Dave Ludwick

Work:

• Executive Director and CEO @ Edmonton North Primary Care Network
• Instructor @ University of Alberta
• General Manager and Chief Operating Officer @ Sherwood Park PCN

Education:

PhD @ University of Alberta

About:

Mr. Ludwick is an accomplished senior executive with 20 years of experience within the healthcare industry and the high-tech software sector. He has acquired an expert level knowledge of the Canadian health sector and its complex issues through research, clinical studies and senior executive healthcare management experience. Mr. Ludwick has numerous research studies and publications to his credit and is frequently invited to deliver presentations to esteemed members of the medical and healthcare community throughout Canada. Mr. Ludwick currently holds the position of Chief Operating Officer at the Sherwood Park-Strathcona County Primary Care Network in Sherwood Park, Alberta. During his tenure since 2007, Mr. Ludwick has built and led this healthcare organization in which patient health outcomes have dramatically improved, patient wait times have been substantially reduced and staff turnover is less than 1% per year. In addition, Mr. Ludwick’s vision and strategic leadership for the operation of the inter-disciplinary Primary Care Network has achieved impressive financial savings for public health care dollars. Mr. Ludwick combines his executive leadership skills, business and financial expertise, healthcare operations experience and strong educational credentials with an innovative and entrepreneurial spirit to serve as a skilled leader of transformation to bring healthcare organizations to a level of unprecedented success within the Canadian healthcare industry. Specialties:Dave is an expert in health information systems specializing in the non-technical implications of health information systems adoption in primary care, secondary care and acute care settings. Dave has extensive governance experience. In addition to reporting to a board of directors, Dave currently services a member of the board of directors for TRLabs and for a resort condo association.

General Manager and Chief Operating Officer @ The Primary Care Network (PCN) improves the health outcomes for over 90,000 residents in the area. The PCN consists of 6 primary care programs staffed by an interdisciplinary clinical team designed to help family physicians improve the care they provide to their patients. The organization’s business plan was presented to me in 2007 by the Board of Directors and I was responsible to build the organization from the ground up. Five years later, the PCN now consists of 60 employees and an annual budget of $5.3 million dollars. I am responsible for the creation, planning, development, coordinating and delivery of a complex set of healthcare reforms by networking with a wide range of private, public, clinical and administrative stakeholders. Reporting to a joint venture governance committee and Board of Directors, I am the senior executive responsible for strategic business planning, business development, financial management, operations and overall organizational performance. From July 2007 to Present (8 years 4 months) Sherwood Park, AB, CanadaInstructor @ Dave is an instructor at the U of Alberta's Faculty of Extension. Dave teaches Financial Accounting, Project Management and Business Strategy. From February 2005 to Present (10 years 9 months) Edmonton, Canada AreaMember of Board of Directors @ VP Finance and Treasurer Communications Officer Director at large From May 2010 to Present (5 years 6 months) Canmore, ABBusiness Owner and Management Consultant @ LEI provides facilitation and executive management consulting to healthcare organizations. LEI is a shareholder in a local healthcare consulting firm and holds a seat on its Board of Directors. From May 2004 to Present (11 years 6 months) Edmonton, Canada AreaMember of board of directors @ Member of the board Chair of the board's human resource committee From June 2012 to October 2013 (1 year 5 months) Edmonton, Canada AreaConsultant @ Executive management consultant to government and private sector specializing in technology adoption, technology operations, project management and finance From 2010 to October 2012 (2 years) Edmonton, Canada AreaSenior Manager, EHR Delivery Services @ As senior manager for EHR delivery services, Dave was repsonsible for leading the delivery of the ministry's infostructural applications and databases. Dave was responsible for leading the project management office as well as implementing the change and release management processes for AHW. From 2004 to 2007 (3 years) Director @ As Director of Product Devleopment and Product Management, Dave was responsible for the profit and loss for the WordPerfect office suite of products. From 1997 to 2002 (5 years)

PhD, Health Informatics @ University of Alberta From 2006 to 2009 PMP, Project Management @ Project Management Institute From 2002 to 2003 MBA, Finance and Accounting @ University of Ottawa From 1995 to 1998 Engineering, Mechanical Engineering @ University of Manitoba From 1986 to 1990 Dave Ludwick is skilled in: Strategic Planning, Operations Management, Governance, Healthcare, Entrepreneurship, EHR, Consulting, Change Management, Management Consulting, Business Process..., Coaching, Program Management, Business Analysis, Process Improvement, Project Management, Organizational..., Leadership, Policy, Team Leadership, Business Strategy, Project Planning, Team Building, Integration, Corporate Governance, Financial Management..., Public Speaking, Talent Management, Brand Management, Business Planning, Healthcare Management, Business Development, Human Resources, Product Management, Budgets, Management, Strategy, IT Strategy, Executive Management, Healthcare Information..., Healthcare Consulting

Publications

Primary Care Networks: Alberta's Primary Care Experiment Is a Success – Now What? Article Nov 2011

Suburban Cardiac Screening: Improving Access to Specialist Services Within a Primary Care Network Article Mar 2011

Primary care physicians’ experiences with electronic medical records Implementation experience in community, urban, hospital, and academic family medicine Article Jan 2010

Primary Care Physicians' Experience with Electronic Medical Records: Barriers to Implementation in a Fee-for-Service Environment Article Feb 2009

Adopting Electronic Medical Records in Primary Care: Lessons Learned from Health Information Systems Implementation Experience in Seven Countries Article Jan 2009

The effects of telemedicine on the pathology process Conference Paper May 2007

The Implementation of Operational Processes for the Alberta Electronic Health Record: Lessons for Electronic Medical Record Adoption in Primary Care Article