Chiekezi Ekechi

About Chiekezi Ekechi

Highly professional and dynamic healthcare executive with a Master of Business Administration in healthcare and nearly 20 years of leadership experience in the healthcare industry. Has a strong background in clinical program development and management operations in Ambulatory/Outpatient and Inpatient settings. Positively ensures compliance and direct Physician programs through solid Physician relation skills and practices. Brings value to lead hospital operations and strategic initiatives while maintaining an entrepreneurial vision towards delivering higher quality of care and improved access along the care continuum and maintaining effective performance margins.Performance-driven healthcare executive with proven success. Applies strong analytical skills to produce better decisions and execution of key strategies. Incorporates robust processimprovement and discipline to deliver sustainable efficiencies in operations. Well-organized with strong interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills. Proven ability to work successfully with diverse stakeholders across all levels to improve revenue by over 15%. Core CompetenciesLeadership & Team Building, Innovative and CreativeHealth System Integration, Keen Analytical AbilitiesFinancial and Business Acumen, Hospital Operations & Budget ManagementProcess Improvement, Strategic Oversight & Planningchange management, operational/clinical integration

Experience

1. Director of Imaging Services & Breast Center

   Houston Methodist

   Jan 2018 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Championed the successful construction and opening of a $20M Breast Center while Improving the availability of mammograms/biopsies from 26 days to less than 7 days• Implemented a new successful endovascular program• Provides management and oversight of multiple areas and entities• Directly and indirectly overseeing management staff with the goal of enhancing professional development and personal growth• accountable for employee engagement, adequate staffing levels, budget development and compliance• Instituted Daily Management methodologies across departments• Instituted curbside Outpatient registration process to maintain social distancing and this process have reduced patient wait time by over 17 minutes• Improved MRI flow and growth by adding additional 90 OP slots a week increasing revenue by over $8M• Added 35 additional outpatient Ultrasound scheduling opportunities resulting to over $525k of additional revenue• Always collaborated with Nursing leadership to reduce LOS by making MRI and other Imaging tests available hence reducing LOS to 4.5 days• Improved the team dynamics through team building and coaching resulting in 20% increase in employee satisfaction• Improved hospital outpatient satisfaction by 15% by engaging all hospital outpatient units• Chair of the System Imaging Council• Community ambassador

Education

• University of Houston-Downtown

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Information Systems

  1999 — 2001

• Houston City College

  Radiology

• Our Lady of the Lake University

  MBA, HCA, Health/Health Care Administration/Management

Skills

• Healthcare
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Electronic Medical Record (Emr)
• Imaging Centers
• Healthcare Consulting
• Cv Pacs
• Sharepoint
• Pacs
• Emr
• Team Building
• Bls
• Customer Service
• Healthcare Management
• Hospitals
• Information Technology
• Project Management
• Healthcare Information Technology (Hit)
• Radiology
• Informatics
• Radiology Inforation Systems
• IT Management
• Process Improvement
• Hipaa
• Business Analysis
• Cpoe
• Business Process Improvement
• Patient Safety
• Clinical Research
• U.s. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (Hipaa)