatics initiative.
Leads and facilitates work across interdisciplinary workgroups in order to balance
the interests of all appropriate stakeholders and accomplish goals.
Serves as a liaison between staff, physicians, department directors, and executive
leadership to understand and address decisions, issues, and questions that are
required to complete project deliverables.
Applies knowledge of a healthcare professional and informatics to assist in the
ongoing modification of EMR systems.
Project lead for all Meaningful Use and Physician Quality Initiatives across all TJ
entities.
Designs, develops, and implements EHR workflows to capture data elements
required for CMS reporting programs.
Responsible for planning and managing departmental fiscal budget.
Maintains relationship with technical vendors to ensure optimal performance of
all clinical applications and coordinate upgrades/enhancements.
Responsible for departmental payroll, scheduling, and performance evaluations.
Launching Chronic Care Management Initiative to address Population Health and
prepare for evolving value-based healthcare payment model.
2. TJ Health Partners, March 2014-June 2015
Clinical Informatics Project Coordinator
Designs, develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates the systems that
streamline the clinical workflow of TJ Health Partners.
Establishes system specifications by conferring with users, analyzing workflow,
access, information and security requirements, designing system infrastructure.
Responsible for the application configuration, go-live support and ongoing client
support.
Develops, designs and implements educational and clinical service programs to
train Super Users, Physicians, and staff. Provides ongoing technical and
application expertise to staff/ users.
Accurately maintains system security through assignment of user privileges;
assigns privileges to correct personnel as per workflow needs.
Serves as a liaison between the clinical staff and information technology.
Implements new solutions. Troubleshoots and resolves issues related to the
existing clinical application systems.
Lead role for Meaningful Use and other clinical project tasks as assigned.
Demonstrates leadership skills and the ability to direct the implementation team
during the design and implementation phase of EMR
Maintains constant two-way communication with department and users in a
professional manner. Responds to end user questions and requests for service in a
timely and efficient manner.
Oversees performance monitoring, analysis, tuning and troubleshooting system
hardware and software and escalating any issues to the appropriate resource for
immediate correction.
Actively collaborates with TJHP management team to identify the needs of
individual clinician’s practice/preferences.
Demonstrates the ability to analyze problems and come up with a solution.
Demonstrates strong organizational skills
Applies knowledge of a healthcare professional and informatics to assist in the
ongoing modification of EMR systems.
TJ Health Partners, April 2011-March 2014
Clinical Coordinator
Plans, organizes, and oversees staff to provide patient care; evaluates care and
ensures customer satisfaction; oversees the department’s daily staffing
requirements; orients clinical staff to their job responsibilities; provides leadership
in clinical problem solving.
Assists with staff recruitment; ensures an orientation plan for new staff members,
and provides timely feedback; evaluates and schedules in-services/training as
needed; serves as liaison with physicians.
Ensures department activities and records are in adherence to various licensing
and regulatory requirements; maintains clinical skill and knowledge necessary to
3. set standard and work in clinical areas of nursing; assists with patients
examinations and/or questions.
Implements and interprets organizational policies and procedures, and nursing
standards and regulations.
Assists with preparing the departmental fiscal budget; performs other duties as
assigned.
Designs, develops, and implements workflows using electronic medical records as
a tool to increase efficiency of healthcare services.
Serves as liaison to physicians, industry clientele, other healthcare facilities, etc.
to facilitate access to healthcare needs of the community.
Medical Center of Bowling Green, July 2000-April 2011
Staff Nurse
Plans, coordinates, teaches implements, assesses, and evaluates nursing care of
antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum patients.
Collaborates and coordinates the delivery of professional nursing practice with
obstetricians, pediatricians, neonatologists, anesthesiologists, nursery staff,
postpartum staff, operating room staff, recovery room staff, ancillary departments,
unlicensed assistive personnel, family members, and patients.
Provides direct care to maternity patients including administration of medications,
interpretation of uterine activity and fetal heart rate patterns, support during labor
and delivery process, circulating duties during vaginal birth and Cesarean birth,
immediate newborn care, immediate postpartum care, initiating bonding process
between infant and parents, care of high-risk preterm patients, and care of high-
risk postpartum patients.
Ensures proper charges and credits to patient accounts, ensures appropriate
collection and handling of specimens, and participates in unit initiatives to
enhance departmental operations.
Interim Charge Nurse (October 2007-October 2008)
Charge Nurse (August 2004-October 2005)
Accountable for planning, organizing, and coordinating unit staff according to
daily census and complexity/standards of care.
Assists in planning capital and operational budget with Clinical Manger.
Conducts performance appraisals of personnel utilizing their job description and
performance appraisal system.
Maintains records and files necessary for managing personnel.
Responsible for accurate completion of payroll for Labor and Delivery unit.
TJ Samson Community Hospital, March 1999-July 2000
Staff Nurse
Planned, coordinated, taught, implemented, assessed, and evaluated nursing care
of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum patients.
Collaborated and coordinated the delivery of professional nursing practice with
obstetricians, pediatricians, neonatologists, anesthesiologists, nursery staff,
4. postpartum staff, operating room staff, recovery room staff, ancillary departments,
unlicensed assistive personnel, family members, and patients.
Provided direct care to maternity patients including administration of medications,
interpretation of uterine activity and fetal heart rate patterns, support during labor
and delivery process, circulating duties during vaginal birth and Cesarean birth,
immediate newborn care, immediate postpartum care, initiating bonding process
between infant and parents, care of high-risk preterm patients, and care of high-
risk postpartum patients.
Ensured proper charges and credits to patient accounts, ensures appropriate
collection and handling of specimens, and participates in unit initiatives to
enhance departmental operations.
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATIONS
Registered Nurse, State of Kentucky, 1999-Present
AWHONN Fetal Heart Monitor provider and instructor, 2004-2011
NRP certified provider and instructor, 2004-2011
BLS certified 1999-Present
Certified Meaningful Use Professional, 2014- Present
Certified Physician-Quality Healthcare Professional, 2015- Present
REFERENCES
Available upon request