Elizabeth Downie

About Elizabeth Downie

Beth Downie has served as Chief Information Office of Newton-Wellesley Hospital since…

Experience

1. Chief Information Officer at Newton-wellesley Hospital

   Mass General Brigham

   Mar 2012 — Present

   Mass General Brigham is a not-for-profit, integrated health care system in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital—two of the nation’s leading academic medical centers—Mass General Brigham includes community and specialty hospitals, a managed care organization, a physician network, community health centers, home care and other health related services. Newton-Wellesley Hospital is a comprehensive medical center located in Newton. We provide the services and expertise of a major medical facility with the convenience and personal attention of a community hospital. We are a member of Mass General Brigham. Promoted to CIO of Newton-Wellesley Hospital Information Services and Telecommunications Department. Responsible for daily operations and 24/7 support of NWH Information Services Department, Telecommunications and Switchboard. Software support for Enterprise Epic solution at Newton-Wellesley Hospital as well as 110 non-Epic applications and multiple interfaces- Successful implementation of Clinical Systems Enhancement project in preparation for July 2013 Meaningful Use Attestation- Successfully attested for Meaningful Use Stage 1/Year 1- Successfully implemented Epic Revenue Cycle February 2014- Successfully completed reporting period for Meaningful Use Stage 1/Year 2 with attestation in Oct/Nov 2014- Successfully implemented Epic Clinical Systems April 2016. Part of the Mass General Brigham enterprise Epic solution- Successfully migrated all legacy Meditech data to Legacy Data Archive and decommissions legacy EHR- Complete Advisory Board Fellowship Program which is an 18-month, Washington, D.C-based advanced leadership development program in 2015- Completed Harvard Business School Leadership Development program in July 2019- Named Co-Chair of Newton-Wellesley Hospital’s Workforce Development Council in July 2019.

Education

• Stonehill College

  Bachelors, Psychology Major, Business Administration Minor

  1988 — 1992

Skills

• Process Improvement
• IT Strategy
• Ehr
• Hl7
• Meditech
• Hospitals
• Cpoe
• Integration
• Disaster Recovery
• Vmware
• Healthcare
• Informatics
• Hipaa
• Policy
• Vendor Management
• Software Project Management
• Health Policy
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Emr
• Visio
• Microsoft Excel
• Change Management