Curriculum
Vitae
Dr
D Lavanian
Certified
HL7 Specialist
Domain
Expert: Healthcare Informatics, EMR,
Clinical
care pathways and EHealth
Core
competencies
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Healthcare IT and EHealth : Consultancy, risk assessment & management,
Delivery, research and development
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Hospital Processes and IT enablement, ( incl HIPAA, HL7,ICD-9-CM, DICOM, Read
code, etc)
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Dynamic Techno-Managerial skills
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EMR, EHR, clinical care Pathways, HIS, PACS, RIS development, integration,
deployment and operations.
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Multi-national business development
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Standardization of processes and workflow
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Strategic level discussions with client leadership teams to identify pain points
and develop customized solutions
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Leading development efforts in Healthcare Informatics
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Managing cross-functional projects with proven track record of on time project
delivery
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Training of Teams in HL7 and DICOM
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Medicare processes in the Armed Forces and IT enablement
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Aerospace Medicine, Aircrew health care processes and IT enablement
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Hospital/medical waste management processes and IT enablement
Professional
Memberships
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Member Georgian EHealth Union (Georgia)
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Member HL7
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Member Task Force for EHealth , Government of
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Co-convener Standards Sub-Committee Govt TM Taskforce
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Life Member Indian Association of Medical Informatics
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Life Member Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine
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Life Member Indian Society of Hospital Waste Management
*Speaker
- `Global CSR Conclave' - NF Track at NASSCOM
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Speaker - “Healthcare Informatics” Marcus Evans, Royal Orchid Sheraton,
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Speaker -Annual meet of the American Telemedicine Association
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Speaker - “Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management” Marcus Evans,
Intercontinental,
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Speaker - `ICT for National Development' CSI,
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Speaker
- Medi-IT Asia
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Speaker and Demo - IntelemedIndia 2005, ISRO,
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Speaker - ICMIT 2005, IIT
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Speaker - CIT 2005,
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Speaker - and Demo `Intel Centrino Launch', 2005,
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Speaker - Meditel 2004,
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Speaker -and Demo 'Intel
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Speaker - 4th VSAT India 2004 international conference &
exhibition,
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Speaker - U P Development Sub committee on Healthcare Meeting,
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Speaker - Meeting of the Media Lab Asia Core Group on ICT for
Healthcare,
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Key note Speaker - “Ehealth - How it impacts your health
positively” ISPAT,
Professional
experience
I
am part of the core team that has been entrusted with starting and ramping up a
new business line, a ‘Healthcare Product’ in the healthcare IT vertical -
beginning right from the vision statement and the strategic goals to the
delivery of a world class product with a USP that does not exist any where in
the world today.
I
am responsible for selecting, developing, utilizing and retaining high quality
talent to effectively operationalize the functional areas of ideation, content,
design of enterprise wide software applications, compliance, interoperability
with other apps, call centers and mobility platforms, risk mitigation
strategies, training, deployment and operational management. We have therefore
put together high-performance teams to ensure not only efficiency but also short
time lines. This being a project with complex Global ramifications, my
skill-sets of strong interpersonal
communication, multi-cultural sensibilities and focused analytics come into
play every day, in my dealings and negotiations with multiple companies,
partners and vendors, in India, Australia and the US.
Former
Vice President - Software division AxSys Health Tech- till Jul 2007:
AxSys Health Tech is a
Former
Vice President – Technical- ATNF, Apollo Hospitals Group - Feb 2003 to Apr
2006: Starting
out as the Delivery Head, I've worked up to the post of VP- Technical at Apollo
Health Street (a large IT services organization) then ATNF, both of the Apollo
Hospitals Group, from Feb 2003 to Apr 2006:
A
Domain Expert in Healthcare Informatics and EHealth , I am a Certified HL7
Specialist (One of the few doctors in the world to be so certified), and was
trained by Mike Henderson(Incidentally, Mike was one of the authors of Chap 2 of
the HL7 V2.3 specifications!). Further, I was trained by Herman Oosterwijk the
top international expert on DICOM.
I
headed Ehealth project implementations, operational management and marketing (incl
discussions, presentations and lectures regarding EHealth technology). The
applications included integration with internal and external HIS, RIS, PACS and
other Healthcare applications. My focus was on studying the existing processes,
work flows and pain points of the client healthcare entity or hospital. I would
then study the technical aspects from the viewpoint of Business processes to
ensure a cost effective solution and based on the study, design a solution which
would EHealth enable the entity while providing interoperability with the
existing HIS (my experience as a senior Medical Administrator came in very
useful out here). I would then sit through multiple rounds of discussions with
the client to modify and polish the solution so as to make it acceptable. My
quadruple credentials (medical doctor, Informatics Expert, communications
specialist and senior administrator) helped me understand the issues and
requirements of disparate groups so that could put together an amicable and
acceptable solution. On closing the deal I would then head implementation of the
solution and follow it up with operational management. I was thus, the single
point of contact for the client, through out the complete life cycle of the
solution. This ensured a high level of satisfaction from a client viewpoint and
translated to a high success rate from my company.
