ECG Management Consultants, Inc. Welcomes Ms. Elizabeth C. McNamara to Its Healthcare Information Technology Division

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ECG Management Consultants, Inc., one of the nation's premier healthcare management consulting firms, welcomes Ms. Elizabeth C. McNamara as a Senior Manager within the company's Healthcare Information Technology (IT) Division.  Ms. McNamara's experience in the planning, development, and implementation of healthcare IT applications and solutions provides her with the skills necessary to perform a wide range of healthcare IT management assignments and further enhances ECG's strategic IT capabilities and understanding of the challenges faced across the broader healthcare provider enterprise.

Commenting on this hire, Ms. Laura D. Jantos, Principal and head of ECG's Healthcare IT practice, said, "Liz adds depth to our healthcare IT team in the areas of computerized physician order entry (CPOE), systems integration, business intelligence, and large-scale project management, plus a wealth of experience with governmental entities and large health systems.  These skills are critically important as our clients are looking to capitalize on their IT investments in light of healthcare reform."

Ms. McNamara will be working on a wide array of projects, including program and project management, IT change management and process improvement, systems planning and design, data center operations management, and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) service-oriented management.

Ms. McNamara joins ECG with over 20 years of IT experience in program and project management and system integration.  For the last 8 years she has focused on complex, multidiscipline, multi-vendor hospital IT projects, including CPOE and pharmacy system implementation, medication administration technology, system integration and interfacing with ancillary departments, clinical research and claims data repository design and implementation, and patient identification and mobile health initiatives.  Ms. McNamara has also implemented IT operational and system usability improvements utilizing industry performance measures and indicators.  Her leadership style is based on collaboration with users, effective organizational skills, the ability to identify and resolve complex issues that enable process improvement, and a keen understanding of the integration requirements of multiple and diverse hospital systems.  Her strong technical background and proven critical thinking skills enable her to bridge the gap between healthcare delivery and technical solutions.

Ms. McNamara is a member of HIMSS and participated in the 2010/2011 HIMSS Principles and Call for Action Work Group, which summarized the society's top policy priorities for Congress.  She is also a member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and has presented at the unSUMMIT, a forum focusing on bar code point-of-care technology.

Ms. McNamara has a bachelor of science degree in statistics and decision information sciences and a master of science degree in healthcare administration from the University of Maryland.

About ECG Management Consultants, Inc.

ECG offers a broad range of strategic, financial, operational, and technology-related consulting services to healthcare providers.  As a leader in the industry, ECG provides specialized expertise in developing and implementing innovative and customized solutions that effectively address hospital/physician relationships, strategic and business planning, specialty program development, IT, and the complexities of the academic healthcare enterprise.  ECG has offices in Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C.

Contact: 

Ms. Kathryn A. Sweyer
ECG Management Consultants, Inc.
ksweyer@ecgmc.com
Telephone:  206-689-2200
Fax:  206-689-2209
www.ecgmc.com

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