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Dr. Ujjwal Rao
Vice President - Clinical Transformation , Ohum Healthcare
New Delhi, Delhi
MBBS, MHM, M.Phil, DMLE, (Ph.D) with 14 years of experience in Medical Administration, Health Education, Health Informatics, Quality (NABH, JCI), Health Systems research, Medical Law and Ethics, healthcare capacity building. Fluent in English, Hindi, Marathi. Passionate about Public Health, Quality and Clinical Transformation.
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Area of Expertise:
  • Communications, IT, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
  • Director, CEO, COP, President
  • Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS, Nutrition
  • Infrastructure, Technology, Engineering, Science
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research
Professional Experience:
Mar-2011 to present: Vice President – Clinical Transformation, Ohum Healthcare Solutions - Clinical Leadership on all aspects of Programs, Projects, Partners and Products relating to Electronic Patient Records

Jul-2011 to present: Chief Consultant - iPrecise Healthcare Solutions - Policy and planning for rural Hospitals in Ahmednagar district, India

Mar-2010 to Jan-2013: Member Clinician
Institutional Review Board (IRB),JCDC (Jehangir Clinical Development Centre)- Review as per Good Clinical Practice GCP and approval of Clinical Trials

Dec-2007 to Mar-2011: Medical Superintendent & Head - Quality Systems, AHEL (Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.) - Chief of Medical Administration and Quality Systems - overseeing 600 clinical and paramedical staff members; NABH Coordinator

Oct-2009 to Jun-2010: National Expert, UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) - Consultant on ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems in Asian developing countries

May-2007 to Dec-2007: Medical Coordinator, Fortis Escorts Hospital - Clinical Services management and quality representative

Feb-2006 to May-2007: Deputy Manager - Medical Services, Guru Nanak Hospital and Research Centre - Leading all Community outreach health programs under the Guru Nanak Quin Centernary Hospital Trust and day-to-day medical administration

Jan-2001 to Aug-2003: Medical Officer, S.M.S. Hospital and Research Centre - Primary care, Reproductive & Child Health, Community Health
Education:
MBBS, MHM, M.Phil, PGDMLE, Ph.D.

MBBS - L.T.M. Medical College: 1995-2001
MDHM (Hospital Management) - Osmania University: 2003-2006
PGDMLE (Medical Law & Ethics) - National Law School of India University : 2004-2006
M.Phil(Health Systems Management) - Birla Institute of Technology - Pilani: 2006 - 2009
Ph.D (TQM Healthcare) - Birla Institute of Technology - Pilani: 2010-2015
NABH Assessor - Quality Council of India: 2008


Affiliations and Achievements:
Public Health
• Community health practitioner in CHC, Dharavi (Asia’s largest slum) – Primary care, RCH, Pediatrics (2000)
• Physician in two Pulse Polio programs in the periphery of Mumbai (2000)
• Physician for 5 medical camps organized in Beed, rural Maharashtra (2002-2003)
• Physician in 4 medical camps organized under the aegis of the GNQCMHT in Mumbai (2006-2007)
• Physician in the H1N1 influenza screening centre at the heart of the Pune cluster (2009-2010)

Health Information Technology
• Open source Electronic Medical records implementation – VistA-CPRS, BCMA, Clinical Reminders, Reminder Dialogue Templates, Controlled Workflows – Max Healthcare, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, Urgicare Hospitals, New Delhi (2011-2014)
• Solution architecture and deployment of Emergency Department Information Systems – EmerCare pilot – Jehangir Hospital, Pune (2012)
• Solution design, wireframes, prototypes for iPad based user interface for VistA – ohumDoc, deployment at Max Healthcare and RGCI, New Delhi (2013-2015)
• Integrated Clinical Pathways – conceptualization, architecture, design – for NICE (NHS) and Max Healthcare – compliant to SNOMED, ICD, C-CDA 2.0 (2014 – present)
• Business Intelligence and Clinical Analytics solutions for US requirements ACO, PCMH, PQRS, HEDIS, Payer systems and UK requirements - NHS-IQ (2014 – present)
• Predictive Analytics, Big Data in healthcare 2014 – present)

Policy and Planning
• Recommendations in healthcare for The Association of Hospitals' proposal to The Ministry of Finance, Government of India for the Union Budget (2006-07)
• Planned 4 Community outreach health programs under the Guru Nanak Quincentenary Hospital Trust (2006-07)
• Completed the 3 Annual Operating Plans for Medical Services at Jehangir Hospital (2007-2010)
• Instrumental in the finalizing policies and the planning of a rural tertiary care Hospital in Ahmednagar, India (2012-13)
• Finalized 3 budgets for the Clinical Transformation unit at Ohum Healthcare(2012-2014)

Program Management
• Significant contribution in the development, implementation and monitoring of the nation-wide Apollo Clinical Excellence (ACE) program covering 25 Hospitals throughout India and (2009-2011)
• Developed the Novel Influenza (H1N1) prevention and management program with public health authorities in Pune, elements of which were later incorporated into the national program (2009)
• Program manager for three Electronic Patient Record projects in New Delhi - Max Healthcare, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, Urgent Care Hospitals (2011-2013)
• Significant contribution to the development of a Business Intelligence program with the SCORE model framework incorporating Accountable Care, Meaningful Use and the NHS Improving Quality program (2012-2015)

Monitoring and Evaluation
• Monitored the ACE program implemented at 25 Hospitals in India through 25 indicators of clinical outcomes, patient safety and patient satisfaction and audited 3 Hospitals for compliance (2009-2011)
• Monitored the H1N1 influenza outbreak in Pune through utilization and clinical outcome metrics (2009-2010)
• Monitored the adoption of Electronic Patient Records at three Hospital networks in New Delhi through a self-developed centralized Adoption dashboard (2011-2013)
• Monitoring of 636 objective elements and 64 quality indicators required for NABH accreditation of 5 Hospitals (2007-2014)

Research and Biostatistics
• Currently developing algorithms and statistical data models for analyzing Big Data in healthcare with the aid of tools like R, Weka on Hadoop data clusters (2014-present)
• Research on Evidence-Based resources and Clinical Pathways for electronic implementation (2011-2013)
• As Member Clinician of the JCDC Institutional Review Board, Evaluated more than 100 Clinical Trial proposals on clinical, ethical aspects and compliance to Good clinical practice- ICH GCP (2010-2012)

Available for:
  • Consulting assignments
  • Job opportunities
  • Being headhunted – make me an offer

    Years of Experience:
    15-20 years
    Highest Qualification:
    Doctorate
    Languages:
    English, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Telugu
    Nationality:
    Indian
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