After
I joined Apollo, my first activity was to rebuild and hire appropriate software
development and test individuals to align with the new road map that I had
planned. Though attrition was an issue with most teams, my work ethos ensured
that this was kept to a minimum This got me the trust and freedom that I needed
to carry out market intelligence, investigation and R&D to development new
software modules, products, methodologies and technologies in the field of Life
Sciences - a must to keep ahead in this highly competitive domain. Some of the
applications that were designed from ground up by me are as follows:
Medintegra
Web:
An enterprise wide web based EHealth application that permitted true world wide
availability of the Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) , Patient investigations
like ECGs, X-rays, MRIs, etc. The application was DICOM and HL7
compliant and could exchange EMRs with external HL7 compliant entities.
Security was HIPAA compliant. Designed to work on a Microsoft platform
using ASP technology, the later versions were successfully tested on Linux
and Mac OS. We were last working on improving functionality and lowering the
application costs further by moving to .NET and porting the server
database from MS SQL to MySQL.
MiniPax:
A Picture Archiving and Communications Solution (PACS) it was an addon to
Medintegra Web. Being browser and web based it was capable of facilitating Telecardiology,
Teleradiology and Telepathology.
MedIntegra
GoLive!:
A multi user desktop audio-video conferencing solution. Based on Flash 7
and Flash Communications Server this web based solution could allow as many as 6
person video conferencing or 1:many (1 to 1000 users), two-way interactive
medical training using audio and live video streaming. This was a powerful
tool that supported us in training of users across great distances. All of the
above required me to constantly review and plan for the optimal utilization of
the human resources and infrastructure under my command.
Another
important function was working across teams (HIS, PACS) to suggest techniques of
data transfer and data compatibility using HIPAA, DICOM and HL7 protocols. With
foreign implementations under my belt I was responsible for dealing with top
officials in the govt and depts like ISRO, C-DAC, NEC, etc to propagate EHealth
. My skills at negotiating with foreign companies, hospitals teams, clients from
different countries and across cultures, successfully helped build up our
revenue streams. My team consisted of software, hardware, networking and
marketing personnel and together, we have carried out many EHealth road shows,
demonstrations (INTEL,
I
have been very active in training as it is my belief that proper training is the
key to sustained and stable operational management. A guest lecturer for EHealth
at the
My
expertise and skills were even recognized by the Indian government, which
requested me to play a leadership role in the Government's thrust for EHealth by
becoming the co-convener for the Standards committee of the EHealth Taskforce,
which I carried out successfully. The Taskforce was a joint venture of the Min
of Health (MOH) and the Min of Communications and IT (MCIT), government of
The
nature of my job necessitates that I travel frequently for business, publicity
and training. Given below are a few of the forums where I was invited to speak
on EHealth and Healthcare Informatics (for further details please visit
www.telemedconsultant.com):
Deputy
Director Medical Services (IT) (2000 - 2002)
My
in-depth knowledge of computers, networking, programming and system
analysis help me to plan, steer and implement an IT strategy for the
medical services of the Indian Air Force (IAF). I spearheaded the process of
evaluations to create an enterprise wide AF MedNet that would seamlessly connect
Hospital Information Systems, PACS, Ehealth applications, CPOEs and existing
applications. The aim was to ensure secure availability of a patient's records
at any AF medical entity in almost realtime.
Hospital
Administrator, Senior Medical Officer,
I
was appointed at various IAF flying stations earlier as medical officer or
squadron medical officer and later as Senior Medical Officer (SMO). As SMO I
gained valuable knowledge in medical administration and provided
comprehensive medical and health cover to isolated townships with populations of
between 1000 to 10,000 men and their families. During this period (1986 onwards)
I got drawn to Computers and learned to program; first in GWBasic and then in
Delphi, Visual Basic, Relational Databases (Dbase, FoxPRO, Access, Oracle, etc),
Internet languages (HTML, JavaScript, JAVA, ASP, etc) and accessories (MS
Office, Photo shop, Flash, etc). The resulting knowledge was utilized in
producing Healthcare applications. My first App was a Hospital Drugstore
Inventory management system done in GW Basic in 1992. This application was
hailed as `Most Revolutionary' at that time and was very successfully utilized
at my hospital where I was in charge of hospital administration (a 75
bedded air force hospital in the state of
Education
and courses
a.
MBBS
1979
AFMC,
b.
Primary
Aviation Medicine 1983 IAM,
c.
MD(Alt
Med) 1994 IBAM,
d.
Dip
(Acu) 1994 I Alt M,
e.
Dip(Mag)
1994 I Alt M,
f.
Certificate
Course in Hospital Administration 2002 NIHFW,
g.
Advanced
DICOM and HL7 (Certified by
h.
HL7
V2.3 (Certification by HL7 organisation) 2004 ,
i.
Courses
in Windows, HL7, DICOM 3, MS Office, networking (Win 2000 Server),Visual Basic,
Oracle, Delphi, HTML, ASP, Java, JavaScript, Flash, etc. (Self taught and formal
done between 1986 and 2003).
Personal
Details
Date
of Birth:
Marital
status: Married
Passport
Number: E 8383177 Dt of Expiry
Board
Certification (Maharashtra Medical Council) No:2008/03/0612
Languages
Fluent in: English, Hindi
Languages
understood: English, Hindi, Tamil, Punjabi, Marathi, Bengali, Urdu.
Tele:
(R) 91-020-40788807
Pune
Mobile: 91- 9970921266
Email:
lavanian@vsnl.net
Res:
504, ‘A’ Block, Gold Coast Apts
Baner
Pune-411045, India