Tammy Bickimer
Tammy Bickimer

Clinical Informatics and Healthcare Technology Executive

Open to offers · Member since 7 Oct 2026
Location
Hendersonville, United States
Desired salary
Unspecified
Work preference
Remote Only / Full Time
Experience level
Lead

About

Professional summary

I am a clinical informatics and healthcare technology executive with more than 40 years of experience connecting clinical practice, digital systems, and enterprise operations. My background includes nursing, critical care, clinical information systems, physician-facing technology, and healthcare IT leadership.

I lead digital transformation initiatives that improve patient outcomes, physician satisfaction, documentation quality, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and financial performance. I have supported enterprise clinical technologies serving thousands of providers and dialysis clinics nationwide.

I specialize in clinical decision support, electronic health records, AI-enabled clinical applications, physician workflow optimization, electronic prescribing, healthcare analytics, HL7 integration, and clinical documentation improvement. I work effectively across clinical, executive, finance, pharmacy, IT, cybersecurity, regulatory, and software development teams.

I have directed product strategy, software development, implementation, training, workflow mapping, clinical operations, and vendor relationships. My work has included paperless clinical environments, mobile documentation, CPOE, provider portals, revenue cycle automation, and large-scale technology deployments.

I am also an experienced healthcare informatics speaker and author. I bring a clinical perspective to technology decisions and focus on practical solutions that help clinicians deliver safer, more efficient, and better-informed care.

Notice period: immediate

Skills

16 capabilities

Experience

Career history

Director, Clinical Health Information Technology – Medical Office Fresenius Medical Care USA

Provided executive leadership for physician-facing clinical technologies supporting more than 8,000 healthcare providers and 2,900 dialysis clinics nationwide. Directed physician documentation optimization, portal strategy, electronic prescribing initiatives, and enterprise clinical workflow improvements.

Led development of the AVO MD clinical application using AI-assisted algorithms and clinical logic for bone and mineral metabolism management, reducing registered dietitian documentation time from 15 minutes per patient to 16 seconds. Led automated formulary exception work, prior authorization completion processes, pharmacy integration, physician education, and staff training; electronic prescribing initiatives resulted in reported savings of $70 million in 2026.

Represented Medical Office leadership for the Electronic Plan of Care, Medical Record Committee, regulatory initiatives, cybersecurity programs, enterprise special projects, and workflow mapping.

Deployment Project Manager – IT Deployment Fresenius Medical Care USA

Managed enterprise deployment of clinical computing technologies across approximately 800 dialysis facilities, including acquisitions, joint ventures, and new clinic openings.

Led national deployment of Acumen MedReview eRx integration and eCube Clinicals for clinics and providers. Managed national physician training and support, developed implementation documentation and training materials, and supported financial and clinical technology implementations.

Developed and deployed a Patient Check-In Application and created facility scorecards and operational reporting tools.

Director of Clinical Information Nephrology Associates, PC

Directed all clinical information systems for a 32-physician nephrology practice. Led clinical applications, reporting, education, project management, data integrity, and vendor relationships.

Implemented a fully paperless clinical environment and automated revenue cycle processes. Reduced billing submission time from eight days to less than 24 hours through process and technology improvements.

Collaborated with executive leadership, physicians, nursing, finance, and information technology teams to align clinical systems with operational needs.

Senior Product Manager – Clinical Development Healthcare Management Systems

Led the design and development of enterprise clinical software products, including computerized physician order entry, nursing and physician documentation, and Clinical View.

Implemented standardized functional specifications and product management processes that improved consistency in software development. Worked across clinical and development stakeholders to translate care delivery requirements into product capabilities.

Director of Clinical Information National Nephrology Associates

Directed clinical information operations with responsibility for personnel, budgeting, implementation, and enterprise clinical systems.

Reduced billing omission errors by at least 15% and billing delays by 48 hours. Increased clinical data capture by more than 30% and improved monthly kinetics productivity by 200%.

Implemented bedside clinical technology that significantly reduced treatment documentation errors and missing charges.

Director of Clinical Information Tri-County Home Nurses

Designed and implemented one of the organization's first mobile clinical documentation systems using handheld technology and remote connectivity.

Led clinical information efforts supporting mobile care documentation and improved access to clinical information for home nursing operations.

System Administrator / Clinical Liaison / Staff RN – Trauma ICU Akron General Medical Center

Developed and maintained Eclipsys/Emtek point-of-care critical care documentation systems. Designed HL7 interfaces connecting laboratory systems, physiologic monitoring, ventilators, and hospital information systems, and built an early real-time relational clinical database.

Served as a liaison between clinicians and Information Systems, designing clinical workflows, specifications, testing plans, and enterprise training programs. Also provided critical care nursing services in a high-acuity trauma intensive care environment; earlier clinical experience included Licensed Practical Nurse roles.

Education

Learning history

Malone College

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Cum Laude, Nursing

Aultman Hospital School of Nursing

Diploma in Nursing, Nursing

Wayne County Career Center

Licensed Practical Nurse Program, Practical Nursing

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