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Health Transformation Services Staff<\/h1>\n
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\n\"Erin
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Erin Aklestad<\/h4>\n

Erin is a HIT\/QI Consultant for Health Technology Services. She has experience supporting hospitals and physician practices through state and federal reporting programs, starting back in 2011 with the first year of Meaningful Use. She enjoys assisting practices with health care quality improvement projects and believes in the vision of a connected healthcare system. She has expertise in HIE services and leading multi-team interface technology projects. Erin has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wyoming and a Health IT Redesign, Planning, and Management Specialist certificate from the University of Alaska Southeast.<\/p>\n

Email Erin Aklestad<\/a> or call 907.250.0476
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\n\"Deb
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Deb Anderson<\/h4>\n

Deb is the Business Relationship Manager for Health Technology Services. With 15 years health information technology (HIT) and over 30 years of general IT\u00a0experience, Deb assists clinics and hospitals in the selection and implementation of Electronic Health Record software as well as help them achieve and attest to Meaningful Use.\u00a0She currently consults on regulatory programs from CMS, estimating Medicaid\/Medicare eligibility for incentives, recommending workflow improvements for improved efficiency and data collection, leading toward improved health outcomes.<\/p>\n

Email Deb Anderson<\/a>\u00a0or call 307.772.1096
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\n\"Susan
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Susan Clarke<\/h4>\n

Susan Clarke is a Health Care Information Security and Privacy Practitioner at Health Technology Services, a department of Mountain-Pacific Quality Health. She has professional experience totaling 17 years in EHR software development and Information Technology Management including experience at a Mayo Clinic affiliated health care system. \u00a0Susan is an expert in all stages of the EHR software product lifecycle and has established coding conventions, best practices and support tools for medical application software products using ANSI standard M (MUMPS) and HL7 Healthcare application development. She has served as a peer reviewer for ONC, CMS and HRSA for health information technology (HIT), health information exchange (HIE) and rural health funding opportunities.<\/p>\n

Susan has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, as well as a Healthcare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner certification.<\/p>\n

Email Susan Clarke<\/a>\u00a0or call 307.248.8179<\/p>\n

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\n\"Mary
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Mary Erickson<\/h4>\n

Mary is a licensed registered nurse and HIT\/QI Consultant with Health Technology Services. She enjoys assisting facilities on various health care quality improvement projects from EMR optimization to CMS survey readiness. Mary’s last hospital position was CEO in a local Critical Access Hospital where she was responsible for a wide array of departments, the quality improvement program and an EMR implementation. She is also pursuing her post-graduate certificate in Healthcare Informatics at Montana Tech.<\/p>\n

Email\u00a0Mary Erickson<\/a>\u00a0or call 406.521.0488
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\n\"Patty
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Patty Kosednar<\/h4>\n

Patty Kosednar is an HIT-QI\/Project Management Consultant at Health Technology Services. With over 26 years of experience in project management, organizational management and health information technology (HIT), Patty is a recognized expert in many areas. Her expertise includes health care project management, utilizing the Project Management Institute (PMI) methodology for managing and controlling projects with an emphasis on internal and external process\/workflow improvements while managing and exceeding client expectations.<\/p>\n

Email Patty Kosednar<\/a>\u00a0 or call 406.461.4410
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\n
\n\"Sarah
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Sarah Leake<\/h4>\n

Sarah is the\u00a0Health Technology and Quality Consultant\u00a0for Health Technology Services. She is currently supporting Indian Health Services, rural health providers, clinics and hospitals to help maximize the use of Electronic Health Records systems and provide planning, assessment and guidance to accomplish Meaningful Use. She has also focused on interpretation and application of CMS programs such as PQRS and PECOS. Sarah has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Montana State, MBA from University of San Diego and Healthcare IT certification from UC San Diego.<\/p>\n

Email\u00a0Sarah Leake<\/a>\u00a0or call 406.461.4504
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\n

Kristen Schuster<\/h4>\n

Kristen is a HIT-QI\/Project Management Consultant at Health Technology Services. She specializes in practice transformation, HIT, and developing clinical quality improvement programs. In addition, she has worked extensively with electronic medical records (EHR) and specializes in building infrastructure within an electronic medical record to capture and report clinical quality data. She has an extensive knowledge of Comprehensive Primary Care Plus, Physician Quality Reporting System, Meaningful Use, and the Merit-Base Incentive Payment System.<\/p>\n

Email Kristen Schuster<\/a>\u00a0or call 406.871.6031<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Let HTS Help You<\/h2>\n

