Leadership

Tom has more than 20 years of executive experience in HIT, sales and marketing, and strategic planning.  Prior to joining Encore in 2011, he began at CTG in 1999 as managing director of CTGHS, a new division created when CTG acquired Elumen Solutions, a company which Mr. Niehaus originally co-founded under the name Exemplar Systems.  He was named president of CTGHS in 2003.  Before his work at Exemplar, he served for nine years at IBAX Healthcare Systems – now part of McKesson – where he was national manager of that firm’s Technical Services organization. 

Dan has over 16 years of experience in healthcare IT consulting, the majority of which has been dedicated to project management of clinical information system implementations.  His most recent experience has been with CPOE, Clinical Documentation, and Perioperative system projects.  Dan’s background also includes the redesign of healthcare operations to reduce costs and streamline workflows.  In addition to his IT consulting experience, Dan has in-depth knowledge of procurement and contract negotiations, gained through 15 years of healthcare operations experience with a variety of healthcare facilities.

Dr. Binderman has over 25 years of experience in patient care, healthcare operations, and information technology.  Her career experience covers clinical content management, order set development, CPOE implementation, closed-loop medication management, and clinical documentation.  Dr. Binderman brings her expertise in change management, operational and cultural transformation, clinical process workflow and redesign, ambulatory workflow and medical records planning to Encore client engagements.  Dr. Binderman trained at Cornell University, Texas A&M University, Louisiana State University, and Arizona State University.

Sherie has over 25 years of healthcare experience and a track record of multimillion dollar consulting engagements with100% client satisfaction.  Her industry experience includes the Collaborative Care and Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) arena during which she worked to develop a strategy and solution set for IBM’s Collaborative Care offering.  Sherie is also well versed in medical imaging technology, standards, radiology workflow, interfaces, internet technology, and software applications.  Her other industry experience includes providing consultant services around Real Time Location Tracking. She provides a disciplined approach to technology planning, Radiology Information Systems (RIS) design, implementation planning, business impact analysis, workflow analysis, process re-engineering, and system optimization.

Bill is an experienced healthcare IT professional with over 26 years of healthcare experience.  His background includes strategy and implementation project experience across a wide range of organizations and vendor products and experience in both outsourcing and line management.  His team-oriented, customer-focused style has helped him deliver over $35M in consulting engagements.  Prior to joining Encore, Bill’s work experience includes executive and leadership positions with IBM, Healthlink, and HBO & Company.

Linda has over 35 years of experience in healthcare consulting, informatics, clinical and consulting operations improvement, and quality outcomes.  She has demonstrated results in reducing cost and cycle time by 33% in EMR implementations.  Her consulting expertise includes: ARRA readiness, clinical outcomes and performance improvement, patient safety, CPOE, clinical process re-design, benefits identification and realization, disease management, project management, operations, leadership and team building.  Linda has a strong clinical background, coupled with payer, provider and regulatory experience, and augmented by graduate business training which allow her to offer unique insight and provide creative solutions in a rapidly changing health care environment.

Gregg has over 17 years of healthcare operations and IT experience.  His diverse background includes physician group practice management, consulting practice development, interim management, account management, and project management.  Gregg has a deep knowledge of the ambulatory/physician practice market, strong leadership qualifications, and “hands on” implementation experience with clinical and revenue cycle systems, especially Epic Systems.  Gregg was a founding member of the Epic Service Line at both Encore Health Resources and Healthlink Incorporated and has been assisting Epic clients through the full implementation life cycle for over a decade, in environments from academic medical centers to private group practices.