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Work History
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Sowmya Varakeri

Healthcare IT Implementation & Adoption Lead
Dubai

Summary

Experienced Clinical Informatics and Healthcare IT leader with over 23 years of experience in healthcare transformation, clinical consulting, organisational change management, healthcare IT implementations, workflow optimisation, training strategy, and enterprise adoption across global healthcare systems. Experienced in leading large-scale EMR/HIS implementation programmes, stakeholder engagement, clinical workflow analysis, and user adoption initiatives across hospitals and healthcare organisations.

Overview

8
8
Certifications
25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Learning & Change Manager – Oracle EMR Implementation

Burjeel Holdings
08.2024 - Current
  • Leading learning, clinical adoption, and organizational change management activities for the rollout of Oracle EMR across Burjeel hospitals and medical centers.
  • Managing training delivery and adoption activities for more than 6,000 clinical and non-clinical users including physicians, nurses, billing, operational, and administrative teams.
  • Leading and mentoring training and informatics teams, supporting super-users, and guiding new team members during implementation and go-live activities.
  • Performing clinical informatics activities including workflow analysis, requirement gathering, workflow optimization, and solution validation to improve clinical and operational processes.
  • Working closely with physicians, nursing leadership, operational stakeholders, and IT teams to align EMR workflows with clinical and business requirements.
  • Coordinating go-live readiness, issue resolution, stakeholder communication, escalation management, and post-implementation adoption support across multiple facilities.
  • Developing SOPs, workflow documentation, user guides, and hands-on training programs to support standardization and successful EMR adoption.
  • Collaborating with leadership teams and department heads to drive implementation readiness, user engagement, and continuous improvement initiatives across Burjeel facilities.

Quality & Change Management Lead

PureCS / PureHealth Group
04.2023 - 08.2024
  • Led training delivery and organisational change management activities for enterprise HIS implementation programmes.
  • Conducted workflow analysis, operational assessments, and change readiness evaluations.
  • Managed stakeholder engagement, training governance, and super-user enablement across healthcare facilities.
  • Supported integrated testing, workflow validation, and adoption activities for clinical, pharmacy, and supply chain modules.

Senior Clinical Specialist

Philips Healthcare
05.2015 - 03.2023
  • Led clinical consulting, healthcare informatics, product management, and workflow optimisation initiatives for enterprise healthcare solutions.
  • Acted as Product Owner and Clinical SME for healthcare IT products and digital transformation programmes.
  • Performed requirement analysis, workflow mapping, solution validation, and user story documentation for healthcare applications.
  • Collaborated with development, UX, engineering, and product teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
  • Delivered customer workshops, product demonstrations, training sessions, and workflow consultations globally.
  • Supported EU MDR regulatory activities including CER, PMCF, PMS, and Clinical Evaluation documentation.

Senior Solution Designer

Cerner Healthcare Solutions
07.2012 - 05.2015
  • Defined and documented clinical and functional solution requirements for healthcare implementations.
  • Worked closely with customers to validate workflow requirements and solution fit.
  • Supported implementation and presales activities including demos, workshops, customer engagement, and workflow validation.
  • Collaborated with development and project teams to ensure successful delivery of healthcare solutions.

Product Lead – Product Management Group

HealthFore Technologies
10.2011 - 07.2012

Consultant – Product Analysis

Siemens Information Systems – India
06.2004 - 09.2011

Functional Specialist

Misys Hospital Systems – India
07.2001 - 06.2004

Education

Post Graduate Certificate - Product Management

Northwestern University – Kellogg Executive Education

Post Graduate Diploma - Family Medicine (PGDFM)

Christian Medical College, Vellore

Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery - MBBS

JSS Medical College, Mysore University

Skills

Clinical Informatics & Healthcare Transformation

EMR / HIS Implementation & Clinical Adoption

Learning & Change Management

Clinical Workflow Analysis & Optimization

Requirement Gathering & Solution Validation

Stakeholder Engagement & Customer Consulting

Team Leadership, Mentoring & Training Delivery

Go-Live Support & Implementation Governance

Product Management & Agile Methodologies

Healthcare Regulations & Quality Compliance

Oracle Health EMR (Cerner Millennium)

Philips TASY HIS / EMR

EHR / EMR / HIS Platforms

HL7 & FHIR Interoperability Standards

Clinical Workflow & Healthcare Informatics Solutions

Agile, Scrum & Product Lifecycle Methodologies

Certification

Post Graduate Certificate in Product Management – Kellogg Executive Education, Northwestern University

Timeline

Learning & Change Manager – Oracle EMR Implementation

Burjeel Holdings
08.2024 - Current

Quality & Change Management Lead

PureCS / PureHealth Group
04.2023 - 08.2024

Senior Clinical Specialist

Philips Healthcare
05.2015 - 03.2023

Senior Solution Designer

Cerner Healthcare Solutions
07.2012 - 05.2015

Product Lead – Product Management Group

HealthFore Technologies
10.2011 - 07.2012

Consultant – Product Analysis

Siemens Information Systems – India
06.2004 - 09.2011

Functional Specialist

Misys Hospital Systems – India
07.2001 - 06.2004

Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery - MBBS

JSS Medical College, Mysore University

Post Graduate Diploma - Family Medicine (PGDFM)

Christian Medical College, Vellore

Post Graduate Certificate - Product Management

Northwestern University – Kellogg Executive Education

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Extensive experience working with multicultural and geographically distributed teams. Strong customer-facing leadership experience with clinical and executive stakeholders. Willing to travel extensively across the UK and Europe.
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