We can help you with PI, MIPS, CPC+, eCQI and the right HIPAA solution.<\/p>\n

Contact Us<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Health Transformation Services Staff<\/p>\n

Erin Aklestad
\nErin is a HIT\/QI Consultant for Health Technology Services. She has experience supporting hospitals and physician practices through state and federal reporting programs, starting back in 2011 with the first year of Meaningful Use. She enjoys assisting practices with health care quality improvement projects and believes in the vision of a connected healthcare system. She has expertise in HIE services and leading multi-team interface technology projects. Erin has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wyoming and a Health IT Redesign, Planning, and Management Specialist certificate from the University of Alaska Southeast.
\nEmail Erin Aklestad<\/a> or call 907.250.0476<\/p>\n

Deb Anderson
\nDeb is the Business Relationship Manager for Health Technology Services. With 15 years health information technology (HIT) and over 30 years of general IT\u00a0experience, Deb assists clinics and hospitals in the selection and implementation of Electronic Health Record software as well as help them achieve and attest to Meaningful Use.\u00a0She currently consults on regulatory programs from CMS, estimating Medicaid\/Medicare eligibility for incentives, recommending workflow improvements for improved efficiency and data collection, leading toward improved health outcomes.
\nEmail Deb Anderson<\/a>\u00a0or call 307.772.1096<\/p>\n

Susan Clarke
\nSusan Clarke is a Health Care Information Security and Privacy Practitioner at Health Technology Services, a department of Mountain-Pacific Quality Health. She has professional experience totaling 17 years in EHR software development and Information Technology Management including experience at a Mayo Clinic affiliated health care system. \u00a0Susan is an expert in all stages of the EHR software product lifecycle and has established coding conventions, best practices and support tools for medical application software products using ANSI standard M (MUMPS) and HL7 Healthcare application development. She has served as a peer reviewer for ONC, CMS and HRSA for health information technology (HIT), health information exchange (HIE) and rural health funding opportunities.
\nSusan has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, as well as a Healthcare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner certification.
\nEmail Susan Clarke<\/a>\u00a0or call 307.248.8179
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

Mary Erickson
\nMary is a licensed registered nurse and HIT\/QI Consultant with Health Technology Services. She enjoys assisting facilities on various health care quality improvement projects from EMR optimization to CMS survey readiness. Mary’s last hospital position was CEO in a local Critical Access Hospital where she was responsible for a wide array of departments, the quality improvement program and an EMR implementation. She is also pursuing her post-graduate certificate in Healthcare Informatics at Montana Tech.
\nEmail\u00a0Mary Erickson<\/a>\u00a0or call 406.521.0488<\/p>\n

Patty Kosednar
\nPatty Kosednar is an HIT-QI\/Project Management Consultant at Health Technology Services. With over 26 years of experience in project management, organizational management and health information technology (HIT), Patty is a recognized expert in many areas. Her expertise includes health care project management, utilizing the Project Management Institute (PMI) methodology for managing and controlling projects with an emphasis on internal and external process\/workflow improvements while managing and exceeding client expectations.
\nEmail Patty Kosednar<\/a>\u00a0 or call 406.461.4410<\/p>\n

Sarah Leake
\nSarah is the\u00a0Health Technology and Quality Consultant\u00a0for Health Technology Services. She is currently supporting Indian Health Services, rural health providers, clinics and hospitals to help maximize the use of Electronic Health Records systems and provide planning, assessment and guidance to accomplish Meaningful Use. She has also focused on interpretation and application of CMS programs such as PQRS and PECOS. Sarah has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Montana State, MBA from University of San Diego and Healthcare IT certification from UC San Diego.
\nEmail\u00a0Sarah Leake<\/a>\u00a0or call 406.461.4504<\/p>\n

Kristen Schuster
\nKristen is a HIT-QI\/Project Management Consultant at Health Technology Services. She specializes in practice transformation, HIT, and developing clinical quality improvement programs. In addition, she has worked extensively with electronic medical records (EHR) and specializes in building infrastructure within an electronic medical record to capture and report clinical quality data. She has an extensive knowledge of Comprehensive Primary Care Plus, Physician Quality Reporting System, Meaningful Use, and the Merit-Base Incentive Payment System.
\nEmail Kristen Schuster<\/a>\u00a0or call 406.871.6031<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Let HTS Help You
\nWe can help you with PI, MIPS, CPC+, eCQI and the right HIPAA solution.
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