Aparna Ekande

About Aparna Ekande

Integration Project Manager specializing in healthcare interoperability and digital health. Currently leading interface implementations and interoperability initiatives at a leading EHR organization, successfully delivering hundreds of integration projects for clinics and hospitals to enable seamless health information exchange.With over 5 years of experience across health tech and life sciences consulting, I drive cross-functional projects that improve workflows, enhance system connectivity, and translate complex business needs into scalable technology solutions. My expertise includes HL7 and FHIR standards, end-to-end interface implementations, requirements gathering, process optimization, product development, and user-centered design.I hold an MS in Health Informatics from Indiana University Indianapolis, an MBA in Healthcare, and a Bachelor of Pharmacy — bringing together clinical knowledge, business acumen, and technical expertise to deliver meaningful impact in healthcare innovation.I can be reached at e••••••••@gmail.com

Experience

1. Integration Project Manager

   eClinicalWorks

   Jul 2023 — Present · US

   Manage multiple interface implementation projects across the project life cycle for projects that include practice management interfaces, clinical interfaces, etc. for enabling successful health information exchange between eCW EMR clients and vendors.Discuss HL7 specifications of various HL7 message types with clients and vendors, analyze HL7 configuration applied on interfaces, learn about latest interoperability technology, explore solutions, develop thorough understanding of eCW EMR and workflows to assist clients. Oversee and construct project plans, create scope documents, provide time estimates for project tasks.Analyze new requests, analyze and document client\'s business requirements and processes, work with vendors on functionality documents, work on complex interface flows, make recommendations to improve and support client’s business and workflow needs. Develop solutions for internal process improvement by doing need-gap analysis, proposing solutions, creating business requirement documents, reviewing functional specifications, testing the enhancements and educating teams about the enhancements.Understand client development requirements, work cross functionally with product and engineering teams to follow development lifecycle, create cost estimates, and liaison for development projects internally and externally.

Education

• Welingkar Institute of Management

  PGDM - Healthcare Management , Specialisation - Pharmaceutical and Life sciences

  2016 — 2018

• Indiana University Indianapolis

  Master of Science - MS, Health Informatics

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  Bachelor of Pharmacy - BPharm

  2012 — 2016

Skills

• Management
• Microsoft Word
• Leadership
• Customer Service
• Research
• Microsoft Excel
• Project Management
• Public Speaking
• Strategic Planning
• Microsoft Office